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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

WHY “GOOD PEOPLE GO TO HEAVEN” IS THE MOST SPIRITUALLY DANGEROUS LIE

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.93.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It’s Witness Wednesday!



On today’s episode of Wretched Radio, Todd Friel is back on campus for a special 'Witness Wednesday.' As Todd engages students, he highlights the importance of understanding and embracing the gospel, repentance, and the grace of God.



Segment 1:



• Ein admits to believing in God but doesn’t fully understand why Jesus died.



• Thinks he’s “a good person,” but Todd walks him through God’s standard and sin’s seriousness.



• Hears the gospel clearly: Jesus took his punishment, offering forgiveness and eternal life.



Segment 2:



• Drew dresses whimsically but reveals deep spiritual confusion, calling himself “saved” for “fire insurance.”



• Admits living for himself, distant from God, and fearing death and judgment.



• Todd explains the true gospel — salvation isn’t about effort or labels but trusting Jesus fully.



Segment 3:



• Todd’s conversation with Drew continues: Drew confesses struggles with lying, stealing, and lust but thought Christianity was about “being good.”



• Todd shares a powerful analogy about bad restaurants to explain why Jesus rescues sinners, not the “good.”



• Learns salvation is a gift of grace, not earned by works, and forgiveness is complete.



Segment 4:



• Anna wants to grow in evangelism but struggles with clearly presenting the gospel.



• Todd teaches her to focus on forgiveness of sins in Christ, using God’s law to reveal our need for a Savior.



• Anna learns the difference between guilt-driven religion and grace-fueled obedience — a life transformed by Jesus.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Ritchin Radio begins in three, two, one.

0:08.7

If there's a culture war, the religious right has started it.

0:12.3

The religious right has this book that they're trying to make the world follow.

0:16.1

Shutting down government is unbiblical.

0:18.9

Because government has a biblical response to care for the poor,

0:23.0

they're against poor people. God told me that we are our brother's keeper. The labor movement is

0:28.3

our brother's keeper. So help me God. It's time for Wretched Radio with Todd Friel.

0:34.7

Welcome to a witness Wednesday. This is Wretched Radio at Gainesville State University,

0:41.5

which providentially happens to be located in Gainesville, Georgia.

0:45.9

It is a beautiful day.

0:48.7

The kids are pretty much everywhere,

0:50.8

and we might put Witness Wednesday on hold just for a few minutes, maybe.

0:56.9

There's a fellow who's walking across the campus on the sidewalk, kind of going with the flow

1:03.8

with everybody else, and he has a seeing eye dog.

1:07.7

And I just thought it might be interesting to see if we could chat with this fellow to get a little

1:12.7

bit of an inside scoop on his life and what it is like to need of seeing eye dog. And so I'm going

1:20.6

to give that a go right now. Excuse me, young man. How do you do? How about yourself? Good. Are you

1:25.6

on your way to class right now? I have to take a bathroom, then go back to my club. My name's Todd. Nice to meet you. Hey, nice to meet you, too. How do you do? And the reason that I stopped you, I've got a microphone in my hand. We're on radio. Dude, I just want to ask you, I take it, you have trouble seeing or are you completely blind? Yes, I'm blind.

1:45.1

You're completely blind.

1:46.1

Hey, you know what?

1:48.4

I just want to know what it's like in your world.

1:51.6

What is it like to not have eyesight?

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