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 […]
Choppin It Up Ep.1: A podcast about race, race & race – On Colin Kaepernick, why saying we’re “one race” or being “color blind” isn’t helpful & an interview with Black Superman
In this pilot episode, Tyler St. Clair and Noah Filipiak discuss their views of Colin Kaepernick sitting during the National Anthem. They also discuss why someone saying they are “color blind” or that we’re all “one race” is not a helpful way to approach race. And a rare interview with the elusive Black Superman. Email […]
How does race in America relate to the Church as the Body of Christ?
This is the most direct I’ve been about race while preaching in a while. I’ve been really hit hard about the real ramifications of Romans 12:1-16 as it relates to the Church as the Body of Christ (as well as the many other passages that use this metaphor). My heart was to effectively communicate what […]
Interview with author Grace Fox on industry pressure to make ourselves big when the Bible tells us Jesus must increase and we decrease
Noah Filipiak interviews Grace Fox on the pressure a Christian author faces to have to make themselves well-known, despite the Bible’s emphasis that “Jesus must increase, and we must decrease” (John 3:28-30). Noah and Grace discuss the challenge to do this in the Christian book marketplace where names must be known and books must be […]
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 […]
Interview with Tyler St. Clair on Planting a Church in Detroit, Fundraising as a Black Man & much more
Noah Filipiak interviews Pastor Tyler St. Clair about his upcoming church plant on the NW side of Detroit, the neighborhood Tyler and his wife both grew up in. Tyler’s target location is one of the “bad parts” of Detroit, with all of the symptoms of urban poverty ever-present. After being guided to plant in other […]