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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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Welcome to episode #239! ️ Pure Victory Podcast: Is There Ever A "Good" Time To Confess?

When it comes to breaking free from porn and sexual sin, one of the hardest steps is confession. We all want the “perfect” time—the moment when it won’t hurt as much, when life is calmer, when it won’t cost us as dearly. But does that time ever really come?

In this episode,  Braden wrestles with the question: Is there a good time to confess? Drawing from his own story and biblical truth, he shares how fear, shame, and rationalization keep us waiting for a “better” moment that never arrives. Instead, the longer we hide, the deeper sin takes root, isolating us from God, others, and even ourselves.

You’ll hear:

• Why waiting for the “right time” is a lie that keeps us stuck.
• What the Bible says about confession and healing (Proverbs 28:13, James 5:16, 1 John 1:9).
• The difference between healthy confession and harmful “staggered” confession.
• How to choose safe, trusted people to open up to.
• Why confession isn’t just about exposing sin but stepping into God’s mercy and freedom.

Confession will never feel convenient—but it is always worth it. Healing, freedom, and intimacy with God and others are on the other side of that hard but courageous step.

If you don’t yet have a safe person in your life to confess to, Braden shares resources like Pure Freedom Journey and Pure Desire online groups that can walk with you. You are not alone in this battle.

Takeaway: There is no perfect time to confess. The time is now—and God will meet you in it with grace, mercy, and healing.

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Listen to today's Laugh Again with Phil Callaway, "20 Reasons We've Been Married 40 Years." Enjoy!

Life is fleeting—like a breath or shadow compared to eternity. In this study of Psalm 39, Dr. John explores how David grapples with life's apparent meaninglessness while suffering under God's discipline. Yet this isn't depressing but hopeful. When God strips away what we hold dear, He's redirecting our hope from this temporary world to Him alone. Dr. John shows how David teaches us to live as sojourners passing through this world with God as our guide, finding joy in our brief time here.

Reasons for Worship: In a world of political turmoil, personal struggles, and the apparent prosperity of evil, where should believers place their trust? Dr. John’s series on Psalms 33–41 called “Reasons for Worship” explores God’s faithfulness amid life’s challenges. From David’s escapes to his reflections on the wicked, these psalms offer practical wisdom for trusting God, finding hope in desperate circumstances, and keeping faith when evil seems to prevail. This series brings both comfort and challenge, pointing to the God who is completely trustworthy in every season.

Kids get enjoyment from the simple things in life. It’s when we start taking life too seriously we become not so easy to live with. Why not try thinking like children?

Romans 2 focuses on the righteous judgment of God. Pastor Chuck Swindoll teaches that God alone knows the hearts of all people. He is the righteous judge, not us.

From the Series: Romans: The Christian’s Constitution

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Pastors Justin and Trisha Davis share their incredible marriage journey — recovering from Justin’s infidelity and the generational sins of their parents. The Davises describe “cycles of sin” like shame, blame, hiddenness, and unforgiveness, and how we need to get to the root of these issues before God can heal our lives.

Having seen far too many traffic accidents in my travels over the years, I appreciated a story I heard some years ago from Adrian Rogers. A lady was driving down the highway when she came upon the scene of a terrible accident. She got out of the car, and she saw this driver who had been thrown from the car. He was seriously injured and he was bleeding profusely. Later the lady recounted her response to this heart-rending scene. She said, "Thank goodness, I remembered my First Aid just when it was needed the most, and I immediately put my head between my knees to keep from passing out!"

I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "Missing Your Mission."

This lady is not about to be a hero on the nightly news! No, she's oblivious to the desperate need in front of her and instead she's just all focused on herself. The question is, "could that be us?" On the scene where there are people in front of us who are spiritually dying, without Christ, without any hope of heaven and we're just standing there, worrying about ourselves.

Our word for today from the Word of God in 2 Kings 7:9 is a pretty shocking Old Testament picture of a modern spiritual tragedy. The city of Samaria is under siege, and the people of the city are facing such extreme starvation, some of them are even resorting to cannibalism believe it or not. Every morning you can hear the screams of mothers who have awakened to find that their child has starved to death during the night or the sobs of children who just watched their mother die of starvation.

Meanwhile, four lepers, who are living as outcasts outside the city wall, are also on the edge of starvation. Of course, they just depend on handouts from the city. So they choose a course that they consider their only hope for survival. They're going to surrender to the enemy and hope they'll get fed by them. Well, during the night, the Lord has done a miracle that has caused the enemy to retreat, and they have left their camp and their supplies behind. So the lepers stumble into this empty camp and a mountain of food.

The Bible says that as they sat there gorging themselves, "They said to each other, 'We're not doing right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until daylight, punishment will overtake us. Let's go at once...'" Question: how can you have what dying people need and not tell them about it?

Tragically, that's many of us who belong to Jesus Christ. We do it day after day. We keep feasting on the Jesus-banquet, filling up with more and more blessings while never telling the spiritually starving people we know about our Jesus. We can't imagine having one day without Jesus, and they've never had one day with Him. And without Him, they have no chance of heaven. They will never be in heaven with you.

God is trying to open your eyes to the life-or-death emergency that is right in front of you day after day. He's put you on the scene where you could save some lives, where you could rescue some spiritually dying people. As inadequate as you may feel, you are the one that Jesus placed in their lives so you could help some of those folks be in heaven with you!

Is it risky to step out and try to rescue someone? Sure it is. Just ask Jesus. But if He could die for those people we know, how can we not at least tell them that He died for them? Please don't let them die without a chance at Jesus. See, you are that chance.