The Flip Side with Noah Filipiak

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Noah interviews Dr. Mark Denison on sexual addiction recovery. Mark shares his story of addiction and shares about the ministry he and his wife have to help men and couples recover from sexual addiction. You can watch the interview on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/1H2pP4U6G2w 
 
Check out Mark's books, groups, and resources at www.theresstillhope.org
 
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Married to Beth since 1983, Mark was a church planter and senior pastor for three churches, over 31 years. He was a university board chairman (three times), NBA chaplain, and has authored 12 books. His degrees include a Doctor of Ministry, Masters of Divinity, and Masters in Recovery. Mark is a certified PSAP and is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors. He is also a regular contributor to C3 Global Network. In late 2017, Mark and Beth launched There’s Still Hope. Each week, Mark works with individual clients, leads seven Freedom Groups, and leads several Couples Groups along with Beth.
 
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Noah interviews Michelle Sanchez on what color courageous discipleship looks like. Michelle does a great job of tactfully leading listeners (and readers of her books) into the truths of antiracism, but in a way that is approachable. Her focus is on the overall discipleship of every Christian and how important that being color courageous is a part of that. 
Michelle's books:
Color-Courageous Discipleship: Follow Jesus, Dismantle Racism, and Build Beloved Community
 
Color-Courageous Discipleship Student Edition: Follow Jesus, Dismantle Racism, and Build Beloved Community
 
God's Beloved Community: A Picture Book
 
You can find more from Michelle at www.colorcourageous.com and www.facebook.com/colorcourageous 
 
Michelle is passionate to see disciples be transformed as they transform the world. She serves as Executive Minister of Make and Deepen Disciples for the Evangelical Covenant Church. She has also served on the advisory board of the Institute for Bible reading, ministered to international students with Cru in New York City, and engaged in three global gatherings of the Lausanne Movement. Michelle earned an M.Div. and Th.M. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, completed spiritual direction training at Boston College, and studied the life and times of Jesus at Jerusalem University College.  After majoring in international business at NYU, she worked as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs.  A regular columnist with Outreach Magazine, Michelle and her family live in the greater Chicago area.
 
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Noah interviews Pastor Laura Tarro, who is planting Bethany Covenant Church in St. Charles, Illinois. Noah and Laura were in a 6-month church planting cohort together with their denomination, the Evangelical Covenant Church. Church planting is rigorous and full of challenges. Laura talks through some of the additional, unique challenges she has faced as a woman lead church planting pastor. 
 
Laura is a 1997 graduate of Wheaton College with a B.A. in Art and Philosophy. She holds a Master of Arts in Religion from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She is currently completing her Master of Divinity from Northern Seminary. The Tarros have been deeply involved in the life and leadership of their local church and in their community. They have two teenagers. In 2020, Laura began a two-year pastoral internship at Batavia Covenant Church in order to complete her supervised ministry requirement for her Master of Divinity. She is also the co-host of the Kingdom Roots Podcast with Scot McKnight. She became a licensed pastor with the Evangelical Covenant Church in 2021. She is planting Bethany Covenant Church in St. Charles, Illinois.
 
You can donate to Laura’s church plant fundraising efforts at www.bethanycov.org
 
Book recommendations from the interview:
The Gospel of Ruth by Carolyn Custis James
Gender Roles and the People of God by Alice Matthews
 
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Noah interviews Ron Sandison, who is diagnosed with autism, about the importance of including people with autism and other disabilities fully into the life of the Church. Ron has tons of great insights into how to do this, making our lives and churches richer as a result.
 
Currently in the US only 5% of Christian families who have a child with autism attend church and only 3% of people with autism are gainfully employed.
 
Ron is the author of "The Parent's Guide to Autism," "Views from the Spectrum," and "Thought, Choice, Action."
 
