Extra Takes

A&E 2024: New Songs, Same Humanity | Week 1 of 4

Join Matt Shiles as he guides Pastor Derwin Anderson through a further discussion of this week's sermon, featuring the story of Anthony Evans, concerning the difference between "playing hurt and playing injured" and when it's time to ask for help. Pastor Derwin takes us through his sermon preparation, and how sometimes he finds himself saying something he didn't plan to say, which is the work of God. Stay with us until almost the end to hear Pastor Derwin sing a little of his favorite Anthony Evans song!

T.E.D. Series 2024, | The Church in a Divided Democracy | Part 4 of 4. pt 2

Join us as Pastor Josh and Matt Shiles unpack the second part of the final sermon of this year's T.E.D. series, "How Then Shall We Live?", where we examine Jeremiah 29, and our place as exiles. Pastor Josh also takes time to talk about how we should react to the world as we live in it. Also, we start with opinions about tchotchke verses. 

T.E.D. Series 2024, | The Church in a Divided Democracy | Part 4 of 4. pt1

Join Pastor Josh and Matt Shiles as they discuss the first part of this week's sermon, "How then shall we not live?". Matt guides the discussion through the 5 points from the sermon, and Pastor Josh reflects on how season 4 of The Chosen deals with some of the same themes. This is part 1 of a 2 part discussion of the weekend. Bonus- find out what the "Jam" in June Jam stands for! 

T.E.D. Series 2024 | The Church in a Divided Democracy | Week 3 of 4

Join us for another deep dive into our T.E.D. series. Matt Shiles asks Pastor Josh clarifying about the weekend's 2-part message. Listen as Pastor Josh takes time to further explain his six questions to ask yourself before casting your vote. Then Matt leads Pastor Josh into a discussion of the second part of the message regarding the differences between the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of man, using the story from Daniel 3 as an illustration. 

T.E.D. Series 2024 |The Church in a Divided Democracy | Week 2 of 4

Join us as Pastor Josh and Matt Shiles unpack the two T.E.D. talks from this week. They discuss what it means to be a prophetic witness, and what it means to have a prophetic edge in our culture. The discussion then moves on to surviving in exile, like the story of Daniel, expanding on Pastor Josh's examples of being a sponge, an alarm, a seed, and a compass. 

T.E.D. Series 2024 | The Church in a Divided Democracy | Week 1 of 4

Join us as Pastor Josh and Matt Shiles dig deeper into this week's 2 "T.E.D. talks" where the sermon was divided into 2 parts. Pastor Josh sets out some reasons for his choice of subject matter, and details some of his source material and what he gleaned from those sources. What follows is a fascinating discussion of where our culture is and what we can do about it as Christians. This is the first week of a 4 week series. 

Extra Takes Special Edition | The State Of Northland, May, 2024

Join us for this special edition of Extra Takes where Pastor Josh and Matt Shiles are joined by 5 other staff leaders from Northland Church to discuss the transition to "Northland 2.0". Special Guests are: Pastor Derwin Anderson, Marie Badders, Pastor Gus Davies, Tom Horvath, and Lauren Travers. This podcast offers a glimpse into Pastor Josh's leadership style and his staff. 

Empowered | Luke Lands the way Jesus Launched | Acts 28-30-31

Join Pastor Josh and Matt Shiles as they close out the Empowered series after a VERY long run. After a brief (but important) discussion about sponsorship and the origin of Zepherhills water, they talk about any new insights Pastor Josh gained from the series, and how he might have done things differently had he been our pastor at the start of the series. This leads into a detailed discussion of not only this week's sermon, but the book of Acts overall. 

Empowered | Life is the stage for your faith to be on display | Acts 27 and 28

Join us for a special Mothers' Day edition of Extra Takes where Pastor Josh and Matt Shiles are joined by Lori Hall to discuss the Mothers' Day service. Then, after an awkward transition, PJ and Matt move on to discuss the further journeys of Paul and the lessons taught as he went through storms on the sea... Finally landing on: Favor came about because of his firm faith. Paul doesn’t fight to gain favor back. His steadfastness has given him favor!

Empowered: Paul A Beacon of Faith, Justice, and Love on Trial Acts 23-26

In this episode of Extra Takes, Pastor Josh and Matt Shiles discuss this week's sermon concerning how your faith is producing something. It’s proclaiming something. What you perceive to be just or right. Setting right what went wrong; and how the outcome of your faith will show you if your faith is right or wrong, true or false.
You'll also hear about a recent Northland staff retreat and what Pastor Josh's strategies are for leadership training.