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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
550 episodes
The Right Kind of Gold Rush (2 Peter 1:5a)
Every day, people make choices that look “normal” on the surface but add up to a life that quietly falls apart. We start with sobering youth statistics and the raw question behind them: if you believe you’re an accident in an accidental univers...
The Passionate Pursuit of Excellence (2 Peter 1:5a)
Politicians love to talk about “values,” especially in an election year, but that word can hide a problem: what we value is not always virtuous, and what feels “right” can quietly be deadly. We start with a simple reframe that cuts through the ...
Rafting On Whitewater (2 Peter 1:3-4)
White water will tell you what you really trust. We open with a rafting story that feels uncomfortably familiar: the raft flips, panic hits, and the “safe” move looks like swimming to the calm edge. Then comes the twist. The quiet water is wher...
The Crowded Life (2 Peter 1:2)
Noise is not just annoying, it is formative. When the headlines never stop and the notifications keep buzzing, our minds and hearts get pulled into a current of the sensational, the trivial, and the temporary. We want peace, but we often chase ...
What to Remember With 30 Seconds to Live (2 Peter 1:1b)
Saying “Jesus is Savior” can sound harmless until you say it like the apostles meant it: Jesus Christ alone. That single word exposes why culture can tolerate vague spirituality but lashes out at biblical Christianity. We talk candidly about wh...
The Real Thing! (1 Peter 1:1)
Peter is near the end of his life, and his words have the weight of someone who knows what failure feels like and what grace can rebuild. We open 2 Peter by watching him do something unexpected: he signs his name in a way that admits both his o...
The Final Song Part 2 (1 Chronicles 28-29)
The hardest spiritual test is not hearing God say “no” to a bad idea, it’s hearing Him say “no” to a good one. We sit with King David at the end of his life as he looks straight at an unfulfilled dream: he spent years planning a temple for God’...
The Final Song Part 1 (1 Chronicles 28-29)
The hardest kind of disappointment is not failing, it is watching someone else live the dream you carried for years. We sit with David at the end of his life as he admits, without spin, that building God’s temple was “the intention of my heart”...
Do Babies Really Go To Heaven Part 2 (2 Samuel 12:14-23)
The question isn’t academic if you’ve ever held an ultrasound photo, walked out of a hospital empty-handed, or wondered what God does with the smallest lives. We take the most tender and controversial question head-on: do miscarried, stillborn,...
Do Babies Really Go To Heaven Part 1 (2 Samuel 12:14-23)
One sentence can stop a grieving parent cold: “I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.” We start there, with David and Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 12, because the death of a child forces honest Christians to face the hardest pastoral questio...
Telling The Truth To God (Psalm 51)
Shame makes smart people act like fugitives. Sometimes the hiding is obvious, like a new name and a new city. Sometimes it’s quieter, like a carefully managed story, a tight smile, and a private fear that the truth will catch up. We start with ...
Caught Red Handed Part 2 (2 Samuel 12)
A king hears a simple story about a stolen lamb and explodes in rage, sure he’s defending justice. Then the prophet looks him in the eye and says the line that collapses every excuse: you are that man. We trace the turning point in 2 Samuel 12 ...
Caught Red Handed Part 1 (2 Samuel 12)
A year of silence can look like success on the outside and feel like slow collapse on the inside. We pick up the story of King David after 2 Samuel 11, when adultery and murder seem safely buried, and we ask the question nobody wants to answer:...
The Cover Up Part 2 (2 Samuel 11:6-27)
One bad choice rarely stays lonely. We walk through the David and Bathsheba narrative in 2 Samuel 11 at the exact moment David tries to outsmart consequences, and we watch his options shrink until he starts sacrificing other people to protect h...
The Cover Up Part 1 (2 Samuel 11:6-27)
The most unsettling scandals aren’t the ones that start with failure. They’re the ones that continue with planning. We take a hard look at the definition of a cover-up and why the attempt to hide wrongdoing so often becomes more reprehensible t...
Governed By Lessor Passions Part 2 (2 Samuel 11:1-5 )
Temptation doesn’t walk into your life carrying a warning label. It shows you the highlight reel, then asks you to decide fast. We start with that brutal reality and follow it straight into one of the most sobering moments in Scripture: King Da...
Governed By Lessor Passions Part 1 (2 Samuel 11:1-5 )
A single line can expose an entire life: “Forbidden lust is like someone dying of thirst while begging for salt.” We start there, then zoom out to a headline-worthy cautionary tale, Marcus Antony and Cleopatra, where desire doesn’t stay persona...
At The Table Of Grace Part 2 (2 Samuel 9 )
A new king usually cleans house. David does the opposite. He calls for a nationwide search to find a living relative of Saul, the very house that once hunted him, and he names his motive without flinching: he wants to show “the kindness of God....
At The Table Of Grace Part 1 (2 Samuel 9 )
A king goes looking for the family of his enemy, and what he plans to do with them flips every instinct about power on its head. We walk through 2 Samuel 9 and David’s decision to show covenant kindness to Mephibosheth, the surviving son of Jon...
When The Answer Is No Part 2 (2 Samuel 7)
God says “no” to David, and it’s not because David’s motives are wrong. That’s what makes the moment so unsettling. David wants to build a house for God, a temple that would feel like the ultimate act of devotion, and then Nathan returns with a...
When The Answer Is No Part 1 (2 Samuel 7)
The word “but” can crush a plan in seconds. David is living the dream: peace in the land, a secure throne, a cedar palace, and a holy desire to honor God by building a temple. He asks the prophet Nathan, gets an enthusiastic yes, and you can al...
The Last Meal Part 2 (1 Samuel 28 & 31)
God’s silence can feel mysterious until you realize what King Saul refuses to face: you can’t demand closeness with God while you’re actively protecting the sin you already know needs confession. We walk through Saul’s final descent and why his...
The Last Meal Part 1 (1 Samuel 28 & 31)
One person with the wrong theology and the right access can tilt a whole nation. We start with a surprising historical thread, Rasputin’s shadow over the Russian monarchy, and use it to spotlight a timeless pattern: when a culture gets “all afl...
Misled By A Misguided Heart Part 2 (1 Samuel 27, 29, 30)
Panic loves to sound like wisdom. It tells you to move fast, trust your gut, and do whatever it takes to feel safe again. That’s exactly where David is in 1 Samuel 27 to 30, and we follow the chain reaction as his “perfect plan” seems to work a...
Misled By A Misguided Heart Part 1 (1 Samuel 27, 29, 30)
Discouragement isn’t just a feeling, it’s a lever. When it gets under the edge of your heart, it can pry you open and start rewriting what you believe about God, yourself, and the future. We start with a stark reminder from Scripture: even when...
