THE KINDEST ACT IN HISTORY…AND WHY IT MATTERS TO YOU!

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It’s Witness Wednesday!

Todd Friel conducts is on the campus of Georgia Tech where he engages with several students to discuss the Christian gospel and explores their religious beliefs. Todd will dialogue with those he encounters on spirituality, morality, and the concept of God.

Segment 1:

• Drew believes a creator exists due to the complexity of life but leans toward deism—God created the world and stepped back.

• He acknowledges lying, stealing, and lusting—recognizes guilt if judged by God’s moral standard.

• Drew listens intently as the gospel is presented—admits if it's true, it would be the kindest act ever done for him.

Segment 2:

• Drew wrestles with the seeming contradiction between human imperfection and religion's call to holiness.

• He understands how the cross resolves God’s justice and mercy—Jesus was punished in our place.

• Drew admits he needs to explore it further but pushes it off—says he’s too busy with school right now.

Segment 3:

• Todd talks with two female students who claim to be Christians. They can loosely explain the gospel and emphasize repentance and faith, though with some theological fuzziness.

• Todd meets Jason, working the inflatable rental. Jason calls himself spiritual but not religious—he rejects church due to perceived hypocrisy.

• Jason admits he’s broken many moral laws but still sees himself as a good person—hopes his effort is enough.

Segment 4:

• Confronted with God’s justice—Jason admits he’d be guilty if judged and might deserve hell.

• He learns that Jesus took the punishment on his behalf so he could be freely forgiven.

• Challenged to consider the gospel urgently—Todd encourages Jason to read the Bible and decide whether it’s true before it’s too late.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Ritchard Radio begins in three, two, one.
0:08.4	If the God of the Bible really exists, I would go gladly to hell.
0:12.2	And anybody's happy to go to heaven to worship such a creature is morally bankrupt.
0:16.1	It is because God's wrath is real, that his mercy is relevant. Unless you have a real wrath, the biblical
0:25.7	concepts of mercy and of grace are robbed of their meaning. It's time for Wretched Radio with
0:33.0	Taute Freel. It's a good thing. It's not a Saturday. This is Wretched Radio.
0:38.8	It's Witness Wednesday.
0:40.1	We are at Georgia Tech, and it's a little bit on the chilly side, and that's why it's a good thing.
0:44.6	It's not a Saturday, because otherwise, this would be a snotty Saturday.
0:48.4	I'm sorry.
0:49.3	It's just a little sniffly.
0:51.0	It's a little chilly here.
0:52.5	And my nose is running.
0:54.9	Todd, thanks for stating the obvious.
0:56.8	Okay.
0:58.0	Hey, look, I got soft, okay?
1:00.7	Move from Minnesota to Atlanta.
1:02.3	It took a winter to get soft.
1:04.6	You come down to, you move from the north to the south, loaded with bravado.
1:09.7	You know where we come from? Entire cities have been
1:13.4	buried in snow and we've never seen them again. We just brag about how cold it is and how
1:18.7	wicked the weather is. But then you live through one nice winter in the south. And I'm telling you
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