Agenda #2: Maintain the Status Quo, Part 1
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 17 June 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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There’s something about tradition that makes us feel secure, connected, and grounded. But, there is a dark side to our traditions, even good traditions of our faith, a dark side so powerful that it can destroy the very thing it meant to preserve. So how do you know if a tradition has gone dark? Join Chip and find out.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:14.5 | Did you ever see the movie Fiddler on the Roof? |
| 0:17.3 | One of the most popular songs in that movie is called Tradition. |
| 0:21.6 | There's something about tradition that makes us feel secure and connected and grounded. |
| 0:26.9 | But there's a dark side to tradition as well. |
| 0:29.7 | Even good traditions of our faith. |
| 0:32.3 | So how do you know if a tradition has gone dark? |
| 0:35.8 | Stick around. |
| 0:36.9 | That's today on Living on the Edge. |
| 0:38.7 | Hello, I'm Dave Drewie, and today on Living on the Edge, Chip Ingram introduces us |
| 0:44.7 | to Stephen, one of seven men appointed to serve the early church, who found himself on trial |
| 0:50.4 | for his life accused of blasphemy. |
| 0:53.7 | His crime? |
| 0:54.9 | Pointing out that Israel's most sacred traditions, the land, the law, the temple, had quietly |
| 0:59.9 | buried the truth they were meant to protect. |
| 1:03.2 | Stephen's defense is one of the longest speeches in the Book of Acts, and Chip is going |
| 1:07.4 | to walk us through every word. |
| 1:09.6 | A little later, we'll also have details on the mid-year match just after today's message. |
| 1:15.0 | But now here's Chip Ingram with his message, maintain the status quo. |
| 1:19.7 | This is a series, if you're new, not about, quote, spiritual warfare or kind of overt demonic activity. |
| 1:25.4 | This is about the subtle agenda of evil. |
| 1:30.2 | It's diabolical. |
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