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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Have You Been Lied To About This Major Historical Event—Here’s The Truth

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1 • You’ve been told the Crusades were greedy Christian land-grabs—but what if the real history completely flips that narrative? • Discover the uncomfortable facts most textbooks skip—including who actually controlled the Middle East before Islam’s expansion. • Your ability to defend Christianity today may hinge on the truth about the Crusades. Segment 2 • Were Crusaders motivated by money—or were they bankrupting themselves for a cause they believed in? • The shocking financial and casualty realities that dismantle the “get rich quick crusader” stereotype. • What this historical myth reveals about how modern culture reshapes Christianity’s reputation—and why it matters for your faith. Segment 3 • Assurance, anxiety, loneliness, and pornography—are these the silent struggles undermining believers today? • Why even faithful Christians secretly wrestle with doubt—and what makes doubt dangerous if left unaddressed. • Some pastors and churches may unintentionally deepen isolation—and what that means for your spiritual stability. Segment 4 • When someone confesses doubt, your response can either strengthen their faith, or push them further away. • Misunderstanding the difference between doubt and disbelief can seriously mislead believers. • Practical, biblical strategies you can use immediately to help hurting believers regain confidence and spiritual clarity. ___ 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.

0:08.7

If it brings her to the same point that it brings you, it doesn't matter whether she called it God along the way or not.

0:13.6

That understanding works for you, so therefore it is absolutely right for you.

0:17.5

All beliefs have become only relatively true, and of course to the world, religion

0:22.8

is just some personalized experience, not a divine revelation, and the church is catching the disease.

0:30.7

It's time for Wretched Radio with Todd Freel.

0:42.9

A fractured A Fractured fairy tale.

0:52.0

Featuring piety, pugnacity, and greed.

0:54.9

This is Rretched Radio.

0:59.1

You say, what tale contains all of those compelling elements?

1:03.1

I would tell you it's the fairy tale of the Crusades.

1:04.7

You say, didn't they happen?

1:06.0

Oh, they certainly did.

1:14.6

But how they happened, why they happened, how they were conducted has turned into a very disturbing because of the impact.

1:18.5

Fairy tale.

1:19.9

The fairy tale that is being told about the Crusades goes a little something.

1:23.8

Well, let me just put it the way Bill Clinton put it.

1:26.2

Can I just take a moment to, oh, that. Let me share it the way Bill Clinton put it. Can I just take a moment to oh, let me share with you, Bill Clinton 2001 delivering a speech at Georgetown University.

1:34.9

He said, when the Christian soldiers took Jerusalem in 1099, they proceeded to kill every woman

1:41.3

and child who was Muslim on the Temple Mount.

1:50.8

He cited the contemporaneous descriptions of the event, stating soldiers walking on the Temple Mount with blood running up to their knees.

1:55.0

And that, said the former president, is a story still being told today in the Middle East,

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