Wisdom for the Heart
by Stephen Davey
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Wise Counsel for Christian Citizens Part 2 (1 Peter 2:16-17)
Wise Counsel for Christian Citizens Part 2 (1 Peter 2:16-17)
About this podcast
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.
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- Wise Counsel for Christian Citizens Part 2 (1 Peter 2:16-17) · 27 minShare a comment If your day feels chaotic before it even starts, the problem might be priority, not productivity. We sit with one compact verse, 1 Peter 2:17, and let it question…
- Wise Counsel for Christian Citizens Part 1 (1 Peter 2:16-17) · 26 minShare a comment Culture moves fast, and it can make you feel old overnight. Facts multiply, technology resets the rules, and even the meaning of “freedom” gets contested in…
- Silencing the Critics Part 2 (1 Peter 2:13-15) · 27 minShare a comment Slander travels fast, and the instinct is to answer it with a sharper tongue, a bigger platform, or a harder punch. We go the opposite direction and ask a tougher…
- Silencing the Critics Part 1 (1 Peter 2:13-15) · 26 minShare a comment Peter tells persecuted Christians to “submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution” and he says it while Nero sits on the throne. That single…
- Wax Free . . . Sun Tested Part 2 (Titus 3:12–15) · 26 minShare a comment Your plans can be thoughtful, prayerful, and genuinely wise and still get rewritten overnight. We walk through Paul’s closing words to Titus and find a…
- Wax Free . . . Sun Tested Part 1 (Titus 3:12–15) · 27 minShare a comment You can learn a lot about a person by what they do when the spotlight hits the cracks. We start with an unforgettable picture from the ancient world: glass and…
- Warning: Two Strikes and You're Out Part 2 (Titus 3:10–11) · 26 minShare a comment Church division rarely starts with a big public blowup. It starts with a slanted perspective, a confident voice, and a steady drip of “you won’t believe what I…
- Warning: Two Strikes and You're Out Part 1 (Titus 3:10–11) · 27 minShare a comment Some conflicts in a church are honest misunderstandings. Others are something else entirely: a person who knows exactly what they’re doing, enjoys the heat of…
- Learning the Art of Refusal Part 2 (Titus 3:9) · 26 minShare a comment The fastest way to weaken a church is not always persecution from the outside. It’s distraction from the inside. We wrestle with Paul’s straight talk to Titus in…
- Learning the Art of Refusal Part 1 (Titus 3:9) · 26 minShare a comment Some of the loudest fights in church life are not about clear sin or clear doctrine. They are about the debatable space where the Bible “barely nods,” where…
- Bringing God to Life Part 2 (Titus 3:8) · 26 minShare a comment “Engage in good deeds” sounds simple until you realize Paul repeats it like a drumbeat and then adds a surprising command: be careful about it. We dig into what…
- Bringing God to Life Part 1 (Titus 3:8) · 27 minShare a comment A gorgeous church building. Onion-shaped turrets. A familiar lobby. Then the doors open and the sanctuary is stacked floor to ceiling with chicken coops. The…
- Ambushed by Goodness Part 2 (Titus 3:4–7) · 26 minShare a comment Being “born again” can sound like religious slang until you slow down and ask what the Bible actually means by it. We take Titus 3 and trace three loaded words…
- Ambushed by Goodness Part 1 (Titus 3:4–7) · 26 minShare a comment One surprise announcement can change everything: a stranger pays a debt you could never erase. We use that real story of six-figure student loans forgiven on the…
- Remember! Part 2 (Titus 3:3–4) · 26 minShare a comment “I want that shade… and that shade… and that shade.” We start with a line that sounds funny until it exposes something deadly serious: covetousness does not just…
- Remember! Part 1 (Titus 3:3–4) · 29 minShare a comment Kindness feels scarce right now, and it is tempting to answer sarcasm with sarcasm and insults with “just telling the truth.” We go to Titus 3 because Paul…
- Living in the City of Man Part 2 (Titus 3:1–2) · 29 minShare a comment Rome didn’t need another angry letter. It needed a different kind of person. We pick up in Titus 3 and ask what it looks like to represent the city of God while…
- Living in the City of Man Part 1 (Titus 3:1–2) · 29 minShare a comment The pressure to quit on culture is real and it is growing. When you watch faith mocked, morality redefined, and even public prayer treated like a problem, it can…
- Settling for Sand (Luke 6:46-49) · 29 minShare a comment Two houses can look identical until the river rises. That’s the unsettling logic Jesus uses at the end of Luke 6:46–49, and it’s where we land in this message…
- Christianity Behind the Curtain (Luke 6:38-45) · 29 minShare a comment If you have ever looked around and thought, “I can’t believe they did that,” Jesus has a way of turning the mirror back toward us. We open Luke 6 and listen as…
- Every Reason to Judge (Luke 6:37) · 27 minShare a comment “Judge not” might be the most quoted Bible line in public arguments and one of the least understood. We slow down and follow Jesus’ words in Luke 6:37 alongside…
