The Lionborn Studios Podcast

Playing it safe is the most dangerous way to live.Not the most comfortable. Not the most peaceful. The most dangerous. Because you don't avoid risk by playing it safe — you just trade the risk of failure for the risk of a wasted life.In this episode of Lions and Lambs, we get into why the thing most people fear isn't failure — it's being seen failing. What the research on regret actually shows. The parable of the talents and why the master was furious at the servant who lost nothing. And the one Greek word in Ephesians 2:10 that reframes everything about who you are and what you were put here to do.You were made for more than a safe, quiet, invisible life.Pray the dangerous prayer.Keep the Faith.

When life feels like it's swallowing you whole, God feels small. Your problems feel like the size of the sky. And the weight of it just keeps pressing in.But here's the thing about distance — it lies to you.In this episode, we use one image — a water tower — to talk about why God feels small when you're far and massive when you're close. We walk through Peter stepping out of the boat, the moment he sinks, and the one thing Jesus actually asks him. And we land on the gospel, plain and straight.The thing pressing down on you isn't bigger than what you have access to. It just looks that way from a distance.Drive toward the tower.Keep the Faith.

You're moving constantly. Grinding, producing, pushing. And somehow still empty.In this episode, we get honest about the treadmill — the difference between running toward something and just running. We look at why the formula culture handed you was never going to deliver, what Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert found about achievement and happiness, and why Matthew 11:28 completely inverts everything you've been told about how rest works.You don't grind your way to peace. You build from it.One question to sit with when you're done listening.Keep the Faith.

You got the thing you wanted. And then the emptiness came back.In the OFFICIAL Episode 1, we name the one ache that sits underneath every ambition, every relationship, and every moment of real fulfillment you've ever experienced. We walk through why achievement, validation, legacy, and even the best relationships always come up short — and why that's not a flaw in you. It's a signal.Viktor Frankl. Solomon. C.S. Lewis. And a conversation Jesus had at a well with a woman who'd been married five times.They're all pointing at the same thing.This show exists to answer one question: does my life matter? Episode 1 is where we start.Next week — Episode 2: The Counterfeit.Keep the Faith.

Most people have never actually investigated whether Jesus of Nazareth was a real historical figure. They've inherited an opinion — either from church or from culture. Neither one is a conclusion.In this first episode of Lions & Lambs, we go straight to the historical record. Secular Roman historians. Jewish sources. Over 5,800 Greek manuscripts. And the one detail — the women witnesses — that no first-century fraud would ever have included.This isn't a sermon. It's a case. And if you follow the evidence honestly, it leads somewhere you might not expect.Whether you grew up in church and walked away, or you've never taken any of this seriously — this is where the investigation starts.Born for Battle ebook → https://lionbornstudios.com @lionbornstudios on Instagram & TikTokKeywords: did Jesus exist, Jesus historical evidence, Christian apologetics, faith and reason, finding purpose, feeling lost, young adults and faith, Jesus real or myth, Christianity evidence, Born for Battle

The system stole you. Here is why your generation feels lost, and how to overcome it.

Are you stuck, anxious, and unsure of who you are — even when life looks fine on the outside? You're not alone. An entire generation is silently struggling with identity, purpose, and meaning — and the culture profiting from your confusion is never going to tell you why.In Episode 1 of the Lionborn Studios Podcast, Kole Schapker breaks down the real reason young adults feel lost, burned out, and purposeless in 2025 — and what you can actually do about it.In this episode:Why social media is engineered to destroy your sense of identityHow dopamine addiction is keeping young men and women stuck and purposelessThe truth about anxiety, comparison, and mental health in your generationHow to find your identity when culture keeps redefining itWhy faith, truth, and discipline are the most countercultural tools you haveThe first step in the Born for Battle framework for rebuilding your lifeWhether you grew up in the church and walked away, consider yourself a skeptic, or just feel like the life you're living and the life you were supposed to live have slowly drifted apart — this episode was made for you.