Stories from the Field

A Blessing for Believers in Morocco

Hasan Amin — Morocco

“This program has been an incredible blessing in my spiritual life and ministry. What you are sharing from God’s Word is full of grace and wisdom...”

Praying for Fruit in the Muslim World

A Partner in Morocco — Morocco

“Good evening, dear brothers. By God’s grace, I have been able to watch many episodes of The Wisdom Journey...”

Esteban's Story

In the loneliness after his wife left him, Esteban found a peace he could not explain through the teachings of Wisdom International.

Emailing The Magazine Through JPAY

Wes — Kenner, Louisiana, USA

His son in prison introduced the family to the broadcast years ago; now the digital magazine lets them keep sending those articles to him.

Where My Own Thirst Is Quenched

Eduardo — Santiago, Chile

After fifteen years of counseling others as a church elder in Santiago, he had nowhere to take his own needs until he found this ministry.

A Kind Correction About Oswald Chambers

Kathy — Byron Center, Michigan, USA

A repeat listener to the Legacy of Light series gently flags a mistake about how long Oswald Chambers lived, and thanks the team anyway.

Could Listen To Him All Day

Cheryl — Florida, USA

A BBN radio listener stays tuned for a teacher who is well prepared, interesting on every subject, and blessed with a marvelous sense of humor.

Writing Philippians With The Library Open

Cyndi — Acworth, Georgia, USA

Prompted one morning to write a verse-by-verse study on standing firm through persecution, she checks her understanding of each passage against the online sermon library.

Standing Firm In A Mismatched Marriage

Donna — Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Twenty years after finding the radio program on her commute, she keeps standing for the Lord in a spiritually mismatched marriage and praying for her husband.

The Suitcase On The Subway

Greg — Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

A Sunday school teacher borrows the opening illustrations for his own classes, including a favorite involving dead pets, a Goodwill suitcase, and a New York subway.

Driving Home, The Journey Back To Grace

Chris — Fuquay-varina, North Carolina, USA

Trapped through his twenties in a cult that preached works and fear, he found the broadcast on late-night drives and began learning and unlearning his way back.

Bringing The Good News To Life

Burl — Pulaski, Virginia, USA

Podcasts, sermons, and books together keep the Scriptures vivid for a longtime listener who wrote simply to say thank you.

Confident, Comforted, And Under His Control

Cora — North Carolina, USA

Weary of dire predictions and pressure to conform, she finds her footing in an article grounded in Scripture and in God's control of the future.

Sermons Playing Every Night For Fourteen Years

Holly — United States

Through her young husband's sudden death, widowhood with an unborn child, and a later miscarriage, the nightly sermons kept playing, and now her son listens too.

Never Understood The Bible Until Now

Peg — Ravenel, South Carolina, USA

Raised in church but never able to make sense of Scripture, she says the lessons have opened her eyes and her heart, one at a time.

The English She Wanted As A Teenager

Aline — Brazil

A teenage longing to learn English led, twenty years later, to Bible teaching on the radio that reshaped what she understood being a Christian to mean.

Through The Bible A Second Time

Melissa — Holly Springs, North Carolina, USA

Now on her second pass through the Wisdom Journey, she leans on the archives and manuscripts as she works to understand the Bible cover to cover.

Teaching With My Mother's Materials

Mildred — Jena, Louisiana, USA

Teaching a ladies' discipleship class with materials her mother left behind, she reads the sermons for the cultural and original-language detail she might otherwise miss.

Like A Map That Keeps Me On Track

Carolyn — Taylors, South Carolina, USA

She starts every day with Wisdom and calls it a map for the journey, while asking for an easier way to find where questions can be submitted.

Running Out Of That House At Sixteen

Thelma — North Carolina, USA

Pregnant at sixteen and taken to a house where abortions were performed, she fled, married, and raised three children who trust Christ today.

