Quick, what’s your take on immigration? Well that depends if you’re a Republican or a Democrat. What’s your take on abortion? Again, it depends on if you sport the elephant or the donkey. On helping the poor. On Syrian refugees. On systemic racism. Even on sexuality. Of these many hot button issues, where do you […]
Dear Refugee, Immigrant, Muslim & African-American (From a White American Christian)
Dear Refugee, (Documented and Undocumented) Immigrant, Muslim & African-American: This is a letter to tell you you are loved. I love you and many others do as well. Recently some have spewed hate in your direction. They’ve scrawled it on bathroom walls, spray-painted it on dugouts and have told you to go back to “where […]
From the Gospels: trending Bible verses on money, the poor, & “consumer church”
Let the Scriptures speak… What trend do you see? Is it the same trend or a different trend than you see in America? In the American Church? Matthew (Jesus, Mary and Joseph were immigrants / refugees) Matt. 2:13-15 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. […]
Shane Claiborne, Author & Activist – Episode 29 – #GoPublic against the death penalty, celebrityism as idolatry, speaking the truth in love, and how to engage in being an ordinary radical if your spouse isn’t into it
Noah Filipiak interviews Shane Claiborne about how to engage churches in helping the poor, activism and justice issues. They talk about celebrityism within popular Christianity, about what can be done to stop the death penalty (Shane’s latest book is Executing Grace: How the Death Penalty Killed Jesus and Why It’s Killing Us), and about how […]
Noel Castellanos, CEO of the CCDA – Episode 28 – on living incarnationally among the poor, what’s missing from the American Gospel and how to persevere in the thick of ministry despair
Noel Castellanos is the CEO of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) and the author of Where the Cross Meets the Street: What Happens to the Neighborhood When God Is at the Center. Noah Filipiak interviews Noel about the downside of American Evangelicals being obsessed with going to heaven, but neglecting much of Jesus’s example […]
Interview with World Relief’s Matthew Soerens on a biblical response to illegal immigration and Muslim refugees (with poetry by Jacob Mau)
You can listen to Noah’s interview with Matthew Soerens below via the Podbean Player or you can subscribe to all “The Flip Side” episodes on iTunes Matthew Soerens is the US Director of Church Mobilization for World Relief. Noah Filipiak interview Matthew about a biblical response to undocumented immigrants, the Mexican border, Syrian and other […]