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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
521 episodes
The Original Robin Hood (1 Samuel 21-22)
David’s story takes a hard left when fear takes the wheel. He’s hungry, hunted, and making split-second choices that don’t look like the fearless giant-slayer we remember. We walk through 1 Samuel 21 to 22 as David lies at Nob, eats the holy br...
Storm Clouds Part 2 (1 Samuel 19-20)
Have you ever felt like life turned against you for no good reason? You did the right thing, obeyed God, and served faithfully, only to watch storm clouds gather where the sun had just been shining. What do you do when doing right leads to bein...
Storm Clouds Part 1 (1 Samuel 19-20)
Have you ever felt like life turned against you for no good reason? You did the right thing, obeyed God, and served faithfully, only to watch storm clouds gather where the sun had just been shining. What do you do when doing right leads to bein...
Behaving Wisely Part 2 (1 Samuel 18:1-30)
Have you ever wondered what wisdom really looks like in the middle of ordinary life? Not the wisdom of clever answers or shrewd strategies, but the kind that shapes how you respond to praise, criticism, promotion, and setbacks. What does godly ...
Behaving Wisely Part 1 (1 Samuel 18:1-30)
Have you ever wondered what wisdom really looks like in the middle of ordinary life? Not the wisdom of clever answers or shrewd strategies, but the kind that shapes how you respond to praise, criticism, promotion, and setbacks. What does godly ...
David and the Sitting Duck Part 2 (1 Samuel 17)
Have you always heard the story of David and Goliath as a message about overcoming your personal giants? What if that popular reading actually misses the whole point of what happened in the Valley of Blood?In this episode, Stephen Davey ...
David and the Sitting Duck Part 1 (1 Samuel 17)
A story you think you know can still confront you. David and Goliath gets retold as a motivational underdog win, but that version can miss the sharpest edge of 1 Samuel 17. We dig into the line that changes everything: the soldiers describe Gol...
An Unlikely King Part 2 (I Samuel 16:1-13)
A king is chosen while another king still rules, and almost nobody in the room understands what just happened. We head to Bethlehem with Samuel as God stages a decision that feels backwards to human instincts: not a warrior, not the most impres...
An Unlikely King (I Samuel 16:1-13)
Grief can make the future feel sealed shut. We start with Samuel mourning Saul’s failure and fearing what it will do to Israel, and then we sit with God’s blunt comfort: He’s in control of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. That single truth chall...
One Nation Under Greed (Exodus 20:17)
Your life can feel perfectly content until one moment of comparison flips the switch: their car, their house, their promotion, their marriage, their lifestyle. We take that familiar spark of jealousy and follow it to its source, because the Bib...
Cosmetics for the Tongue! (Exodus 20:16)
We’ve all done it: we walk into prayer or worship with our hands metaphorically behind our backs, clinging to something we refuse to surrender. That’s not just a private struggle, it’s a truth problem and Scripture treats it with surprising ser...
A Thief in the Light (Exodus 20:15)
The eighth commandment sounds like it belongs in a courtroom, but Scripture aims it straight at the heart. We start with the chilling honesty of Acts 5, where Ananias and Sapphira try to look generous while hiding the truth, and the whole churc...
Caging the Beast Within (Exodus 20:14)
A culture can’t stay free for long when it loses restraint, and restraint doesn’t last when revelation gets dismissed. We start with Proverbs 29:18 and follow the logic all the way into daily life: when the authority of Scripture is replaced by...
The Industry of Death (Exodus 20:13)
A physician is quoted describing the mental split it takes to reassure one patient about a fetal heartbeat and then walk into the next room to frame a completed abortion as “good news.” That single contrast sets the tone for a hard, values-firs...
A Parent's Bill of Rights (Exodus 20:12)
Your kid is not growing up in a vacuum. They’re being coached every day by peers, media, and a culture that often celebrates disobedience, and we think that reality should change how we lead at home. We start with sobering statistics about teen...
Sunday . . . Holy Day or Holiday (Exodus 20:8-11)
If your week is ruled by deadlines, ambition, and the quiet fear of falling behind, you already know how easy it is to turn productivity into identity. We name that pressure out loud and challenge the story our culture tells: you are not signif...
Posting Guards . . . Seasoning Words (Exodus 20:7)
Some words are so familiar we stop hearing them, until we realize they’ve been shaping us the whole time. We take on the vocabulary of our homes, our friends, our stress, our screens and then we wonder why our faith feels thin when life gets lo...
No Props, Please! (Exodus 20, Romans 1)
If you think idolatry is only about ancient statues, this message will challenge you in the most personal way. We open with the sobering logic of Romans 1: when people stop honoring God and stop giving thanks, they don’t become neutral, they re...
Ten Commandments and the 21st Century (Exodus 20:1-6)
Ever notice how easily “God” turns into a supporting character in our story? We open Exodus 20 by slowing down at the starting line, where God names Himself, asserts His authority, and reminds Israel that He redeemed them from slavery. That con...
The Sinai Summit (Exodus 19)
Smoke rolls over the mountain, lightning splits the sky, and a trumpet blast grows louder until it feels impossible to ignore. That’s the scene at Mount Sinai and it’s also the doorway into a question that hits home fast: what does it really lo...
Meekness . . . Synonym for Moses (Selected Scriptures)
Getting slapped in public is the kind of moment that reveals what is really in us. Stephen Davy opens with a story from his teen years: a stranger strikes his father, and instead of striking back, his father answers with calm control. That sing...
Burnout (Exodus 18)
Running on empty can look like faithfulness until it starts breaking you and the people you’re trying to serve. We open Exodus 18 and sit in the dust outside Moses’ tent as the line grows longer, the days get heavier, and leadership becomes a o...
Grumbling at God (Exodus 15:22-17:7)
Grumbling is rarely about water or food; it’s about what we believe when life gets tight. When the pressure rises, a single question surfaces in the heart: Is the Lord among us or not? We follow Israel’s wilderness journey right after the Red S...
On the Bank of the Deep Red Sea (Exodus 13-14)
You can do everything “right” and still end up in a corner with nowhere to go. That’s the tension at the Red Sea, and it’s why this teaching hits so close to home for anyone facing anxiety, conflict, financial pressure, or a decision that feels...
Life or Death . . . At Midnight (Exodus 11-12)
Midnight is not a vibe, it’s a deadline. We step into Exodus 11 and 12 and try to feel what Israel felt: wake the kids, get dressed, eat fast with your shoes on, and be ready to move with no map. The story of the tenth plague is familiar to man...