Blessings I Cannot Enumerate

Hubermann — Boca Raton, Florida, USA

A Florida listener calls the program God-anointed and its teacher both humble and deeply knowledgeable, and prays the world keeps hearing him.

Cleansing The Brain And Soul

Jonathan — Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Preaching that brings the Word to life and turns him away from living for himself, in words that mean more to him than the preacher will know.

Losing My Place in the App

Janet — Greenville, South Carolina, USA

A daily Wisdom Journey listener steps out to read the passage in her Bible app and returns to find the lesson has started over again.

I Had No Idea Where to Start

Jill — Burlington, Vermont, USA

Facing a Bible she did not know how to open, she now works through the whole of it, down to what phrases meant in Jewish ears.

No Retirement Until He Takes Me Home

Mary — Nampa, Idaho, USA

Turning 87 this Sunday and widowed in May, she is on her second pass through the Wisdom Journey and still discipling a younger woman.

The Gift of Hearing and Reading

Janice — Florida, USA

Two years of hearing and reading about the Bible have left her looking forward to more, and passing what she learns on to friends and family.

The Mystery of Deep Ideas

Solomon — Andhra Pradesh, India

Calling himself a novice, a reader in India finds the articles open up ideas he could not reach by reading the Bible on his own.

Discovered on the BBN Radio Program

Aubrey — Tennessee, USA

He came across the broadcast on BBN radio, started listening as often as he could, and finds the messages steady his everyday walk.

As We Walk This Journey

Joyce — Trinity, Florida, USA

A husband and wife listen together every day, and the teaching draws them closer to the Lord as they go through life side by side.

A Reference for the Groups I Teach

Raymond — Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA

A listener since the earliest BBN broadcasts, he has used these sermons for years as study material for the community groups he leads.

The Man I Saw in My Dream

Jennifer — Chesapeake, Virginia, USA

At her lowest point a sermon played through the night, and years later she went online and recognized the face from her dream.

In Ways You Never Thought Of

Denver — Johnson County Paintsville, Kentucky, USA

A Kentucky listener who once lived in North Carolina sends a plain, wholehearted blessing over the ministry and everyone carrying it forward.

Taking This Banner With Me

Ruth — Mishawaka, Indiana, USA

A move to Indiana to help with her father's nursing home care led her to BBN, and sixteen years later she is still taking notes.

The Bible Taught at Full Strength

Terry — Dothan, Alabama, USA

Surrounded by misinformation, he values a teacher who gives the Bible at full strength, the same truth he grew up hearing in church.

For Scholars and Ordinary People Alike

Cynthia — Northeastern, North Carolina, USA

She thanks him for exposition that reaches trained scholars and ordinary listeners alike, along with the family stories, history, humor, and free transcripts.

Never Too Old to Learn More

Ginger — Columbus, Georgia, USA

Turning 85 this month, she still loves God's words and has settled it in her mind that age is no reason to stop learning.

Answers Through Twenty-One Years of Loss

Thelma — Maysville, North Carolina, USA

Two decades of daily listening carried her through devastating family losses, and a diagnosis announced from the podium turned out to echo her own history.

Ninety-Two, and Listening Every Day

Lois — Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

At 92, after many years of serving the Lord, she makes the daily broadcast and Heart to Heart part of her devotions.

Reciting Colossians 3:23 Through Hangovers

Gladys — Alabama, USA

Delivered from drinking and gambling after years of prayer, she looks back on hangover mornings held together by one verse, and rejoices that her sons chose differently.

From the Transmission Side to Production

Robert — Apex, North Carolina, USA

After 32 years in Christian radio transmission, he joined the ministry in 2004 to produce and edit the sermons, with his wife working alongside.

My Wakeup Call for the Day

Marie — Port Charlotte, Florida, USA

His voice each morning has become the wake-up call that starts her day, and she prays the Gospel stays fresh year after year.

Challenged Scripturally, and With Love

Mike — North Carolina, USA

Marking 25 years, he notes teaching that takes on difficult and controversial questions without ever losing its pastoral, loving tone.

