IS JESUS JUST A LEGEND, OR DID HE REALLY RISE?

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It’s Witness Wednesday!

Segment 1:

• A history student reflects on how World Wars I & II led to postmodernism—truth is now "relative."

• Todd challenges the student—does truth change based on belief, or is there an objective standard?

• The student wrestles with defining truth, showing the internal conflict of a postmodern worldview.

Segment 2:

• Todd presents historical evidence—Jesus’ resurrection was witnessed by hundreds who refused to recant, even under threat of death.

• The concept of textual criticism—the Bible is the most well-documented ancient text in existence.

• The student acknowledges Christianity’s credibility but hesitates on full belief.

Segment 3:

• Using a courtroom analogy, Todd demonstrates how God’s judgment is unavoidable—good deeds can’t erase past sins.

• The student realizes that personal morality fails to meet God’s perfect standard.

• The only way to be declared innocent is if someone else pays the fine—which leads to Jesus.

Segment 4:

• Todd shifts from intellect to the conscience—the student acknowledges the logic but hesitates on personal commitment.

• The real issue isn’t evidence—it’s surrendering control and turning from sin.

• The urgency of the gospel—today is the day of salvation, not tomorrow.

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0:00.0	Ritchin Radio begins in three, two, one.
0:09.0	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.
0:14.0	That understanding works for you, so therefore it is absolutely right for you.
0:17.9	All beliefs have become only relatively true, And of course, to the world,
0:22.9	religion is just some personalized experience, not a divine revelation, and the church is catching the
0:30.2	disease. It's time for Wretched Radio with Todd Freel. And welcome in to Wretched Radio. I'm
0:37.3	Jimmy Hicks in the studio today.
0:38.9	Occupying Todd's chair.
0:40.2	Well, actually he doesn't have a chair in here, but I stand here nonetheless.
0:45.0	Todd, of course, in the team are out on campus at Kennesaw State University, looking for students to chat with because, of course, it's Wednesday.
0:53.3	And around here, we call it witness Wednesday.
0:56.7	Prepare to go back in time to the 20th century. That's not that long ago, dude. You're studying
1:03.6	history but just the 20th century history. I study all of it. I just specialize in the 20th century.
1:08.7	Just go Google it and find all of it.
1:13.5	Yes, but you do have to also do research in certain topics.
1:14.5	You can't just Google everything.
1:15.8	That's true.
1:20.9	Okay, so the 20th century is a particular fascination to you because why?
1:28.7	Well, mainly most of the, the reason where we are today, a lot of it can be traced back to the 20th century, right? Like the, even going back to like 1914 when, you know, World War I started, a lot of the effects of
1:33.4	World War I were actually still feeling today. I don't disagree with that. You know, the two big,
1:38.7	those were the bloodiest wars in human history. More people died. What do you think was the lesson from World Wars 1 and World
1:46.7	War II? I think the main lesson was that it really created kind of, it prevented further wars
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