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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

THE SWIFT SHIFT: WHY CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS STRAY FROM TRUTH SO QUICKLY

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1:



• Compromised Faith: Christians who sympathize with the world’s systems reflect “Stockholm Syndrome Christianity,” per John G. West, former professor at Seattle Pacific University.



• SPU’s Roots: Founded in the Free Methodist system, but compromises have eroded its foundation.



• Recurring Patterns: How Christian institutions can drift away from truth when cultural pressures take hold.



Segment 2:



• Generational Decline: Institutions go from affirming truth, to assuming it, to abandoning it entirely.



• Women’s Roles: Compromise often begins with shifts in beliefs about women in ministry.



• Lessons from SPU: A failure to uphold biblical patterns leads to cultural capitulation—how can we learn from their mistakes?



Segment 3:



• Everything Matters: Tasks like mowing your lawn reflect anthropology and God’s design for creation.



• Higher View of Humanity: Even caring for our environment reflects biblical truths about man’s stewardship and dominion.



• Architecture’s Impact: Thoughtful design isn’t just aesthetic—it increases productivity and reflects God’s order.



Segment 4:



• A World Gone Mad: THC beer, medicinal marijuana, and the normalization of sin signal a moral decline.



• Purity is Allegiance: Virgil Walker argues the fight for purity isn’t about repression, but about loyalty to God.



• Resources for Growth: Fortis is offering free study guides to equip Christians in their walk of faith.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Richard Radio begins in three, two, one.

0:06.7

It's time for the church to acknowledge that we have brothers and sisters who are gay.

0:10.3

LGBTs have to find a household of worship that reflects what your views are and what you believe.

0:16.8

A gay person who still wants to attend church after the way the church has treated the gay community,

0:21.9

I'm telling you, they have more faith than I do.

0:24.1

They have more faith than a lot of you.

0:25.7

What's not loving is to look someone in the eye

0:28.7

when God says they are in jeopardy of an eternity in hell

0:32.5

and merely wink and nod at their sin

0:35.2

because you're afraid of being called names.

0:37.5

It's time for Wretched Radio with Tom Freel. Thank you. wink and nod at their sin because you're afraid of being called names.

0:40.8

It's time for Wretched Radio with Taunt Friel.

0:46.0

Let's go back to school, shall we?

0:48.6

Oh, I kind of gave me the shakes.

0:51.0

This is Wretched Radio.

0:54.6

Do you still have those nightmares where you're sitting in a classroom?

1:00.3

They're passing out the test and you haven't studied in, you know, years? That one's kind of gone away for me. Jimmy, do you have any reoccurring dreams or nightmares? I'll interpret it for you

1:05.3

because I could build a website and that would make me an expert on dream interpretation. So go

1:12.5

ahead, Joseph. Honestly, I don't. Really? I don't have reoccurring ones. I have a theme.

1:18.6

It's not the same dream. It's a theme. I want to go home. I'm Dorothy, apparently. I can't get

1:25.3

home no matter what I do. And we'll be, and it's usually,

1:29.5

Mrs. Friel is with me, and we've got to get to some place. We've got to get to a church.

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