During a debate on adultery Senior Fellowship Church Pastor and founder Ed Young spoke on the topic sex and about its meaning in a marriage. His opponent in the debate was Noel Biderman, the founder of AshleyMadison.com. Biderman created a website that made it easier for married people to cheat on their spouses. Even though a marriage asks those who enter it to only commit to their partner he gives the explanation that cheating on a purely physical level can save a marriage. “At least here you have a community of like-minded adults who are aggregated together and everybody knows what they’re getting into,” he pointed out.

Ed Young on the other hand thinks differently about this issue and gives sex a deeper meaning than purely the physical part. It connects a couple on a deeper level and should only be practiced with one another. He calls out Biderman and lets him know that there is no room for adultery in a healthy marriage. “I want people to come away with, ‘Hey, God thought sex up. It was his idea and when we do it his way then the results can be incredible,” Ed Young explained. God has created sex as a gift and doing it his way is staying true to the one we promised to honor and respect for our whole life. Because if we like to share the bedroom with more people than our spouse why did we get married?

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Having doubts is a natural part of faith. Although when it comes to leading a church and organizing as well as planning sermons there is no place for doubt. In Andy Stanley, and senior Fellowship Church pastor Ed Young’s book “Can We Do That?” various methods are discussed that will take a church ministry to another level. Particularly the youth of today requires more innovative and more creative ways to make them want to come to church. They are used to entertainment that keeps them excited for extended periods of time. They are also provided with a large variety of choices, which enables them to switch back and forth between entertainment outlets. Churches are therefore required to use strategies that have a large impact on current church members and the ministry.

To target this specific are Ed Young’s book covers twenty-four innovative ministry tools, which church ministries can adapt to reach out further to the community and to make their churches all God intends them to be. The strategies and tools are designed to be adapted to best meet the practices and the general style and program of the respective churches. Ed Young’s strong experience and the success of his church are indicators for the effectiveness of these practices.

Can We do that · Ed Young · Fellowship Church · Senior Fellowship Church Pastor

In the Virtuous Reality study guide Ed Young focuses on the relationships of David to increase our understanding of the consequences of relationships in our lives. People can uplift us while others pull us down. Depending on the nature of the people in our lives we are going to have it easier or more difficult to be happy in the moment. The story of David and his life shows how this “man after God’s own heart” dealt with the truth and the reality of the relationships he was in.

Using David’s example and learning from it Ed Young helps us uncover the good as well as the bad in our relationships. We are going to find out how to deal with these outside forces while at the same time not getting distracted from honoring and worshipping God. Senior Fellowship Church pastor Ed Young will guide us through six weeks of intensive study to provide us with the knowledge and the revelation to target our own lives. The following steps point to what is going to await us on our journey to a more devoted and less distracted life.

Week One: The Heart of the Matter

Week Two: A Giant Undertaking

Week Three: The Friendship Factor

Week Four: Payback or Pullback

Week Five: Sex in the City

Week Six: Tough Love Required

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In his study guide X-Trials Ed Young acknowledges the difficulty and the challenges that await us in our belief and trust in God. We see news on poverty, crime, heart breaks and misery every day, which often times makes us forget about love, life, and about happiness that we encounter day in and day out. All in all Senior Fellowship Church pastor Ed Young talks about how, particularly in today’s world, it takes an exceptional amount of faith and determination to live life as a Christ-follower.

This study guide will guide will stop us in our tracks and assist us in taking a different direction towards the extreme life that God has intended for us. It will make use of one of the most controversial and challenging books of the Bible, which is the book of James. Going through one verse after the other and by taking an in-depth and practical approach, we are going to learn how to take our faith and apply it to real life. Ed Young will address questions that deal with authentic faith, God’s will for us, fighting fairly and the guilt of showing prejudices. In the following paragraph we can see which steps he takes to share his knowledge with us.

Week One: Formula of Faith

Week Two: Hear It and Do It

Week Three: Faith and Works

Week Four: Developing Godly Wisdom

Week Five: Finding God’s Will

Week Six: Divine Healing

Ed Young · Fellowship Church · Study Guide · X-Trials

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In the Bible, God makes use of fire to show His power by using the lives of people. In his Ignite Study Guide Ed Young focuses on exploring this fire to ignite and fan the flames of our own belief and faith. We know how powerful fire can be. It can be destructive but it can also become a source of new life. Fire burns down trees, it wipes out villages, traps animals but it also creates life when it passes. Areas that were hit by fire have room and nutrients to recover and to offer new plants the opportunity to grow in rich soil.

Next to these universal perception of fire Ed Young tries to bring us closer to seeing fire as a force that purifies and refines. In his study guide he hopes to spark the fire in a small group study, which can ignite the flames of many. Below you may see the sections of the study guide that you are going to go through to reach the understanding of God’s power and what you can do to further foster his flames.

