Living Influence with Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd

Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd

Discovering who God says you are may be your most important life pursuit. Imagine what our world might be like if we believed we were designed and gifted by God for each other. Living Influence is co-hosted by Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd. Bill Thrall is an author, mentor, public speaker, and co-founder of Trueface. He is married to Grace, who loves to mentor women and to come alongside leadership couples with Bill. They have three children, nine grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. They live in Phoenix. Scott Boyd founded QuesTec Companies, a mechanical contracting and HVAC service business. He is married to Aileen. Scott and Aileen both lost their first spouses to cancer. They together have five children and seven grandchildren. No matter who you are, your influence matters. We believe your view of you may be the most critical factor in your influence. Whatever your role, professional, pastor, parent or student, the most significant expression of your influence will be from your person.

  1. How Suffering Shapes Entrepreneurial Success

    1D AGO

    How Suffering Shapes Entrepreneurial Success

    How can suffering actually accelerate your maturity? In this episode, Bill and Scott explore the profound relationship between spiritual maturity, suffering, and the willingness to take risks for the benefit of others. They challenge the assumption that obedience guarantees safety and comfort, emphasizing instead that it often leads to risk-filled purposes. Ultimately, they encourage listeners to move toward a Christ-centered life where they trust God with their unknown futures and embrace the influence they have on those around them. Topics Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd discuss in this episode: (01:10) Suffering as an intentional part of God’s process of maturing people. (02:14) The difference between knowing information and obeying truth. (03:54) The difference between suffering common to humanity and suffering unique to believers. (05:10) Challenging the belief that obedience always leads to comfort or blessing. (06:16) Are you willing to take risks for the benefit of others? (08:26) Taking risks to care for your family. (10:46) Trusting God with the future. (13:01) Mature leadership and owning the influence one has on others. This episode was brought to you by Bill Thrall, Scott Boyd, and the Living Influence team. Learn about Living Influence: https://www.livinginfluence.com/ Subscribe to the Living Influence podcast: * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LivingInfluencePodcast * Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4kP9Mm2 * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2F2RSvXKfU08Q5LVTCyIYI Learn about Bill Thrall’s books: https://www.livinginfluence.com/books Follow and like the Living Influence podcast on social media: * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livinginfluencepodcast * TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livinginfluencepodcast * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/61576202821527 This episode was produced by Story On Media: https://www.storyon.co/

    18 min
  2. Why Knowledge Alone Can't Transform a Person's Life

    FEB 12

    Why Knowledge Alone Can't Transform a Person's Life

    Are you living out what the Bible says for you or are you living out what others expect of you? In this episode, Bill and Scott challenge the assumption that spiritual or personal growth comes from knowledge alone. They explore how trust, not compliance, leads to lasting transformation and authentic maturity. Topics Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd discuss in this episode: (03:11) How knowing the right answers does not equate to making right choices in life. (04:19) The difference between teaching knowledge and teaching trust in truth. (06:33) How acting on trusted truth leads to transformation and changed choices. (10:06) How compliance often produces judgment and a lack of love. (12:33) The idea that people adapt themselves to the expectations placed upon them. (14:48) How children raised to meet expectations often grow up compliant but unprepared. (22:44) Warnings against turning trust into rigid patterns instead of teaching principles of truth. This episode was brought to you by Bill Thrall, Scott Boyd, and the Living Influence team. Learn about Living Influence: https://www.livinginfluence.com/ Subscribe to the Living Influence podcast: * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LivingInfluencePodcast * Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4kP9Mm2 * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2F2RSvXKfU08Q5LVTCyIYI Learn about Bill Thrall’s books: https://www.livinginfluence.com/books Follow and like the Living Influence podcast on social media: * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livinginfluencepodcast * TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livinginfluencepodcast * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/61576202821527 This episode was produced by Story On Media: https://www.storyon.co/

