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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

GOD’S RESCUE PLAN: WHY IT’S THE DEAL YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO IGNORE

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It’s Witness Wednesday! Todd Friel is at Gainesville State University in Gainesville, Georgia and discusses physical blindness vs spiritual blindness, wavering faith, and how to share your faith most effectively. Segment 1: • Sight vs. Insight: A blind student reflects on how losing his vision helped him see the world differently. • Honest Self-Examination: Despite claiming to be “good,” admits to breaking God’s laws, including lying and dishonoring parents. • Gospel Reminder: Salvation is not about being “not bad”; it’s about trusting Jesus, who died for sinners. Segment 2: • Facing the Judge: A candid student fears what God might say about his life but admits he hasn't followed Him fully. • The Disconnect: "I do everything for me," he confesses, highlighting the gap between claiming faith and living it. • A Clear Choice: Understand who Jesus is, and either reject or embrace His offer of mercy. Segment 3: • The Honesty Test: A robe-wearing student grapples with lies, theft, and lust, admitting, “I’m not living like a Christian.” • A Savior for the Bad Restaurant: Illustrates how Jesus saves not the “clean” but the broken and sinful. • Why It Matters: Until we see how bad we are, we can’t fully appreciate the depth of Christ’s sacrifice. Segment 4: • Laser-Focused Gospel: Avoid distractions and present the gospel as forgiveness for sin, not a fix for life’s problems. • Grace Over Effort: True salvation comes from trust in Jesus, not personal performance or “earning” God’s favor. • Daily Freedom: The gospel isn’t just for salvation—it’s for daily living in the assurance of God’s unchanging grace. ___ 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.

0:08.8

If there's a culture war, the religious right has started it.

0:12.4

The religious right has this book that they're trying to make the world follow.

0:16.1

Shutting down government is unbiblical.

0:18.9

Because government has a biblical responsibility and you care for the

0:22.4

poor, they're against poor people. God told me that we are our brother's keeper. The labor movement

0:28.0

is our brother's keeper. So help me God. It's time for Wretched Radio with Todd Friel. Welcome to a

0:36.2

witness Wednesday. This is Rretched Radio at Gainesville State University,

0:41.2

which providentially happens to be located in Gainesville, Georgia. It is a beautiful day. The kids are

0:49.2

pretty much everywhere, and we might put Witness Wednesday on hold just for a few minutes, maybe.

0:56.8

There's a fellow who's walking across the campus on the sidewalk, kind of going with the flow

1:03.7

with everybody else, and he has a seeing eye dog.

1:07.5

And I just thought it might be interesting to see if we could chat with this fellow to get a

1:12.4

little bit of an inside scoop on his life and what it is like to need of seeing eye dog. And so I'm

1:20.4

going to give that a go right now. Excuse me, young man. How do you do? How about yourself? Good. Are you

1:25.4

on your rate of class right now? Um, I have to take her to bathroom and then go back to my club.

1:29.8

My name's Todd.

1:31.4

Nice to meet you.

1:32.2

Hey, nice to meet you, too. How do you do?

1:33.8

And the reason that I stopped you, I've got a microphone in my hand. We're on radio.

1:38.3

Dude, I just want to ask you, I take it, you have trouble seeing or are you completely blind?

1:42.9

Yes, I'm blind. You're completely blind.

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