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
465 episodes
Global Warming (Revelation 16:8-21)
Climate change dominates headlines, but we argue the real battleground is deeper than policy, models, or carbon footprints. When people start talking like humanity is an intruder on Earth, the stakes shift from stewardship to something closer t...
Poetic Justice (Revelation 16:1-7)
Armageddon is a word everyone recognizes, but few people slow down long enough to ask what the Bible actually says will happen and why. We take you straight into Revelation 16, where seven angels step forward with seven bowls of wrath, and we t...
Both Sound and Sight - Part 2 (James 1:26-27)
If you want a definition of faith that is concrete enough to test, James gives one that is both simple and unsettling: care for orphans and widows in their distress, and keep yourself unstained by the world. We take that line seriously and ask ...
Both Sound and Sight (James 1:26-27)
Your TV can preach a better sermon than you think. When the sound works but the screen stays dark, you realize something essential is missing. We use that everyday frustration as a sharp lens for James 1:26-27: Christianity was never designed t...
Just Do It! (James 1:22-25)
Hearing good teaching can feel like progress, but it can also become a trap. We dig into James 1:22 and the hard warning behind it: when we listen to God’s Word without practicing it, we don’t just stay neutral, we delude ourselves. That shows ...
Tutored by Truth
We’re surrounded by more content than any generation in history, but all that information can leave us unchanged. We talk honestly about the modern habit of living on sound bites and quick clips, and why a flood of headlines, books, and opinion...
Humpty Dumpty Wasn't Pushed
A Swedish study once claimed researchers had found a “sin gene” that could predict cheating. It sounds like science, but it also sounds like permission. We take that impulse head-on and ask the question we all dodge: when I fall, who am I blami...
The Truth About Trouble
Trouble doesn’t knock politely, and James doesn’t pretend it will. We walk through James 1:2-12 with the original setting in mind: believers scattered by persecution, living with real fear, and asking the question every generation still asks, “...
Whose Slave Are You?
Freedom is one of our favorite words, but what if it’s mostly a myth? We start with a blunt claim from Scripture: everyone is a slave to something. The real question isn’t whether we serve a master, it’s which master owns us, shapes our choices...
Lord of the Sabbath—and Everything Else
They’re furious because hungry disciples eat a few kernels of grain. They’re even more furious when a man’s withered hand is restored in front of the whole synagogue. Luke 6 isn’t just a Sabbath argument, it’s a spotlight on what legalism does ...
Acting All Spiritual Without Being Spiritual At All
Some religious systems train you to look holy while feeling empty. We sit with Luke 5:33–39 and watch Jesus collide with a spirituality built on resumes, rules, and gloomy public displays. The Pharisees can’t stand that His disciples eat, drink...
The Trouble with Matthew
Jesus doesn’t tiptoe around messy people. He walks straight into Levi’s workplace, looks a tax collector with a gangster-level reputation in the eyes, and says two words that change everything: “Follow me.” What happens next is more than a conv...
Without a Prayer
The crowd is packed, the religious experts are taking notes, and a paralyzed man can’t get anywhere near Jesus unless his friends carry him. When the front door won’t work, they do the unthinkable: they climb onto the roof, tear through the til...
Untouchable!
A man “full of leprosy” breaks every rule to get close to Jesus and that choice could cost him his life. The crowd expects rejection, distance, and disgust. Instead, we see a moment where hopelessness falls at the feet of hope and a single ques...
The Crushing of the Serpent Begins (Luke 4:31-44)
A synagogue service turns into a collision between light and darkness when Jesus teaches with a kind of authority nobody can ignore. We slow down in Luke 4:31–43 and trace three clear demonstrations of who Jesus is: authority in His speaking, a...
Responding to Rejection (Luke 4:14-30)
They invited Jesus to preach because he was famous. They tried to kill him because he told the truth. We open Luke 4 and follow Jesus back to Nazareth for what becomes his first sermon at home and his last one there, a moment that exposes how q...
Dealing with the Devil (Luke 4:1-13)
Temptation doesn’t just show up, it studies you. We walk through Luke 4 and watch Satan aim three carefully chosen attacks at Jesus in the wilderness: meet a real need in a wrong way, grab the crown without the cross, and twist Scripture to mak...