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!

Inside Out 2 | Summer A&E Series | Josh Laxton and Matt Shiles

Pastor Josh and his trusty sidekick, Matt Shiles, make their glorious return to the original, but refurbished, Podcast Studio for this second episode dealing with the Pixar movie, "Inside Out 2". Matt walks Pastor Josh through the main points of his sermon, and further explores how our relationship with Jesus relates to handling our emotions. This is part 2 of the 2 part Summer A&E Series.

Inside Out 1 | Summer A&E Series | Josh Laxton and Matt Shiles

Pastor Josh returns from Africa to talk about the development of his first sermon on the Pixar movie, "Inside Out", dealing with our core emotions. Matt guides Pastor Josh through the points in his sermon about misconceptions, and strategies for us to use dealing with these emotions as Christians. 

Choose Your Adam | Tom Horvath and Matt Shiles

Join us for a special Extra Takes where Matt Shiles walks Tom Horvath through the development and take aways from Tom's sermon regarding the difference between the two "Adam's" of the Bible: Adam from the garden, and Jesus, the better Adam. Matt discusses each of Tom's four points from the sermon in this informative special edition of Extra Takes. 

T.E.D. Series Week 3, 2025 | Josh Laxton and Matt Shiles

As a grand finale of the T.E.D. series 2025, Pastor Josh and Matt Shiles join us from Rwanda to give closing thoughts about this series about technology and how it affects us as Christians. Matt walks Pastor Josh through how the series was thought out, and what sort of things they're doing in Rwanda.

T.E.D. Series Week 2, 2025 | Josh Laxton and Matt Shiles

In this corner, standing at a towering 5'10" and weighing in at a heart-pounding 160 pounds of pure preaching power, the man who brings the energy, the passion, and the Ric Flair “Wooo!” like no other—PJ!!!
And his tag-team partner, the ever-steady, ever-cool, and always sharp, the man whose thoughts are as smooth as his delivery—Maaaaattttttt, the Shile-er of Souls! Together, they bring you all the wisdom, wit, and wildness you can handle on their electrifying podcast! Get ready, because they’re about to drop some T.E.D. knowledge—and maybe a few Wooos!
Actually, listen in for the second week of Pastor Josh's series on Faith and Technology. This week, Matt Shiles leads PJ through a discussion of technology in the Bible, and its advancement, AND how this leads to human flourishing.
 
Wooooooo! 
 

T.E.D. Series Week 1, 2025 | Josh Laxton and Matt Shiles

Join our regular crew on Extra Takes as Pastor Josh kicks off his summer T.E.D. series (Theological Educational Discourse) regarding faith and technology. Matt Shiles walks Pastor Josh through a more detailed discussion of this first week, including Pastor Josh's hope of how you will take this sermon in, not taking notes and relying on the slides. This is a great table-setting for this series to gain a deeper understanding of where PJ is going with it.

Believing God for the Unbelievable | Pastor Sameh Maurice and Pastor Josh Laxton

Join us for this very special Extra Takes with Josh's guest from Kasr Eldobara Evangelical Church in Cairo, Egypt, Pastor Sameh Maurice. After a discussion about the history of his ministry, the conversation moves in to stories from Pastor Sameh about God's work, and how he sees the unbelievable in so many different situations. Don't miss this very special episode!