Off Script | The Good Shepherd

Southland Christian Church

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 531 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Whose voice are you actually listening to, and is it possible your phone's algorithm has become your primary spiritual guide?

This week on Off Script, Neil and Scott dive into why the noise of the world is making us angry and how to intentionally tune back into the frequency of the Good Shepherd. The heart of the conversation, however, is a challenge to "reshape your algorithm." Scott discusses the limits of human capacity for information and the danger of "doomscrolling," offering a practical four-week plan to replace outrage-driven media with faithful Bible preaching and scripture.

The Challenge

For the next four weeks, commit to changing your algorithm. Replace your usual political or cultural podcasts with faithful Bible teaching from trusted sources, spend time reading the Book of John, and set a scripture wallpaper on your phone to remind you whose voice matters most.

Hosts: Neil Gregory and Scott Nickell

What We Discuss

The story behind the cease and desist from a nun that forced a name change
Southland's theological stance on women teaching from the stage
The distinction between "ongoing authoritative teaching" and individual snapshots of teaching
Why the "Good Shepherd" metaphor was so counter-cultural in Jesus's day
The biological and emotional limits of human capacity for knowing people and news
How social media creates a "vast illusion" of connection
The "Reshape Your Algorithm" challenge for the next four weeks
Identifying "toxic" cultural commentators and the trap of outrage-driven media
The importance of reading the Bible in context rather than "point-and-flip" methods
Why it is vital to stay in community while processing God's Word

About Southland Christian Church

Southland is one church meeting in multiple locations across central Kentucky. We believe Jesus came for the lost and the broken, which means there's a place for everyone here. Around here, that means we worship defiantly, speak truth unashamedly, and extend grace generously.

To support this ministry and help us continue to reach across Central Kentucky and all around the world, visit: https://southland.church/give

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Offscript, a Southland Christian Church podcast. Each week, we sit down with our teacher to talk through what didn't make it into Sunday's sermon. Thoughts, stories, or questions that got left off the manuscript, but still matter. Thanks for being with us. Let's jump in. Well, hey, everyone, and welcome to the podcast today. My name is Neil, and today, Scott, you're back. I'm back. Welcome back in my absence. I know. We almost got sued.
0:24.5	Things just fell apart. Hey everyone and welcome to the podcast today. My name is Neil and today, Scott, you're back.
0:21.2	I'm back. Welcome back. In my absence. I know. Things just fell apart. We almost got sued. We did almost get sued. A cease and desist.
0:28.9	It's not abnormal. It's not your first time though. Nope. It's me. Yeah.
0:33.3	Yeah. So everybody knows we had to change the name of the podcast. We had no nefarious intentions to violate someone's copyrights, but we did. Apparently, you can copyright words. You can copyright words like, I don't even remember what our podcast was called, Cutting Room, Floor. Something about stuff being cutting on a floor. The podcast formerly known as the Cutting Room Floor. Yes, that is not us. And we in haste have renamed it off script. Off script. And so there you go. The premise is still the same. So we could just call it. Nothing's changing, just a different name, same content, all that. So just called the podcast. That's the elephant in the room that we have today. So there's another elephant in the room I want to talk about. Well, hold on. Let me explain why I've had two cease and desists across my desk. Oh, that's fair.
1:13.4	This was personally addressed to me. There's another elephant in the room I want to talk about. Well, hold on. Let me explain why I've had two cease and desists across my desk.
1:12.1	Oh, that's fair. This was personally addressed to me and South and Christian Church. So my name, Southern Christian Church, the previous time was at Flatirons. We had a group's piece program that was called Theology on Tap. It was modeled after the reformers who met in brew pubs and craft breweries or a big deal out in Colorado, especially back then. And so we had all these groups that met in these brew pubs, and we called it Theology on Tap. And then a couple of years went by, and we got a cease and desist from a Catholic nun, if I recall, outside of Chicago, telling us to cease and desist.
1:44.8	And we did exactly what she told us to do. Because you guys were meeting at pubs? It was called Theology on Tap. They had that name. And so we changed it. From a nun? Yeah. Good for her. Yeah, good for her. She came out of us, man. These people came out us, too. They were kind, but they were firm. Yeah. They had a lot of evidence.
2:02.4	That's right.
2:03.1	Like our bad.
2:04.5	Our bad. man. These people came out as too. They were kind, but they were firm. Yeah. They had a lot of evidence.
2:02.5	That's right. Like our bad. Our bad. Apparently it was a fashion podcast, so I feel very fashionable.
2:08.2	Yeah, the fact that we would be confused. Never have I ever. Never have ever. That's two truths and a lie.
2:14.6	Okay, so we got another elephant in the room we wanted to just talk about.
2:18.9	We have, we from time to time, when Lydia gets up and teaches, we for some reason, get inundated with tons of questions about women teaching from stage.
2:30.5	Can we maybe address that here?
2:33.1	Yeah, let me be clear about inundated.
2:35.6	It's about 20. Sure. So we're a church of, I don't know, 15,000, and we get about 20 emails.
2:42.5	I would categorize them in two different groups. One, and I applaud the first group especially,
2:47.2	because the first group is literally just reading the Bible and go and help me understand.
2:51.2	That's all they want to know. Paul says it Timothy. I don't permit a woman to teach or have authority over men. So explain yourself. It's literally what I said today. Test everything I say by the scriptures. Totally. I say something contrary to what the scriptures say. You go to the scriptures. So I love those people. Those are genuine honest questions. there's another group of people who are not asking in as good of faith.
3:10.9	Mm-hmm. scripture. So I love, love those people. Those are genuine honest questions. There's another group of
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