FINISHING WELL: WHY THE WAY YOU END YOUR JOURNEY MATTERS

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1: • John MacArthur’s memorial service featured a booklet he wrote on finishing well. • Reflecting on legacy forces us to ask: Am I prepared to end faithfully? • Warm fellowship at the memorial reminds us the Christian life is a community journey. Segment 2: • Dr. MacArthur urged believers: don’t just grow old—finish strong. • Intellectual pursuit is good, but love for Christ, and others, must not grow cold. • Purity in thought and conduct matters, especially when nobody’s watching. Segment 3: • Celine Dion’s documentary reveals how idols fail when life gets tough. • Six diagnostic questions to help uncover hidden idols of the heart. • If Christ isn’t enough without your idol, He won’t be enough with it. Segment 4: • Church isn’t just a hospital—it’s also a training ground. • Practical biblical principles help households navigate sin and struggle. • Gratitude and gospel-centered living prevent families from falling into cycles of dysfunction. ___ 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!

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0:00.0	Richard Radio begins in three, two, one.
0:08.5	Evolution is more than a theory.
0:09.8	It is a fundamental scientific principle.
0:11.6	You know there's a scientific term for that.
0:13.3	It's called baloney.
0:14.0	We are so stupid that we think that just because telephones and computers and cars are
0:18.1	intelligently designed, that means we are too.
0:20.3	Well, we're not. I don't trust that Richard Dawkins. In the beginning, God created heaven,
0:25.0	the earth, is the only logical explanation unless you don't want to believe in science and logic.
0:30.8	It's time for Wretched Radio with Tote Freel. Want to finish? Well, of course you do. This is Wretched Radio. Don't know if you heard the news, but there was a memorial for Dr. John MacArthur at Grace Community Church on Saturday. I do believe we talked about that a wee little bit yesterday. And I mentioned that inside of the memorial service booklet, which typical C-L-A-S-S, nice, the quality of this book.
1:00.1	And not only that, it's got different types of paper inside of it.
1:03.1	So here's the cover.
1:05.3	Here's the inside thing.
1:07.7	And then here's the page of the...
1:10.0	Here the dit. It's really nice stuff. Just beautifully done
1:15.4	first class, as always. And inserted in the back of the program was a little booklet from
1:21.5	John MacArthur. It may well have been the last thing that he ever wrote for publication,
1:34.3	titled Unfinishing Well. the last thing that he ever wrote for publication titled on finishing well, dying contentedly,
1:40.9	finishing the race without falling on your face and going splat and being an embarrassment.
1:43.1	Would you like to finish well?
1:46.2	Then let's learn from the late Dr. John MacArthur. Don't like saying that from the late Dr. John MacArthur on finishing well.
1:52.0	Interesting. He wrote sometime before I entered my 80s. I began to realize I'm now in the final
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