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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

WHY CHOOSING SIN OVER SURRENDER IS NEVER THE RIGHT OPTION!

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1:



• French student supports capitalism but rejects God’s authority—freedom is fine, submission isn’t.



• Believes in the Christian God intellectually… but prefers sin over surrender.



• Honestly admits: “Jesus isn’t more enjoyable than my current life.”



Segment 2:



• Todd walks Philip through God’s law—liar, thief, blasphemer, adulterer at heart.



• Philip acknowledges guilt and judgment… yet shrugs off hell as a risk he’s willing to take.



• The tragedy? He knows the truth—and still chooses sin.



Segment 3:



• Todd pleads: See Jesus not just as safer, but as better than sin.



• Offers the gospel as a kindness, not just a way out of hell.



• Philip admits: “I’m aware of the offer. I’m just choosing something else.”



Segment 4:



• Smart, kind, but deeply resistant—Scott believes God is evil, not just nonexistent.



• Todd uses courtroom analogies to expose justice, sin, and grace… but Scott won’t yield.



• Scott calls God a moral monster. Todd offers the gospel anyway.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Richard Radio begins in three, two, one.

0:08.2

Now, I am not reintroducing the idea of purgatory, but on the other hand, I do believe the baby was thrown out with a bathwater.

0:14.7

With that came a belief, when you die, you're instantaneously and magically made perfect.

0:19.6

The soul of someone who dies immediately

0:21.9

goes into eternity. There is no place where you make up for your sins. There is no purgatory.

0:27.1

In the twinkling of an eye, we shall be changed. It's time for Wretched Radio with Todd Friel.

0:34.3

This is Wretched Radio. It's Witness Wednesday. Oh, this is going to be challenging. There's a dude with a...

0:40.1

Oh, why do I pick these guys with a pace like this. Hey, young man, hey, while you're walking, could I talk to you on the radio?

0:46.9

Yes. What's your name, young man?

0:48.3

Phil.

0:49.0

Philip, nice to meet you. Do you know where your name comes from?

0:52.1

French. French? Okay.

0:55.2

Yeah, I'm from South of France.

0:56.9

And where did the French get that name?

0:59.0

It's Greek.

1:00.3

It is a Greek name.

1:00.7

Very good.

1:01.3

I know horses.

1:02.2

I think it is something like that.

1:05.5

Wasn't there a disciple of Jesus Rice that was Philip?

1:06.6

Yeah, I think so.

1:07.0

Yeah.

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