Black & White Theology

THE FINAL EPISODE: Noah's new job, pornography, Does God hate people?

Noah Filipiak & Tyler St. Clair — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:53:26 +0000

In this bittersweet episode, the Black & White Theology comes to a close. Noah has taken a new job as a Church Consultant with Covenant Eyes. We close out the podcast by answering the remaining questions in the mailbag. We discuss, "Does God hate people?" like Romans 9 says he hates Esau. We also discuss pornography and sexual sin and if there are differences between the reasons white people and black people struggle with sexual sin based on entitlement.

If you'd like to keep up with Noah and Tyler, you can read Tyler's blog tylerpspeaks.com and subscribe to Noah's sexual purity podcast that he'll be continuing The Beyond the Battle Podcast, or read his blog at atacrossroads.net.

Episode 8: Perseverance of the Saints & Partnerships Over Planting in African American Communities

Noah Filipiak & Tyler St. Clair — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 02:09:54 +0000

Noah and Tyler finish the "TULIP" with Perseverance of the Saints, in which Noah takes some issue with the traditional Reformed view. From the mailbag, we discuss if planting or partnering with existing African American churches is best in African American communities.

Please send us your questions or comments to bwtheology@gmail.com or connect with us on Twitter @bwtheology and we'll read and interact with them on the air.

Episode 7: Irresistible Grace & Should Black People Go to White Churches?

Noah Filipiak & Tyler St. Clair — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 20:17:29 +0000

Pastors Noah Filipiak and Tyler St. Clair continue their breakdown of Reformed Theology's TULIP, discussing Irresistible Grace. They also listen to an interview with Pastor Michael R. Jordan, a black pastor in Birmingham, AL who does not want a white megachurch putting a campus in his neighborhood and who is telling black people not to go to white churches.

Please send us your questions or comments to bwtheology@gmail.com or connect with us on Twitter @bwtheology and we'll read and interact with them on the air.

Episode 6: Limited Atonement & Cultural Appropriation

Noah Filipiak & Tyler St. Clair — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 17:07:17 +0000

Episode 6 hits on the "L" in TULIP, Limited Atonement. Noah argues the word should be TUDIP instead. In the mailbag section, we talk about cultural appropriation and if it is stealing from a culture or respect for a culture.

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Episode 5: Worship Style & Racism! Spray painted N-Words! Ferguson! Abortion! Jeff Sessions! Romans 13! Immigration! Limited Atonement???

Noah Filipiak & Tyler St. Clair — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:38:24 +0000

Episode 5: Worship Style & Racism! Spray painted N-Words! Ferguson! Abortion! Jeff Sessions! Romans 13! Immigration! Limited Atonement???

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Episode 4: Unconditional Election, God's skin color, Steve Kerr, and white megachurches

Noah Filipiak & Tyler St. Clair — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:18:44 +0000

Noah and Tyler take on the "U" in TULIP for the theological topic of this episode, Unconditional Election. Via the mailbag, they discuss God's skin color and why white megachurches should not be seen as the definition of a successful church in America. And Tyler can't help but bring up President Trump's cancellation of the Philadelphia Eagles' White House visit, in which we look to our special correspondent Steve Kerr for insight on.

(Unconditional Election Bible verses referenced in the episode can be found here)

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Episode 3: Dr. James Cone's Black Liberation Theology

Noah Filipiak & Tyler St. Clair — Wed, 23 May 2018 17:15:31 +0000

Pastors Tyler and Noah dive into the mailbag to answer questions about marijuana, binding and loosing, and goals to set for someone who wants to fight racism. Our topic for the day is a combination of a race issue and a theology issue as we discuss Dr. James Cone's black liberation theology in light of Dr. Cone's recent death.

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Episode 2: Total Depravity & The Starbucks Arrests

Noah Filipiak & Tyler St. Clair — Wed, 02 May 2018 13:46:50 +0000

Pastors Tyler and Noah dive into the mailbag to discuss Joyce Meyer and why we are analyzing well-known people's theologies at all. The theological topic for this episode is the "T" in Reformed Theology's "TULIP", Total Depravity. The race relations topic for this episode is the two black men who were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks.

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Episode 1: Theology Preview & Rochester Hills Shooting

Noah Filipiak & Tyler St. Clair — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 02:08:48 +0000

Pastors Tyler St. Clair and Noah Filipiak introduce the Black and White Theology podcast by going over some of the theological topics they will be hitting on in upcoming episodes and discussing the recent Rochester Hills shooting.Â We'd love to hear what topics you'd like to hear about and we'd love to hear your reaction to our take on the Rochester Hills / Brennan Walker shooting.Â