In this episode, Noel picks up a conversation he started with his friend Joel Virgo in an English pub a couple months ago. They talk about how the fear of God and the enjoyment of…
Noel sits down with the sparkly female version of himself, his 21 year old daughter Emma. Emma is a children’s curriculum writer, a professional writing major at Michigan State University (anyone hiring?), and a lover…
Noel sits down with David Zahl, director of Mockingbird (mbird.com) for a wide ranging conversation about grace. They discuss the less than biblical (but paradoxically biblical) term “fallen from grace,” guilty pleasure music (like Meat…
Harvey Turner, pastor of Living Stones Church in Reno, Nevada and author of Friend of Sinners joins Noel on the debut episode to nerd out on Martin Luther, low anthropology, and talking to people about…
Read my guest post about hypocrisy (and your’s truly) on Saturate.
Imagine the joy and freedom of a wimpy little ox plowing a beautiful and perfectly straight line for the first time in his life!
On this preview episode you’ll meet the Chief Recovering Hypocrite (host Noel Jesse Heikkinen) as he shares the big idea behind this new podcast. A big shout out to EMSRY (https://soundcloud.com/emsryofficial/) for the theme music…
Planting a church can be hazardous to your soul. Obviously, there are more physically dangerous jobs on the planet, but when it comes to sheer spiritual danger, very few occupations outrank “church planter.” So before you quit your cushy job grinding asphalt, let me give you fair warning of what’s to come.
There are lots of good reasons to leave a church but most people do not have one.
There are few things more excruciating than listening to a boring sermon. That’s why I was so thrilled as I read Preaching That Moves People by my friend (and fantastic preacher) Yancey Arrington.