The Gymnasium of God's Word

Bobbie — Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

A radio broadcast pointed her to a church she could actually drive to, and one vivid image about sweat changed how she studies Scripture.

The Word Comes Alive in Context

Gwen — Winder, Georgia, USA

Background and cultural custom turn a familiar passage into something she can feel, the writer's love and care, and she takes notes to revisit later.

Let the Truth Be Told

Karen — Clayton, North Carolina, USA

Years of learning from Wisdom for the Heart leave her thanking Adonai Elohim and asking the staff to keep telling the truth.

A Phone Call While Praying Alone

Joyce — Huntsville, Alabama, USA

Told her husband was at end of life during Covid and praying alone, she answered a call from the ministry that set many others praying.

The 8:30 Habit on BBN

Donna — Pennsylvania, USA

Daily at 8:30 on BBN she finds Bible-grounded messages that lift her up, plus a touch of humor that keeps her listening where other preachers lost her.

Messages Shared With the Global Church

Cam — Bogotá, Colombia

Every message reaches three people in one household, himself, his mom, and his sister, and he writes back with thanks and a promise of prayer.

Quoting the Truth Without Living It

Amy — Liberty, South Carolina, USA

A single line about Jonah stopped her mid-page, exposing idols she had put above God, and began a book-by-book journey she plans to finish by 2027.

A Broken Back and The King's Pardon

Pat — Montana, USA

Sidelined at nearly eighty-five by a lawnmower accident, a veteran Bible teacher finds a message on Romans 8 that brought tears and gave him a new mentor.

From a Frito Lay Route to Retirement

William — Princeton, North Carolina, USA

Years of listening on a sales route and now at home leave him convinced this is the best Bible teaching he has ever heard.

A Sermon on the Walk, Another at Bedtime

Deborah — Travelers Rest, South Carolina, USA

The app goes with her on daily walks and to bed most nights, and she keeps telling other people about the program.

Sermons Bookmarked to Hear Again

Teresa — NC - Bonlee, USA

She points other people to teaching that makes the Bible understandable, and keeps a set of series bookmarked to listen to a second time.

Partners in Truth, Told in Many Languages

Natalie — Auburn, Alabama, USA

As wisdom partners they promote the ministry to friends who want truth, glad to support the Word going out in so many different languages.

A Grandfather From Genesis to Romans

Timothy — Texas, USA

Starting in Genesis a few years ago and now in Romans, he passes the messages on to friends and family and keeps his place in the notebook.

Breakfast Timed for the Broadcast

Alice — Maryville, Tennessee, USA

At eighty-five, after thirteen years with Wycliffe Bible Translators, she sets breakfast at 8:30 so she and her husband never miss the morning message.

Turning Up the Volume on 91.7

Jeff — Fayetteville, Tennessee, USA

A calm voice on the car radio caught him fifteen years ago during a hard season at his own church, and the app has kept him listening since.

A Daily Transfusion of Biblical Strength

Marty — Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Living alone in Knoxville, he built a weekday routine at 7:30 and switches over to the app whenever the radio station runs into technical trouble.

Passages That Confused Her for Years

Margie — Winter Garden, Florida, USA

Background on when and why a text was written finally clears up passages that puzzled her for years, and the humor sometimes makes her laugh out loud.

Those Voices in the Dark

Susan — Snow Hill, North Carolina, USA

After ten years of listening, she still remembers the nights the congregation sang a closing hymn and the tears that came with it.

Kind Yet Forthright and Insightful

David — Valley Center, Kansas, USA

Years of radio listening leave him convinced that vivid illustrations and careful interpretation make this his favorite Bible teacher on the air.

Tired of the Constant Struggle

Emily — Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA

Facing one surgery after another and worn down by recovery, she finds that each broadcast leaves her refreshed and able to keep going.

