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. Moving From Self-Focused Faith to Others-Centered Living

    1D AGO

    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
  2. Creating Spaces Where Shame No Longer Hides

    JAN 8

    Creating Spaces Where Shame No Longer Hides

    How can we create a place where ourselves and our loved ones hide nothing? In this episode, Bill and Scott examine why shame teaches people to hide and how even Christian environments can unintentionally reinforce that fear. They also explore what it takes to create truly safe spaces where people can be known, trusted, and loved without pressure to perform or fix themselves. At the heart of the conversation is the hope that emerges when trust replaces hiding and maturity begins through relationship rather than self-effort. Please consider attending the Living Influence Leadership Seminar: https://www.livinginfluenceleadership.com/ Join Bill Thrall, Scott Boyd, and Waldemar Kohl for a transformative experience helping Christian executives lead from trust, authenticity, and the freedom of their God-given significance. In this seminar, which will be held on March 11-13 in Scottsdale, Arizona, you’ll discover the power of authentic leadership. You’ll walk away with a renewed understanding of how trust and authenticity elevate your leadership and transform those you lead. Learn more at https://www.livinginfluenceleadership.com/services#section-1762312239710 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
  3. Maturing Is Growing Into What Is Already True

    JAN 1

    Maturing Is Growing Into What Is Already True

    How does striving to perform for God interfere with the growth God intends for you? In this episode, Bill and Scott explore what it truly means to mature, distinguishing growth from performance-based sanctification. They explain why maturity is not about earning life but about growing into what is already given. The conversation highlights how love, safety, and honesty create the environment where genuine growth can happen. Please consider attending the Living Influence Leadership Seminar: https://www.livinginfluenceleadership.com/ Join Bill Thrall, Scott Boyd, and Waldemar Kohl for a transformative experience helping Christian executives lead from trust, authenticity, and the freedom of their God-given significance. In this seminar, which will be held on March 11-13 in Scottsdale, Arizona, you’ll discover the power of authentic leadership. You’ll walk away with a renewed understanding of how trust and authenticity elevate your leadership and transform those you lead. Learn more at https://www.livinginfluenceleadership.com/services#section-1762312239710 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/

    19 min
  4. Coming Alive to the Holy Spirit Within

    12/18/2025

    Coming Alive to the Holy Spirit Within

    How do we transition from living in our flesh to becoming alive in the Holy Spirit? In this episode, Bill and Scott explore what it means to move from living in the flesh to becoming alive in the Holy Spirit. Through Romans 7 and 8, they reveal why sin management and self-effort leave people stuck and discouraged. The conversation points to trust in the Spirit as the foundation for real hope, freedom, and transformation. Topics Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd discuss in this episode: (02:19) How Romans 7 describes the ongoing reality of the Christian life. (03:03) The power of sin in the flesh as something humans were never created to manage. (05:00) Why self-effort and discipline can’t overcome the power of the flesh. (07:35) How people become desperate after exhausting themselves trying to fix themselves. (08:37) How working on sin will never resolve sin. (10:30) Why believing Christ is alive within changes how issues are addressed. (11:22) How grace produces hope. (17:24) How trusting the Holy Spirit allows Him to put the deeds of the flesh to death. (19:08) Maturity as defined by God. Attend The Living Influence Leadership Seminar: https://www.livinginfluenceleadership.com/ Join Bill Thrall, Scott Boyd, and Waldemar Kohl for a transformative experience helping Christian executives lead from trust, authenticity, and the freedom of their God-given significance. In this seminar, which will be held on March 11-13 in Scottsdale, Arizona, you’ll discover the power of authentic leadership. You’ll walk away with a renewed understanding of how trust and authenticity elevate your leadership and transform those you lead. Learn more at https://www.livinginfluenceleadership.com/services#section-1762312239710 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
  5. Experiencing Forgiveness in Real Time

    12/11/2025

    Experiencing Forgiveness in Real Time

    Is it possible to live in a state of being forgiven? Can you actually live in that reality? This episode explores the difference between knowing you are forgiven and actually living forgiven in daily life. Bill and Scott discuss how shame shapes identity and how God provides two gifts—repentance and forgiveness—to cleanse the ongoing effects of sin. Together they show how this leads to freedom with God, others, and even yourself. Topics Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd discuss in this episode:  (01:09) How being affected by sin becomes the foundation for how people see themselves, God, and others. (02:38) Wrestling with whether forgiveness is only granted when someone explicitly asks for it. (04:08) How the blood of Jesus cleanses all sin. (07:07) The false teaching that Christians will have their sins read aloud in heaven. (09:19) Bill recounts helping a woman process childhood trauma and finally feel clean and free. (11:20) How being cleansed broke the bondage of Bill’s shame. (13:25) How Scott’s father’s alcoholism shaped harshness toward himself. (16:30) How trusting God’s cleansing allows you to live open, transformed lives with 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
  6. The Possibility of Being New

    12/04/2025

    The Possibility of Being New

    How might your life change if you truly believed you were no longer a slave to sin? In this episode, Bill and Scott explore how faith—given to us when we were “dead in sin”—forms the foundation for a new identity in Christ. The conversation reframes spiritual growth from striving to sin less into trusting the truth of who God has already made us to be. Topics Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd discuss in this episode: (00:41) How Christians often miss the obvious truth that faith is a gift. (02:39) The cycle of striving to sin less and hiding failures, and why it traps believers in defeat. (03:53) How Jesus not only died for sins but took believers into His death to give them new life. (05:13) Bill shares the short prayer that helped him believe he truly had the ability to serve righteousness. (06:20) Scott and Bill discuss the shift from “freedom from sin” to “freedom to live into God’s purposes.” (07:08) Bill begins unpacking 1 John 3 and what it means to be called children of God with the DNA of Jesus. (09:23) Bill explains why believers are righteous now, even though they are not yet fully mature. (12:41) Bill warns that focusing only on avoiding sin without embracing new identity leads to immaturity and defeat. (17:55) Bill prays for God to teach believers to trust their ability to love, and Scott shares how grief awakened his desire for shared love and community. 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
  7. The Danger of Using the Law to Become Godly

    11/27/2025

    The Danger of Using the Law to Become Godly

    How much of your spiritual struggle comes from trying to manage your sin instead of trusting your identity? In this episode, Bill and Scott unpack why so many believers live stuck in shame, hiding, and sin-management even though they’ve been given a new identity. Through stories, Scripture, and vulnerable examples, they show how experiencing love—not effort—is what transforms the heart.  Topics Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd discuss in this episode:  (01:00) Scott shares how misunderstanding grace left him feeling imprisoned during his wife’s cancer battle. (02:40) How trying to use the law to become godly cuts Christians off from grace. (04:20) Bill describes the years he believed God loved him but never experienced that love personally. (06:00) How conflict with others can impact whether we view ourselves as a saint. (08:00) How passiveness was secretly the voice of Bill’s anger.  (09:50) How transformation means the old patterns no longer own you, even if reactions still occur. (11:20) How hiding sin made Bill a slave to it.  (15:20) Scott describes a leadership program that revealed how his self-protection was rooted in fear. (18:40) How shame awakens hopeless striving, and why a new reality is the only solution.  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
4.8
out of 5
34 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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