The Flip Side with Noah Filipiak
Connecting the reality of the gospel to the grit of life. Hosted by pastor and author Noah Filipiak.
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Tuesday Oct 27, 2015
Tuesday Oct 27, 2015
Susie Finkbeiner has written three novels, with her recent A Cup of Dust
being released today, October 27th, with Kregel Publishers. In this
episode, Noah Filipiak interviews Susie about exhaustion, how to handle
exhaustion, the superficiality of "puppy hug and rainbow kiss"
Christianity (and Christian fiction), politics and how to stay grounded.
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
Thursday Oct 01, 2015
Ruth Haley Barton is the award winning author of 7 books and the founder of The Transforming Center. Her book Sacred Rhythms won the Logos Book Award for Best Book Award on Spirituality and her book Invitation to Solitude and Silence won the Christianity Today Book of the Year Award for Spirituality. In this interview, Noah Filipiak interviews Ruth about how to deal with success and failure, burnout, ego, ambition, technology, pace, false self and true self, finding who we truly are in Christ versus the facade strategies we have learned to protect ourselves, and much more. Ruth and her Transforming Community team have extensive experience helping Christians and ministry leaders find their true self in Christ and are uniquely gifted and called to this essential work in today's hectic, cluttered, performance-driven culture we live in. If you've ever struggled with having a dry devotional time with the Lord and wondered if there was more to experience from God than you currently know, God has led you to the right person by now connecting you with Ruth Haley Barton and the Transforming Center.
Thursday Sep 17, 2015
Thursday Sep 17, 2015
In this episode, Noah Filipiak interviews the starting tight end for
the #4 ranked Michigan State Spartans football team, redshirt junior
Josiah Price. Price has 13 career touchdowns at Michigan State, a
record for a tight end, including 3 in the first 3 games of 2015. He
caught the go ahead touchdown against #2 ranked Ohio State in the Big
Ten Championship game in 2013, as well as a fourth quarter touchdown in
the 2014 Cotton Bowl against #5 ranked Baylor that began a 21 point 4th
quarter comeback for Michigan State. Michigan State was the 2013-14 Big
Ten and Rose Bowl champion, finishing 3rd overall and the 2014-15
Cotton Bowl Champion, finishing 5th overall.
Noah and Josiah discuss the temptations facing college football
players, how Josiah stays grounded, as well as the ‘superfan’ mindset of
many fans who take college football way too seriously. Noah and Josiah
unpack death threats sent via social media to Josiah’s teammates after
bad plays, as well as how a player is worshiped and adored if they make a
good play.
Friday Sep 04, 2015
Friday Sep 04, 2015
Noah Filipiak interviews Noel Heikkinen, one of the pastors at
Riverview Church in Holt, Lansing and East Lansing, MI. Riverview is a
church made up of around 3000 - 4000 people that has 4 venues in the
Lansing area. Noel and Noah discuss the hardest thing about being a
pastor, including a helpful discussion about the anxiety pastors and
church planters face, how we can combat anxiety, and how churchgoers can
help their pastors feel less anxiety. They discuss how churchgoers can
help their pastors stay healthy, avoid burnout, and stay at their
current ministry post longer. They also discuss the dangers of church
planting and book publishing, including good reasons to do such ventures as well as sinful reasons.Noel is a director with the Acts 29 Church
Planting network and is author of a book with the working title
"Unchained" coming out in early 2017 with David C. Cook publishers.
Saturday Aug 15, 2015
Saturday Aug 15, 2015
Noah Filipiak interviews Covenant Eyes'
Luke Gilkerson on why pastors look at porn & have affairs.
Applicable to men, women, pastors and churchgoers, this is a must listen
for the Church.Luke is the Educational Resource Manager at Covenant Eyes, he also runs the Covenant Eyes blog where he is also a frequent author. Luke’s personal blog is www.intoxicatedonlife.com and he is the author of The Talk: 7 Lessons to Introduce Your Child to Biblical Sexuality & Coming Clean: Overcoming Lust Through Biblical Accountability.