Where Jesus Christ Is Honored

Charles — Seguin, Texas, USA

A couple who tuned in from the first BBN broadcast have lately added the Sunday worship service, and find both message and music encouraging.

The Quiet Voice in Those Last Days

Marlo — Pine Mtn Valley, Georgia, USA

She found the station as her husband fought the illness that took his life, and now listens faithfully to the preacher her mother never missed.

From BBN Listener to Sunday Teacher

Raymond — Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA

He found the program when it took David Jeremiah's slot on BBN, and now leans on the website each week to prepare the class he teaches.

Transcripts for a Monday Bible Study

Randall — San Antonio, Texas, USA

Following since 2014, a military retiree uses the transcripts week after week to teach the Bible study he leads every Monday.

Meet You at Jesus' Feet Someday

Wayne — Waynesboro, Virginia, USA

At eighty-nine, after fifty-three years walking with the Lord, a retired aerospace engineer says teaching this sound is hard to come by now.

Sitting on the Kitchen Counter

William — South Hill Puyallup, Washington, USA

Restored to his family after years apart, he flipped on the radio during a lunch break and kept climbing back onto the counter to listen.

Taking Notes on a Two-Mile Walk

Virginia — Gaffney, South Carolina, USA

She emails herself notes while she walks, and a sermon on Joshua 6 gave her more for her Sunday school class than her commentaries did.

Finding My Way Back to the Cross

Betsy — Parker, Colorado, USA

After a marriage of nearly forty years ended, she found teaching that drew her broken heart back toward Jesus and the healing she needed.

Arriving at Work in Tears

Jeanette — Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

His humor and his love for the Lord catch her on the morning commute, and she pulls into work with tears every time.

Still Sitting in His Prayer Chair

Margaret — Summerfield, Florida, USA

A year after her husband went to heaven, she still settles into his prayer chair each day to hear the pastor they shared.

Heard by Chance on the Radio

Renee — Louisiana, USA

One accidental turn of the radio dial led her through every full-length sermon and on into the Wisdom Journey.

Informative, Encouraging, and Often Convicting

Rebecca — Hernando Beach, Florida, USA

The daily devotional and the sermons hold her attention so well that she often listens twice, seeking God's counsel for her own situation.

New Light on Familiar Passages

Lisa — Maple Valley, Washington, USA

A Christian of fifty-six years says the right sermon keeps arriving exactly when she needs it, shedding new light on verses she thought she knew.

His Courage Makes Me Brave

Lori — Lexington, South Carolina, USA

A friend's insistence led her to a preacher who reminded her of a younger Chuck Swindoll, and who pastored her through years without a church.

One of the Few Stations We Could Get

Prudence — Lost City, West Virginia, USA

A move in 2008 left her with almost no radio choices, and the one Christian station she could pick up introduced teaching she still follows.

The Wisdom Journey Over Coffee

Samantha — Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Years of commuting sermons and careful notes carried her through low valleys, and now her children join her over coffee for the morning lesson.

A Gaping Hole in the Morning

Jessica — Ohio, USA

Missing the 8:30 broadcast throws off her whole day, and she is grateful for everyone behind the scenes who makes it possible.

From Revelation Through to Romans

Scott — Durham, North Carolina, USA

He has been through the Wisdom Journey one and a half times and is steadily working his way across the whole Bible on the app.

Books We Had Not Jumped Into

Tonya — Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

A couple working through Wisdom Journey find themselves studying books of the Bible they had always skipped, in video, written, and podcast form.

Lessons On Job, Planted Years Early

Anne — Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Ten years of commutes with Job and the life of King David turned out to be preparation for the unexplained death of her infant son.

Sermons Shared From The Dental Chair

Carolyn — Cary, North Carolina, USA

A dental hygienist passed along what she heard each morning to a famously captive audience, and a lesson about a jar of marbles still shapes her days.

