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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Good Friday: The Cross, Your Guilt, & The Life You Must Lose

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1 • If the cross is everything… why does your faith still feel disconnected? • Stop looking for God’s love in blessings—look at Calvary instead. • What actually happened 2,000 years ago—and why does it change everything for you? Segment 2 • Why would it please God to crush His own Son? • You don’t understand how much God hates sin—and that should terrify you. • What if your “small sins” are enough to condemn you forever? Segment 3 • Think you understand the cross? Make sure you haven’t softened it. • What did Jesus physically endure—and why should that shake you? • If this is what your sin costs… have you taken it seriously? Segment 4 • The cross isn’t about improving your life—it’s about killing your old one. • Why “asking Jesus into your heart” might not mean you’re saved. • Have you actually died to yourself—or are you still trying to save your life? ___ 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!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Ritchard Radio begins in three, two, one.

0:10.0

It's about the cross.

0:13.1

It's about my scene.

0:14.8

Cross is the reigning theme from one end of the Bible to the other.

0:17.8

There's no Christianity without the cross.

0:19.9

There's no answer to anything without the cross. Christ died, and his death is sufficient for my sin, and I will spend eternity with him and glory. Don't look to material blessings as evidence or token of God's love. Look to the cross. You want to understand what the love of God is all about. You don't need to open up a theological dictionary.

0:38.9

You simply look at Calvary.

0:42.8

It's at that place that the love of God was most radically put on display.

0:45.1

There is where you define the love of God.

0:49.2

For God so loved the world that he gave is one and only son.

0:52.9

It's time for Wretched Radio with Todd Friel.

0:57.0

Today's word is excruciate.

0:58.8

Do you know what the word excruciate means?

0:59.8

Hello.

1:03.1

Today is the day that our God died.

1:04.4

It is good Friday.

1:06.6

And it is good, and yet it is horrific.

1:08.8

It is horrible, and yet it is beautiful.

1:13.0

It is all of those things and way more all wrapped into one.

1:15.9

It was excruciating.

1:20.1

In fact, we get the word excruciate from the cross.

1:24.8

It's a Latin word, ex out of, cruciate cross, out of the cross.

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