Your performance is not your identity.

Your relationship is not your identity.

Your success, failures, past, addictions, achievements, and mistakes are not your identity.

If you belong to Christ, your identity has already been settled.

In this episode of Living For His Glory, Lucas sits down with Rise Up Kings coach Thomas Bills for a raw conversation about what happens when a man finally stops looking to the world to determine his value and starts believing what God says about him.

Thomas shares his own journey from success, money, alcohol, and a life that nearly destroyed him to a radical encounter with Jesus that changed everything.

Together, they unpack identity in Christ, shame, performance, purity, sexual temptation, relationships, boundaries, compromise, and what it actually looks like to become a man who refuses to negotiate his convictions.

Because the moment you attach your identity to something that can be taken away, you give that thing power over you.

Your identity isn't what you do. It's whose you are.

And when you finally understand that, everything else begins to change.

If God loves you…
why doesn’t He give you everything you want?

Why the waiting?
Why the struggle?
Why the disappointment?

Because what you want…
is not always what you need.

In this honest, faith-filled conversation, we unpack the tension between:
 ➡ Your plans vs. God’s purpose
 ➡ Comfort vs. character
 ➡ Success vs. surrender

The truth?
God isn’t building your dream life.
He’s building you.

And sometimes the greatest evidence of His love is what He doesn’t give you.

If you’ve ever questioned God’s plan or His goodness this episode will reframe everything.

🎧 Listen now and discover the life that actually satisfies.

Your faith feels gone.
Your purpose feels lost.
Your life feels stuck.

But resurrection didn’t stop 2,000 years ago.

God is still in the business of bringing dead things back to life...
and that includes you.

This episode will challenge you to stop settling…
and start living in the new life Jesus already gave you.

What do you do when you’re sidelined, overlooked, or losing?

Most people shrink.
 Real leaders rise.

In this episode, Luke Boswell breaks down what it means to:
 ✔ Lead without recognition
 ✔ Serve when it’s not about you
 ✔ Live for God even in the locker room

This is leadership the world doesn’t teach.
 This is kingdom leadership.

You don’t have to prove yourself anymore.

Not to people.
 Not to yourself.
 Not even to God.

In Christ, the verdict is already in.

This episode on 1 Corinthians will challenge how you see success, failure, identity, and even your relationship with God. It will show you what it means to truly live from grace and not for it.

Jesus didn’t just tell us to love our enemies. He showed us how.

But let’s be honest. Forgiveness is one of the hardest things a human being can do.

In this deep conversation, Lucas Barrett and returning guest Evan Davis unpack what it actually means to forgive people who have hurt you, betrayed you, or wronged you and why loving your enemies is impossible without Christ.

From the cross… to everyday conflicts… to powerful real-life stories of radical forgiveness, this episode explores:

• Why “I’m sorry” and “I forgive you” are the hardest words to say
 • How pride keeps us from reconciliation
 • What Jesus washing Judas’ feet teaches us about love
 • Why willpower can’t produce real forgiveness
 • How the Holy Spirit changes our hearts to love like Christ

If you’ve ever struggled with anger, bitterness, or forgiving someone who hurt you… this conversation might change the way you see the Gospel.

Because the truth is:

The people we struggle to love may be the very place God wants to transform our hearts.

What happens when the thing you’ve built your identity on starts crushing you?

In this episode of Living For His Glory, I sit down with Trevor Johnson and Draegen Majors from College Golf Fellowship to talk about something every athlete and person faces:

Identity.

We dive into:
 ⛳ The pressure behind competitive sports
 💭 Anxiety, expectations, and people-pleasing
 🏆 Why success never satisfies the way we think it will
 📖 What the Bible actually says about who we are
 🙏 How the gospel frees us to compete, work, and live for God’s glory

From stories about professional golf and college athletics to lessons from players like Scottie Scheffler and Webb Simpson, this conversation reveals a powerful truth:

When your identity is in Christ, you don’t have to perform for approval—you get to live from it.

Whether you're an athlete, competitor, student, or simply someone wrestling with pressure and purpose, this episode will challenge and encourage you.

Because the real freedom comes when you stop playing for your identity and start living from it.

🎧 Listen now and learn how to live, compete, and succeed for God’s glory.

You don't need to grow up in church to be a faithful leader. In this powerful episode, Emma Almquist shares how she went from not growing up in church to leading a Bible study for her entire college golf team.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Finding faith as a senior in high school
 • Moving across the country and needing something deeper
 • Letting go of friendships that no longer fit
 • Why golf stopped defining her identity
 • What happens when Jesus becomes bigger than your score
 • Leading even when you don’t feel qualified

This is a story about foundation.
 About deconstruction and rebuilding.
 About obedience before confidence.

If you’ve ever felt unqualified…
 If you didn’t grow up in faith…
 If you’re scared to step into leadership…

This conversation will remind you:

God doesn’t call the equipped.

He equips the called.

When God nudges your heart, say yes.

What does real ministry look like when no one’s watching?
 What happens when love stops being about self and becomes a sacrifice?
 And what if God’s greatest work in you starts not with doing, but with simply being in His presence?

In this open and Spirit-led episode, I sit down with my good friend Kendall Brown, a fellow religion major and someone who quietly lives out what many preach. We talk about:

• Growing up Nazarene and the beauty of small-town ministry
•  The danger of objectifying love (especially around Valentine’s Day)
•  What it really means to be both a giver and a receiver
•  The simplicity of spiritual disciplines: reading, praying, and being
•  Why real friendships and marriages are built on mission, not just emotion

Whether you’re burned out from trying to "do more for God," questioning how to love others well, or just looking for a conversation that feels like truth spoken in love, this one’s for you.

🎧 Listen now and be reminded:
 You don’t need to perform to please God. You need to walk with Him and love like Him.

We’re not in a health crisis. We’re in a heart crisis.
Mediocrity is everywhere… in our faith, our families, our fitness, and our finances. But God didn’t call you to be average. He called you to be excellent.
To be diligent.
To be set apart.

It's time to call it out
 From Proverbs and the Legend of Kobe Bryant, from lazy sluggards to skillful warriors, I break down what it really means to live fully for God's glory.

We dive into:

• Why mediocrity is the enemy of God’s design
• How laziness delays God’s timing
• What Proverbs says about work ethic, discipline, and reward
• The legacy of Kobe Bryant and how his “Mamba Mentality” mirrors biblical diligence
• What it means to go all in with your life for Jesus

If you’re tired of coasting…
 If you’re ready to stand before kings...
 If you know there’s more inside you...

💥 This episode will ignite that spark.
Because God didn’t make you to be obscure. He made you to shine.