Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

It’s Witness Wednesday! Todd Friel and Greg Gifford take questions from college students who aren’t afraid to ask about the issues Christians actually wrestle with—from therapy and anxiety to spiritual dryness and suffering.

Segment 1

• Does a Christian need Jesus and therapy?

• What’s the real difference between Christian counseling and biblical counseling?

• Can the Bible really address trauma, addiction, and pornography?

Segment 2

• If Jesus changed your anxiety or depression, how do you talk about that without confusing it with the Gospel?

• What do you do when trusting God feels harder than it sounds?

• Can suffering actually expose what you’re depending on?

Segment 3

• How do you help a struggling friend without trying to become their counselor?

• What does it actually look like to surrender anxiety to God?

• Could believing your own thoughts be part of the problem?

Segment 4

• Is there a better way to read your Bible than just checking off chapters?

• What do you do when the cross starts to feel familiar instead of amazing?

• Is your media diet killing your appetite for God?

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Greg Gifford fills in for Todd to rethink some common assumptions about missions. Who should go, how should they prepare, and could Christians be making the whole thing more complicated than it needs to be?

Segment 1

• Are parents unintentionally talking their kids out of missions?

• Does serving overseas really require giving up your career?

• What if the traditional missionary model isn’t your only option?

Segment 2

• What does biblical counseling have to do with the Great Commission?

• Missionaries aren’t the only people overseas who need discipleship.

• Could a skill you already have meet a major need on the mission field?

Segment 3

• Can you meaningfully serve people across the world without moving there?

• What does “teaching them to observe” actually require after someone is converted?

• Your 9-to-5 may be more useful to missions than you realize.

Segment 4

• Do missionaries need formal training before they go?

• Think you’re called to missions? Your pastor may see something you don’t.

• Who takes care of missionaries when they’re the ones who need help?

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Greg Gifford fills in for Todd to challenge the way we think about missions—and show how your job, skills, and even your season of life could open doors you haven’t considered.

Segment 1

• Why are fewer young Christians heading to the mission field?

• Could parents be unintentionally discouraging their kids from missions?

• What if you could serve overseas without quitting your career?

Segment 2

• Could biblical counseling be one of the most overlooked opportunities in missions?

• You may already have skills desperately needed around the world.

• What if your job could become part of your missions strategy?

Segment 3

• What if you could serve people across the world without leaving your home?

• Your language skills, career, or discipleship experience may be more useful than you think.

• Before quitting your job for missions, Greg has a very different suggestion.

Segment 4

• Think God may be leading you toward missions? Where do you start?

• Why your pastor should be one of the first people you talk to.

• Don’t know exactly how it would work? That may not be a reason to stop pursuing it.

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It’s Mailbag Friday! You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers.

Segment 1

• How does a single mom handle a 17-year-old son who continually lies, resists her authority, and seems headed in a bad direction? — Melissa

Segment 2

• After leaving a church because of failed church discipline and spiritual abuse, how do we keep from becoming bitter and hypercritical of our next church? — Caitlin

Segment 3

• If Christians should help immature believers grow, how does that fit with Paul becoming “all things to all people” in 1 Corinthians 9? — Edwin

Segment 4

• My professing-Christian husband regularly uses foul language, often with anger, and says the Bible doesn’t forbid it. Does it? — Beth

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Todd sits down with Brad Bigney to tackle some of the marriage advice that sounds completely backward to our culture—and maybe even to you. What if the things you’re holding onto are the very things keeping your marriage from thriving?

Segment 1

• What if your expectations of your spouse are actually hurting your marriage?

• The surprisingly ordinary things that can make—or break—a marriage.

• Some popular Christian marriage advice may be reinforcing the problem.

Segment 2

• What are you afraid will happen if you really give yourself to your spouse?

• Brad reveals the seemingly good thing that nearly wrecked his own marriage.

• There’s a line struggling couples have to cross. Have you crossed it?

Segment 3

• You moved out years ago—but have you actually left Mom and Dad?

• When does honoring your parents start interfering with your marriage?

• Your kids can become too important. Here’s how to know if they have.

Segment 4

• Why do some couples divorce after 30 years together?

• Staying married and building a marriage aren’t necessarily the same thing.

• What do you do when you keep giving—and your spouse doesn’t give back?

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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!