Resolving Conflict Peaceably, Part 1
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever looked at another marriage and thought: I want what they have? In this program, Chip explains that those types of marriages have learned a very important skill. It may be one of the hardest lessons to learn, but if you can do it, you'll radically transform your relationship. Wanna know what it is? Then don’t miss this next message.
How to resolve conflict peaceably:
I. The command – we are to deal with our mates as Christ deals with us. -Colossians 3:13-15
- “Bear with one another” – cause of tension
- “Forgiving one another” – hurt and/or offense
- “Whoever has a complaint” – personalized, ongoing
- “Just as the Lord forgave you” – required response
- “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts” – let God be the umpire
- “Called into one body” – priority of unity
- “Be thankful” – focus on what we have, not what’s lacking
II. We all respond to “tension” positively or negatively.
III. How to “DIFFUSE” conflict in your marriage
D - DEFINE the problem on your own. -Proverbs 15:14 & 21:2
I - INITIATE a time to talk. -Matthew 5:23-24
F - FOCUS on the “perceived” problem, not the person. -Proverbs 18:19
F - FEEL their pain as though it were your own. -Proverbs 17:17
U - UNCOVER the root problem. -Proverbs 20:5
S - SET things right between you. -James 5:16
E - ESTABLISH a specific action plan that addresses the issue discussed; write it down. -James 1:22-25
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:14.5 | I'd like you to think with me, who is someone's marriage that you think I would love to have a marriage like theirs? |
| 0:22.6 | Now, here's what I'm going to tell you. |
| 0:24.4 | They have learned one particular skill in their marriage that you need to learn. |
| 0:30.8 | And that skill is what I'm going to talk about today. |
| 0:33.5 | Stay with me. |
| 0:36.1 | Conflict is inevitable. |
| 0:38.1 | It flows from different perspectives, selfish desires, and personality clashes. |
| 0:43.4 | But healthy conflict produces growth when addressed wisely and lovingly. |
| 0:48.3 | Today on Living on the Edge, Chip Ingram teaches the two predictable patterns couples follow. |
| 0:53.5 | There's the negative dance, defensive, blaming, attacking, always focused on I and you. |
| 0:59.4 | Then there's the positive dance where we replaces I, and resolution becomes possible. |
| 1:05.3 | If conflict feels destructive in your marriage, this message offers hope. |
| 1:09.8 | Here's Chip Ingram with a new message |
| 1:11.4 | titled Resolving Conflict Peasibly. We are looking at skill number three. It's how to resolve |
| 1:18.1 | conflict. Are you ready for this? Peacably. You know, so nobody gets hurt. Number one, here's a |
| 1:26.5 | biblical perspective of conflict. Number one, here's a biblical perspective of conflict. |
| 1:28.4 | Number one, it is inevitable. |
| 1:30.3 | Jesus said in the world you will have tribulation. |
| 1:33.6 | So we wouldn't be surprised. |
| 1:35.4 | Second, it flows from our differences in perspective. |
| 1:40.1 | Paul and Barnabas, remember, John Mark was a flake. He went back. The next trip, Barnabas says, |
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