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 […]
7.10.16 Sermon from my church following #AltonSterling and #PhilandoCastile shooting deaths
So proud of the way my church and our leaders handled this past Sunday (I’ve been on a month sabbatical for July). Pastor Derrick Knox is the pastor at Church of Elohim, a church plant we share a building with and do many joint services with. Very proud to call Pastor Derrick a brother and […]
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 […]
Props to Lansing Police Chief Mike Yankowski for Attending #BlackLivesMatter & Justice Events
I attend a fair number of #BlackLivesMatter and local justice events in Lansing. This morning I was at Action of Greater Lansing‘s Martin Luther King prayer breakfast held at Union Missionary Baptist Church. Lansing Police Chief Mike Yankowski was in attendance at the breakfast this morning. He didn’t have to be there, he was there […]
Finding Balance in Race Issues: Not Easy, but Necessary
We are naturally drawn to extremes when it comes to race issues; I am no exception. I wrote an article a few months back after University of Cincinnati (white) police officer Ray Tensing shot and killed unarmed (black) man Sam Dubose at point blank range. I was trying to make a point. I went to […]
Can you purchase some Bibles for our inner-city youth coming to Christ?
Can you help provide some NLT Bibles to our urban youth? God is using our awesome youth pastor, David Singleton, to lead inner-city youth in Lansing to faith in Jesus Christ in our church, the inner-city parks, as well as the juvenile detection facility where David preaches regularly. We have given away almost all of […]