"behind The Curtain" Ministry Podcast With Noah Filipiak

  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 licen

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    Flip Side Notes: Join an upcoming Beyond the Battle online group at www.beyondthebattle.net  Support Flip Side sponsor Angry Brew by using promo code FLIP at angrybrew.com or fivelakes.com to pick up some Angry Brew or Chris’ Blend coffee at 10% off. Get a free month of Covenant Eyes at www.covenanteyes.com using promo code BEYOND Email the show

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     Leave a Review on iTunes 1. Open the Podcasts app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.  2. You can find "The Flip Side by Noah Filipiak" by searching for it or selecting it from your library. Just note that you'll have to go to the series page which shows all the episodes, not just the page for a single episode. 3. Scroll down to find the subhead titled "Ratings & Reviews." 4. Under one of the highlighted reviews, select "Write a Review." Flip Side Notes: Join an upcoming Beyond the Battle online group at www.beyondthebattle.net  Support Flip Side sponsor Angry Brew by using promo code FLIP at angrybrew.com or fivelakes.com to pick up some A

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. Leave a Review on iTunes 1. Open the Podcasts app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.  2. You can find "The Flip Side by Noah Filipiak" by searching for it or selecting it from your library. Just note that you'll have to go to the series page which shows all the episodes, not just the page for a single episode. 3. Scroll down to find the subhead titled "Ratings & Reviews." 4. Under one of the highlighted reviews, select "Write a Review." Flip Side Notes: Join an upcoming Beyond the Battle online group at www.beyondthebattle.net  Support Flip Side sponsor Angry Brew by using promo code FLIP at angrybrew.com or fivelakes.com to pick up some Angry Brew or Chris’ Blend coffee at 10% off. Get a free month of Covenant Eyes at www.covenanteyes.com using promo code BEYOND Em

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. Leave a Review on iTunes 1. Open the Podcasts app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.  2. You can find "The Flip Side by Noah Filipiak" by searching for it or selecting it from your library. Just note that you'll have to go to the series page which shows all the episodes, not just the page for a single episode. 3. Scroll down to find the subhead titled "Ratings & Reviews." 4. Under one of the highlighted reviews, select "Write a Review." Flip Side Notes: Join an upcoming Beyond the Battle online group at www.beyondthebattle.net  Support Flip Side sponsor Angry Brew by using promo code FLIP at angrybrew.com or fivelakes.com to pick up some Angry Brew or Chris’ Blend coffee at 10% off. Get a free month of Covenant Eyes at www.covenanteyes.com using promo code BEYOND Email th

In addition to our audio podcast, you can now watch The Flip Side on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mC2u6m13T5M 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

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.

In addition to our audio podcast, you can now watch The Flip Side on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xpViSHl1gTc 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.  Leave a Review on iTunes 1. Open the Podcasts app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.  2. You can find "The Flip Side by Noah Filipiak" by searching for it or selecting it from your library. Just note that you'll have to go to the series page which shows all the episodes, not just the page for a single episode. 3. Scroll down to find the subhead titled "Ratings & Reviews." 4. Under one of the highlighted reviews, select "Write a Review." Flip Side Notes: Join an upcoming Beyond the Battle online group at www.beyondthebattle.net  Support Flip Side sponsor Angry Brew by using promo code FLIP at angrybrew.com or fivelakes.com to pick up some Angry Brew or Chris’ Blend coffee at 10% off. Get a free month of Covenant Eyes

In addition to our audio podcast, you can now watch The Flip Side on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0sfUSUyktkE Noah intros the topic of LGBTQ+ people and theology as a lead up to Pastor Jack Systema'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. You can email your questions to podcast@beyondthebattle.net.    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

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.   In addition to our audio podcast, you can now watch The Flip Side on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBtdtDsl09A&t=15s  Leave a Review on iTunes 1. Open the Podcasts app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.  2. You can find "The Flip Side by Noah Filipiak" by searching for it or selecting it from your library. Just note that you'll have to go to the series page which shows all the episodes, not just the page for a single episode. 3. Scroll down to find the subhead titled "Ratings & Reviews." 4. Under one of the highlighted reviews, select "Write a Review." Flip Side Notes: Join an upcoming Beyond the Battle online group at www.beyondthebattle.net  Support Flip Side sponsor Angry Brew by using promo code FLIP at angrybrew.com or fivelakes.com to pick up some Angry Brew or Chris’ Blend coffee at 10% off. Get a free month of Covenant Eyes at www.cov

You can now watch The Flip Side on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TsnSIEI-lco       Leave a Review on iTunes 1. Open the Podcasts app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.  2. You can find "The Flip Side by Noah Filipiak" by searching for it or selecting it from your library. Just note that you'll have to go to the series page which shows all the episodes, not just the page for a single episode. 3. Scroll down to find the subhead titled "Ratings & Reviews." 4. Under one of the highlighted reviews, select "Write a Review." Flip Side Notes: Join an upcoming Beyond the Battle online group at www.beyondthebattle.net  Support Flip Side sponsor Angry Brew by using promo code FLIP at angrybrew.com or fivelakes.com to pick up some Angry Brew or Chris’ Blend coffee at 10% off. Get a free month of Covenant Eyes at www.covenanteyes.com using promo code BEYOND Email the show at podcast@beyondthebattle.net  Support the show and get some sweet swag by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/noahfilipiak

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.   You can now watch The Flip Side on Youtube: https://youtu.be/DyhiFByImjs          Leave a Review on iTunes 1. Open the Podcasts app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.  2. You can find "The Flip Side by Noah Filipiak" by searching for it or selecting it from your library. Just note that you'll have to go to the series page which shows all the episodes, not just the page for a single episode. 3. Scroll down to find the subhead titled "Ratings & Reviews." 4. Under one of the highlighted reviews, select "Write a Review." Flip Side Notes: Join an upcoming Beyond the Battle online group at www.beyondthebattle.net  Support Flip Side spon

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/ www.newhumanity.info    Leave a Review on iTunes 1. Open the Podcasts app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.  2. You can find "The Flip Side by Noah Filipiak" by searching for it or selecting it from your library. Just note that you'll have to go to the series page which shows all the episodes, not just the page for a single episode. 3. Scroll down to find the subhead titled "Ratings & Reviews." 4. Under one of the highlighted reviews, select "Write a Review." Flip Side Notes: Join an upcoming Beyond the Battle online group at www.beyondthebattle.net  Support Flip Side sponsor Angry Brew by using promo code FLIP at angrybrew.com or fivelakes.com to pick up some Angry Brew or Chris’ Blend coffee at 10% off. Get a free month of Covenant Eyes at www.covenanteyes.com using promo code BEYOND Email the show at