Monday Aug 10, 2015
Monday Aug 10, 2015
Noah Filipiak interviews Chris Pruett, the self-titled “Happiest Homeless Person in
Lansing.” Chris attends Pastor Noah's church and does a great job of shedding the
light of love and humanity onto homelessness. Learn about homelessness
from the eyes of a homeless person. Chris is intelligent, creative and
funny. See www.atacrossroads.net for a small sampling of the various signs (and boxes
for his head) that Chris wears around Lansing.
Friday Jul 03, 2015
Friday Jul 03, 2015
In this interview Noah talks with Zachary Bartels
on the balance of being both a pastor and a Christian fiction author. They talk about the required "self-promotion" of the author world and the
safeguards that have to be put in place to make sure this doesn't become
sin. Noah shares the insecurities he faced when he began trying to get
published, including embarrassing moments due to this insecurity. They
talk about making money as an author and using fiction as a medium for
communicating gospel truth like a ninja.
Thursday Jun 04, 2015
Thursday Jun 04, 2015
Recording artist Jessa Anderson and Noah talk about the tension in the
Christian music industry between making good music with good theology,
how all of life’s struggles can’t be fixed in a 3 and half minute song
with a pretty bow at the end of it, and the lure of writing in a way
that will get you on the radio. They talk about the depression and
anxiety ministry leaders face and how our churches and Christian music
need to give more exposure to these darker sides of our faith walk. If
you are a music fan of any kind, are a ministry leader, or want to know
how to better support your ministry leaders, this is a great episode for
you.
Wednesday May 20, 2015
Wednesday May 20, 2015
Youth pastor David Singleton and I talk about the different narratives of the white and black cultures and how this relates to the Church. We discuss the Baltimore riots, racial segregation in churches, the differences between suburban and urban youth ministry, and steps we can take to be the Church Jesus intended. David has been the youth pastor at Crossroads Church in Lansing, MI for the past year and prior to this did urban youth ministry in Philadelphia, PA / Camden, NJ as well as Watts and Compton (Los Angeles), California. David is also a spoken word artist and performs his poem "Dad Was Locked Up."
Tuesday May 05, 2015
Tuesday May 05, 2015
In this episode, I interview Pastor Chris Lockemy from Epic Church in
Baltimore, MD. Chris planted his church in 2005 and gives an on the
ground "Behind the Curtain" look at the Baltimore riots from the
perspective of a white church planting pastor who has a heart for the
city. We talk transparently about the challenges we face in the church
to be a part of God's work of racial reconciliation, but now essential
it is we get off the sidelines and be a part of that work.
Monday Apr 06, 2015
Monday Apr 06, 2015
The band Churchill's hit single "Change" was #17 on the 2012 Billboard Alternative Songs chart and the Change EP reached #9 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. Churchill has toured with Pink, The Fray, and many more. Band co-found Mike Morter and I discuss fame, being a celebrity, being around celebrities,
touring, pressure, always being asked "What's next?," how Jesus and our
identity in Christ can get muddled in all that, and the insecurities
that go with the ups and downs of the industry.
Friday Mar 20, 2015
Friday Mar 20, 2015
Ted Kluck is the author of 15 books, including Why We're
Not Emergent and Why We Love the Church with Kevin DeYoung,
autobiographies of Robert Griffin III, Jeremy Lin and Jim Kelly, and most
recently The Dropbox and Household Gods. We discuss
infertility, the underbelly of Christian publishing, Christian celebrityism and the tension between gossip (especially online) and following the biblical mandate to correct false teachers.
Tuesday Mar 03, 2015
Tuesday Mar 03, 2015
In the inaugural AtACrossroads.net Behind the Curtain Ministry Podcast, we interview Ken Wytsma about spiritual fatigue, social justice fatigue, self-glory in pastors and authors, as well as how churchgoers can best care for their pastors. Ken is the founding pastor in Bend, OR, the author of Pursuing Justice and The Grand Paradox and is the founder of The Justice Conference.