Noah Filipiak interviews 2016 Christianity Today Book of the Year (in the Category of The Church/Pastoral Leadership) award winner Dr. Zack Eswine. In addition to the award-winning The Imperfect Pastor: Discovering Joy in Our Limitations through a Daily Apprenticeship with Jesus, Zack is also the author of Spurgeon’s Sorrows: Realistic Hope for those who Suffer […]
Interview with World Relief Haiti Country Director Joseph Bataille
Noah Filipiak interviews World Relief’s Haiti Country Director, Joseph Bataille. Haiti was the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere before the 2010 earthquake and even more so after. All this despite millions and millions of dollars of international aid over the course of decades. Noah and Joseph have a “behind the curtain” conversation about how […]
Derek Webb – Episode 22 – On people walking out of concerts, agitating people with truth & the necessity of having real friends we can be vulnerable with
Noah Filipiak interviews Derek Webb about his career change from hit CCM (Contemporary Christian Music) band Caedman’s Call to his solo career. The focus of the interview centers around how to be real as a ministry leader who is in the spotlight with a public persona. Derek’s lyrics are known for being transparent, agitating and […]
Senator Todd Weiler – Episode 21 – on Utah’s Resolution SCR9 making pornography a public health crisis
The State of Utah recently declared pornography to be a public health crisis via a resolution drafted by 23rd district Senator Todd Weiler. Noah Filipiak interviews Senator Weiler about the perils of pornography, the flak Senator Weiler has received (including from Seth Myers and Whoopi Goldberg), what can be done to find freedom from pornography […]
Dennis Hammond – Episode 20 – on being raised in inner city Lansing, finding Christ and going to Honduras
Noah Filipiak interviews 18-year-old Dennis Hammond on being raised in inner city Lansing, how he found Christ, his June 19-26th trip to Honduras and how the odds are stacked against inner city black youth. The catalyst of this interview came from Noah helping Dennis fund-raise for his $1600 missions trip and realizing how different it […]
Interview with author Sarah Arthur on spiritually healthy ways of measuring success
In Episode 19, the one-year anniversary episode for Behind the Curtain, Noah Filipiak interviews 11-time author Sarah Arthur. Sarah’s book Walking with Frodo was the #1 bestselling youth resource in Christian publishing for the holiday season 2003, and #13 in all categories and Walking with Bilbo won the Logos Book Award at the Christian Booksellers […]