The Longing for Home, Part 2
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 3 July 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Thanks to the explosion of technology and social media, society is more connected than ever. Despite that, loneliness, depression, and suicide are all at epidemically high levels. In this program, guest teacher Ryan Ingram provides the answer as he wraps up his short study in Genesis chapter 2. Learn what the aches in our hearts reveal and why our desire for ‘with-ness’ points to God’s desire to be with us.
Main Points
What do I do about the ache within me? What if my longing isn’t a problem to fix but a sign pointing me home?
- We are all SPIRITUALLY HOMESICK.
- The heart aches for PERMANENCE. - Genesis 2:8 & John 14:2-3
- The heart aches for PRESENCE. - Genesis 2:7 & Matthew 28:20b
- The heart aches for PLEASURE. - Genesis 2:9 & Psalm 16:11
- The heart aches for PEACE. - Genesis 2:15 & Matthew 11:28-30
The home my heart aches for is not just a PLACE but a PERSON. - John 14:6
Broadcast Resource
Speaker Mentions
C.S. Lewis "Mere Christianity" & "The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses"
Tim Keller "The Prodigal God"
Ronald Rolheiser "Sacred Fire"
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About Ryan Ingram
Ryan Ingram is the pastor of Awakening Church, founded in September 2012 with a passion to awaken this generation to new life in Jesus. He is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and has pursued additional study at Moody Theological Seminary. Ryan and his wife, Jenny, have three children and live in California.
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| 0:00.0 | We have never been more connected digitally, and yet we've never felt more deeply alone. |
| 0:07.0 | Loneliness is an epidemic. Today we want to discover why and how that gets solved. Stay with me. |
| 0:15.0 | Thank you for being with us for this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:22.9 | Chip serves as our Bible teacher for this global teaching and discipleship ministry helping Christians develop an authentic faith. |
| 0:30.1 | Well, in just a minute, we'll wrap up our message, The Longing for Home, taught by our guest speaker, Ryan Ingram. |
| 0:36.0 | Lead pastor at Awakening Church in San Jose, California. |
| 0:39.3 | Last time Ryan explained how the perfection Adam and Eve enjoyed in the Garden of Eden |
| 0:43.8 | was only a glimpse of what awaits us in heaven someday. Today he'll continue to walk through the |
| 0:49.1 | four ways our hearts ache to be reunited with God and our eternal home. But before we begin, if this |
| 0:55.4 | is your first time listening to Living on the Edge or you want to learn more about what we do, |
| 1:00.2 | go to living on theedge.org. You'll find resources on tons of topics and countless programs |
| 1:07.2 | to enjoy. Or if you prefer, the Chipp Ingram app is also a great way to get plugged in |
| 1:12.3 | with our ministry. Well, if you have the Bible, go again to Genesis Chapter 2 as we dive into the |
| 1:17.8 | remainder of Ryan Ingram's powerful message. We live in a transient, ever-changing world, fast-paced, |
| 1:26.7 | non-stop. We move more than any other time in human history. |
| 1:32.9 | In fact, millennials in Gen Z move than any previous generation. The average millennial moves |
| 1:37.7 | every two years. Psychologists say of this time and age that there is a rootlessness a constant sense of |
| 1:49.1 | disconnection leading to anxiety and depression we swap cities careers communities hoping the next |
| 1:55.8 | one will finally be in we do this relationally. |
| 2:02.8 | Love immediately wants it to be permanent, doesn't it? |
| 2:05.4 | Like when you start to fall in love, |
| 2:07.0 | you want to love forever. |
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