Joy Is No Longer About Circumstances

Renee — Dorchester, South Carolina, USA

A begrudging drive to her daughter's technical school landed her on an unfamiliar radio station, and years later joy, peace, and hope no longer rise and fall with her circumstances.

Trusting God When Life Falls Apart

Juan — Tampa, Florida, USA

A retired man walks every morning with earbuds in, and the lives of biblical characters keep teaching him that God cares for his own.

A Recommendation From A Careful Pastor

Susan — Palm Harbor, Florida, USA

A pastor who almost never pointed anyone beyond the fathers of the faith made one exception, and she has listened, prayed, and given ever since.

The Critic Who Convinced Him To Listen

Garrett — Jacksonville, Florida, USA

A rideshare driver read a stranger's disparaging words online, took them as the best possible recommendation, and started running for his car by 8:30 each morning.

Three Times Through Old And New

Jaya — Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA

After his wife's three-year fight with cancer ended, a father of two daughters has worked through the Old and New Testament series more than three times.

Calling Churches To Interview The Pastors

Sabrina — Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA

After walking out of one church after another, she began phoning pastors midweek to question them, until a Sunday in Romans finally settled it.

A Commute Program Found Again

Rachel — Columbia, South Carolina, USA

A long drive to work introduced her to the broadcast in 2008, and when the program drifted back to mind years later she went hunting for it.

Scripture Made Plain For Everyday Living

Donna — Wichita, Kansas, USA

A brief and quiet word of thanks for teaching that clarifies Scripture and connects it to ordinary daily life.

Hard Passages Made Plain In Da UP

Beth — Lakefield Twp Mcmillan, Michigan, USA

In rural northern Michigan, where sound teaching is rare, difficult passages have grown clearer and the jokes land even with Northerners.

The Radio Stayed On After He Died

Judy — Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

Widowed in 2021, she began leaving the radio on most of the day and found a daily voice whose humor and message she can relate to.

Twenty Years Since That First Sermon

Karin — United States

One sermon settled where she wanted to be, and two decades later she still prays regularly for the pastor, his family, and the whole staff.

Full Sermons Walking, The Journey With Coffee

Stan — Cary, North Carolina, USA

Sermons fill his walks and drives, the Wisdom Journey fills his mornings, and the app has become his way of encouraging Christians and seekers alike.

Learning To Seek Christ Away From Home

Christine — Virginia, USA

Raised in Shepherds Church and now far away at grad school, she plays the Wisdom Journey while getting ready and has passed it to many friends.

Stunned That He Answered Her Email

Nicole — Granite Falls, North Carolina, USA

A listener since 2006 still remembers her surprise at a personal reply from a radio preacher, and hopes one day to meet him in person.

A Year Through The Bible, Made New

Melody — Swanton, Vermont, USA

Daily lessons through the whole Bible shift a little each time around, keeping a familiar year of reading fresh for a returning listener.

Bible Teaching Served With Breakfast

Chuck — Spencer, Ohio, USA

Married sixty-two years and both eighty-two, a couple have made daily Bible teaching part of the breakfast table and part of their walk with the Lord.

Downsized, But Still Watching Every Sunday

Rex — North Carolina, USA

Moved into a retirement community and squeezed into far less space, he and his wife still tune in faithfully and ask for many more years of teaching.

From A Navy Ship To Indonesia

Katie — Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

A young believer in the Navy downloaded messages for long stretches at sea, and now, married and serving in Indonesia, she still uses them to prepare Bible studies.

Scripture That Used To Be A Mystery

Miguel — San Antonio, Texas, USA

A longtime radio listener who found Wisdom for the Heart on his morning dial now gives to the ministry so others can hear the same teaching.

The Best Stories And The Best Laugh

Rebecca — Madison, Alabama, USA

She knew she was hearing the truth the first time she listened, and now tunes in daily, sometimes twice, alongside devotionals from his son.

Pulling Things Out Of Scripture

Beverly — Chiefland, Florida, USA

The Wisdom Journey series keeps her reaching for the next lesson, making hard passages plain and leaving her grateful for the people behind it.

