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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

IS MODERN EXPOSITORY PREACHING LEAVING OUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING?

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1



• Expository preaching is drifting toward dry, academic lectures instead of soul-stirring truth.



• Modern sermons often explain grammar and context but fail to spotlight Jesus.



• The goal isn't just to educate minds but to ignite hearts with the beauty of Christ.



Segment 2



• Too many pulpits aim for precision but miss power—biblical preaching should pierce the heart.



• Reformers preached experientially, not mechanically—90% application, 10% exegesis.



• Every sermon must ask: “Does this help me love Christ more?”



Segment 3



• In 1805, missionaries signed the Serampore Agreement—still reshaping missions today.



• Carey called us to treasure lost souls and learn their world to reach their hearts.



• If we don’t understand Gen Z’s language and idols, we’ll fail to evangelize them.



Segment 4



• Tim Challies reviews John Mark Comer’s latest book—filled with mystical practices and a deficient gospel.



• Comer trades “Jesus crucified” for “live like Jesus”—but behavior can’t save.



• When mindfulness replaces repentance, the church loses the real gospel.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Ritchin Radio begins in three, two, one.

0:08.8

Seriously, if you want to relieve stress, go to the word of God.

0:11.5

Oh, my goodness.

0:12.8

It's just so weird, isn't it?

0:14.0

Would these people say stuff like that?

0:15.5

I apologize for him.

0:16.5

Are you kidding me?

0:17.5

Let's all do baptism, and I have a a little pool here and we'll all feel nice and

0:21.7

relaxed that's baptism no baptism is a sacred christian rites all the various jovers are sacred

0:28.2

hindu right wake up america it's time for wretched radio with tot frio have you ever had an itch in

0:35.7

the middle of your back that you couldn't scratch it?

0:38.7

It's driving you bonkers till somebody comes along and says, let me get that for you.

0:43.6

And you say, ah, which is precisely what I am doing right now.

0:49.9

Maniphorically, of course, this is Wretched Radio.

0:52.8

What is the itch that I've been ached to scratch?

0:58.3

Expository preaching. You say, wait a second, this is not going to be a critique of expository preaching.

1:03.9

We love expository preaching. We're weary from topical drek. And I join you in that weariness, but I've noticed that

1:14.2

expository preaching has perhaps overcorrected. From whence do I get that? Well, from listening

1:23.3

to a lot of expository sermons that, wow, they sure are giving me a lot of facts and figures

1:28.1

and parsing them verbs, giving me all kinds of historical context, all stuff that I dig, by the way,

1:34.0

but it feels like I'm learning, but my emotions aren't being affected. And my will isn't perhaps

1:43.6

being as changed as it should be and when I go back

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