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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

WHAT MAKES JESUS DIFFERENT FROM EVERY OTHER WAY?

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.93.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1:



• Steven claims to be a Christian but struggles to explain why someone should follow Jesus—his gospel lacks clarity on sin and grace.



• He believes in heaven and hell, but wavers when asked why Jesus is necessary over other religious options.



• With help, he affirms that repentance and faith in Jesus are necessary—but his initial “accept Jesus” language reveals a possible shallow understanding.



Segment 2:



• Eric admits he’d go to hell if judged by God’s standard but hopes he’s done “enough good” to balance out the bad.



• He’s heard the gospel but hasn’t grasped the justice of God—he still thinks forgiveness might be based on being “worth it.”



• Todd presses in with courtroom analogies and the uniqueness of Jesus’ atoning sacrifice.



Segment 3:



• When pressed for a response from Todd’s gospel presentation, Eric visibly reflective, cuts the conversation short.



• Next, Todd talks with a student who belongs to a fraternity. The student declines to discuss religion when it becomes personal.



• His discomfort reveals the shallowness of cultural tolerance—he's polite but unwilling to explore eternity or truth.



Segment 4:



• Todd engages a student he’s spoken to before who remembers the gospel but remains confused due to exposure to conflicting religious voices.



• He asks about how to hear from God; Todd explains the sufficiency of Scripture and why creeds and theology matter.



• Still unconverted, but intrigued—he's thinking deeply and appreciates the clarity and engagement.







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Transcript

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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. Hello, it is Witness Wednesday. This is Rretched Radio. I am at Georgia Tech. Guess what I stumbled on. A little card sitting on the sidewalk. Somebody's promoting Jesus without religion. Somebody must be coming to the campus here. They're doing a presentation at the student center. And I'm torn about this approach. Now I don't know anything about this guy who's

0:55.0

doing Jesus without religion. I appreciate the concept of this isn't so much about religion.

1:01.1

This isn't about buildings per se. This is about that evangelical lingo having a close personal

1:08.0

relationship with Jesus Christ. I like that emphasis, but on the other hand,

1:14.5

this is an approach that we've got to be very careful about. There are a lot of people who have been

1:20.0

turned off to Christianity. Well, they were always turned off, if you will, but they had a bad

1:25.1

experience. I get that, but let's not throw out the church with the

1:29.4

bathwater. This is Rretched Radio at Georgia Tech, and I'm watching a kid. He kind of, he walks a little bit

1:35.4

like shaggy. You know, like Scooby-Doo, kind of with the bell bottoms and the flappy stuff.

1:41.0

But he's got his earphones in, and well, let's just give it a go, shall me?

1:44.4

Excuse me.

1:45.3

Dude, hey, sorry to bother you.

1:47.2

Are you listening to anything important right now?

1:48.8

No.

1:49.2

Can I walk and talk with you at the same time?

1:50.9

Oh, that's fine, yeah.

1:51.5

Cool.

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