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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Is “Be Holy” A Burden… Or The Secret To Joy?

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1 • Why Peter’s command to “be holy” feels crushing—and why that reaction might expose a deeper misunderstanding. • Holiness reframed: not a killjoy command, but the pathway to joy, assurance, and deep fellowship with God. • The real choice behind every temptation: fleeting pleasure… or lasting peace? Segment 2 • Sin’s marketing strategy: it whispers fulfillment but delivers regret, secrecy, and spiritual paralysis. • Practical holiness: the direct connection between obedience and clear conscience, bold prayer, and usefulness. • Want discernment, victory over temptation, and spiritual confidence? There’s only one route. Segment 3 • Troubled by sermons on “signs you’re not saved”? Why that anxiety may actually be evidence of life. • The better diagnostic question: not “Am I perfect?” but “Do I desire to obey?” • Identity in Christ: why remembering who you are matters more than grading your performance. Segment 4 • $750,000 fines for saying there are two genders—what’s really happening beneath the headlines? • When depraved thinking becomes law: why the real crisis isn’t political but spiritual. • The only lasting solution to moral chaos isn’t outrage—it’s regeneration. ___ 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

Ritchin Radio begins in three, two, one.

0:07.0

You are gods, little G. You are gods because you came from God.

0:12.0

When I read in the Bible where he says, I am, I just smile and say yes, I am too.

0:17.0

God came from heaven, became a man, made man into little gods. We have the potential and the

0:23.6

capacity through a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ to know God, but that does not mean we are

0:29.6

God. The Bible is very clear. There is only one God, and he will not share his glory with another.

0:37.8

It's time for Wretched Radio with Tom Freel.

0:41.3

It sounds like a cross beam, but it's actually a weather balloon.

0:47.9

This is Wretched Radio, and that is precisely why I don't use I can't use illustrations there are some preachers

0:58.0

who wow can they use illustrations to make a point Paul washer if you haven't seen his

1:03.1

in prison sermon series he did five six hours to prisoners wow and he brought brought Paul Washer, but as I was listening through it,

1:14.5

I was really surprised at the amount of illustrations that he used to color his teaching, to

1:21.8

present it in a almost parabolic way to help people understand this is the truth that I am trying to

1:29.8

express to you. And if you read almost any preaching book, they encourage the pastor to use

1:36.8

illustrations. I can't. I just can't do it. And I think I just demonstrated that because it's going to sound like a crossbeam,

1:46.0

but it's actually a weather balloon.

1:48.0

The fact that I have to explain the illustration,

1:52.3

I think only undergirds the point.

1:54.5

I can't do it.

1:55.4

You see a crossbeam, you're thinking construction.

1:59.2

Well, in my mind, I'm thinking of it's not the pitibular.

2:03.9

Is it the pitibula?

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