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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- 649When Faith Has Lost Its FizzIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the nature of doubt in the Christian faith, emphasizing that doubt is distinct from unbelief and is a natural part of a believer’s journey. He encourages believers to face doubts openly, understand their origins—whether intellectual, psychological, or sinful—and use them as opportunities to strengthen faith and deepen their relationship with God.
- 650Faith LiftIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young addresses the struggles of doubt in the Christian faith, emphasizing that faith does not require abandoning intellect or demanding absolute proof, but is a trust-based gift from God that requires continual nurturing and realistic understanding rather than feelings or leverage.
- 651VCR FaithIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the relationship between doubt and faith, urging believers not to pause or abandon their faith in times of uncertainty but to actively "fast forward" by considering alternatives, "rewind" by remembering God's past faithfulness, and "play" by trusting Jesus despite unanswered questions, emphasizing that doubt can either drive one closer to or further from God.
- 652Global Doubt - Part 1In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young examines major world religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam—highlighting their core beliefs and contrasts them with Christianity, emphasizing the uniqueness of salvation through faith in Christ as opposed to works, and urging believers to lovingly engage others with the truth of the gospel.
- 653Global Doubt - Part 2In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young challenges the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons by contrasting their doctrines and practices with biblical Christianity, emphasizing salvation by faith alone without added works or additional authorities, and urging believers to lovingly speak the truth to those within these movements.
- 654Highway 146In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young emphasizes that Jesus Christ is the exclusive and singular way to God, described metaphorically as "Highway 146," calling listeners to repent, turn from sin, and embrace faith in Christ as the only path to reconciliation with God, addressing common doubts and misconceptions about other spiritual paths.
- 655StrongholdsIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young teaches that the Christian life is a spiritual battle against the enemy’s strongholds—individual, cultural, and cosmic areas where Jesus is not fully recognized as Lord—and calls believers to put on the full armor of God to overcome these strongholds through faith, truth, and the power of Christ’s victory.
- 656Victory In BattleIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young encourages believers to recognize the reality of spiritual warfare, urging them to rely on God's strength and strategy by putting on the full armor of God to stand firm against the devil’s schemes and strongholds that affect both the heavenly realms and earthly life.
- 657Battle CoverageIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young encourages believers to prepare for spiritual battle by putting on the full armor of God—specifically the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, and the gospel-fueled footwear—emphasizing the cosmic and cultural war Christians face and the victory secured through Jesus Christ.
- 658War WearIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explains the spiritual battle believers face and exhorts them to fully put on the armor of God described in Ephesians 6, emphasizing active faith, the mind's protection through salvation, and the power of God's word as essential elements for victorious Christian living.
- 659Ultimate OutfitIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young teaches that believers are spiritually clothed in the full armor of God, a divine "war-drobe" designed to equip them for the unseen spiritual battles they face, emphasizing the importance of actively engaging with God’s word, prayer, and daily spiritual preparation to walk in victory.
- 660On the FenceIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young encourages listeners to abandon a double-minded, indecisive lifestyle and embrace a single-minded devotion to God, illustrated through the biblical story of Elijah confronting Baal worship. He emphasizes that single-mindedness not only singles believers out but also sends a powerful message, creates margin in life, and demands a definitive decision to follow Christ wholeheartedly.
- 661From Victor to Victim and BackIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the reality of depression through the biblical example of Elijah, emphasizing how double-mindedness and isolation can lead to spiritual and emotional struggles, while urging believers to embrace truth, faith, community, and obedience to overcome despair and live a single-minded life devoted to God.
- 662BaggageIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young addresses the deep impact of family dysfunction and personal baggage on our lives, emphasizing that true change is only possible through admitting our inability to change ourselves and relying on God's transformative power through Jesus, while encouraging believers to face their struggles in community.
- 663The Will-BarrowIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young addresses the struggles of dysfunction and personal baggage that many carry from their family backgrounds and life experiences, emphasizing the need to acknowledge our brokenness, reject denial and blame, and trust Jesus—the one who offers true transformation and rescue through faith.
- 664Dive DeepIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the concept of personal dysfunctions as "character stumps"—such as pride, envy, anger, lust, greed, gluttony, and sloth—that keep believers spiritually stuck, urging them to identify, confess, and surrender these issues to God and trusted others in order to experience transformation and freedom in accordance with God's will.
- 665Take Out The TrashIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young encourages believers to regularly identify and discard the spiritual and character "trash"—such as pride, envy, anger, lust, gluttony, greed, and slothfulness—that accumulates in their lives, emphasizing the need for specific confession, reliance on God's power for transformation, and the assurance that Jesus, who sacrificed on the cross, is able to cleanse and renew them.
- 666DisciplineIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young teaches that discipline is doing what you ought to do so you can do what you want to do—a God-given, delayed-gratification quality—and uses the life of Daniel to show how advance planning, taking life one day at a time, and biblical meditation put us in a position to be used and blessed by God.
- 667EnduranceIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young uses Noah's 120-year obedience in building the ark to teach that endurance is the God-given ability to stampede through the stopping points of life, calling believers to hear God's voice, trust His timing, and fix their eyes on Jesus as the ultimate finisher.
- 668CourageIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young contrasts the ten fearful spies with Joshua and Caleb to teach that courage is the God-given ability to stand, and that believers can claim God's promises with spiritual, moral, and relational courage that comes from the inside out—even when peer pressure and negativity surround them.
- 669VisionIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young uses David's defeat of Goliath to teach that vision is the God-given ability to see the unseen, encouraging believers to cultivate vision in obscurity, resist the "vision vandals" who discourage them, and draw on past victories and God's provision to face the giants in front of them.
- 670CreativityIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young teaches that creativity is a foundational character quality rooted in the nature of God, modeled by Jesus, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, calling believers to embrace and cultivate creativity as a vital spiritual responsibility and a means of growth in every area of life.
- 671LoveIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young uses the story of Hosea and Gomer to illustrate God's irrational, unconditional love—showing how God pursues us even when we run from Him, disciplines us through consequences, and restores us through His grace.
- 672OrganizationIn this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young uses Jethro's counsel to Moses to teach that organization is a decision followed by a process, showing how believers find balance by realizing their need for help, accepting constructive criticism, minimizing unnecessary responsibilities, and actualizing priorities rooted in God's order.
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