True Wisdom

Have you ever experience the emotions of doing what God instructed you to do which led to a great accomplishment? Elijah had his mountain top experience facing off against imposters and receive enough strength to run before horses. Is that power available for us today? Andrew and Robert discuss 1 Kings 18. Related Podcasts: — How Should We Relate to the Cares of This Life? — Complaints, Complaints...

Ah, the Preacher with more advice for us that is still relevant today. Robert and Andrew read from Proverbs 11 and discuss the guidance offered by King Solomon. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Questions or Comments? Please reach out to us through email at questions@truewisdom.info or on Twitter/X @truewisdom_pod Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he w...

Are Video Games mentioned in the Bible? We have been given many parables, and in those parables, many secular objects were used to represent spiritual things.  Is it possible to do the same with video games? Are there any elements within games that can be used to provide a spiritual lesson? Andrew and Robert read Galatians 2:15-21 and talk about the concept of the Parable of the Video Games Relate...

Did you know Jesus put in place a method to handle issues between believers? In Matthew 18:15-20, Jesus outlines the steps we should take when Christians feel they have been wronged by a fellow believer. Robert and Andrew discuss those verses and whether or not we truly understand the process and if we take it too far! Send us Fan Mail Support the show Questions or Comments? Please reach out to us...

How could the man after God's own heart be out of sync with God? Reading from 2nd Samuel 11:26 to 12:14, Andrew and Robert talk about what led to the disconnect with God, what steps God took to bring it to King David's attention and what David did in response. Are we out of sync with God? What has he done to get our attention and what was our response? Send us Fan Mail Support the show Q...

What should we do when we pray and don't hear an answer from God? What should we do when we DO hear from God but the results don't seem to match the instructions we hear? In Judges 20 the children of Israel hear from God and things did NOT go their way. How did they respond? Robert and Andrew talk about what the Israelites did and how we should react when faced with the same types of sit...

Andrew and Robert start a series of episodes on prayer, reading from James 5:13-20.  Even though there were a few technical issues they were able to work thru them and cover how James spoke about prayer referring to Elijah's experience of first praying for the rain to stop and then for the rain to once again start in Israel. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Questions or Comments? Please reac...

What happens when we get distracted by the signs for the exit and end up missing the exit itself? Or we get so wrapped up in talking about the trip that we miss the point of the trip? Or we are enjoying the journey so much that we forget that it is not the final destination, which will be so much better? Robert and Andrew discuss how studying the Bible carefully will help to reveal the destination...

God never promised us that every day would be a great day but in 1 Samuel 30 we are shown how to get through the tougher times.  In this chapter David is dealing with the loss of his family AND his troops anger against him because of decisions he has made. Andrew and Robert talk about how he deals with this depressive situation. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Questions or Comments? Please reach...

The close of probation is not the same for everyone. What I mean is, we are each given an opportunity to choose Christ for everlasting life but my time will not end at the same time as someone else. During Jesus' trial before the crucifixion Pilate was given a great opportunity to speak to Jesus, discover He was blameless (twice) and still ended up not choosing to free Jesus. Herod had alread...

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. (Proverbs 3:5) But how do we develop trust in the Lord? Who about trusting in those who say they are speaking for the Lord? Reading from 1 Kings 20, Robert and Andrew go over how to trust that what you are hearing from others is really from God. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Questions or Comments? Please reach ou...

Have you ever had a coworker who seemed to be out to stop you from succeeding in life? What about a neighbor who annoyed you ever chance they got? Did you know the Bible give the keys to overcoming those issues?? Robert and Andrew read from Nehemiah 4 to find the answers to dealing with people who are in opposition to your work. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Questions or Comments? Please reach...

"The Old Testament is in the past..." "The Old Testament died at the cross!" "The new covenant replaced the Old Testament!!" Are those statements true?? Andrew and Robert discuss the idea that the Old Testament is done away with and all we should focus on is the New Testament by reading from 1 Corinthians 10. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Questions or Comments? Pl...

In Acts, Luke writes about the unity in the early Christian Church. However, in 1st Corinthians, Paul is writing to the church about issues that they are having between themselves.  Robert and Andrew discuss the divisions that they early Christians were dealing with that Paul is discussin in 1st Corinthians 3. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Questions or Comments? Please reach out to us through...

As followers of Christ we have a mission to spread the Gospel which makes us messengers.  In Ezekiel 3, the Lord gives clear instructions on part of the job of a Gospel messenger. Robert and Andrew discuss Ezekiel 3 and the job of a messenger watchmen. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Questions or Comments? Please reach out to us through email at questions@truewisdom.info or on Twitter/X @truewis...

After starting the church in Corinth Paul left to form churches in other areas but word got back to him about the state of affairs. It seems as if the church was going off track so Paul wrote this letter to get them back on track.  Andrew and Robert discuss Chapter 1 of the first letter to the church in Corinth. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Questions or Comments? Please reach out to us throug...

As the Children of Israel were getting ready to go into the promise land they had to receive instructions. The task at hand was to drive out the people currently residing in the land and to establish the different tribes in their own spaces. Andrew and Robert talk about God's methods of accomplishing those tasks as the people prepared for their future in Caanan. Send us Fan Mail Support the s...

As we continue on with Ecclesiastes, Robert and Andrew address chapter 1. Ecclesiastes 1 not only identifies the book's author, but also starts the discussion life's purpose. If everything we can do now has already been done, what should we pursue? What is really important in the grand scheme of life? Send us Fan Mail Support the show Questions or Comments? Please reach out to us through...

 We've all be told that the pursuit of knowledge is a good thing right? In Ecclesiastes chapter 2 the preacher is recounting his experience in life after seeking after knowledge and wisdom and yet he describes it all as "Vanity"!  Andrew and Robert read thru chapter 2 and discuss what Solomon is talking about and why it is important in these times. Send us Fan Mail Support the show...

Take it from me, when God tells you to do something you should just go ahead and do it. It will work in your benefit. Ahaz didn't do as God requested and it meant something for the nation of Judah.  Andrew and Robert read through Isaiah 7 to get the full story on God's Promises and Assurances. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Questions or Comments? Please reach out to us through email a...

There are times in our lives that we do wrong, God spares us but we still have to face consequences because of our actions. Baalpeor was one of those time in the live of the Israelites. Because of their sins they had to pay a steep penalty and because one man in the camp wouldn't stand for the people's actions lives were spared.  Robert and Andrew read and discuss Numbers 25 about the Tr...

Andrew and Robert read through Matthew 4:1-4 and 27:38-43 and discuss Jesus' experience with temptation and how it relates to how we should handle temptation. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Questions or Comments? Please reach out to us through email at questions@truewisdom.info or on Twitter/X @truewisdom_pod Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and h...

In Luke 20, verses 1-18, Jesus is confronted by the religious leaders who are looking to "put Him in his place". They don't like the fact that he is calling them out and preaching the good news to the people. This good news is exposing them for their lack of concern for the very people they are supposed to be leading. What does the parable show and what is their response to the para...

If you start reading the first few verses of 2nd Kings 25 you can imagine a scenario given the names and dates in the chapter. However if you go back over Chapter 24 you are presented with information that may reframe your original thinking about the sequence of events and the people involved.  Andrew and Robert go over how to properly read and interpret the passages so that you can get the inform...

Where does Idolatry lead us and can we still have Idol in 2026? Aren't we too educated to fall for idolatry? Robert and Andrew read from Deuteronomy 14 and talk about idolatry and how it infected the ancient Israelites and what it lead to for their nation. Are we in danger of falling to the same issues? Send us Fan Mail Support the show Questions or Comments? Please reach out to us through em...