New Years Resolutions? Here’s How To See Real Change In 2026

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1 • January 9 is the graveyard for most New Year's resolutions—will yours survive? • Don’t just read your Bible—savor it. Slow down and mine for treasure. • God’s word is an endless goldmine that you can never exhaust. Segment 2 • Even good, expository preaching can miss the point of the text. • Suffering, submission, and sanctification define the Christian life. • Show up to church expecting God to speak and change you. Segment 3 • 2025 contained so many painful losses. • Parenting - raising and training depraved sinners - is simply hard work. • Hard year or not, Christians still raise their eyes in hope. Segment 4 • 2025 headlines: SCOTUS ruled on abortion pills, the PCA named Kevin DeYoung as moderator. • The Anglican Communion appointed a lesbian archbishop, marking a significant shift. • Global persecution rose, antisemitism surged, and Christian nationalism hit new highs. ___ 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	Wretched Radio begins in three, two, one.
0:07.2	Your first mission is to keep yourself happy.
0:11.0	It's living for self that is so exhausting and frustrating because you were made to live for him.
0:18.1	So when you begin to please him, you begin to thrive. It's not a burden. It's not a duty.
0:24.1	It's a joy. I come alive. This is what I was made for. It's time for Rretched Radio with Todd Friel.
0:30.3	Bye, bye, 2025. And hello, 2026. This is what, Jimmy.
0:38.6	Turn around.
0:39.8	Turn around.
0:40.8	You see that.
0:41.2	Radio.
0:42.1	Well, you actually need to use that other thing there in front of you.
0:45.4	You need to talk into that.
0:46.3	That's a microphone.
0:47.4	Oh, wow.
0:48.9	It helps you do radio.
0:50.1	It has been a bit.
0:51.8	This is Wretched Radio.
0:53.4	Thank you for a number of very sweet days off.
0:57.0	We are fully aware that we don't get to do any of the things that we get to do, or in
1:02.1	this instance, not do if it were not for the kindness and the trust of our gospel partners.
1:09.2	So from all of us at Fortis Institute, thank you for giving
1:12.8	us a rest, hoping that you had a Christ-centered Christmas and that you're going to be able to make it
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