Extra Takes

Building a Healthy Church featuring "The Dans"

Join Pastor Josh along with his usual co-host Matt Shiles as they welcome "The Dans", Pastors Dan Elkins and Dan Young into the studio. Pastor Dan Elkins' sermon from this past weekend is discussed, along with conversation about the Next-Gen programs that are being launched here at Northland. As a bonus, careful listeners will find out what Pastor Josh's original name for this podcast was! 

A&E 2024: New Songs, Same Humanity | Week 4 of 4 | PART 2 of 2

Join us for the final thoughts on our summer A&E series! Pastor Josh and Matt Shiles spend lots of time going over why we have such a summer series, and diving into the struggles with engaging the larger culture from a Christian perspective. Pastor Josh shares his heart for bringing Christians to a place where they can see Jesus in the most unlikely places.

A&E 2024: New Songs, Same Humanity | Week 4 of 4 | PART 1 of 2

This is part one of two of a very special Extra Takes, wrapping up our summer A&E series for 2024. Join Pastor Josh and Matt Shiles as they start to discuss this weeks sermon which dealt with the songs of Music Megastar, Taylor Swift. Pastor Josh spends time talking about how we should be different in the way we engage culture, rather than simply boxing it out and condemning it. Be ready for Part Two, coming up next week, where Pastor Josh and Matt will close out with the conclusion of this series.

A&E 2024: New Songs, Same Humanity | Week 3 of 4

In this episode of Extra Takes, Pastor Josh and co-host Matt Shiles continue their "Same Song, New Humanity" series, focusing on pain and suffering. They analyze Benson Boone's song "Beautiful Things" from a biblical perspective and discuss its cultural impact. The episode highlights the need for discernment in guiding younger generations and explores the inner journey of artists and their influence. They also reflect on the story of Job and its correlation to the themes in Boone's song

A&E 2024: New Songs, Same Humanity | Week 2 of 4

Join in for the discussion of this week's sermon with Pastor Josh and Matt Shiles. They"ll spend time explaining why we have the A&E series, then dive into the message regarding the song, "Saturn", by the artist Siza. Pastor Josh spends time explaining what we as Christians do with culture: create, celebrate, consume, critique or condemn. Finally, there's discussion about the Church in general dealing with the culture around her.

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.