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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Witness Wednesday: Good Person Test, False Assurance, Real Gospel

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It’s Witness Wednesday! At Georgia Tech, Todd Friel asks students simple questions that expose how unclear many people are about God, salvation, sin, and truth. Todd walks each conversation back to the same biblical foundation: God is holy, sinners are guilty, Jesus is the only Savior, and the biblical response is repentance and faith. Segment 1 • A Southern Baptist student says Christianity is about “accepting Jesus into your heart”—but Todd challenges whether that language is even biblical. • Is Christianity just about avoiding hell… or surrendering your entire life to Christ? • Physics student Chris says all religions are incomplete—so Todd asks the unavoidable question: what if Christianity is actually true? Segment 2 — Chris: All Religions Can’t Be Right • Chris struggles with the idea that people from other religions could go to hell—but Todd redirects the conversation to guilt before a holy God. • The “good person” test exposes lying, lust, dishonoring parents, and blasphemy—so what happens if God judges your thoughts too? • Todd explains substitution, imputed righteousness, and why Jesus doesn’t merely help sinners… He completely saves them. Segment 3 — Rebel Since Birth… But Saved From What? • A group of young men wear Christian imagery and talk about leadership, strength, and “being different”—but can any of them explain the gospel? • A Catholic student says heaven is earned through kindness and good deeds… until Todd puts everyone in God’s courtroom. • “Everyone lies” becomes the defense—but Todd presses the terrifying reality that universal guilt still means personal guilt. Segment 4 — Spiritual, Postmodern, and Still Guilty • A mechanical engineering student says he’s “spiritual” and believes Jesus is God—but also thinks different religions can all work for different people. • Todd dismantles postmodern thinking with one simple analogy: calling a dumpster “turkey jerky” doesn’t change what it actually is. • The episode ends with a direct gospel appeal: Jesus alone satisfies justice, forgives sinners, and gives the righteousness nobody can earn. ___ 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

Ritchin Radio begins in three, two, one.

0:10.1

We're men, we're men in tights.

0:14.3

We roam around the forest looking for light.

0:16.7

If there's one common thread, it might be that men perceive church is too feminine.

0:20.8

You know, we have to be aggressive in the world when it's appropriate. If there's one common thread, it might be that men perceive church is too feminine.

0:25.0

You know, we have to be aggressive in the world when it's appropriate.

0:25.9

We are warriors.

0:26.8

One, two, three.

0:33.1

We don't need to scale Mount Everest and then gung down a wild boar in order to be a man.

0:39.2

You are a real man when you commit to study God's word, when you commit to be obedient to what God says,

0:45.3

and you commit to being conformed and transformed day by day into the image of Jesus Christ by loving your wife and leading your family.

0:48.8

It's time for Wretched Radio with Tom Freel.

0:52.2

This is Wretched Radio.

0:55.4

It is Witness Wednesday.

1:10.5

We are at Georgia Tech. Excuse me, young man. Could I? Yes, sir. Yikes. How old do I look to you? Do I deserve a sir? Sure. You must be from the cell. Yes, I am. All right. Then it's a formality. You don't really mean it. You just say it, right? You got your knuckles beat as a kid if you didn't.

1:12.0

All right, I want to talk to you on the radio for a second.

1:12.4

All right.

1:13.6

You can keep walking if you want to.

1:12.4

You're from the Bible. You don't really mean and you just say it, right? Yeah. You got your knuckles beat as a kid if you didn't. All right, I want to talk to on the radio for a second, all right?

1:13.6

You can keep walking if you want to.

1:15.3

Are you from the Bible Belt here?

1:15.8

I am.

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