    24 min
  3. Why Maturity Requires Trust, Not Just Time

    FEB 5

    Why Maturity Requires Trust, Not Just Time

    How do you know which stage of maturity you’re experiencing right now? Also, is it possible to have different levels of maturity in different aspects of your life? This episode reframes maturity as a trust-based process rather than a time-based achievement. Bill and Scott unpack why truth transforms only when it is trusted and why growth often happens repeatedly in different areas of life. They also highlight how safe, relational environments are essential for people to stop hiding and experience real transformation. Topics Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd discuss in this episode: (01:39) Why maturity follows a “trust line,” not a timeline. (02:14) Contrasting truth-based transformation with performance-driven practices. (04:33) Why growth can’t happen without another person involved. (06:20) The need for safe places, especially for young believers. (07:38) The difference between defining safety and learning how to create it. (09:23) How modeling vulnerability creates safety in performance-driven cultures. (12:10) Why hiding prevents maturity and reinforces false identity. (20:35) How isolation leads to failure and why safe community interrupts that spiral. The Living Influence team is proud to announce the creation of Living Influence Leadership: https://www.livinginfluenceleadership.com/ Attend the Living Influence Leadership conferences and cohorts (also known as peer groups), and you’ll: * Lead from identity. * Cultivate trust that strengthens culture. * Gain clarity that fuels lasting influence. * Integrate who you are, and your God-given purpose, with how you lead. This episode was brought to you by Bill Thrall, Scott Boyd, and the Living Influence team. Learn about Living Influence: https://www.livinginfluence.com/ Subscribe to the Living Influence podcast: * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LivingInfluencePodcast * Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4kP9Mm2 * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2F2RSvXKfU08Q5LVTCyIYI Learn about Bill Thrall’s books: https://www.livinginfluence.com/books Follow and like the Living Influence podcast on social media: * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livinginfluencepodcast * TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livinginfluencepodcast * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/61576202821527 This episode was produced by Story On Media: https://www.storyon.co/

    22 min
  4. Trusting God With Your Future

    JAN 29

    Trusting God With Your Future

    Are you willing to trust God with your future, even when it feels like the scariest step of all? In this episode, Bill and Scott explore what it truly means to trust Christ with your future and why this step of maturity can feel so unsettling. They reveal how freedom grows out of believing who God says you are and learning to trust both God and the new heart He has given you. This conversation will challenge you to move from control, fear, and obligation into trust, freedom, and shared growth. Topics Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd discuss in this episode: (00:06) The three phases of spiritual maturity. (01:52) Bill shares a personal story from his marriage that illustrates love meeting needs. (03:17) How trust allows influence in relationships without manipulation or control. (04:45) Why trust is required before truth can be heard without feeling like criticism. (06:25) Connecting workplace leadership to relational trust. (07:30) Understanding Christ-centered living as loving others the way Christ loved. (09:01) Why growth in relationships must be processed together rather than fixing one person independently. (12:31) Living in freedom is being rooted in who God says you are, not what you ought to do. (14:52) The importance of trusting the new heart given through Christ instead of viewing oneself as deceitful. (18:11) Why trusting God is foundational before pursuing His purposes for your life. The Living Influence team is proud to announce the creation of Living Influence Leadership: https://www.livinginfluenceleadership.com/ Attend the Living Influence Leadership conferences and cohorts (also known as peer groups), and you’ll: * Lead from identity. * Cultivate trust that strengthens culture. * Gain clarity that fuels lasting influence. * Integrate who you are, and your God-given purpose, with how you lead. This episode was brought to you by Bill Thrall, Scott Boyd, and the Living Influence team. Learn about Living Influence: https://www.livinginfluence.com/ Subscribe to the Living Influence podcast: * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LivingInfluencePodcast * Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4kP9Mm2 * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2F2RSvXKfU08Q5LVTCyIYI Learn about Bill Thrall’s books: https://www.livinginfluence.com/books Follow and like the Living Influence podcast on social media: * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livinginfluencepodcast * TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livinginfluencepodcast * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/61576202821527 This episode was produced by Story On Media: https://www.storyon.co/

