The Cutting Floor

In this week’s episode of The Cutting Floor Podcast, Student Minister Nathan Slonaker builds on his sermon about dependence. Reflecting on Acts 5 and the story of Ananias and Sapphira, Nathan explains how spiritual power cannot flourish where people are hiding behind performance instead of living with a posture of dependence and poverty of spirit. He also unpacks how refusing to admit our need for...

In this week’s episode of The Cutting Floor Podcast, Pastor John Durham expands on his sermon from Jude 1–4, encouraging listeners not to overlook the rich theology found in the opening lines of New Testament letters. Focusing especially on Jude’s statement that believers are “called,” John explores what that means and why Christians have wrestled with the idea for centuries.

In this week’s episode of The Cutting Floor Podcast , College Minister Abe Yeager follows up on his Sunday sermon on Paul’s letter to Philemon. Abe explains how, in his letter, Paul shows that both fellowship within the body and sharing the faith with the lost deepen our appreciation for the gospel. The good news of Christ is one of the few things we don’t lose when we give it away; rather, we exp...

In this week’s episode of the Cutting Floor Podcast, John Durham expands on his Sunday sermon about spiritual gifts in Romans 12. He explains that these gifts aren’t talents we can develop or earn, but (like salvation) gracious gifts given by the Holy Spirit to build up the church family.

In this week’s edition of The Cutting Floor , Pastor John Durham explores what it means to have access to the Father through one Spirit. He also unpacks Paul’s message in Ephesians 2, explaining how believers are no longer strangers and aliens, but part of God’s household.

In this week's episode, Drew Humphrey goes even deeper in his sermon from Sunday over Galatians 3.

On this week’s episode of The Cutting Floor , Pastor John follows up his Easter sermon by diving into the challenging passage of 1 Peter 3:19, where Jesus is said to have “gone and proclaimed to the spirits in prison.” He explains that this moment is not about offering a second chance to those in hell, but a declaration of Christ’s triumph over the foes of humanity (sin, death, and Satan) through...

In this week’s episode of The Cutting Floor , John explores the narrative of Matthew 21 and Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, showing how Jesus, in His sovereignty, orchestrated the entire event from the very beginning. In this passage, Jesus intentionally creates a public scene for all to witness Him as King, the one Who comes in peace to redeem the world. 

This week, Pastor John kicked off our Easter sermon series, Rescued, with a message from Psalm 107. In this episode of The Cutting Floor, he goes deeper into the passage, exploring how God’s sovereignty can lead us to turn (or return) to Him. Psalm 107 shows how, in His mercy and kindness, God allows people to reach places of desperation so they recognize their need for Him and cry out for rescue.

As we wrap up our  Established  sermon series we see through David's life that God is providential and that we can still see that. In this week's episode, we hear a little bit more of the back story of David and the history of Israel and the Amelikites.

In this week's episode, we look back from our sermon this week and seeing David & Goliath. Here, we see the true picture of Jesus and how we can't compare our own story with David but Jesus'.

This week's episode follows up on our sermon from March 1 in our series  Established . May we become more steady and firm in our walk with the Lord.

Pastor John recaps our sermon in our  Established  series as we look at 1 Samuel 6, 7, and a little bit of 8. We see idols and their destruction.

In this week's episode, Pastor John speaks more from 1 Samuel and our sermon series,  Established,  where we can see Jesus in the Old Testament. Be encouraged and reminded that we can't be casual with God.

In this week's episode, Pastor John recaps our sermon in our Established sermon series as we look at 1 Samuel 3 and the story of Eli and his sons. Good intentions can't replace obedience. Let us be quick to listen and obey God's voice!

In this week's episode, Pastor John shares more from the prayer of Hannah and how she was established in God.

This week's episode in the new year is looking back at our second sermon from our two week series, Practicing. We look a little more on the discipline of generosity.

This week's episode in the new year is looking back at our first sermon from our two week series,  Practicing.  We look a little more on the discipline of praise.

In this week's episode, Jeremy Daniel shares from his sermon on Dec. 21st as we conclude our sermon series,  Christmas Grace . We are reminded of need for Jesus to take on flesh and the grace poured out from coming down as an infant.

In this week's episode, Pastor John shares more from his sermon on December 14 during our sermon series  Christmas Grace  as we looked at Titus 2. 

NextGen Grow Pastor, Drew Humphrey shares a fourth point that he didn't get to this past Sunday from our sermon series, Christmas Grace. Jesus is the one who cultivates grace within us and we can be confident that He will do the work!

This week, we started our new sermon series during Advent season called Christmas Grace. In this week's episode, Pastor John shares more about the coming of Jesus being what we needed the most. In His coming, we have grace!

This week, Pastor John shares more about communion from our Cross of Christ as we reflected on communion being defiance to the world.

What did the loneliness of Christ do for us? We can be confident in what Christ did for us so that we would never be alone.

In this week's episode, Pastor Jeremy shares from what he cut out of his sermon from November 9. Obedience to Christ comes at a cost. What is that cost?