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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Witness Wednesday! Choosing Sin on Purpose: The Conversation You’ll Never Forget

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It’s Witness Wednesday! Todd engages two Georgia Tech students on issues like sin, morality, and the afterlife. Listen along as real, street-level evangelism is done to God’s glory. Segment 1 • Philip admits the Christian God makes the most sense but refuses to submit because he doesn’t want his lifestyle to change. • He confesses he knows God’s rules, knows they’re real, and still chooses to live how he wants and “take his chances with death.” • Todd uses God’s law (lying, lust, blasphemy) to show Philip he’s not “basically good,” but a willful rebel against a God he knows exists. Segment 2 • Philip clearly says he understands hell, believes he’d go there, and is still content to keep enjoying sin “for a season.” • He admits he’s weighing Jesus versus his current pleasures and, for now, deliberately chooses sin, thinking he can always reconsider later. • Todd warns that greater knowledge brings greater judgment, prays that Philip’s conscience will torment him in his sin, and pleads with him to see Jesus as better than “fun” and temporary pleasure. Segment 3 • Scott, sporting royal blue hair and loving the attention, says he’ll only conform to laws he personally deems just—rejecting God’s laws as unfair. • He argues that if God created people with their flaws, God is responsible for their sins and has no right to punish them. • Scott calls the God of the Bible evil, citing genocides and hell as proof, and leans on Dawkins-style thinking while insisting humans aren’t basically bad. Segment 4 • Todd shares the tribal-king story where the ruler takes the lashes his guilty son deserves, using it as a picture of Jesus taking God’s wrath in our place. • He explains that sin against an infinitely holy God deserves infinite punishment, and that the cross is how God remains both just and merciful. • Scott still rejects eternal punishment and substitution as unjust, while Todd urges listeners to see the cross as the greatest act of kindness ever offered to a guilty sinner. ___ Thanks for listening! Wretched Radio would not be possible without the financial support of our Gospel Partners. If you would like to support Wretched Radio we would be extremely grateful. VISIT https://fortisinstitute.org/donate/ If you are already a Gospel Partner we couldn’t be more thankful for you if we tried!

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0:00.0

Sorry, I'm the annoying guy who preempts the program at this time of year because it's such a crucial time for the Health of Fortis Institute.

0:09.7

It is year-end giving season.

0:11.4

Right now we have a match campaign, which means your gift will be doubled, which means your impact will be doubled.

0:18.3

If it's possible, it could happen.

0:23.7

Maybe you have benefited from Witness Wednesdays.

0:28.8

Would you please consider partnering with us now? We want to continue going to campuses. We want to go to campuses next year in a bigger way than we ever have. We want to reach young people with the

0:35.4

gospel. We want to equip the saints to share and defend the

0:39.2

gospel. That's what we do pretty much every day, but especially on Wednesdays. So if you're

0:46.2

already supporting your local church and you have the means available, please would you consider

0:51.2

supporting us now? Fortis Institute.org slash donate.

0:55.7

Enough of me, the annoying guy.

0:57.4

Let's get to that really pleasant host.

1:03.4

Ritchard Radio begins in three, two, one.

1:08.0

Now, I'm not reintroducing the idea of purgatory,

1:10.6

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

1:14.3

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

1:19.0

The soul of someone who dies immediately goes into eternity.

1:23.1

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

1:25.5

There is no purgatory.

1:26.6

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

1:30.1

It's time for Wretched Radio with Todd Freel.

1:33.7

This is Wretched Radio.

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