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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Why God’s Fix For Mental Health Is Better Than Simply Being Numb

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.93.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1



• Many Christians struggle with assurance, but God wants us to be certain.



• Sin doesn’t erase salvation—our hope rests in Christ, not in the size of our faith.



• True assurance comes from union with Christ, not feelings.



Segment 2



• Lack of assurance often pairs with spiritual depression.



• Depression doesn’t mean someone isn’t a believer; many Christians quietly carry this weight.



• Common roots vary, but biblical clarity brings hope.



Segment 3



• New Fortis series by Dr. Greg Gifford exposes the rise of psychiatric control over many believers.



• Clifford Beers’ reforms medicalized the mind, blurring distinctions between brain, mind, and soul.



• Meds can’t reach the soul; only the gospel addresses the heart’s deepest needs.



Segment 4



• Pastors are called to shepherd their flock, but many turn to psychiatrists.



• Symptoms may be treated, but deeper, root issues remain untouched by much secular psychiatry.



• Dr. Greg Gifford addresses these issues and many others in new series, “Life Without The Numb”.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Richard Radio begins in three, two, one.

0:07.0

I started giving on that level so that God would owe me.

0:10.0

Whatever you do right now, don't you stop tithing?

0:13.0

Harvest responds only to seed, not to prayer.

0:17.0

This is not about material wealth.

0:20.0

This is about about material wealth.

0:24.0

This is about God in his providence,

0:26.3

orchestrating all of history in order to bring about that which we need more than anything else,

0:30.8

and that is to be rescued from God.

0:34.4

It's time for Wretched Radio with Todd Friel.

0:37.8

Blessed assurance.

0:40.4

Let's go talk about the book we all read.

0:44.1

Books.

0:45.6

You know the danger.

0:47.6

Take a look.

0:48.9

It's in a book.

0:50.5

So many books.

0:52.5

So little time.

0:54.2

Sorry.

0:55.6

What book are we talking about that opening?

0:59.0

So long I kind of forgot.

1:01.5

This is Wretched Radio.

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