    22 min
  5. Growing Into a Christ-Centered Believer

    JAN 22

    Growing Into a Christ-Centered Believer

    How does trusting God with yourself reveal spiritual maturity? This episode explores what it truly means to become a Christ-centered believer through the process of spiritual maturity. Bill and Scott unpack how trust in God leads to humility, healing, and a willingness to take risks for the sake of others. As believers grow, their lives increasingly reflect joy, purpose, and a deep concern for the flourishing of those around them. Topics Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd discuss in this episode: (00:05) The progression from being self-focused to becoming Christ-centered. (01:24) The shift from receiving love to extending love toward others. (01:59) Why maturity cannot be forced but must begin with personal trust in God. (03:42) Trust is the central operating principle in all relationships. (05:11) Fear of trusting God with the future. (08:33) Purpose-centered living as a hallmark of Christ-centered maturity. (10:12) Taking risks for the benefit of others as evidence of deep spiritual growth. (15:12) Healing and joy as signs that trust and maturity are taking root. This episode was brought to you by Bill Thrall, Scott Boyd, and the Living Influence team. Learn about Living Influence: https://www.livinginfluence.com/ Subscribe to the Living Influence podcast: * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LivingInfluencePodcast * Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4kP9Mm2 * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2F2RSvXKfU08Q5LVTCyIYI Learn about Bill Thrall’s books: https://www.livinginfluence.com/books Follow and like the Living Influence podcast on social media: * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livinginfluencepodcast * TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livinginfluencepodcast * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/61576202821527 This episode was produced by Story On Media: https://www.storyon.co/

    21 min
  6. Moving From Self-Focused Faith to Others-Centered Living

    JAN 15

    Moving From Self-Focused Faith to Others-Centered Living

    What happens when personal growth shifts attention away from yourself and toward others? In this episode, Bill and Scott explore the movement from a self-focused faith into an others-centered life marked by healing, trust, and love. They unpack how maturity is not achieved by striving, but by learning to receive love and allowing that love to overflow toward others. As believers experience healing, they become freer to care, lead, and influence without being consumed by themselves. Topics Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd discuss in this episode: (02:00) How personal crisis opened Scott’s life to grace, vulnerability, and deeper growth. (04:03) The difference between trusting with sin and trusting with one’s whole person. (06:05) How experiencing grace leads to feeling loved and then loving others. (07:15) Scott recounts how confession and affirmation became a turning point toward healing. (08:59) How letting oneself be loved is essential to experiencing real healing. (10:28) Immature love compared to mature love. (14:44) Healing as the evidence of maturity and freedom to love others. (18:28) Bill describes maturity as awareness of influence and care for how one affects others. This episode was brought to you by Bill Thrall, Scott Boyd, and the Living Influence team. Learn about Living Influence: https://www.livinginfluence.com/ Subscribe to the Living Influence podcast: * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LivingInfluencePodcast * Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4kP9Mm2 * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2F2RSvXKfU08Q5LVTCyIYI Learn about Bill Thrall’s books: https://www.livinginfluence.com/books Follow and like the Living Influence podcast on social media: * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livinginfluencepodcast * TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livinginfluencepodcast * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/61576202821527 This episode was produced by Story On Media: https://www.storyon.co/

    20 min
4.8
out of 5
35 Ratings

About

Discovering who God says you are may be your most important life pursuit. Imagine what our world might be like if we believed we were designed and gifted by God for each other. Living Influence is co-hosted by Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd. Bill Thrall is an author, mentor, public speaker, and co-founder of Trueface. He is married to Grace, who loves to mentor women and to come alongside leadership couples with Bill. They have three children, nine grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. They live in Phoenix. Scott Boyd founded QuesTec Companies, a mechanical contracting and HVAC service business. He is married to Aileen. Scott and Aileen both lost their first spouses to cancer. They together have five children and seven grandchildren. No matter who you are, your influence matters. We believe your view of you may be the most critical factor in your influence. Whatever your role, professional, pastor, parent or student, the most significant expression of your influence will be from your person.

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