Do Emotions Dictate Your Life? Here’s How God Can Transform Them

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Wait a minute — that’s not Todd! Today on Wretched Radio, Fortis Institute Fellow and The Better Way host Libby Glosson steps in as guest host to help us think about emotions and the role they play in the life of a Christian.

Segment 1

• Culture pushes emotional extremes: either vent everything or suppress everything.

• How should Christians think about emotions and emotional struggles?

• Are we discipling our emotions biblically, or letting culture shape them?

Segment 2

• Bible doesn’t say “suck it up” - instead, submit emotions to God’s Word.

• Sin can be internal—fear, anger, despair can dishonor God before action.

• Goal: sanctified emotions—Spirit-enabled responses that glorify God.

Segment 3

• Danger of the opposite ditch: emotional indulgence and exhibitionism.

• Culture says “follow your heart”—leads to gossip, ranting, victimhood.

• True modesty: fade to the background, count others more significant.

Segment 4

• Emotional exhibitionism = emotional immodesty; both dishonor God.

• Public venting and oversharing dishonor family and relationships.

• Sanctification includes emotions: Christ is reshaping minds, wills, and hearts.

___

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!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Richard Radio begins in three, two, one.
0:06.6	It's time for the church to acknowledge that we have brothers and sisters who are gay.
0:10.1	LGBTs have to find a household of worship that reflects what your views are and what you believe.
0:16.6	A gay person who still wants to attend church after the way the church has treated the gay community,
0:21.6	I'm telling you, they have more faith than I do. They have more faith than a lot of you.
0:25.3	What's not loving is to look someone in the eye when God says they are in jeopardy of an eternity
0:31.3	in hell and merely wink and nod at their sin because you're afraid of being called names.
0:37.0	It's time for Wretched Radio with Tom Freel.
0:40.3	You ever wake up and feel like your emotions are going to rule the day?
0:45.7	Like you hit the floor in the morning and if you're in a good mood, the whole house is happy.
0:50.0	But if you're grumpy, well, watch out because everyone's going to be miserable.
0:54.5	Sound familiar? This is Rretched Radio, and I'm your guest host today, Libby Glosson.
1:00.7	Now, our culture says emotions are the language of the soul.
1:05.3	We get all these messages. Just be true to your feelings.
1:08.3	You can't help the way that you feel. This is just who you are.
1:12.8	And then the psychologists tell us that coping strategies are good. They're a key to mental health
1:18.7	that we should always just be expressing how we feel because that's how we stay mentally healthy.
1:25.0	And then there's the manosphere out there on YouTube and a plethora of podcasts
1:31.9	that say the exact opposite thing of what the psychologists are saying. Those guys say man up,
1:38.2	woman up, suck it up. Don't talk about your feelings. Don't express yourself. Well, we all know there's a ton of talk about
1:46.6	feelings and what do we do with our feelings and how do we manage our feelings? When we talk about
1:52.4	this, not just in Christian circles, but actually on a much bigger cultural scale, it kind of feels like
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Fortis Institute, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Fortis Institute and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.