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Living Influence with Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd

Living Influence with Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd

Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd 76 Episodes Oct 8, 2026

Living Influence is hosted by Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd, who explore the idea that discovering who God says you are is a vital life pursuit. They discuss how understanding your God-given identity shapes the influence you have on others in every role, whether professional, pastoral, parental, or as a student. Bill Thrall is an author, mentor, speaker, and co-founder of Trueface, while Scott Boyd founded QuesTec Companies. Both share personal stories and insights about how your view of yourself is the most critical factor in your influence.

Episodes

Breaking Free From Shame-Based Parenting Through Biblical Grace
Breaking Free From Shame-Based Parenting Through Biblical Grace Oct 8, 2026 955 How does viewing yourself as a saint instead of a sinner change how you parent? In this episode, Bill and Scott discuss how viewing yourself as a sinner, rather than a saint who sins, causes parents to parent out of shame and fear. This can lead parents to focus on compliance and behavioral control. As a result, children tend to respond by losing trust and developing resentment. Scott and Bill sha
The Greatest Gift You Can Give Your Children
The Greatest Gift You Can Give Your Children Oct 1, 2026 1171 Are your rules helping your children mature or keeping them dependent? In this episode, Bill and Scott talk about the vital distinction between child compliance, enforced by rules, and heart-level obedience rooted in trust. They discuss how parenting can gradually move from protecting children with rules toward giving them guidelines, choices, responsibility, and opportunities to participate in th
Why Parenting Feels So Exhausting (And How God Brings Freedom)
Why Parenting Feels So Exhausting (And How God Brings Freedom) Sep 24, 2026 943 What is defining you right now? Your shame, or what God says about you? In this episode, Bill and Scott explore how shame can become a defining force in a parent’s life, producing exhaustion, isolation, defensiveness, and a constant need to justify being right. They talk about how parents can move from being defined by shame and condemnation to living in the freedom God provides. They discuss t
How Your Children Reveal Unresolved Issues and Shame
How Your Children Reveal Unresolved Issues and Shame Sep 17, 2026 949 Are your children's reactions revealing unresolved issues within you? Children often expose the unresolved issues and shame that parents carry, making parenting an unexpected opportunity for personal maturity and growth. In this episode, Bill and Scott discuss how listening, trusting God, and confronting the roots of shame can transform the way parents respond to their children. Parents can mature
How to Raise Children Who Trust God, Not Just Know the Bible
How to Raise Children Who Trust God, Not Just Know the Bible Sep 10, 2026 979 Do your children see you trusting and living out the truth you teach them? In this episode, Bill and Scott challenge parents to move beyond behavior modification and focus instead on building trust that opens a child's heart to truth. They discuss how parents must personally experience and act upon the truth they teach so it can be authentically passed down to the next generation. Additionally, pa
Why Your Children Need to Know the Real You
Why Your Children Need to Know the Real You Sep 3, 2026 1096 How do you think your child would respond if you were more honest with them about your own imperfections? In this episode, Bill and Scott begin a new parenting series by asking a foundational question: Do your children trust you? They explore why trust grows when parents are willing to be known, honest about their imperfections, and intentional about earning relational access, rather than only exe
The Hidden Responsibility That Comes with Influence
The Hidden Responsibility That Comes with Influence Aug 27, 2026 1111 Are you willing to ask the people you influence how you are affecting them? Each of us has influence, and healthy leadership begins with having the courage to own that influence by asking others how they are being affected. Bill and Scott explore how leaders can protect the people they influence by standing alongside them when their weaknesses and limitations become visible rather than allowing th
Why Your Unmet Expectations Create Pain and Conflict
Why Your Unmet Expectations Create Pain and Conflict Aug 20, 2026 1301 How are hidden expectations creating unseen conflict and emotional reactions in your interactions? In this episode, Bill and Scott explore how unacknowledged and unmet expectations create relational conflict and emotional disappointment. While expectations are a reality in humans, some become demands that are usually defended as “right”. They discuss creating safe spaces for honest conversation, a
The Healing Power of Intentional Love and Acceptance
The Healing Power of Intentional Love and Acceptance Aug 13, 2026 1136 2 Questions this week! How would your relationships change if you defined love as actively meeting the inherent needs of others? AND, how did your life change by someone else loving you unconditionally? In this episode, Bill and Scott explore what it means to practice love by intentionally meeting the needs God designed into every person. Genuine love provides security, acceptance, affirmation, an
What True Obedience Actually Looks Like
What True Obedience Actually Looks Like Aug 6, 2026 1142 How can you learn to distinguish between compliance to authority versus a genuine, heart-level decision to obey out of trust? In this episode, Bill and Scott explore the amazing connection between obedience and freedom, defining true obedience as a heart-level response to trust and a trustworthy God, rather than rigid compliance. They discuss how acting on God's direction transforms knowledge into
Truth Without Permission Destroys Trust
Truth Without Permission Destroys Trust Jul 30, 2026 1379 Are you trying to change people before earning access to their hearts? In this episode, Bill and Scott challenge common misconceptions about submission by defining it as the voluntary choice to let trusted people love, guide, and influence your life. They discuss that permission and trust are essential for meaningful relationships, as genuine influence never comes through control or manipulation.
Living in the Freedom That Jesus Promises Us
Living in the Freedom That Jesus Promises Us Jul 23, 2026 867 Are you using your freedom to pursue trivial desires, or are you letting it become the outward voice of your love for others? In this episode, Bill and Scott begin a new series exploring Galatians 5:13-15 and the freedom that Jesus gives us. This freedom is intended to build trust and serve others, rather than satisfy selfish desires. They discuss how unresolved personal issues and shame distort o

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