- A Different Bill of Rights Part 2 (Luke 6:27-36) · 27 minShare a comment A lot of Christians feel cornered right now, and the reflex is to fight harder for personal and religious rights. We slow that instinct down and hold it up next…
- A Different Bill of Rights Part 1 (Luke 6:27-36) · 26 minShare a comment The Golden Rule is easy to quote and hard to live, especially when the other person is hostile, unfair, or publicly against you. We sit with Jesus’ words in Luke…
- Warning Signs (Luke 6:24-26) · 27 minShare a comment The most dangerous warning signs aren’t always in the sky or the headlines. Sometimes they show up as comfort, confidence, and applause. We start with the big…
- Appetites and Attitudes for Kingdom Citizens (Luke 6:21-23) · 27 minShare a comment Your name can be twisted into something ugly even when you’re trying to do good, and Jesus says that should not surprise us. We start with His blunt promise that…
- Pulling Back the Kingdom Curtain (Luke 6:17-20) · 27 minShare a comment Jesus doesn’t heal like a celebrity putting on a show. He heals like a King proving He has the right to rule. We walk through Luke 6 as Jesus comes down to a…
- Remember to Remember! (2 Peter 1:12-15) · 27 minShare a comment Drift is terrifying precisely because it feels harmless at first. One small compromise, one missed habit, one quiet season of neglect, and before you know it you…
- Seven Guarantees for Life Part 2 (2 Peter 1:8-11) · 27 minShare a comment Peter never forgot the sound of his own failure, and that’s exactly why his words land with such weight. We start with the hope-soaked reality that the gospel…
- Seven Guarantees for Life Part 1 (2 Peter 1:8-11) · 26 minShare a comment If your faith went on trial tomorrow, would there be enough evidence to convict you? We sit with that uncomfortable question and trace it all the way to a…
- The Finishing Touch Part 2 (2 Peter 1:7b) · 27 minShare a comment Anger that flares up and “passes in seconds” can still scorch a relationship for days. We dig into Paul’s blunt line from 1 Corinthians 13, “love is not…
- The Finishing Touch Part 1 (2 Peter 1:7b) · 26 minShare a comment If “love” is everywhere, why does it feel so thin? We dig into agape, the kind of love Scripture treats as the finishing touch of spiritual maturity and the one…
- How to Treat Your Relatives (2 Peter 1:7) · 27 minShare a comment Criticism can harden you or soften you, and the difference shows up in how you treat people who have nothing to offer you. We start with a surprising window into…
- On the Playing Field of Life (2 Peter 1:6) · 26 minShare a comment The “secret” to spiritual growth is usually the thing we least want to hear: go back to the fundamentals and stop looking for shortcuts. We connect Paul’s fruit…
- Keep Swimming! (2 Peter 1:6) · 27 minShare a comment Pressure has a way of stripping life down to what’s real. We start with Paul’s blunt, relieving honesty: believers can be afflicted, perplexed, and even struck…
- Getting a Grip on Life (2 Peter 1:6) · 27 minShare a comment “Just say no” sounded simple, looked impressive, and still didn’t change hearts. We dig into why those famous behavior campaigns failed and how that same mistake…
- The Right Kind of Gold Rush (2 Peter 1:5a) · 27 minShare a comment 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…
- The Passionate Pursuit of Excellence (2 Peter 1:5a) · 27 minShare a comment 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…
- Rafting On Whitewater (2 Peter 1:3-4) · 27 minShare a comment 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…
- The Crowded Life (2 Peter 1:2) · 27 minShare a comment 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…
- What to Remember With 30 Seconds to Live (2 Peter 1:1b) · 28 minShare a comment 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…
- The Real Thing! (1 Peter 1:1) · 27 minShare a comment 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…
- The Final Song Part 2 (1 Chronicles 28-29) · 27 minShare a comment 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…
- The Final Song Part 1 (1 Chronicles 28-29) · 27 minShare a comment 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…
- Do Babies Really Go To Heaven Part 2 (2 Samuel 12:14-23) · 26 minShare a comment 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…
- Do Babies Really Go To Heaven Part 1 (2 Samuel 12:14-23) · 27 minShare a comment 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…
- Telling The Truth To God (Psalm 51) · 27 minShare a comment 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…
- Caught Red Handed Part 2 (2 Samuel 12) · 27 minShare a comment 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…
- Caught Red Handed Part 1 (2 Samuel 12) · 26 minShare a comment 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…
- The Cover Up Part 2 (2 Samuel 11:6-27) · 26 minShare a comment 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…
- The Cover Up Part 1 (2 Samuel 11:6-27) · 26 minShare a comment 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…
