BEFORE YOU OPEN THE BIBLE, ASK YOURSELF THIS ONE CRUCIAL QUESTION…

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Segment 1 • If you want to manage anxiety better, first decide where your trust lies—God or self? • Being "alone" is vastly different from being a "child of God." Anchor yourself in God’s identity. • Anxiety isn’t something you’ll avoid, but trusting God over yourself changes everything. Segment 2 • If you bet on yourself, anxiety will persist. Put both feet into the Christian camp for real peace. • Shocking stats reveal many Christians think viewing porn is compatible with a healthy life. Is it really? • To experience a life of meaning, lose the things that drag you down and fully embrace following Jesus. Segment 3 • Ronald Reagan spoke with themes that elevated people's thinking. Where are today’s leaders who inspire and challenge us? • Hollywood’s trashy movies and "no fault divorce" legacy contrast sharply with elevated thinking. • Worldliness makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange. It’s time to discern. Segment 4 • Reciting creeds like the Westminster Catechism offers guidance on living righteously in an age of slander. • Standing firm for truth isn’t the same as slandering others. Righteousness requires integrity in how we speak and act. • There’s a time for firm words, but slander defames both people and God’s law. ___ Thanks for listening! Wretched Radio would not be possible without the financial support of our Gospel Partners. If you would like to support Wretched Radio we would be extremely grateful. VISIT https://fortisinstitute.org/donate/ If you are already a Gospel Partner we couldn’t be more thankful for you if we tried!

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0:00.0	Richard Radio begins in 3. 2.
0:09.0	To convince a child to keep walking, try switching roles with them. Let the child play the role of the parent.
0:15.0	They'll immediately do what you want them to do.
0:17.0	You are raising in your home people that the Bible is very clear about their status.
0:21.0	They need to be converted, not just a conformity of their behavior.
0:24.3	They need a transforming encounter with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. That is the ultimate priority.
0:30.5	It's time for wretched radio with Tophreal.
0:34.0	Perhaps your cartis before the horse or something like that.
0:40.0	This is wretched radio.
0:41.0	No doubt you have felt the statistics that we're all aware of and that is the world is increasingly
0:47.6	depressed and who of us doesn't feel some sort of pressure to perhaps be anxious or worried or whatever adjective you want to use to describe an internal sense of
0:58.0	this isn't good this isn't ideal This isn't Shalom. Maybe just maybe those feelings could be moderated or even reversed more quickly if you settle something before you run to the word of God.
1:18.0	That's right, you settle something before going to the word of God, you say, but wait a second, the only way that I can have
1:24.5	Shalom is by going to the word of God and I say, Amen to that. You are absolutely correct,
1:29.7	but perhaps possibly, maybe, if this Presbyterian who wrote an article is correct
1:38.1	that something needs to proceed your Bible reading that can act as fertilizer that would expedite your healing from grieving,
1:48.0	your healing from being anxious and worried and actually bring you joy and shallom.
1:55.0	So what is the cart before, the horse before?
1:59.0	Jimmy, you want to help me out with this illustration?
2:02.0	What is the thing that needs to be settled?
2:05.4	Let me take you to this article.
2:06.6	It's written by a Presbyterian named Austin Kettl,
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