A Relationship That Grew, Book By Book

Nicole — Central, New York, USA

Sermons working through each book of the Bible deepened her walk with God, and now she passes the name along to anyone she meets searching for truth.

From The Commute To The Archive

Donna — Puntagorda, Florida, USA

Radio on the drive to work became the app on the road and, in retirement, a daily walk through every book of the Bible.

Filling A Pulpit After A Sudden Loss

Carl — Navarre, Florida, USA

When a pastor in his area died of a heart attack, he was asked to step in and carry on a Sunday night series through Romans.

Weeping At The Dining Room Table

Teresa — Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

A daily BBN listener heard about a man named Michael coming to Christ in Connecticut, and sat praying that God would use her the same way.

It Appeared At The Exact Moment

Marcos — Caçapava, São Paulo, Brazil

Crying out for deeper knowledge of God without losing simplicity, a Brazilian listener found the ministry at precisely the moment he was asking for it.

Reading Fully Through The Bible, First Time

Alisia — Austin, Texas, USA

Daily devotional podcasts make the text plain for a teenager working her way through the whole Bible for the first time.

Carrying A Hebrews Study To His People

Sam — Florida, USA

An educator and church elder feeds on the broadcasts, then takes what he learns into a study of Hebrews for the folks in his assembly.

The Studies That Almost Disappeared

Jaziel — Brazil

A pastor of an eighty-three-year-old church feared losing the translated studies he had come to teach from, until much searching turned up the website again.

Setting The History Straight

Shoshanna — United States

A long-held question about the oldest rebellion of Satan finally got a clear answer, and with it a corrected sense of where that rebellion began.

Thirteen Pastors On What's App

Robert — Greenville Mighigan, USA

Pushed out of the country where he served in 2012, a missionary keeps training the pastors of more than forty churches with these Spanish studies.

A Question I Carried For Seven Years

Angélica — Honduras

After a thirty-year marriage ended against her wishes, she had no clear answer about whether she was free to remarry until a broadcast addressed it directly.

Blind, And Living In The Light

Miguel — Argentina

Having lost both of his eyes, an Argentine listener describes a sustaining joy that his trials have not managed to touch.

Thirty Years Of Radio, Then Streaming

Kay — Whitsett, North Carolina, USA

Three decades of listening on the radio, then streaming once she picked up computer skills, pushed her to study more and drew her closer to God.

Back To The Cell Blocks After A Heart Attack

Rodrigo — Latacunga, Ecuador

An Ecuadorian prison chaplain returned to Latacunga's cell blocks four months after a heart attack his doctors did not expect him to survive.

Transcripts Carried Into Detention Facilities

Robert — Oakdale, Tennessee, USA

A sheriff's deputy and chaplain downloads the daily transcripts and uses them to teach in the agencies and jails he serves.

A Spanish Group That Outgrew Its Room

Norberto — Lockhart, Texas, USA

Preparing to preach in his hometown church, where the Spanish-speaking group had to move to a larger facility as the number of worshippers grew.

The Message She Forwards Each Morning

Linda — Suffolk, Virginia, USA

Her mornings begin with worship and prayer, then a teaching she sends on to family and friends from a ministry she has come to count as family.

The Sin That Fights Against A Believer

Genae — Orlando Orange, Florida, USA

A search for what Scripture means by sin in our members led to an explanation she calls life altering about who belongs to the body of Christ.

From Genesis To Esther, Week By Week

Adolfo — Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

A Brazilian congregation has worked through the sermon series book by book, and both the preachers preparing and the people hearing them have gained from it.

Mercy, Taught To The Fishermen's Class

Roger — Ruckersville, Virginia, USA

A sermon on mercy from the Beatitudes, caught on a local radio affiliate, became the lesson plan for a Sunday school class of seniors.

