The Cutting Room Floor | Nurturing vs. Domineering
Release Date: 11/05/2025
The Cutting Room Floor | Different and Better
Southland Christian Church
What if becoming “different and better” takes longer than we’d like? And what if that slowness is actually grace? This week on The Cutting Room Floor, we sit down with Scott Nickell and Jon Weece to talk through what didn’t make it into Sunday’s sermon. The conversation moves from the weight of finishing a season, to the quiet faithfulness God builds over decades, to why ministry still comes down to loving the one right in front of you. This episode reflects on tested faith, spiritual patience, and the kind of obedience that grows slowly. It’s honest, grounded, and full...
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Different and Better
Southland Christian Church
Weekend Scripture: Mark 3:1-5
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The Cutting Room Floor | Year In Review
Southland Christian Church
What does it look like to pray when you’re out of control? And what happens when desperation becomes the doorway to deeper trust? This week on The Cutting Room Floor, Neil sits down with Matt Williams to unpack what didn’t make it into Sunday’s sermon on desperation and prayer. From hospital rooms to unanswered prayers, they talk honestly about what it means to depend on God when control slips through your fingers. The conversation moves from the Garden of Gethsemane to everyday life, parenting, grief, career changes, and reframes prayer as relational, not transactional. It’s a...
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Year In Review
Southland Christian Church
Weekend Scripture: Matthew 26 ⸻ About Southland Christian Church Southland is one church meeting in multiple locations across central Kentucky. We believe Jesus came for the lost and the broken, which means there’s a place for everyone here. Around here, that means we worship defiantly, speak truth unashamedly, and extend grace generously. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach across Central Kentucky and all around the world, visit: https://southland.church/give
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Christmas According to Kids Pt. 2 | Shepherds Knew
Southland Christian Church
Weekend Scripture: Luke 2:1-20
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The Cutting Room Floor | John the Baptist Knew
Southland Christian Church
What happens when God breaks 400 years of silence? What if Christmas isn’t just comfort and joy, but a call to clear the way? This week on The Cutting Room Floor, Neil and Scott go deeper into Christmas According to Kids, Part 2, unpacking the story of John the Baptist, Mary, Elizabeth, and the moment when God’s long silence finally ends. They explore how ancient prophecy collides with everyday faith, why John’s whole life was about getting out of the way, and how Christmas awakens a deep longing, even in people far from God. From Malachi to the manger, from dragons to dinner...
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Christmas According to Kids Pt. 2 | John the Baptist Knew
Southland Christian Church
Weekend Scripture: Luke 1:39-45
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The Cutting Room Floor | Mary Knew
Southland Christian Church
What if the wonder you lost somewhere between wrapping paper, deadlines, and traffic could actually come back and lead you straight to Jesus? This week on The Cutting Room Floor, Neil sits down with Scott to talk Christmas nostalgia, and Mary’s fierce childlike faith. In a season that can feel rushed and noisy, the conversation invites us to look through the eyes of a teenager from Nazareth, one who didn’t just hope God could move, but trusted He would. Mary’s response wasn’t sentimental; it was courageous. Saturated in Scripture, rooted in promise, she embraced a calling far...
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Christmas According To Kids Pt. 2 | Mary Knew
Southland Christian Church
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The Cutting Room Floor | Love and Respect vs. Bitterness and Resentment
Southland Christian Church
What if the love you’re giving, and the love you’re expecting, aren’t the same thing? In this week’s episode of The Cutting Room Floor, Neil and Scott wrap up an 11-week journey through men, women, and marriage. They explore what didn’t make it into Sunday’s sermon, from C.S. Lewis insights, to Greek word studies on love, to the work that needs to be done in every relationship. Together they unpack why fixing our eyes on Jesus is the only way marriage makes sense at all. Challenge: This week, choose one action that demonstrates love or respect, and practice it without...
info_outlineWhat if nurturing isn’t something you feel, but something you grow?
This week on The Cutting Room Floor, Neil sits down with Scott, and Lydia to unpack the sermon on nurturing the kind of strength that builds others up. Lydia shares what it felt like to prepare a message many women receive with mixed emotions, and why turning to Scripture, not culture, is the only way to truly understand God’s heart. Together, we explore what nurture is, what it isn’t, why it matters, and how it reflects the very character of Christ.
The Challenge: Don’t wait to “feel ready.” Take one step this week to nurture someone intentionally, sacrificially, and with the strength God supplies.
Hosts: Neil Gregory, Scott Nickell, & Lydia Florence
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What We Discuss
- Why preparing this sermon required sitting with Scripture deeply
- How nurture is more than personality, it’s cultivation
- The cultural confusion around womanhood and motherhood
- The biblical picture of strengthening others
- Why clarity is kindness in discipleship and teaching
- How Jesus Himself models perfect nurturing strength
- The lie that flourishing comes from self-reliance
- The beauty and cost of nurturing relationships
- A call for both men and women to move from consuming to contributing in the church
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About Southland Christian Church
Southland is one church meeting in multiple locations across central Kentucky. We believe Jesus came for the lost and the broken, which means there’s a place for everyone here. We want what He wants: for heaven to be really crowded. Around here, that means we worship defiantly, speak truth unashamedly, and extend grace generously.
To support this ministry and help us continue to reach across Central Kentucky and all around the world, visit: https://southland.church/give