Merry Christmas? What Christians Get Wrong About Christmas Culture Wars

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1

• America gives thanks… but to whom?

• Christmas without Christ becomes consumer therapy, not worship.

• When God is removed, holidays keep the name but lose the meaning.

Segment 2

• Forcing companies to say “Merry Christmas” won’t save anyone.

• Secular businesses aren’t the mission field — people are.

• Shaming culture won’t convert souls; the gospel will.

Segment 3

• Marijuana has become America’s coping mechanism for family holidays.

• If you need to be high to survive Thanksgiving, something’s broken.

• God offers peace that doesn’t fade, fog, or numb.

Segment 4

• Anger, bitterness, fear—truth defeats what therapy slogans can’t.

• Memorized Scripture is emergency ammunition for the soul.

• Assurance doesn’t come from feeling strong — it comes from knowing Christ saves and keeps.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Richard Radio begins in three, two, one.
0:06.9	I started giving on that level so that God would owe me.
0:10.5	Whatever you do right now, don't you stop tithing?
0:13.8	Harvest responds only to seed, not to prayer.
0:17.6	This is not about material wealth.
0:20.9	This is about God in his providence,
0:24.3	orchestrating all of history
0:26.2	in order to bring about that which we need more than anything else,
0:30.4	and that is to be rescued from God.
0:34.3	It's time for Wretched Radio with Todd Friel.
0:37.6	HR! HR! I'm living in a hostile work environment. This is Rretched Radio. All caps. I'm looking at the computer. This is toxic. I think. I think that's the right word for it. It's sexist, maybe.
0:54.4	Whatever it is, it's very, very aggressive.
0:56.8	I'm looking at my computer screen.
0:59.5	It says all caps, year and match.
1:05.3	Mention it, ellipsis, or else?
1:09.1	That's threatening language.
1:14.6	Now, the only question that remains unanswered is,
1:23.4	was that written by Jimmy Hicks or the very aggressive and angry Kamala Harris? What is she so mad about? Yikes. And when we all sing happy tunes and sing Merry Christmas and wish each other Merry Christmas,
1:31.0	these children are not going to have a Merry Christmas.
1:34.9	How dare we speak Merry Christmas?
1:37.6	Yeah.
1:37.9	How dare we?
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