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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Witness Wednesday: Is God Just If He Lets Sin Go Unpunished?

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It’s Witness Wednesday! Join Todd as he goes back to his home-state of Minnesota to conduct real-life, on-the-street interviews and have gospel conversations with a number of people coming from different backgrounds and worldviews. From important theological realities like sin, judgment, and the gospel to the real-world implications of our beliefs, like human rights, abortion, and evangelism, God’s truth is brought to bear. Segment 1 • A chemistry grad student claims he lives to glorify God, but Todd’s clarifying question reveals confusion. • Todd’s parachute analogy exposes a massive divide: are you following Jesus to improve your life—or to escape judgment? • The student affirms grace is essential but struggles to articulate how someone is actually saved. Segment 2 • Julie, a self-identified Catholic, confidently says she’s good enough to go to heaven, but an examination by way of the ten commandments says otherwise. • When Todd compares God to a courtroom judge, Julie faces a devastating dilemma: if God is just, how can guilty people escape punishment? • Julie knows Jesus died for sins—but can’t explain how to receive forgiveness. Segment 3 • A group of graduate students overwhelmingly choose to save a stranger over their own dog—but struggle to explain why human life has greater value. • Several students admit they “hope” they’re good people, while others openly say morality is relative or self-defined, exposing the instability of subjective ethics. • One student invents his own religion, another rejects absolutes, and others admit uncertainty about the afterlife. Segment 4 • A thoughtful student chooses to save school children over 500 strangers—raising uncomfortable implications for abortion, aging, and human worth. • When confronted with death, she can only suggest making peace with “whoever or whatever you believe in”. • Todd challenges listeners directly: if someone had seconds to live, could you clearly explain how to be saved—or would you struggle like most? ___ 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.

0:06.8

Welcome to virtual reality church.

0:09.3

Welcome to our virtual church.

0:11.0

You're not a congregation if you don't congregate.

0:13.0

When you combine this access with the loss of the local, I become my own confession, and I go

0:20.3

around the World Wide Web listening for echoes that say back to me what I've already decided to believe.

0:28.3

It's time for Wretched Radio with Tom Freel.

0:31.9

It's Witness Wednesday. That means we go out into the streets, and that means that we talk to people about stuff.

0:37.4

Here's a fellow who's just sitting and having lunch.

0:55.0

Let's see what kind of mood he's in if he'll let me bother him or not. Sir, while you're eating lunch, could I ask you some questions for a radio show we're doing? All right, sir, we're out here talking to people, and we're asking them philosophical questions. For instance, if you were by a swimming pool,

0:58.4

came up on a swimming pool and a stranger was drowning in the pool and needed to be rescued, but so was your dog.

1:03.1

Now, you've only got seconds to respond.

1:04.8

You can only save one of them.

1:06.3

Which one would you rescue?

1:08.1

The stranger.

1:09.1

Why?

1:11.2

Because while I love my dog a lot, they are just animals, even though they are best, very good companions.

1:19.9

People are still more valuable than animals.

1:23.0

So you think people are more valuable.

1:24.4

Why do you think that?

1:33.0

Consciousness... think people are more valuable why do you think that consciousness and contribution to society are the way that we have decided to value entities on this planet.

1:46.1

So, yes, that's why I think.

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