{"podcast":{"title":"The Leader’s Cut with Preston Morrison","slug":"the-leader-s-cut-with-preston-morrison-6305620","podcast_index_feed_id":6305620,"rss_url":"https://theleaderscut.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.instagram.com/prestonmorrison/","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15680058/PM_Icon0710.jpg","author":"Preston Morrison","episode_count":172,"summary":"Welcome to The Leader’s Cut, hosted by Preston Morrison (Senior Pastor of Pillar Church in Scottsdale, Arizona). Here, we believe you are at your best when you allow God to cut away what’s getting in His way, so He can move through you in powerful, new ways. ”The Leader” refers to Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, who guides every believer. ”The Cut” is about allowing the Holy Spirit to precisely remove the ”flesh” – those things in our lives that hinder His movement. Just as the Old Testament marked God’s people with physical circumcision, the New Testament calls for a circumcision of the heart. Join us weekly for new episodes, where we pray the Spirit of God speaks directly to you about that week’s topic. From past experiences to practical tips to cheat codes in life, lean into the ‘cuts’ each week for Biblical principles and practical takeaways that you can apply to become the person God created you to be. Watch the video episode each week on Youtube, just search ’The Leader’s Cut.’ Follow Preston on Instagram @prestonmorrison Learn more about Pillar Church at ThePillar.com","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leader-s-cut-with-preston-morrison-6305620"},"episode":{"title":"The Challenge Of Leading Today's Church (with Landon McDonald)","slug":"the-challenge-of-leading-today-s-church-with-landon-mcdonald","published_at":"2026-03-05T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leader-s-cut-with-preston-morrison-6305620/the-challenge-of-leading-today-s-church-with-landon-mcdonald","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leader-s-cut-with-preston-morrison-6305620","url":"https://theleaderscut.podbean.com/e/stewarding-the-church-of-today-with-landon-mcdonald/","audio_url":"https://p.podderapp.com/1214254500/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fzkwk95gxd4y4pby/Landon_Ep6euti.mp3","summary":"\"Sometimes we have to get stronger by getting a little bit smaller.\" In this episode of The Leader’s Cut, Preston Morrison sits down with Landon McDonald, Senior Pastor of Mission Church in Gilbert, AZ, for a high-level conversation on The Church of today. They breakdown the protocols of spiritual authority, the necessity of the \"secret place,\" the dangerous rise of performative Christianity, and balancing \"Word and Spirit\" in a way that carries real weight. Together, they explore why the next generation is rejecting \"BS Christianity\" and instead chasing a root system that can survive any drought. This conversation covers: The Disease of Performance: Why \"performed spirituality\" before inward spirituality is the greatest threat to modern leadership. The Field of Anonymity: The vital importance of being \"impossible to find\" in the secret place before you are ever asked to stand on a “stage.” It's God-Breathed: Reclaiming a deep, visceral respect for the Theopneustos nature of the Word. A Mandate for the Word: How to teach from a place of spiritual reservoir. The \"No BS\" Generation: Why today’s youth are looking for orthodox truth over reckless verbiage.","meta_description":"\"Sometimes we have to get stronger by getting a little bit smaller.\" In this episode of The Leader’s Cut, Preston Morrison sits down with Landon McDonald,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4242,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-leader-s-cut-with-preston-morrison-6305620/episodes/the-challenge-of-leading-today-s-church-with-landon-mcdonald/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leader-s-cut-with-preston-morrison-6305620/the-challenge-of-leading-today-s-church-with-landon-mcdonald.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}