Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Can you take an election loss seriously without letting it consume you? Todd Friel looks at what it means to trust God when your side loses and what Chuck Swindoll learned about cherishing his wife.

Segment 1

How to keep election disappointment from becoming despair.

Here’s what your reaction says about your heart.

What can your church do that politics can’t?

Segment 2

Did God want the election to go this way?

The hymn Todd turns to in times like this.

Can you trust God with a result you didn’t want?

Segment 3

How Chuck Swindoll almost ruined his marriage.

What husbands stop doing after the wedding… but shouldn’t.

A tender moment Swindoll treasures.

Segment 4

What do you do after losing your spouse of decades?

What your kids see when your marriage hits hard times.

What Swindoll hopes to hear from Jesus someday.

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It’s Witness Wednesday! Two Mormon missionaries give Todd their doorstep pitch, and then a Catholic student explains why she believes she still has sins to make up for. Hear how Todd gets past familiar religious language and gets to the heart of the Gospel.

Segment 1

Todd challenges two Mormons to give him their doorstep pitch.

How do these missionaries know who speaks for God?

How do you answer “faith without works is dead”?

Segment 2

What do Mormons believe happens after we die?

Do these missionaries believe Jesus is God?

What happens when Todd takes them through the good person test?

Segment 3

Why does this Catholic student expect she’ll go to purgatory?

How to talk to someone who wants to pay their own debt.

Todd uses a $50,000 Mercedes to explain grace.

Segment 4

A trick quiz gets two engineering students talking.

How do you answer the objection “everyone sins”?

How to respond when someone says they’ve “accepted Jesus.”

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Could the promise of a happier marriage to someone else make you careless with the family you have? Todd looks at what that promise leaves out, how to serve God in your ordinary life, and whether Alice Cooper’s profession of faith is genuine.

Segment 1

What you miss by rushing through your Bible reading.

Are you haunted by sins Christ has forgiven?

Why your faith can feel disconnected, and what to do about it.

Segment 2

Can you serve Jesus by doing the laundry?

How serving God should shape your spending.

Can enjoying your downtime glorify God?

Segment 3

What happens to Psalm 23 in The Message?

Could Call Her Daddy’s divorce advice influence your marriage?

This dangerous promise is tearing marriages apart.

Segment 4

Examining Alice Cooper’s profession of faith.

The real impact of divorce on your children.

Judah Smith claims you can be Hindu and follow Jesus.

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A church applauds their pastor’s second wife, Chuck Swindoll shares a glimpse of enduring love, and a congregation walks out to prank its pastor. Todd examines what these moments reveal about false teaching, your marriage, and how we treat the church.

Segment 1

How Todd’s trip renewed his wonder of God.

Can a false teacher still be a nice guy?

A church celebrates its pastor’s second wife.

Segment 2

A pastor’s second wife calls their relationship God’s will.

Chuck Swindoll shares a tender moment with his wife amid dementia.

What does lasting love offer that the world can’t?

Segment 3

Why do some sermons move you while others fall flat?

What this church prank reveals about our attitude towards Sunday morning.

What happens when you leave your church without explaining why?

Segment 4

Is the way you read Scripture making people tune out?

Can you be both evangelical and Roman Catholic?

How should you respond when a president talks faith?

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

Segment 1

Does “the God of second chances” imply chance? — Jeff

Can the sinner’s prayer give false assurance? — Owen

Segment 2

Should preaching or singing come first in church? — Suvasish

Does the Bible require church membership? — Jimmy

Segment 3

How do I confront a Christian friend’s crude jokes? — Anonymous

Patriarchy vs. complementarianism: What’s the difference? — Matt

Segment 4

Could life beyond Earth fit with the Bible? — Travis

How should churches handle breastfeeding complaints? — John

How do we keep pets from becoming idols? — Kyle

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