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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

THESE STUDENTS HAVE A BIG PROBLEM – BUT DO THEY WANT TO HEAR THE SOLUTION?

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.93.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It’s Witness Wednesday!



In today’s episode, Todd Friel engages in meaningful conversations with several university students. First up is Cole, a pro-lifer who isn’t a believer. Later, Todd speaks with agnostic Moira, discussing God’s existence and Moira's personal experiences with Christianity. Todd continually points the students back to the ultimate hope that we are called to share - the gospel of grace through God’s Son.



Segment 1



• Cole intrigued by Christianity but skeptical of its claims.



• Todd shifts focus from crusades to Cole’s personal sin problem.



• God’s holiness vs. human sinfulness is the real crisis.



Segment 2 – Cole (part 2)



• Cole wrestles with the Trinity and Jesus’ dual nature.



• Todd explains how only God-in-flesh could be a worthy substitute.



• Salvation is central—Father sends, Son saves, Spirit convicts.



Segment 3



• Agnostic Moira shares what she knows about Easter.



• She only believes what she can see, and doesn’t personally see the importance of faith.



• Moira has been put off from Christianity by bad personal experiences.



Segment 4



• Todd holds Moira to account against God’s commandments.



• She admits guilt when confronted with God’s commands.



• Todd explains Easter: Jesus’ death and resurrection solves our sin and shame problem.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Ritchin 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.

0:30.8

It's time for Wretched Radio with Todd Freel. And we'll get to Mr. Mr. Frill. In just a quick second, welcome to Witness Wednesday on Richard Radio. I'm Jimmy Hicks in the studio. Of course, Todd is out on campus today at Kennesaw State University. And we're going to get to the witnessing quickly this week. No time to waste. Todd.

0:57.4

This is Cole. And Cole, I'm really excited to talk to you.

1:03.2

And let me tell you why. You actually walked up to me and said, you're over there at that pro-life display and you consider yourself sort of pro-life, but you're not a Christian. So I want you to be as

1:07.5

honest as you can with me. Why did you want to talk to me?

1:12.9

Well, they were just mentioning you were a pretty big Christian apologist. I don't know what that

1:17.8

means, but you just seemed interesting to talk to and you're the only one here in a suit.

1:21.8

Well, actually, no. So I'm intriguing because of a coat. That's it. That's it. You've hurt my heart. No, but I'm not going to let you off the hook with that. You still want to talk about Christianity. Why? At least historically speaking, it's interesting to me, and I just wanted to hear a bit more the theology aspect of that. I mean, I've, admittedly, I've written on, for some English classes, defending actually

1:48.5

probably one of the more indefensible things in Christianity, which is the Crusades.

1:53.1

You try to defend them? Yeah. Why? They're in pretty normal stock standard medieval war. They

1:59.2

were all pretty horrible back then. No, I agree with that. That was standard and we don't get that. So I applaud you for getting, like, history was different back then.

2:07.6

Part of that is comparing it to other medieval evidence, but, like, the theological aspect is mostly something I don't study as much.

2:15.6

Like, I've done like the history of the church and they offer

2:19.1

classes like that here, especially with my minor, which is English language and literature,

2:23.7

because a whole lot of it was written by Christians, even if...

2:26.9

You're really honest, dude. How old are you? 21. Well done. Really. You understand things that a lot

2:32.6

of people never get. So I really applaud that.

2:35.6

All right. The Crusades, however, I agree with you, there were standard fare, but I do not believe, and even though I have no desire to defend the activities of the Roman Catholic Church, because I'm not.

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