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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

DOES IVF HONOR GOD’S PLAN FOR LIFE AND MARRIAGE?

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.93.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1:



• Spiritual Check-Up: Are you missing a vital part of your Christian faith? Examine your motivations for godliness.



• More Than Just Sanctification: In the pursuit of holiness, don’t forget to enjoy the transcendent and finest things God offers.



• Jesus’ Desire for Your Best: Christ is zealous for you to experience not just good or better—but the best He has for you.



Segment 2:



• What’s Filling You? Just like your body, your soul reflects what you consume daily—less world, more God.



• Purity and Pornography: Virgil Walker highlights the predatory nature of pornography; true freedom comes from obeying God.



• Zeal for Your Purity: Jesus’ zeal for your holiness is as intense as His righteous anger in the temple—choose His way, the best way.



Segment 3:



• Life Begins at Fertilization: IVF deals with actual human life, not just potential—how do we reconcile this with biblical teaching?



• Ethical Concerns: What happens to unused fertilized eggs? Good desires don’t justify unethical methods.



• Image Bearers: Every fertilized egg is seen by God as an image bearer—are we treating them as such?



Segment 4:



• Facing IVF Head-On: Ignoring the ethical concerns of IVF is not an option—how should Christians respond?



• IVF and Marriage: The practice of IVF decouples the one-flesh union of marriage, altering God’s design.



• Shaping Worldview: By engaging in IVF, Christians may unknowingly affirm a secular, fragmented view of life and marriage.







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Transcript

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0:00.0

Richard Radio begins in three, two, one.

0:07.0

Welcome to virtual reality church.

0:09.0

Welcome to our virtual church.

0:11.0

Is there some type of way for a virtual congregation?

0:14.0

You're not a congregation if you don't congregate.

0:16.0

When you combine this access with the loss of the local,

0:20.0

I become my own confession,

0:23.4

and I go around the World Wide Web,

0:25.8

listening for echoes that say back to me

0:29.4

what I've already decided to believe.

0:31.9

It's time for Rretched Radio with Todd Freel.

0:35.3

Is this missing from your Christian faith?

0:40.6

This is Wretched Radio.

0:42.5

You say what?

0:44.2

Glad you asked yesterday on this here Wretched Radio program shared a little bit of an article

0:49.6

from Virgil Walker at G3 Ministries regarding the subject of pornography.

0:53.6

Don't panic.

0:54.2

It's not just going to be about porn.

0:56.2

It is going to be about an aspect, not the totality, but an aspect of Christianity that I wonder

1:02.3

if it is missing in your life.

1:05.0

I wouldn't paint any broad brush strokes and say this is missing in a lot of evangelicalism

1:10.2

because I haven't surveyed all of

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