The Creative Connection With Ed Young

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores how God calls and communicates with individuals, using the biblical story of Samuel as a central example to emphasize the importance of spiritual attentiveness, obedience, and responding to God's voice amid a chaotic world. He encourages listeners to recognize God's call in Scripture, the Holy Spirit, sermons, life circumstances, and ul...

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the story of Samuel from 1 Samuel, emphasizing how faithful parenting, powerful prayer, and setting Godly patterns enable believers to be influencers in a chaotic culture, highlighting the contrast between obedience and disobedience and the call to purity, discernment, and commitment to God's purpose.

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explains how humanity lost its God-given authority through Adam's sin, how Jesus Christ legally restored that authority through His death and resurrection, and how believers are invited to receive and live under this divine authority through surrender to God’s will.

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the theme of authority and the consequences of rebellion against it, using biblical examples of Saul and David to illustrate the importance of obedience to God's appointed authority and the spiritual dangers of prideful disobedience.

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the concept of kingdom authority, emphasizing that true authority originates from God and has been righteously restored through Jesus Christ, empowering believers to live with dominion and spiritual power under God's ordained jurisdiction.

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young emphasizes the transition in Romans from belief to behavior, urging believers to respond to God's mercy by offering themselves as living sacrifices through the transformation and renewal of their minds, thereby living out God’s tailor-made will with dedication, discipline, and sincere worship.

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores Romans 3:21-28 as God's divine "marketing strategy," emphasizing that the product is Jesus Christ, the testimonies are the Old Testament law and prophets, faith is the currency required to receive righteousness, and the ultimate guarantee is freedom and justification by grace, offered equally to all people through faith apart from works...

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores Romans 1:18-25 to warn believers about trading the ultimate treasure of God's truth and glory for worthless trinkets such as lies, idols, sinful passions, and created things instead of the Creator, emphasizing God's wrath as a righteous response to sin and calling listeners to embrace Jesus Christ as Lord.

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young shares the transformative power of the gospel as revealed in Romans 1:14-17, emphasizing that salvation is not about good advice or works but about the good news of forgiveness and imputed righteousness received by faith. He urges believers to boldly proclaim this gospel, recognizing their indebtedness to Christ and others, while inviting listen...

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young introduces Romans as the foundational “letter” of the Christian faith, calling believers to respond to God’s summons by becoming humble bond servants of Christ, set apart for the gospel and committed to sharing it with others.

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young warns against the deceptive and divisive nature of wokeism, contrasting it with the unique gospel of Jesus Christ that emphasizes forgiveness, love, grace, responsibility, and unity within the body of Christ, urging believers to remain spiritually awake and grounded in biblical truth.

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed and Lisa Young encourage parents to recognize and combat the cultural influence of wokeism by faithfully shepherding their children with a biblical worldview, emphasizing the vital role of teaching, training, and loving the Lord with all their hearts, as outlined in Deuteronomy 6, and by engaging actively in their children's lives with discernment, lo...

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young examines the infiltration of woke ideology into the church, emphasizing the need for a balanced approach that upholds both the love and holiness of God, the full counsel of Scripture, and the reality of sin, perseverance, heaven, and hell, while warning against a self-centered, grace-misunderstood Christianity.

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young examines the cultural phenomenon of wokeism as an authoritarian worldview that opposes the Christian gospel, urging believers to adopt a Christ-centered perspective that restores true identity, thought, truth, feelings, and life through a biblical lens.

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the cultural phenomenon of Wokeism, defining it as a modern form of paganism characterized by moral superiority and intolerance that conflicts with the gospel. He urges listeners to adopt a biblical, Christ-centered worldview to resist these secular ideologies and remain grounded in the truth of God's Word.

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young and Dr. Phil McGraw discuss the importance of standing firm in truth amid cultural challenges, emphasizing personal responsibility, the role of family and faith, the dangers of technology and misinformation, and the need to cultivate intentional living grounded in facts and unity for America's future.

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young emphasizes the vital importance of the fear of God as a balanced and foundational motivation for Christian living, urging believers to maintain reverence for God's holiness alongside His love, and highlighting how this fear shapes faithfulness, obedience, and a life aligned with God's purposes.

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the transformative power of God-inspired ideas, emphasizing the need to discern, submit, and act upon thoughts that glorify God while rejecting those that do not, and outlines practical commandments for embracing creativity, hard work, teamwork, and continual growth in fulfilling God's ideal purposes.

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the nature of ideas as "Inspirational Dilemmas that Evolve into Action," emphasizing how God is the ultimate source of ideas that shape creation, condemnation, and redemption, and encouraging believers to actively submit their thoughts to Christ and embody creativity, perseverance, attention to detail, and openness to change in pursuing...

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young addresses the reality of Hell as taught by Jesus, emphasizing human free will, the eternal consequences of sin, and the urgency of choosing to give Jesus the throne of one’s life to secure a place in Heaven rather than Hell.

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the nature and tactics of the devil, highlighting his central goal to usurp God's throne by tempting mankind through the "temptation trifecta" of the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, urging believers to recognize the spiritual battle and rely on Christ’s victory to resist temptation and maintain God’s righ...

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the nature, history, and tactics of the devil, emphasizing his rebellion against God’s throne and how he seeks to usurp Christ’s lordship in believers’ lives through a predictable pattern of temptation, lying, and condemnation, urging listeners to maintain Jesus as the true Lord of their lives.

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed addresses the Sixth Commandment, "Thou shalt not murder," emphasizing that murder extends beyond physical killing to include verbal, mental, and relational harm. He calls listeners to recognize their own culpability, repent, and pursue sanctification by guarding their hearts, words, and relationships in obedience to God's command to protect life as be...

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed & Lisa Young sit down with Dr. Don Lichi they address the biblical commandment against adultery by offering practical guidance on guarding one’s thoughts, cultivating intentional and faithful relationships with one’s spouse, and establishing strong marital boundaries and friendships for accountability, emphasizing prayer, vulnerability, and deligh...

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed teaches that the fifth commandment to honor your father and mother is foundational for personal and cultural stability, emphasizing love, forgiveness, cooperation, value, and appreciation as essential "gears" to live out this command in all family situations, while also highlighting the importance of placing God first and embracing forgiveness to over...