The Flip Side with Noah Filipiak

Noah interviews Pastor David Swanson on his book Rediscipling the White Church: From Cheap Diversity to True Solidarity.

David W. Swanson is the pastor of New Community Covenant Church, a multicultural congregation in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. He helps lead New Community Outreach, a nonprofit that collaborates with the community to reduce sources of trauma, and speaks around the country on the topics of racial justice and reconciliation. 

More from David: Young Leaders: Here Are 10 Ways to “Lead Up” for Reconciliation and Racial Justice

Visit his website at dwswanson.com.

Follow him on Twitter: @davidwswanson.

Listen to him preach on his church’s podcast.

Episode 35 brings an interview with Kevin DeVries, founder and president of Grace Explorations. Kevin's story includes two divorces, climbing huge mountains, looking for Noah's Ark, skiing to the North Pole, and more. Kevin was confronted with the emptiness inside of him, which led him to a path of vulnerability and letting Jesus' grace meet him in his brokenness. This led Kevin to found Grace Explorations, a place for men to tell their stories of meeting this type of grace amidst their brokenness. Kevin recently had cardiac arrest while out for a run. He died for 15 minutes, met the Risen Christ, and tells about the amazing experience. 

Visit www.graceexplorations.com to learn more.

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Noah sits down to talk with Todd Wilson about God's design for sex within marriage between a man and a woman--balancing the need to hold on to biblical truth while holding on to biblical compassion for those who identify as gay or as same sex attracted.

The topics of gender dysphoria, transgender issues, homosexuality, pornography, and sex outside of marriage are all discussed. Also discussed is how the Church must do a better job in talking about sex and in providing a supported lifestyle path of community for those who are committed to living a single, celibate life.

Dr. Todd Wilson is the Co-Founder and President of the Center for Pastor Theologians and the author of multiple books, including Mere Sexuality. Mere Sexuality was a recent Flip Side Book Club read where Noah and podcast listeners interacted through the book's contents at https://www.noahfilipiak.com/category/the-flip-side-book-club/

You can hear more from Todd at:

pastortheologians.com

The Pastor Theologian Podcast

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Visit www.beyondthebattle.net to join the next round of 7-week small groups that go through Beyond the Battle by Noah Filipiak.

Noah continues the conversation started in Episode 32's interview with Preston Sprinkle on how to talk about politics and polarizing issues in this divided cultural climate we find ourselves in. 

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Noah interviews Preston Sprinkle on how to talk about politics & polarizing issues. The heart of this topic comes from the social media and political climate we are in where it has become very difficult to have civil and loving conversation with people you disagree with. We also look at way the Church goes too far in being partisan or to the other extreme of avoiding biblical issues that happen to be political. 

Preston Sprinkle (Ph.D.) is an international speaker and a New York Times bestselling author, who’s written a dozen books including Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church  & What the Bible has to say, and People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is not just an Issue. Preston currently serves as the president of The Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender, an organization that equips Christians to engage questions about faith, sexually & gender with theological faithfulness and courageous love. Preston also hosts the popular podcast “Theology in the Raw” and posts regularly on his YouTube channel “Preston Sprinkle.”

https://twitter.com/PrestonSprinkle

https://www.prestonsprinkle.com

https://www.instagram.com/preston.sprinkle

Show notes: 

A Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt

Pre-Order Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible has to Say by Preston Sprinkle now

In Episode 31, Noah interviews his oldest brother Patrick on why he (Patrick) thinks you should get rid of Facebook. Whether you agree or disagree with Patrick, you're bound to look at your social media behavior differently after this interview. 

We also jump into the mailbag for a BIG question about if God is in control of everything that happens or not.

Noah's rant is back and epic as always. 

You can email the show at [email protected] 

Show notes:

Join Noah's Book Launch Team for new Zondervan book

Article on Theological Determinisim

In episode 30, we dive head first into the recent riots over George Floyd's death and the national stories of Breonna Taylor and Ahmuad Arbery's deaths. This episode covers these events, police brutality, racism, and the Church.

Show notes: 

Black Parents Explain How to Deal with Police: https://youtu.be/coryt8IZ-DE 

Race: The House We Live In: https://youtu.be/mW764dXEI_8 

The Past of Racism Polluting Our Present: How White Suburbs Were Made

Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America by Michael Emerson and Christian Smith

Race: The Power of an Illusion PBS documentary

In Some Cities, Police Officers Joined Protestors Marching Against Brutality

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You can support the podcast at www.patreon.com/noahfilipiak  

In Episode 29, we tackle the age old question, "Why do bad things happen to good people?"

And of course there's a Noah's Rant to lift your quarantined spirits! 

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Noah interviews Brooks Hall on giving his life to Jesus Christ a little over a year ago. Brooks won the 1999 Mr. Ohio Basketball award, given to the best player in the state. He went on to be a 4-year starter at the University of Dayton (3x all conference), as well as a career in professional basketball.  He currently is a radio commentator for the University of Dayton basketball team and the founder of and recruiting coordinator for Brooks Hall Basketball Consulting, helping high school basketball players get college scholarships.

Connect with Brooks via his website and Facebook page: 

https://www.facebook.com/brooks.hall.714 - Personal Page

www.facebook.com/brookshallbc - Business Page

www.brookshallbc.com

While Brooks was dunking over people his senior year, this is what 10th grade Noah was up to in the crowd:

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Noah pauses to reflect on the unprecedented time of history we are experiencing with COVID-19. As followers of Jesus, can we reflect on where our security really lies? Can we reflect on how busy and hectic we normally live our lives and what we can do with this forced pause?