Music and Poetry
The Absurd Command: Rejoice
Davis gets food poisoning, Chris adopts AI, and the two discuss the strange death of David’s Son, the answer to Old Testament questions, and how to think about new...
How Do We Worship on Easter?
In less than a month, we will be celebrating Good Friday and Easter Sunday. I didn’t grow up with a strong Christian foundation. I’d overhear comments at church about special days, services, terms, and theology and wonder about their significance. What is Lent? Or Ash...
Rest to Open
Chris and Davis give up lent for lent and discuss kings who love their enemies, a Psalm David wrote while hiding in a cave, and the charge of “antinomianism.” Red Tree...
Bible Reading for the Anxious Perfectionist
This article originally appeared on redtreegrace.com. Red Tree is a multi-church ministry effort started by Hope Community Church in order to connect the clarity of God's grace to our otherwise confusing lives and attempts at reading the Bible. Picture this: while...
Cutting Into the Onion of Moralism
This article originally appeared on redtreegrace.com. Red Tree is a multi-church ministry effort started by Hope Community Church in order to connect the clarity of God's grace to our otherwise confusing lives and attempts at reading the Bible. When I was growing up,...
Swords Made of Bread
Chris and Davis discuss a cornucopia of debauchery, shrinking armies, records of misery, and that rapture passage...which actually isn’t about the rapture. Red...
Too Tired to Work Out My Salvation
This article originally appeared on redtreegrace.com. Red Tree is a multi-church ministry effort started by Hope Community Church in order to connect the clarity of God's grace to our otherwise confusing lives and attempts at reading the Bible. I love routine. It...
The Last of Us & Fearful Fathering
This article originally appeared on redtreegrace.com. Red Tree is a multi-church ministry effort started by Hope Community Church in order to connect the clarity of God's grace to our otherwise confusing lives and attempts at reading the Bible. We’re living in the...
Moses Invented Demotivational Posters
Chris and Davis discuss the end of the world, the death of Moses outside the promise land, the arrival fallacy, and the greatest commandment of all time. Red Tree...