Extra Takes

How To Lose Your Family In 10 Easy Ways | Week 9 | Josh Laxton

Matt Shiles welcomes an on-time and fiesty Pastor Josh to the studio to talk about the latest sermon in our "How to Lose Your Family in 10 Easy Ways" series: "Let the cancer of sin spread". After a brief discussion of Pastor Josh selling the shirt off his back to benefit Mercy Road, Matt guides a discussion of how Pastor Josh constructed the sermon, and then into his separate points of how to let the Holy Spirit restore what sin has destroyed.

How To Lose Your Family In 10 Easy Ways | Week 8 | Josh Laxton and Matt Shiles

Join Matt Shiles and Pastor Josh for a further discussion of this week's sermon regarding how drifting into coexistence can help you lose your family. Matt leads Pastor Josh through that negative principle as well as the positive principle, if you want to build a vibrant and happy marriage, defend and deepen oneness with God and one another. Pastor Josh goes on to talk about the dangers of moral smugness and not recognizing that we are ALL sinners no matter what. Finally, the discussion moves to doing life together with your spouse. Join us for this important discussion on keeping your marriage and family happy and healthy!

How To Lose Your Family In 10 Easy Ways | Week 7 | Josh Laxton, Matt Shiles the Harney's

Join Pastor Josh and Matt Shiles as they welcome Kevin and Sherry Harney to discuss Kevin's sermon this weekend. The negative principal (the way to lose your family) was: Keep Your Faith at Church (Never Bring it Home). Matt Shiles walks Kevin through his 4 principles to understanding the importance of a living faith outside the walls of the church. Kevin's wife, Sherry also offers insights about the experiencing and living out these principles. 

A Follow Up Address On How Believers Can Faithfully Navigate This Cultural Moment | Pastor Josh

A follow up address from Pastor Josh on how believers can faithfully navigate this cultural moment.
 
Three Main Points:
1. Acknowledge the grief of living in a broken world.
2. Recognize that we must faithfully engage the culture.
3. Begin to engage each other with humility.
 
Six Principles for Cultural Engagement:
1. We are to seek the peace of Babylon. (Jeremiah 29)
2. We are called to embody the gospel, not just recite it.
3. We have to engage in humility even in hostile places (Acts 17)
4. Remember we are engaging with the spiritually blind.
5. The world hates Jesus; therefore, it will hate us. (John 15:18)
6. What Satan meant for evil, God will work for good. (Genesis 50:20, Romans 8:28)
 
Word of Exhortation for the Church:
1. Words can murder; don't let your words turn to bullets.
2. Judgmental expectations are divisive.
3. Jesus must increase and we must decrease; HE unifies his church.
4. Jesus must be the flame of revival.

How To Lose Your Family In 10 Easy Ways | Week 6 | Josh Laxton, Matt Shiles and John Tardonia

Matt Shiles welcomes Pastors Josh and John into the studio to discuss Pastor Josh's latest sermon in his series about "How to Lose Your Family in 10 Easy Ways". This week is about criticizing  your spouse. Pastor John brings his years of experience as a counsellor into the discussion of the finer points of the marital relationship. Listen in as they discuss not only marriage, but working on how an individual can approach relationships. 

How To Lose Your Family In 10 Easy Ways | Week 4 | Josh Laxton and Matt Shiles

A travel-weary Pastor Josh and Matt Shiles return to the studio to review this week's message, which was a follow-up on the week before. Listen in as Matt guides Pastor Josh through some further thoughts on the subject of marriage according to the Bible, and how it brings Heaven to Earth through the roles of husband and wife, as well as children. They also bring more clarity to the idea of the Church being the role of the spouse for singles and widows / widowers. Tune in to this extra-effort Extra Takes from our weary travelers! 

How To Lose Your Family In 10 Easy Ways | Week 3 | Josh Laxton and Matt Shiles

Listen in as Matt Shiles works with Pastor Josh to dive deeper into his message about the roles of men and women in our Christian faith and making sure to read the instructions so your marriage can go the distance. So much to unpack, and Pastor Josh brings his A game to this super-informative episode of Extra Takes!

How To Lose Your Family In 10 Easy Ways | Week 2 | Josh Laxton and Gus Davies

Pastor Gus fills in for Matt Shiles to guide Pastor Josh through a discussion of what your marriage needs to survive adversity. They begin with Pastor Josh’s statement: “If you want to lose your marriage, choose a center that changes.” Then Pastor Gus leads PJ through discussing his points: marriage doesn’t meet your needs—God does; marriage was God’s idea; and, finally, marriage is a mirror to reflect God. Join us for this great episode of Extra Takes!

How To Lose Your Family In 10 Easy Ways | Week 1 | Josh Laxton and Matt Shiles

Join us for the start of an exciting new series! Matt Shiles walks Pastor Josh through the development of this first sermon and the series as a whole. Listen in as Pastor Josh talks further about the concept of marital purity, and how this is so important not only for Christians, but for the whole world!

Family Series 2025 Preview! | Josh Laxton, Matt Shiles, Dan Elkins and Dan Young

Join our larger panel of discussion as Pastor Josh talks about developing the "How To Lose Your Family" series, and why it is titled as such. Matt Shiles leads the conversation with our 2 Next-Gen Youth pastors about why this topic is so current in today's world. Listen in as they talk about the expectations for this exciting and compelling new sermon series!