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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Retelling Genesis? That’s a Dangerous Game

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1 • A new TV series promises a “fresh take” on biblical women—what happens when imagination fills in what God didn’t reveal? • Why dramatizing Sarah and Hagar’s “inner journeys” may subtly rewrite sin, surrogacy, and obedience. • The hidden danger: once fiction enters your memory, can you separate it from Scripture? Segment 2 • A coming documentary frames simple Christians as radicals. • The cultural clash over liberty, persecution, and who really gets labeled “extreme.” • Why the relationship between Christianity and government is harder to define than most admit. Segment 3 • A high-profile conversion story highlights joy and transformation—but where was sin and repentance? • How a vague gospel presentation may leave churches filled with doubting—or false converts. • The costly confusion between the gospel itself and the benefits it produces. Segment 4 • A sermon illustration goes painfully wrong—do we trust the Word, or do we need props? • When (if ever) is distancing from toxic parents biblically justified? • A chilling warning about an online exploitation network targeting children—what parents must know now. ___ 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.

0:08.9

Some councils are auditing schools and urging a ban on the terms boy and girl.

0:14.1

For those who are in an open or polyamorous relationship, your relationships are holy.

0:18.4

A gay black woman's victim status is less than that of a black trans woman, who ranks below a black Muslim trans woman.

0:24.2

You don't want to just win the argument about sexuality.

0:27.1

We want to use this as a gospel opportunity.

0:30.5

It's time for Wretched Radio with Tote Freel.

0:34.0

Ha! Not just being a curmudgeon.

0:39.2

I'm being a curmudgeon, but not just.

0:43.2

This is Wretched Radio, bringing you the latest in celebrity tainment info news or something.

0:54.1

And then we put a Bible verse on it, laugh really loud, and call it... Info news or something.

1:01.1

And then we put a Bible verse on it, laugh really loud and call it typical Christian morning radio.

1:03.2

Hi-yo!

1:08.2

This is Richard Radio.

1:09.6

What is that phenomenon?

1:12.6

Why is it when people are on TV, they do radio?

1:14.0

Ha, ha, ha, ho!

1:17.5

They laugh about 20 times more than they need to.

1:18.3

Is it nerves?

1:19.7

What is that?

1:24.0

Almost, almost, not everybody, but almost everybody does that.

1:27.1

Like, even, like, it's an interview of a football coach and somebody says something

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