This eight-part study includes a Leader’s Guide and Creative Notes for each session.

Week One: What Floats your Boat?: Listening to God (Noah)

Week Two: Great Wall of Fire: Finding Confidence in Adversity (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego)

Week Three: Lion Food: Developing Courage (Daniel)

Week Four: Playing with Fire: Seizing “Defining Moments” (Lot)

Week Five: Dry as a Bone: Growing in Life’s Deserts (Moses)

Week Six: Fish Bait: Following God’s Lead (Jonah)

Week Seven: Clash of the Titans: Embracing Strong Convictions (Elijah)

Week Eight: The Power of Lunch: Reaching Out and Influencing People (Zaccheus).

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Senior Fellowship Church pastor Ed Young speaks about how to find the right partner in his RPM’s study guide. It is difficult to find the right partner. There are many people to choose from but only a few turn out to be a right and good fit. The pressure of finding someone early in order to satisfy society’s demand and start a family at a young age is something that many people struggle with. For that matter Ed Young has come out with a study guide that is going to facilitate your path in choosing, dating and selecting a mate God’s way. It does not matter if you are a parent, a student, or a single adult this study guide is going to help you with making the right choice for your life. It is going to guide you through the cultural myths in order to reach the relational destination, which God has chosen just for you.

Join Ed Young for this 6-week study as he addresses:

Week One: Who’s Behind the Wheel?

Week Two: What’s in the Trunk?

Week Three: Don’t Go Off Road

Week Four: High-Pressure Sales Tactics

Week Five: “No Return” Policy

Week Six: Making the Right Choice

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In his Tri God study guide Ed Young brings the trinity close to our heart and close to our thoughts. He stresses the importance of realizing that God is present in three persons, which are the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Ed Young also lets us know that this doctrine is one of the most misunderstood ones in the Christian church. For that matter it is of utmost importance that we understand it correctly and that we can be the ones that make a change in other people’s beliefs and impressions. Understanding the triune nature of God will enable us to grow with Him, to get to know him more intimately, and to apply this knowledge to other people to relate to them better as well.

Below we can see what steps we need to take to get that one step closer to knowing, understanding and trusting God.

Week One: Truths of the Trinity – Take in the Tri-God Concept

Week Two: Treasures of the Trinity – Evaluate the Worth of the Trinity

Week Three: Mysteries of the Trinity – Unravel the Mysteries of the Trinity

Week Four: Work of the Trinity – Discover the Diverse Roles

Week Five: Eternal Love of the Trinity – Embrace the Love that Defines God

Week Six: Reflectios of the Trinity – Learn to Mirror Our Maker’s Image

Ed Young · ed young study guide · Fellowship Church · senior pastor · Tri God

Ed Young‘s Study guide, High definition living, focuses on showing how to discover and bring out your true leadership potential. God’s plan for all of His followers is to be a leader of others in some way. He has intended for us to show other people the right way, to guide and to lead them, and to help them find out who they are as well as what they need to do to be successful in life. In this study guide Ed Young comes out with his approach on how to tackle your leadership potential and on how to take advantage of your skills.

In the study guide Senior Fellowship Church Pastor Ed Young does not present an approach that comes from his own knowledge but instead it is an approach that draws back upon concepts learned from Nehemiah, the Old Testament prophet. These concepts and strategies have been summed up in various short and precise ways to enhance everybody’s leadership ability. It explains how any person can become a CEO, as long as they are guided by enthusiasm, organization and creativity. It gives one a chance to read over principles that were successful a long time ago and that have proven to be effective in harsh and challenging times.

Ed Young · Fellowship Church · leadership · Nehemiah · Senior Fellowship Church Pastor

In this study guide Ed Young teaches us the fundamentals of how to provide, prepare, share, and eat food. There are many places to choose from when we decide our food options. We can go to all kinds of restaurant providing us with food from all corners of the world. These options often blend with one another up to the point where we cannot distinguish between one and the other anymore. One Italian place might have been the next one and so forth. Senior Fellowship Church Pastor Ed Young brings to our attention that even though we have many options, one has and will always stand out from the rest. Jesus said in John 6:35, “I am the bread of life.” This means that the church is the most important and superior table where people come to feed on the “Bread of Life.”

It is the church’s responsibility to present God’s food creatively in order to serve seekers and to build believers. In this study guide Ed Young expresses the importance of serving others, of letting them know that there they are always going to find an open spot at the table, and of consuming a special meal to our purpose as Christ followers. Below you can find the parts of the study guide to get an idea of how you are going to learn about the “Bread of Life.”

Week One: Introduction

Week Two: What’s Cooking? Part 1

Week Three: What’s Cooking? Part 2

Week Four: The Two-Fold Purpose

Week Five: The Chairs

Week Six: Putting the Pieces Together

bread of life · Christianity · Ed Young · Fellowship Church · Senior Fellowship Church Pastor