An Oasis Instead Of Sitcom Illustrations

William — Greenwood, Indiana, USA

Tired of sermon illustrations borrowed from television, he finds in these messages the spiritual giants of the past and the direct words he was missing.

Part Of My Spiritual Bread

Marguerite — Valdosta, Georgia, USA

She prays each morning for daily bread, and counts the day's broadcast as part of the answer that keeps her growing closer to God.

Verses She Had Read Many Times

Freda — Benson, North Carolina, USA

Daily emails open up passages she has read for years, and she is glad to pass that same love of God along to others.

Traveling Word by Word Through Scripture

Donna — Punta Gorda, Florida, USA

Reading alone never made the knowledge stick, so she learned the Bible by listening, traveling word by word through every book.

A Perfect Timing in Providence

Tim — Gig Harbor, Washington, USA

A tip from his brother-in-law led him into the Wisdom Journey, and the harmony of the gospels arrives just as he prepares to teach.

Weekly Newsletters for a Prison Ministry

Lloyd — Hope Mills, North Carolina, USA

Each week he turns what he studies into newsletters for a prison ministry, leaning on sound teaching in a season crowded with false teaching.

From Genesis to Kings and Chronicles

Linda — Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

Ten minutes a day carried her from Genesis into Kings and Chronicles, and she says she has learned so much along the way.

Wednesday Evenings in Philippians

Jose — Hillsborough, North Carolina, USA

Unable to get to their own church, he and his wife keep a Wednesday evening rhythm together in the letter to the Philippians.

Sitting at His Feet as Scripture Comes Alive

Charlotte — Box Springs, Georgia, USA

Old Testament warnings and present-day application meet in teaching she says makes the Scriptures come alive, and she can hardly wait for the next lesson.

Enhanced Learning and a Steadier Faith Walk

Thomas — Newport News, Virginia, USA

After years of listening, he finds his understanding of Scripture sharpened and his walk with Christ steadier, and he passes the teaching on to other believers.

Notes Saved for Their Children

Robert — Bulverde, Texas, USA

He and his wife read, watch, and take notes together each day, building a cloud-stored record of Scripture they hope their children will one day open.

Focusing His Thoughts Before Work

Douglas — Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Sermons early in the morning feed his heart and settle his thoughts on Scripture before the workday begins.

Almost Eighty-Seven and Still Telling People

Mary — Nampa, Idaho, USA

It reached her during Covid and never left; nearing eighty-seven, she tells anyone who will listen and wishes she had cards to hand out.

A Lifelong Christian, Finally Taught the Bible

Jane — Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA

A believer since childhood who had never been taught what the text means now reads it cover to cover and listens to sermons on her runs.

The Question Box Google Doesn't Have

Andrea — United States

An avid listener and reader turns to the site's 'ask a question' section for answers she can trust rather than searching the internet for them.

Race, Walk, Sometimes Crawl

Janice — Salisbury, North Carolina, USA

Through her husband's failing health, cancer in the family, and a daughter's addiction, she returned again and again to sermons on the Psalms.

Legacies of Light for Her Reading Circle

Laura — Powell, Tennessee, USA

Radio listening led her to the books, and now she is putting Legacies of Light before her church reading circle for next year's study.

Doing Right Till the Stars Fall

Carolyn — Taylors, South Carolina, USA

Next to her Bible and prayer, a daily reminder to keep going, and to hand that same encouragement to anyone who will take it.

A Pastor Who Needs Feeding Too

Gary — Lincolnton, North Carolina, USA

A pastor himself, he turns on sound biblical preaching in the car, because the one who feeds others needs feeding as well.

A New Christian's Questions, Answered Together

Elizabeth — Walworth, New York, USA

New to faith and full of questions about Scripture, she works through the sermon series with the family members who pointed her to them.

Something She Hadn't Thought Of

Mildred — Jena, Louisiana, USA

Preparing for the adult ladies class she teaches, she finds the angle she had missed and the point of the passage made larger.

