Wisdom for the Heart
Stephen Davey will help you learn to know what the Bible says, understand what it means, and apply it to your life as he teaches verse-by-verse through books of the Bible. Stephen is the president of Wisdom International, which provides radio broadcasts, digital content, and print resources designed to make disciples of all nations and edify followers of Jesus Christ.
Episodes
313 episodes
Uncommonly Rare, Undeniably Real
A $20 coin survived thefts, fires, a king’s collection, and a courtroom drama to fetch $7.6 million—yet it can’t buy a single act of love. We take that glittering legend and hold it up to a rarer treasure: agape that refuses rudeness, self‑seek...
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Refusing to be Pig-Headed People
What if the biggest threat to your relationships isn’t what you lack, but what you quietly protect—envy, self-promotion, and a puffed-up certainty that can’t be taught? We open 1 Corinthians 13 and treat love as verbs—habits that confront our r...
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Surprised by the Appearances of Love
What if the truest test of love isn’t how we feel but how long our fuse is—and how near we’re willing to move toward hard people? We dive into 1 Corinthians 13 and sit with two verbs that refuse to be sentimental: love is patient and love is ki...
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Seven Minus One Equals Zero
What if the entire logic of the gospel hinges on one daring claim: God made every nation from one man? We take you to Athens with Paul and walk through Acts 17 to show how he introduces the “unknown God” by starting at the beginning—creation, p...
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Will True Love Please Stand Up
Start with a single word that dares to redefine everything: love. Not the kind that fades when the fireworks end, but agape—the steady, others-first commitment that turns a vice-soaked city into a living testimony of grace. We walk through Cori...
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The Other Side of the Gospel
What if the part we’re most afraid to say is the part people most need to hear? We walk through Paul’s address at the Areopagus to show why the gospel isn’t just comfort—it's also a clear warning rooted in God’s holiness, justice, and love. Sta...
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Adam and Eve - For Real
Start with the biggest question on your mind late at night: not how life works, but why you have life at all. From the Areopagus in Athens to our own cultural crosswinds, we follow Paul’s bold claim that God made the world, made humanity, and m...
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In the Beginning
Start with a world that looks arranged and ask the most honest question: who arranged it? We walk up the Areopagus with Paul, listen to his bold claim that God made “the world and all things in it,” and then follow that claim into modern labs, ...
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Setting Aside Superstition
Why are people so fascinated with the supernatural—ghosts, spirits, haunted houses, even Bigfoot? Recent surveys show that nearly half of Americans claim to have had a supernatural encounter. Yet with all this obsession comes fear, confusion, a...
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Divine Appointments
Have you ever dismissed an encounter as random, only to later see how meaningful it was? The apostle Paul experienced that in Athens. Surrounded by idols and philosophers, he found himself drawn into conversations he never planned—but God had p...
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A Good Model for an Open Mind
Open-mindedness is a celebrated virtue today, but what does it really mean? Many people are open to anything—cosmic energy, horoscopes, or personal feelings as ultimate truth—while closing their minds to Scripture. Acts 17 introduces us to the ...
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The Suffering King
What happens when the gospel collides with culture? In Acts 17, Paul arrives in Thessalonica and begins reasoning with the Jews in the synagogue. For three weeks, he opens the Scriptures, connecting the prophecies of the Old Testament to the su...
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Waiting to Be Wanted
What comes into your mind when you think about God? That question, A.W. Tozer once said, reveals more about your future than anything else. In this message from The Wisdom Journey, Stephen Davey opens a new series on the character of G...
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Making It Safely Home
What’s the goal of your life? Many of us pursue success, comfort, or recognition—striving for the “summit” of achievement. But Solomon, the wealthiest and wisest king of Israel, remi...
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Chasing a Carrot on a Stick
What are you chasing? A bigger paycheck, a better title, or a new relationship? The world tells us that satisfaction is just one step away—if we can grab the next carrot, we’ll finally be happy. But Ecclesiastes 6...
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Reversing the Rules of the Race
Are you running the wrong race? Ecclesiastes 6 gives us two striking examples of people who looked like winners but were actually losing. One man had wealth, possessions, and honor. The other had a large family an...
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Learning the Hard Way or the Better Way
Have you ever noticed how easy it is to spend money, and how hard it is to keep it? Solomon did. In Ecclesiastes 5, he describes what happens when people clutch their possessions and gamble everything to get more....
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Some Warnings About Worship
Corporate worship is a time to shine the spotlight on God, rather than ourselves. As Stephen continues his series in King So...
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Ministers of Loneliness
As Christians, we are called to fellowship, not isolation. But loneliness is becoming a major problem in the church today, as it was in Solomon’s da...
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Listening to the Right Voice
In a world with many perspectives, motivations and opinions, how can the Christian discern who to listen to? In this first lesson of Stephen’s new series from Ecclesiastes,...
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Peace … And a Cup of Coffee
Everyone wants peace, but the world can’t seem to find it. Nations sign treaties that don’t last, neighbors feud over petty issues, and daily life is full of stress and conflict. Scripture tells u...
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Ready, Get Set… Go!
When it comes to sharing your faith, are you ready for the opportunities God places in front of you? In Colossians 4, Paul lays out six action steps for every believer who wants to live on mission: pray faithfully, think...
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