The Cutting Room Floor | Love and Respect vs. Bitterness and Resentment
Release Date: 12/03/2025
Jesus | Clearing the Temple
Southland Christian Church
John 2
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The Cutting Room Floor | Wedding at Cana
Southland Christian Church
What if your deepest longings aren’t bad, they’re just aimed too low? This week on The Cutting Room Floor, Neil and Scott dig into Jesus’ first miracle at the wedding in Cana and the details that didn’t make it into Sunday’s message. They talk about servants hauling heavy jars, why obedience often feels inconvenient, and how our everyday desires point to something far bigger than we expect. From baby pools at the beach to the smell of bread outside a packed restaurant, this conversation keeps circling one question: Are we settling for the sample when Jesus is offering the...
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Jesus | Wedding at Cana
Southland Christian Church
John 2
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The Cutting Room Floor | Lamb of God
Southland Christian Church
What does it really mean to call Jesus “the Lamb of God”? This week on The Cutting Room Floor, Neil sits down with Scott to unpack what didn’t make it into Sunday’s message. From a very real and very unpredictable lamb on stage to the deep theology behind penal substitutionary atonement, they explore why starting the year with Jesus changes everything. The conversation moves from Genesis to the Gospel of John, from Passover streets stained with blood to our everyday temptation to earn what God freely gives. Todays conversation is rooted in the hope that we are sons and daughters and...
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Jesus | Lamb of God
Southland Christian Church
John 1:29
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The Cutting Room Floor | One More
Southland Christian Church
What happens when the “problem child” grows up to lead the church? And what if the real prodigal in Jesus’ story isn’t the son at all? This week on The Cutting Room Floor Podcast, Neil sits down with Scott to unpack what didn’t make it into Sunday’s sermon on Luke 15. They talk about why the parable is really about an extravagant Father, not just a reckless son. Scott shares the parts he had to cut, the cultural context we often miss, and the symbolism behind robes, rings, and pigs. Scott opens up about getting kicked out of school and the people who refused to give up on him....
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One More
Southland Christian Church
Weekend Scripture: Luke 15 Who is close to you but far from God?
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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...
info_outlineWhat 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 expecting anything in return.
Hosts: Neil Gregory & Scott Nickell
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What We Discuss
- The divine drama of marriage and why it can’t simply end with “try harder”
- What “love and respect” actually mean, and how they’re misused
- The four Greek words for love and why agape changes everything
- Why biblical love feels impossible without Jesus
- Tough and tender: the two postures every husband must hold
- Emotional homework for men (and why anger is rarely the real emotion)
- Niceness vs. kindness and why only one is a fruit of the Spirit
- How to recognize the Shepherd’s voice in a world full of noise
- What couples should starve and what they should feed in their marriage
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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. 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