E244: Atheist at 8, Gang Leader at 10: Ruslan's Path to Jesus w/Ruslan KD | Lila Rose Show
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🗓️ 29 August 2025
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
When the disciples argued over who would be the greatest (Luke 9:46), Jesus did not rebuke their ambition. He redirected it toward service and heaven.
That same lesson shapes YouTube creator Ruslan KD’s new book, Godly Ambition: Unlocking the Full Potential of Your Time, Talent, and Treasure. From a childhood marked by fatherlessness, atheism, and crime, to finding Christ and purpose as an adult, Ruslan shows how ambition can be transformed into a God-given gift.
In this episode, discover how to recognize your gifts, harness your potential, and live out the passion God has placed on your heart.
Ruslan’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/ruslankd
His new book: https://sites.prh.com/godlyambitionbook
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:08:29 - Historic peace treaty
00:10:14 - Finding faith in America
00:17:00 - Dark spiral
00:30:28 - Overcoming Childhood difficulties
00:45:52 - What responsibilities do Christians have with their talents?
01:00:00 - Passion
01:07:23 - Family Economy
01:12:00 - The power of non-negotiables
01:22:58 - Three Tools For Our Audience:
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| 0:00.0 | I'll now hand you over to my best man, Eddie. |
| 0:04.8 | Wow, wow, wow, second time's a charm, eh, Billy Boy. |
| 0:09.3 | Oh, God. |
| 0:10.5 | Substitution, courtesy of Paddy Power, embarrassing Eddie, makes way for sensible Samuel. |
| 0:15.0 | Cool, that was close. |
| 0:16.2 | You might not always pick the right starter, but your sub can still deliver, |
| 0:19.2 | because with Paddy's super sub, your bet rolls over to the player coming on. Panny Power. Valid on selected leagues and markets only. Pre-match and in-play bets on qualifying player outcome selections only. T's and exclusions apply. 18 plus scummelware. Dotting me. Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre disciple me into utter debauchery. We start breaking into houses, smoking weed, all sorts of craziness. |
| 0:38.3 | In every era, our job is going to be salt and light. Is it God's kingdom I'm building or is it |
| 0:42.9 | my castle? I'm just going to sit and wait for the prince to come when we are called as women to |
| 0:47.7 | become the best we can be and to use our talents for the kingdom of God. Come on. We are planting seeds |
| 0:53.1 | and we're tending gardens for the next season. The only thing that grows overnight is weeds and magic mushrooms. That's it. And I don't, that's followers of Jesus. Don't do it. At age eight, he decided he was an atheist. And by age 10, he had started a neighborhood gang. Today on the Lilaura show, I sit down with with Ruslan, one of my favorite YouTube creators who is now a Christian leading a media mission to bring more souls to Jesus Christ. Ruslan has a new book out called Godly Ambition. It has a lot of tools and tips for how you can discover your best talents and how you can use them for the kingdom of God and you can develop a godly ambition |
| 1:27.6 | yourself to help create beautiful things for Jesus Christ. Thank you everybody who's been |
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| 1:55.4 | Ruslan, welcome back to the podcast. |
| 1:57.1 | Yeah, hot topics, huh? |
| 1:58.5 | You're in the Lions game. |
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