Mailbag Friday: Can Online Sermons Hurt Your Soul?

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It's Mailbag Friday! You've got questions, we've got answers. Segment 1 • Theresa shares how resentment toward a cliquey church turned into meaningful friendships—and asks: Should Christians fight for connection before deciding to leave a church? • Anonymous asks: Would it be inappropriate for a woman to give her pastor a personal gift to express gratitude? • Anonymous wrestles with a difficult theological tension: If heaven is perfect and sinless, how did Satan rebel there in the first place? • Thomas asks: Why do so few churches have true evangelists who actively equip believers to share the gospel? Segment 2 • David asks: Should Christians only learn from pastors who personally know them—or can sermons from trusted teachers online still be spiritually beneficial? • Alex asks: Are nicotine pouches just a harmless habit—or could they fall into the same category as drunkenness and addiction? • Anonymous asks: If a church allows a woman to preach on Mother’s Day, should Christians still attend? • Alexandra asks: What do you do when reading the Bible feels more boring than life-giving? Segment 3 • Ryan asks: When is it biblically appropriate for a pastor to leave a church without abandoning his calling or creating division? • Anonymous asks: Can someone who believes “baptism saves” still truly be a Christian—or are they trusting a false gospel? • A listener wrestles with a painful family dilemma: Should you pray for loved ones to be saved… or simply corrected? Segment 4 • Lorie asks: Can female bodybuilding honor God—or do the competition standards cross the line into immodesty? ___ 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.
0:09.5	I use the complete idiot's guide to the Bible.
0:12.6	Unqualified.
0:13.5	Why can't my kids come into the service?
0:15.4	Because we have PG-13 services.
0:17.3	Unqualified.
0:18.1	That has a nice ring to it.
0:19.6	Unqualified.
0:20.3	I've always felt that way.
0:21.6	It wasn't a compliment. Junior church has taken over. It's designed for elementary kids or junior
0:27.0	higher. Who doesn't feel unqualified? It's time for Wretched Radio with Todd Friel. Let's go.
0:33.9	It's the Rretched Radio, mail-coil, delivery bag, Q&A, infatement nationwide extravaganza, featuring your phone, emails, correspondences, communicates, dispatches, memorandums, and messages. Big special message for all the kids watching at home. What we need right now is a clear message to the people of this country. You have 1,200 messages. That is a bit above average.
0:57.5	Now here's your host, Todd, freakishly tall, Freel.
0:58.4	Deveal is here.
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1:02.1	This is Russian Radio.
1:03.7	I'm kind of creeping myself.
1:27.7	I wasn't that a Flintstone's episode where the guy would put it like the gun or whatever it was, a stick into the back of Fred Flintstone, and he'd put him up. Probably. You don't know? I don't remember. You had bad parents. They should have made you watch more cartoons. I did. I did. I just don't remember. Have you found anything wretched lately? We would covet it in a non-synful kind of way. If you please send all things wretched to Idea at wretched lately, we would covet it in a nonsinful kind of way.
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