The Cutting Floor

On this week’s episode of The Cutting Floor Podcast, Pastor John Durham expands on his sermon from Jude 5-15. Listen in as John explores the eternal nature of Jesus as both Savior and Judge, as well as the danger of false teachers who reject God’s authority through these verses in Jude.

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 God and others leads not only to spiritual isolation, but relational isolation as well, making it difficult to experience genuine community and be truly known.

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 experience the riches of Christ more deeply as we actively participate in the faith with both believers and not-yet believers.

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 the cross.

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.