Link to Ron’s website: https://www.spectruminclusion.com
Link to Ron’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/SpectrumRonSandison 
 
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Guest co-host Chase Stancle joins Noah to discuss "the sign gifts" of healing, tongues, prophecy, and miracles. The debate about these gifts has torn apart the church and left unbiblical teaching on both extremes. We wade through the confusion and abuses of an important but mysterious topic.
 
You can also watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Kiqtjj5clLM
 
 
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In addition to our audio podcast, you can now watch The Flip Side on YouTube: Ep. 71: American Christianity vs. Rag Tag Jesus-Following
Two friends recently shared about being disillusioned with American Christianity. Noah gives his response.
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In addition to our audio podcast, you can now watch The Flip Side on YouTube: Ep. 70: Eternity & Evangelism - YouTube 
Noah recaps feedback on the LGBTQ+ conversations from episodes 67 and 69, then discusses eternity and evangelism.
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This is Part 2 of a two-part series with Pastor Jack and Becky's story that began in Episode 67 of the Flip Side. Please go back and listen to Episode 67 before listening to Episode 69. 
 
In this episode, Noah interviews Pastor Jack and Becky Sytsema on being in a mixed orientation marriage where Becky is straight and Jack is not. Jack and Becky are church planters who planted Lake Effect Church in Grand Rapids, MI, where Jack serves as the senior pastor. Jack and Becky have been married 26 years. For the first 23 years of marriage, Jack desperately wanted to believe he was "ex-gay". Similar marriages often end in divorce. Listen to how Jack and Becky's marriage actually thrived, as well as the personal health Jack found by no longer hiding from his wife or his church. This is a rich conversation about Jack and Becky's story, about the covenant of marriage, and about how the Church needs to treat LGBTQ+ people. 
 
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Psalm 131
My heart is not proud, Lord,    my eyes are not haughty;I do not concern myself with great matters    or things too wonderful for me.2 But I have calmed and quieted myself,    I am like a weaned child with its mother;    like a weaned child I am content.
3 Israel, put your hope in the Lord    both now and forevermore.

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Noah reflects on the macro problems facing the Church in light of the Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed docuseries, The Rise & Fall of Mars Hill Podcast, and the Willow Creek scandal. 
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Noah intros the topic of LGBTQ+ people and theology as a lead up to Pastor Jack Sytsema's testimony sermon. This sermon is Noah's top resource for helping understand a biblical view of sexuality and compassion for LGBTQ+ people. It's nuanced and doesn't fit into the prescribed categories of the current theological debates (Jesus wasn't good at fitting into prescribed categories either...). 
 
In our next Flip Side episode, Noah will be interviewing Jack and his wife Becky. 
 
Jack Sytsema is lead pastor at Lake Effect Church in Grand Rapids, MI.  As a native of Grand Rapids it would be easy to think he didn’t venture far from home.  But he’s lived in California, where he graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary; Colorado Springs, where he interned and eventually became Dean of Wagner Leadership Institute; Melbourne, FL where he was CFO of a large medical practice and non-profit for individuals with developmental disabilities. God eventually brought him back to West Michigan where he and his wife, Becky, planted Lake Effect Church in 2016. Jack and Becky have been married for 25 years and live with their three sons in Zeeland, Michigan.
 
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In light of the Uvalde school shooting of 19 children and 2 staff, Noah talks about how we talk about politics, including gun control and abortion.
 
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Dr. Robert Chao Romero talks about the injustices that Latin Americans have faced over the past five centuries and how the Latin American Church has been overlooked by the U.S. Church. Noah and Dr. Romero talk through immigration, Donald Trump, Ukraine, Manifest Destiny, and crucial ways the Church needs to redefine its mission. 
Buy "Brown Church" by Robert Chao Romero here.
 
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Noah shares Part 3 of 3 of his story, talking about his journey into racial justice. Part 1 on porn and sex was episode 60 and part 2 on depression was episode 62. 
www.racepowerofanillusion.org/
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