Resolving Conflict Peaceably
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
How do you handle conflict? Are you a person who bursts out in anger or are you someone who completely shuts down? In this message, Chip explains why neither of those approaches work well and offers a third option to resolve conflict in marriage. Don't miss how you can radically transform your relationship!
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 | This is the Chip Ingram Sermon podcast, brought to you by Living on the Edge. |
| 0:06.8 | In this podcast, you'll hear Chip's teaching unedited and from beginning to end. |
| 0:12.9 | Here's Chip Ingram with a new message titled Resolving Conflict Peasibly. |
| 0:17.3 | We are looking at skill number three. It's how to resolve conflict. Are you ready for this? |
| 0:22.6 | Peaceably. You know, so nobody gets hurt. Number one, here's a biblical perspective of conflict. Number one, it is inevitable. Jesus said in the world you will have tribulation. So we wouldn't be surprised. Second, it flows from our |
| 0:39.5 | differences in perspective. Paul and Barnabas, remember, John Mark was a flake. He went back. |
| 0:49.4 | The next trip, Barnabas says, hey, I think we should take John Mark. He's the son of encouragement, his gifts, his philosophy. Everyone fails sometimes. Let's bring him along. Paul is very mission, a type. You know what? We are not going to sacrifice the mission. He blew at one time. The mission is more important. If you want to help him, you stick around and help him. And it says they had such a sharp disagreement. |
| 1:12.3 | We get our word schism. |
| 1:14.6 | And Paul and Barnumus went in different ways. |
| 1:17.2 | I don't think either of them were wrong. |
| 1:20.0 | One was an encourager that needed to help a guy. |
| 1:22.5 | The other realized, you know what? |
| 1:25.0 | Jesus told me to take the gospel to all the world and I can't risk the mission |
| 1:29.5 | on a guy that I can't depend on. So there's differences in perspective. Sometimes it's just selfish |
| 1:38.6 | desires. James would say, what are the causes of fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires or your lust that battle within you? |
| 1:47.8 | You want something, you don't get it, you kill, you covet, but you can't have what you want. |
| 1:52.2 | You quarrel and fight. |
| 1:53.4 | You do not have because you do not ask God. |
| 1:55.6 | And when you do ask God, you ask with the wrong motives, that you can spend it on your pleasures. |
| 2:01.2 | You know, behind a lot of conflict is just plain old selfishness and sin. |
| 2:06.8 | And then finally, sometimes it's just personality differences. |
| 2:09.8 | Paul has a couple ladies and Eodeo and Sintakee and he says they're both great, they're both |
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