Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast You Gotta Die, Part 1
Apr 2, 2026
Chip Ingram, Christian teacher and pastor who leads Living on the Edge, offers a short, challenging take on spiritual transformation. He explores radical sacrifice and stories of leaving comfort for purpose. He connects dying to self with Easter hope, explains why Jesus’ claims matter, and points to how faith brings peace amid brokenness.
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St Francis Left Wealth To Live Radical Love
- Frank (St. Francis) left wealth to follow Jesus' radical teaching and formed a community focused on peace and serving the poor.
- Chip recounts Francis' prayer: 'Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,' showing lived-out countercultural love.
Transformation Requires Dying To Self
- True transformation begins with a death of self-driven striving and agenda.
- Chip Ingram cites Paul: "I am crucified with Christ... Yet not I, but Christ lives inside of me," framing resurrection as arising from that death.
The Fall Explains Personal And Global Brokenness
- The world is fallen and not as God originally created; human free will introduced the 'fall' that separated us from God, others, and ourselves.
- Chip explains the fall's systemic effects, including moral decay and broken relationships that require divine intervention.