From Sundays in Cary to Retirement Abroad

Werner — Suburb Of Vienna, Austria

Decades of mission work brought him to Cary on Sundays; now retired and far away, he still listens to the same sermons online.

Understanding the Bible Through the Radio

Christian — Rancagua Ohiggins, Chile

Broadcasts on BBN and then the website made Scripture plain to him, and the book series now shapes the messages he preaches himself.

So Much Out of So Little

Bev — Chiefland, Florida, USA

After nearly seventy years, a nightly ten-minute walk through the Bible gives her more than she ever expected from something so short.

Messages That Encourage More Holiness

William — Greenwood, Indiana, USA

A husband and wife make the daily program part of their evening devotions, longing for teaching that calls them to holiness, not just to admitting sin.

A Firm Foundation Under Difficult Leadership

Harold — Wadesboro, North Carolina, USA

Audio files and downloadable transcripts steady him as he navigates local church elders who do not meet the scriptural qualifications for their office.

Short Enough for a Busy Pastor

Michael — Abilene, Kansas, USA

A pastor mines the ten-minute Wisdom Journey for truth he can live on and for insight he carries into his own sermon preparation.

When BBN Took Over the Station

Edward — R, Michigan, USA

Christian radio filled his childhood home, then vanished from the dial; when BBN arrived on a local station, his early mornings found teaching again.

He Doesn't Rush Through

Viola — Hampton, Virginia, USA

Growing older has made the Bible precious to her, and unhurried teaching full of history turns familiar pages into something she can finally study deeply.

Part of My Day Since 2010

Devonette — Saint Pauls, North Carolina, USA

She has listened every morning while getting ready for work since 2010, and now a Sunday service in Cary sits on her bucket list.

The Lessons Began with Job

Jacqui — Tijeras New USA, Mexico

Returning to Christ, she found the daily lessons opening in Job, the very book she had been praying she might understand.

Now That We Know, We Can't Unknow

Judi — Piney Creek, North Carolina, USA

From an old office building to a mountain retirement, a family keeps returning to teaching that would not bend, including a truth about the crucifixion they cannot forget.

A Standing Appointment With The Program

Eduardo — Buenos Aires, Argentina

An Argentine pastor sets aside regular time with his wife to listen, and reconnects with a friend he first met through the ministry's work in Chile.

A Verbal Sketch of Theodore Roosevelt

Inna — Russia

A Russian listener, reading a translated lesson on the Bible's opening chapter, is struck most by a word picture involving Theodore Roosevelt.

They Started Listening In The Pandemic

Denis — Buenos Aires, Argentina

A Buenos Aires pastor reports that many in his congregation began listening during the pandemic and have stayed with it since.

The Only Reason We Parted

Wallace — Bell, Florida, USA

Born in Chicago eighty-five years ago and married at eighteen, he counts sixty-plus years with his wife until the Lord took her home.

Not Shying Away from the Truth

Elijah — Mexico

A Nigerian living in Mexico leans on years of daily teaching that never softens the truth, which is exactly what he says he needs.

Help for a Philippians Study

Stephanie — United States

Leading a women's study in Philippians, she went looking for deeper illustrations and application and found the sermons and resources she needed.

Keeping Focus Where It Needs to Be

Woodard — United States

In a world full of distraction, he rarely misses a message, and steady teaching keeps his focus and his walk with the Lord from drifting.

Six Hours Of Service, Very Little Bible

Gabriel & Bárbara — Buenos Aires, Argentina

A couple came home from a six-hour service that had taught them almost nothing, listened to a program on Nehemiah together, and she began to cry.

Short Words for Short Attention Spans

John — United States

A prison ministry team finds these brief messages fit the short attention spans of the people they serve, giving them ready material to share.

Sermons While Working Around the House

Martia — Natal RN, Brazil

Housework doubles as study time as she gathers biblical insight and history for the children's Sunday school lessons she teaches in Brazil.