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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Ben Sasse’s Dying Regrets + Todd Exposes The AI Pastor Problem

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1  • Ben Sasse faces terminal cancer with a theology that left a 60 Minutes host visibly shaken. • Why did family suddenly matter more than career success and achievement? • What priorities would you change if your time was running out? Segment 2 • What does it actually mean to “die well” as a Christian instead of panicking at the end? • AI could destroy people who “outsource their attention and affections” to technology. • Is your phone quietly reshaping your soul? Segment 3 • Vanderbilt Divinity School graduates unveil ministries involving horses, LGBT activism, and “finding your value.” • A woman throws a “gender reveal” abortion celebration online. • A “pastrix” claims Christians misunderstood Jesus saying He is “the way, the truth, and the life.” Segment 4 • Todd tests AI by having it instantly generate an entire sermon introduction from 1 Peter. • Could future pastors become actors reading AI-generated sermons instead of shepherds shaped by Scripture? • If AI can write better sermons faster than many pastors, what happens to real sanctification and soul care? ___ 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 three, two, one.

0:05.0

Go look at yourself in the mirror and point to yourself

0:09.0

and say, God loves me.

0:12.0

That's great because I love me too.

0:15.0

Live in the freedom that God loves you unconditionally.

0:19.0

And he loves you unconditionally. God's love for you is

0:23.4

unconditional. Preaching that God loves you unconditionally is the wrong message. God has a good

0:28.8

will towards everybody, believers and non-believers. But there is another love reserved only for

0:35.0

those who embrace the gospel and put their trust in Jesus as Lord and Savior.

0:41.1

It's time for Ritchin Radio with Todd Friel.

0:44.5

This is normally a very good question, considering it was asked by 60 minutes.

0:53.3

Makes it an amazing question.

0:56.3

You are completely devoted to your faith,

1:00.8

what's known as Reformed Christianity or Calvinism.

1:04.8

And one of the tenets of that faith

1:07.6

is that God ordains everything. And I wonder why you think God has put you to this test.

1:17.0

This is Wretched Radio. That was Scott Pelly of 60 Minutes interviewing former Senator Ben Sass,

1:24.1

who is dying. Thanks to a miracle drug, the miracle, of course, is God behind the drug.

1:30.3

His life is being extended, and yet he has terminal cancer,

1:34.7

and this brave believer has been making the rounds to demonstrate how one can die with dignity.

1:43.5

In Canada, the Netherlands, they call it death with dignity, where you take

1:48.5

your own life. No, Ben Sass isn't doing that. Instead, he is letting the cancer ultimately take its

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