The Cutting Room Floor | Sacrificial vs. Self-Serving
Release Date: 11/12/2025
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 the very thing you’re trying to avoid is the thing God wants to redeem?
This week, Neil and Scott walk through the story of Ruth, a story filled with grief, loyalty, risk, and the surprising ways God works through ordinary obedience.
Scott unpacks how Ruth’s story confronts the lies culture sells us, reframes what submission truly means, and invites us to trust God with our whole lives, even the painful parts.
The challenge:
Ask yourself honestly: Do I really believe Jesus is who He says He is? Because if so, it changes everything, how we love, how we sacrifice, and how we lay down our lives every day.
Hosts: Neil Gregory & Scott Nickell
What We Discuss:
- Why Ruth was chosen to close the Women series
- The surprising meaning behind the names in Ruth
- Why Naomi’s bitterness resonates with so many of us
- The risky nature of Ruth’s visit to the threshing floor
- Boaz as a picture of Jesus, the Kinsman Redeemer
- What “submission” actually means (and what it doesn’t)
- How bitterness becomes an identity if left unchecked
- The reality of emotional vs. visual pornography
- Why repentance doesn’t erase consequences
- The simple but costly call to die daily
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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