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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

THIS STUDENT THINKS HE’S PURE ENOUGH FOR HEAVEN – WHAT DOES GOD’S WORD SAY?

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.93.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It’s Witness Wednesday! In this episode of Wretched Radio, Todd Friel heads to the campus of Georgia Tech. While engaging in thought-provoking conversations with students, Todd explores deep theological questions about the existence of God, creation, morality, and salvation from sin.



Segment 1 – Ryan



• Ryan, an architecture student, believes in the Big Bang but is unsure how such design could happen without a designer.



• Todd deepens the moral discussion, walking Ryan through the Ten Commandments.



• He dismisses concern over judgment, saying he’ll “cross that bridge” when he sees God.



Segment 2 – Junior



• Junior, raised in a Christian home, isn’t sure what he believes and doesn’t identify as a true Christian.



• Todd walks him through a gospel-centered conversation, exposing his sin and clarifying the Savior's role.



• Junior remains unsure, valuing independent thinking but open to exploring more.



Segment 3 – Dan



• Dan, a Catholic student, believes everyone is "innately good" and that good works will outweigh sin.



• He trusts in God's forgiveness but can't reconcile it with true justice.



• Todd carefully explains the gospel, the insufficiency of works, and the righteousness available only through Christ.



Segment 4 – Dan (continued)



• Todd explains how the true gospel and the Roman Catholic church teach different things.



• Lays out how we are totally unable to be righteous in and of ourselves.



• Todd encourages Dan to repent of his own striving and trust in Christ alone for righteousness.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Ritchard Radio begins in three, two, one. Now, I am not reintroducing the idea of purgatory,

0:11.2

but on the other hand, I do believe the baby was thrown out with a bathwater. With that came

0:15.7

a belief, when you die, you're instantaneously and magically made perfect. The soul of someone

0:20.5

who dies immediately goes into eternity.

0:23.8

There is no place where you make up for your sins.

0:26.1

There is no purgatory.

0:27.2

In the twinkling of an eye, we shall be changed.

0:30.7

It's time for Wretched Radio with Todd Friel.

0:34.2

It's witnessed Wednesday at Georgia Tech.

0:36.4

Hey, young man, while you're walking that way, can I talk to you on the radio? Okay. What are you studying? Architecture. Cool. All right, I'm going to throw something at you, my architecture, friend. There's a building that's being built right there. I'm aware. Yep. Who designed that bad boy? I don't know. Do you think that anybody was involved in the design?

0:55.0

I'm pretty sure someone was.

0:56.0

An architect, right?

0:57.2

Yes.

0:57.5

How do you know that?

0:59.0

Because architect's design a lot of buildings.

1:01.1

Can a building go up like that that's that sophisticated without an architect?

1:07.4

I don't know.

1:10.0

Don't think, I mean, but ultimately somebody had to be put in the design.

1:13.5

Yeah.

1:14.0

All right. Do you have any idea where I'm leading you right now?

1:16.8

You're probably leading me to the fact that no architect was involved?

1:20.5

Well, that would be the theory of the Big Bang, that there was no architect involved with the creation of the universe.

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