Mailbag Friday: Demons, Gambling, Abortion Regret

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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It’s Mailbag Friday! You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers. Segment 1 • Anonymous asks: Can cutting off your parents ever be biblical—or are Christians expected to endure toxic family relationships forever? • A listener wonders: Would kneeling before King Charles during a knighthood ceremony compromise Christian convictions? • Anonymous asks: Do Christians really have authority to cast out demons today—or is modern spiritual warfare culture misleading people? • Can you be a Christian and not fear God? -Joe Segment 2 • Matt asks: Should a man become an elder or deacon if his wife may not actually be saved? • Mr. John wrestles with a massive salvation question: If repentance is required, does that secretly make salvation a work? • Anonymous asks: How do you biblically deal with someone who turns every conversation into an argument? Segment 3 • Bekah asks a heartbreaking question: After an abortion years ago, is it wrong to stop feeling guilty—and how do you heal without forgetting your child? • Eric asks: Are altar calls biblical… or have they created confusion and false conversions? • Todd tackles a difficult pastoral reality: How should churches minister to Christians carrying deep shame from past abortions? Segment 4 • Kenneth asks: Is low-stakes poker with church leaders harmless fellowship—or spiritually dangerous gambling? • A listener struggles with conscience and liberty: Can something technically permissible still become sinful for you personally? • Todd explores a bigger issue behind “harmless fun”: How close should Christians get to the line before wisdom says walk away? ___ 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.
0:09.0	So it's not a sin in your church to have an abortion?
0:11.0	That's the kind of conversation we would have
0:13.0	finding out your story, where you're from.
0:16.0	God's the judge. People have to live with their own conviction.
0:19.0	The science is clear, The Bible is clear.
0:22.0	And if we're honest, our intuitions are clear. We know what we're killing. We're killing a human
0:29.1	being. It's time for Wretched Radio with Todd Freel. Hello. It's the Rretched Radio, mail-call,
0:36.2	delivery bag, Q&A, infatainment, nationwide extravaganza,
0:39.9	featuring your voicemails, correspondences, communicates, dispatches, memorandums, and misses.
0:44.6	Any special message for all the kids watching at home?
0:46.8	What we need right now is a clear message to the people of this country.
0:50.8	You have 1,200 messages.
0:53.3	It is a bit above average.
0:54.7	Now here's your host, Todd, freakishly tall, Friel.
0:58.2	DeVille is here!
0:59.3	Ooh, this is Wretched Radio.
1:02.0	Hello!
1:04.5	What have you discovered that is Wretched?
1:06.8	Would you kindly turn it over?
1:08.8	Send it to Idea at wretched.org. You can also text your opinion of the Three Stooges. Who doesn't like the Three Stooges? I don't know. Who does not like the Three Stooges? We kind of had that banter. Hello, hello, hello, hello. And then there's Laurel and Hardy. Never watched it. What?
2:04.8	Yeah, didn't. What? I never did. But I know. Crossing the bridge with the piano, getting it down the stairs. Are you kidding me? Didn't. In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Never, you've never any of this? Uh-uh. No. Oh, dude. But I know I'm going to go home and find, I got for Christmas one year a big mass of Three Stooges DVD box set for my piece. And you haven't opened it? No, I have, but I haven't watched it in years. I'm going to this week. I've got to find a DVD player, though, first. Oh, wow. We can, we can,
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