Episode #10 of the “Behind the Curtain” Ministry Podcast is here! 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 […]
4 Essential Points Misunderstood by Whites in the #BlackLivesMatter Movement
I posted somewhat of an emotional rant a few days ago after watching the body camera footage of unarmed black Sam Dubose being shot in the head by white police officer Ray Tensing at point blank range…followed by Tensing blatantly lying to his fellow officers about what happened as a way of trying to make […]
Research shows 77% of Christian Singles are Waiting to Have Sex Until Marriage
Not everybody’s doing it. In fact, out of 504 Christian singles surveyed, 3 out of 4 aren’t doing it. In a culture that worships sex like it’s the Holy Grail, the Fountain of Youth and everlasting LSD all wrapped into one, it’s good for a Christian single person to know they aren’t going against the […]
With Ashley Madison, Put Down the Gavel and Pick Up the Mirror
The Ashley Madison name leaks that have taken the world by storm shouldn’t surprise us. For those not familiar, Ashley Madison was a website where people who wanted to cheat on their spouses could privately post profiles of themselves in order to link up with other cheaters. A hacker recently revealed all of the cheater […]
Despite Hyde Amendment, Your Tax Dollars are Providing 300,000+ Abortions Annually from Planned Parenthood
The Hyde Amendment states that federal tax dollars cannot be used to perform abortions. You can read the specifics of the amendment here. Planned Parenthood does a ballpark of 300,000 – 350,000 abortions per year and around 45% of their revenue–$540.6 million–is provided by federal tax dollars. This is a classic “6 one way, half-a-dozen […]
Protesting Planned Parenthood: Abortions, Selling Baby Parts for Profit While Getting My Tax Dollars
I attended one of 300 nationwide protests of Planned Parenthood this morning, along with 175 other people in Lansing, MI. I’ve never attended a protest before, but after seeing this invitation and explanation from Pastor John Piper and doing some homework on what Planned Parenthood has been up to, I decided to attend this one. […]