The Creative Connection With Ed Young
The Creative Connection with Ed Young is a national daily radio show combining faith with everyday life. Every episode is filled with practical wisdom and biblical insights to strengthen listeners' understanding and relationship with Jesus.
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- 505Gone GabrielIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the theme of submission to authority through the biblical story of Saul and Samuel, emphasizing the dangers of rebellion and the importance of obedience to God's ordained leadership for spiritual growth and fulfillment of purpose.
- 506Run Through the Bible: The Old TestamentIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young provides an overview of the Old Testament as a foundational and unified story that reveals God's redemptive plan centered on Jesus Christ, tracing key events, figures, and themes that lead to the fulfillment of God's promises.
- 507Run Through the Bible: The New TestamentIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young provides a comprehensive overview of the Bible, emphasizing its unified story centered on Jesus Christ as the sovereign Savior whose life, death, and resurrection fulfill God's redemptive plan throughout both the Old and New Testaments.
- 508Christmas, Christ & The Candy CaneIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young uses the symbolism of the candy cane to illustrate key aspects of the Christian faith, emphasizing Jesus as the Good Shepherd who provides direction, protection, discipline, and salvation through His sacrifice, and exhorts listeners to personally receive and share this gift.
- 509Preparing The WayIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the dual focus of Advent as both the preparation for celebrating Jesus' incarnation and the anticipation of His second coming, emphasizing the believer's responsibility to remain spiritually prepared, vigilant, and active in faith as they await the wedding feast of the Bridegroom and His bride, the church.
- 510Power PrepIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young emphasizes the importance of spiritual preparation during Advent, focusing on being responsible stewards of God’s gifts, staying ready for Christ’s return, and wisely investing the talents entrusted to believers, encouraging a life lived in anticipation of both the first and second comings of Jesus Christ.
- 511The Distance DilemmaIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the theme of distance during Christmas, emphasizing how God’s incarnation through Jesus closed the ultimate separation between humanity and God, inviting listeners to move from spiritual distance into a personal relationship with Christ.
- 512The Christmas ThreeIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explains the significance of Christmas through the symbolism of three trees: the Tree of Life representing God’s original plan for humanity, the cross as the Tree of Pardon where Jesus bore our sins, and the Tree of Paradise in Revelation symbolizing eternal life with God. He calls listeners to understand the gospel by understanding these trees and to respond by inviting Jesus into their lives, transforming Christmas from a mere holiday into a holy day.
- 513Christmas From HellIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young illustrates how sin separates us from God, but God's love initiates forgiveness and liberation through Jesus Christ, urging listeners to confess, repent, and embrace the transformative power of grace this Christmas season.
- 514Shopping For A SaviorIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explains that Christmas centers on God’s ultimate gift of Jesus, who meets humanity’s deepest need for forgiveness, urging listeners to stop "shopping" for fulfillment in position, possessions, pleasure, or people, and instead receive this gift by surrendering their lives to Christ.
- 515Christmas NewsIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explains the bad news of humanity's sin and its consequences, contrasted with the good news of Jesus Christ's birth as the Savior who provides redemption and righteousness, calling listeners to acknowledge their need and accept God's free gift of salvation.
- 516YesIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the concept of "simplexity"—the ability to make complex life decisions simple by aligning our "yes" with God's "yes," emphasizing the importance of prioritizing a committed relationship with Jesus, living with clear yes-or-no convictions based on scripture, and actively serving within the church community.
- 517NoIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young emphasizes the importance of saying "no" aligned with God's will, illustrating that mastering the art of refusal—grounded in spiritual priorities and obedience—leads to a life empowered by God's yes and His promises.
- 518Crispus CremusIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the life of Crispus from Acts 18, illustrating how baptism by immersion symbolizes the believer’s identification with Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection, and encourages believers to embrace biblical baptism as an outward act of obedience and influence in the faith community.
- 519When You FastIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young encourages believers to incorporate fasting as a vital spiritual discipline to align their desires with God's will, highlighting fasting alongside prayer and giving as essential practices for spiritual growth and breakthrough in the coming decade.
- 520When You PrayIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young emphasizes the importance of sincere, consistent prayer as a means of cultivating a deep relationship with God, highlighting spiritual disciplines such as fasting, giving, and praying with the right motives, place, and alignment to God's will, rather than mere requests.
- 521How To PrayIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the spiritual discipline of prayer by unpacking the Lord's Prayer as taught by Jesus in Matthew 6, emphasizing prayer as a relational conversation with God the Father, access granted through Jesus, alignment with God's will, and the importance of forgiveness and persistence in prayer as a means to bring Heaven to earth.
- 522Living The Dream - Part 1In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young encourages believers to align their dreams with God's greater purpose, emphasizing that living God's dream involves development, righteousness, engagement, anticipation, and momentum grounded in obedience to God's word and trust in His presence, illustrated through biblical examples like Abraham, Joshua, and Caleb.
- 523Living The Dream - Part 2In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young encourages believers to align themselves fully with God's divine dream rather than imposing their own desires with a superficial "God sticker," emphasizing obedience as the key to living a righteous, holy life marked by faith, engagement in spiritual battle, and anticipation of God's blessings, illustrated through the Israelites' journey into the Promised Land and the example of Rahab.
- 524Jabez JumpIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the significance of Jabez's prayer from 1 Chronicles 4:9-10, emphasizing how sincerely asking God for His blessing, expanded influence, guidance, and protection can transform ordinary lives and invite God’s extraordinary favor.
- 525Hands On PrayerIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the prayer of Jabez from 1 Chronicles 4, emphasizing how God's blessings and expansion often lead to feelings of inadequacy that require faithfulness and active responsibility, resulting in ministry empowered by God’s hand—His power, protection, and provision.
- 526Temptation IslandIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young encourages believers to pray the high-impact prayer of Jabez, emphasizing God’s blessing, expansion of influence, and divine protection from evil and temptation. He stresses the importance of spiritual vigilance, relying on the Holy Spirit as comforter and guide to avoid the dangers of sin and temptation, symbolized here as "Temptation Island," and calls for a committed, ongoing prayer life rooted in trust in God’s power and guidance.
- 527Prayer of JabezIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the profound significance of the Prayer of Jabez from 1 Chronicles 4:10, emphasizing its four key factors—favor, future, focus, and fear—and encourages believers to seek God's supernatural blessing, expanded influence, guiding hand, and protection from evil as part of a committed and obedient life of faith.
- 528One PrayerIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young teaches that Jesus Christ is the exclusive way to eternal life and emphasizes the biblical reality of hell as a consequence of sin, urging believers to live with an eternal perspective, bear spiritual fruit, and actively share the gospel to save others from damnation while highlighting God’s grace and the call to openly commit to Christ.
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