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Becoming Something with Jonathan Pokluda

Episode 334: Can Ambition Honor God? (Feat. Ruslan KD)

Becoming Something with Jonathan Pokluda

Harris Creek Baptist Church

Religion & Spirituality

54.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

We talk with Ruslan KD about his new book “Godly Ambition”. He’s a creative thinker and entrepreneur and has a lot to share about ambition. Is it a selfish thing? Or a God glorifying thing? For more check out his new book here: https://a.co/d/1xdGWx2

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0:00.0

Thanks for tuning into becoming something, where we promise to keep the conversation honest and real for young adults in their 20s and 30s.

0:19.8

Every moment we live is training for a future moment.

0:22.8

And that's why we do this podcast, because we want you to be prepared for everything that life is going to throw at you.

0:29.2

Our hope with this podcast is that it would help you become all that God desires you to be.

0:34.7

So with that in mind, let's jump right in to this week's episode of

0:38.4

becoming something.

0:47.7

What's the podcast world? It's your boy, JP, in the podcast studio with the best Christian hip hop artist known to man Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, I'm here. You also said that the king... Why do you sound like Kermit the Frog? Yo, yo, yo. What are you doing right now? I'm doing a rapper impersonation. Turn your phone off. I'm sorry, That's my prayer alarm. That's my prayer alarm. Oh, yeah, that's right.

1:13.8

Hey, anyways, Ruslan. The great Ruslan is here.

1:16.9

The great. Just three, just three dudes reping their brands.

1:21.5

The net becoming something. Bless God. Let's go. What's up, my guy?

1:26.1

What's up, man? How you up man i'm doing great thanks for

1:28.7

having me out here this is a yours dude an amazing trip and you called him the king of culture

1:33.3

and i felt offended by that i was like i feel like i'm more i feel like i'm more in than rousalon is

1:39.3

like joined dear yeah no i mean for sure like gap, like men's gap. You were like super more in.

1:49.8

Old Navy. Yeah, old Navy. You're slaying that. You got that down. What's the the fish brand? Did we ever figure out what the fish brand? I think of Southern Tide. You're your big Southern Tide guy? I have no idea what you guys are talking about right now nat's a big this this podcast actually brought to you by southern tide there we go uh get you know a shirt's not a shirt unless it has a fish on it you heard it here first guys what's up what's up is that one of those shows you get at? What is that, that big fishing store, sea bass or something?

2:18.6

Sea bass.

2:19.9

What is this?

2:20.2

What is this store?

2:21.2

Bass Pro.

2:16.7

Bass Pro. Bass Pro. My son saw one. We were driving and he was like, Dad, it's Bass Pro. And I'm like, you gotta stop in there, man. There's like an aquarium and everything. really wanted to go in he like was like trying and I'm like how do you even know about this and he's like dude perfect yeah no way I was dude you got tell him where you were yesterday but I uh I was um

2:39.2

I was like raising a small town before like love the city like city was like a vacate like you go to the

2:46.5

city it's like vacation like a mall like fountains like I was just always in awe of like that. And one time I was preaching at the porch and I was like, I mean, you guys like, hey, go on a good date. And I was like giving them date night ideas and I go like go to Bass Pro and everybody started laughing. And I didn't know why. I was like, why are they laughing right now? I'm like, it's amazing. There's a fish aquarium in there.

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