Chip Ingram

Chip Ingram is the teaching pastor and CEO of Living on the Edge, an international discipleship ministry that equips Christians to become more mature followers of Christ. Reaching more than a million people a week, Chip’s teaching is heard online and through hundreds of radio and TV outlets worldwide. He has authored 15 books including The Real God, Culture Shock, and The Invisible War. Chip and his wife, Theresa, reside in California. They have four grown children and 12 grandchildren.

Mother with her daughter's face in her hands giving her godly discipline in love

Five Characteristics of Biblical Discipline

Sometimes it’s hard to know if you’re disciplining your children effectively. Try using these five measures from the Bible.

February 11, 2024

Serious-looking young girl in yellow dress pointing her finger in the air, like she’s wagging it in disapproval

Discipline Is Worth the Effort

Your kids will feel most secure if they know you have set appropriate boundaries for them that you aren’t afraid to enforce.

February 7, 2023

4 Parenting Styles and Effective Child Discipline

How do you get your children to obey, and what should you do when they won’t?

February 6, 2023

Middle-age woman comforting and side-hugging a young, worried woman as they sit on a couch

Approaching the Abortion Issue With Love, Grace, Truth and Forgiveness

The abortion issue can be really easy to answer hypothetically. It’s very different when it gets down to a real, face-to-face, life situation.

May 25, 2021

Responding in Grace on Divisive Issues

Pastor Chip Ingram addresses several cultural hot-button topics, describing how Christians can navigate divisive discussions about these issues with grace while still adhering to biblical truth and modeling the love of Christ.

April 12, 2019

Let Your Kids Fail

Using consequences to foster responsibility, confidence and success

January 1, 2007

Punishment Versus Discipline

An effective parent has to learn the difference between punishment and discipline.

January 1, 2006

Girl holding teddy bear and facing the wall as she is disciplined

What Does the Bible Say About Discipline?

Parents can learn how to best discipline their children by taking note of how the Bible says God disciplines us.

January 1, 2006