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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Why Every Moral Crisis Can Be Traced Back To This ONE Issue

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1



• Dr. Andrew Walker calls the breakdown of the family the defining moral crisis of our time.



• Marriage decline fuels social chaos—poverty, instability, and moral confusion.



• God’s design for marriage and family is not arbitrary—it’s the foundation of ordered liberty and human flourishing.



Segment 2



• Natural law exposes that everyone already knows right from wrong—it’s written on our hearts.



• Even secular thinkers are waking up: moral order only works if it’s built on God’s image of man.



• From gender ideology to justice systems, every moral crisis goes back to rejecting Genesis 1.



Segment 3



• A “Christian nation” without conversion is just moral window dressing.



• True change comes through evangelism, not state-enforced religion.



• Romans 13 defines government’s limits—protect order, not dictate theology.



Segment 4



• The Bible gives the state a sword, not a soul: maintain justice, don’t play savior.



• Big government creates dependency; strong churches create stability.



• Christians should champion a small-state, big-church vision—pray for rulers, evangelize freely, live humbly.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Ritchard Radio begins in three, two, one.

0:09.5

I use the complete idiot's guide to the Bible.

0:12.8

Unqualified.

0:13.7

Why can't my kids come into the service?

0:15.5

Because we have PG-13 services.

0:17.4

Unqualified.

0:18.3

That has a nice ring to it.

0:19.6

Unqualified.

0:20.5

I've always felt that way.

0:21.8

It wasn't a compliment. Junior church has taken over. It's designed for elementary kids or junior

0:27.3

higher. Who doesn't feel unqualified? It's time for Wretched Radio with Todd Friel. Welcome in to

0:34.6

Rretched Radio. Nope, I am not Todd Friel. I'm Jimmy Hicks in the studio for Todd Friel today.

0:40.0

Who's actually having a conversation with one of our Fordus Institute fellows, Dr. Andrew Walker.

0:46.7

And we're going to jump right in to that conversation right now.

0:50.7

You've got a list. Check it twice. Which moral, brave new world issue is at the top of the

0:59.3

list of your concerns for what you're seeing in society. There's a panoply of brave new world

1:05.2

issues. You've got gender business, marriage, IVF, you have new philosophical ideas that are now seizing the culture's

1:17.8

attention and affirmation. And we're looking at and going, what is happening here? It's a brave

1:23.1

new world. Which of the issues is most concerning to you?

1:28.3

Joining us in studio to discuss Christian ethics.

1:33.0

He's from Southern Seminary.

1:36.0

Written for The New York Times.

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