Red Tree Pod: Recent Episodes
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The Red Tree Pod is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Davis Johnson and Chris Wachter and brought to you by Red Tree Ministries, an organization that seeks to connect the clarity of God's grace to our otherwise confusing lives and attempts at reading the Scriptures.
Chris goes to Disney while Laura and Davis spend money on things they already have, and they discuss destruction in the prophets, David’s double-sided cave prayer, the power of love, and how theology works within history
Red Tree Readings: Micah 5:10-13; Psalm 142; Ephesians 3:14-21
This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” Passage: Genesis 21:8-21 (Hagar Sent Away)
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Laura goes to Chicago, Chris gets dressed, Davis laughs with his toddler, and they discuss self-reliant sailors, sleepy prophets, the direction of love, mysteeries(?), and stingy bridesmaids
Red Tree Readings: Jonah 1; Psalm 121; Ephesians 3:1-13This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” Parable: Wise & Foolish Virgins (Matthew 25:1--13)
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Laura, Chris, and Davis consider their favorite vacations and discuss the best version of Daniel & the lion’s den, the most quoted Psalm in the NT, crumbling walls of hostility, and why Jesus spoke so much about money
Red Tree Readings: Daniel 6; Psalm 110; Ephesians 2:11-22This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” passage: Eye of a Needle (Matthew 19:23-26)
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Laura, Chris, and Davis consider their own mediocrity and discuss the purpose of and behind time, why Jesus died in the air, and God helping those who can’t help themselves
Red Tree Readings: Ecclesiastes 3:1-10; Psalm 80; Ephesians 2:1-10This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” passage: Hard Hearts (Romans 11:7-8)
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Laura, Chris, and Davis are back from an unexpected paternity leave and they discuss royal eulogies, weepy kings, Kirk Cousins, torn heavens, hungry vultures, and why Paul never ever stops giving thanks. Red Tree Readings: 2 Samuel 1:17-27; Psalm 144; Ephesians 1:15-23This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” passage: The Coming Kingdom (Luke 17:20-37)
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Chris, Laura, and Davis think happy thoughts about their respective kids and they discuss spiritual barrenness, royal weddings, and how to actually grow in gratitude
Red Tree Readings: 1 Samuel 1:1-20; Psalm 45; Ephesians 1:11-14This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” passage: Ten Lepers (Luke 17:11-19)
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The gang gets Christmassy (...kind of) and they discuss the many shades of Jesus in Ruth, the two covenants of Psalm 40, non-vending-machine views of God, and why “don’t be bad” isn’t good enough.
Red Tree Readings: Ruth 1; Psalm 40; Ephesians 1:7-10This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” passage: Sin, Faith, Duty (Luke 17:1-10)
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Chris orders kombucha, Laura and Davis feel old at concerts, and they discuss the one-verse judge, seeing Jesus in the word “Aha!”, cage stage Calvinism, and something better than karma.
Red Tree Readings: Judges 3:31; Psalm 35; Ephesians 1:1-6This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” parable: The Barren Fig Tree
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Chris drives defensively, Laura and Davis have bad knees, and they discuss evil kings hoisted on poles, the transcendence and immanence of unfailing love, the sufficiency of grace, and the empty storehouses of Jesus
Red Tree Readings: Joshua 10; Psalm 33; 2 Corinthians 12:1-10This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” parable: The Rich Fool
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Chris almost cries with dolphins, Laura’s schedule fills up, Davis gets a new roof, and they discuss animals and angels, that time Jesus corrects himself, and a way to read the Bible that lowers your shoulders in relief
Red Tree Readings: Numbers 22, Psalm 27, 2 Corinthians 11:16-33This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” parable: Watchful Servants
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Laura Degobifies, Chris doesn’t run in the marathon, Davis parks badly and they discuss the nile turning into blood, how love becomes the premiere ethic, and not being the hero in the parable.
Red Tree Readings: Exodus 7, Psalm 13, 2 Corinthians 8:16-24This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” parable: The Great Banquet
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Laura’s kids contract covid, Chris gets irritable, Davis fails at plumbing, and they discuss the burning bush, directional love, and Old Testament training wheels.
Red Tree Readings: Exodus 3, Psalm 8, 2 Corinthians 8:1-15This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” parable: The Narrow Door
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Laura Rinas joins the pod as a new co-host, Chris & Davis throw shade, and they discuss Lawless commands, your many enemies, closed-hearts, and the surprising way to turn business associates into friends.
Red Tree Readings: Genesis 22:1-14, Psalm 3, 2 Corinthians 6:1-13This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” parable: The Shrewd Manager
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Chris thinks about time, Davis graduates seminary, and they discuss the second Exodus, hate poetry, bad meditation, and the apparel of the gospel.
Red Tree Readings: Isaiah 43, Psalm 109, 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” parable: The Good Samaritan
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Chris and Davis discuss counterintuitive preaching, how to read the prophets, the darkest corner in the Bible, the translucency of our suffering, and inefficient farmers.
Red Tree Readings: Isaiah 19:16-25, Psalm 88, 2 Corinthians 4This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” parable: The Sower
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Chris jams his finger and Davis battles demon bunnies. Together, they discuss who the Song of Solomon is actually about, letters of recommendation, missing God on the ascent, and why widows are important to God.
Red Tree Readings: Songs 2:8-17, Psalm 77, 2 Corinthians 3:1-18This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” passage: 1 Timothy 5:3-8
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Chris and Davis consider meaninglessness in Ecclesiastes, a favorite Psalm of the New Testament, one-way vows, and the warnings of Revelation.
Red Tree Readings: Ecclesiastes 2:1-11, Psalm 69, 2 Corinthians 1:22-22This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” passage: Revelation 2-3
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Chris and Davis reflect on Easter, Esther, golden scepters, the God of All Comfort, and the impossibility of fully understanding grace.
Red Tree Readings: Esther 4, Psalm 32, 2 Corinthians 1:1-11This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” passage: Ephesians 6:2-3
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Chris and Davis get into car trouble and discuss an obscure miracle involving a sunken ax head, the forgetful God of Psalm 25, gospel greetings, and what it actually means to be holy.
Red Tree Readings: 2 Kings 6:1-7; Psalm 25; 1 Thessalonians 5:23-28This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” question: 1 Peter 1:14-16
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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 covenant to-dos.
Red Tree Readings: 2 Samuel 18; Psalm 24; 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” question: obedience & instruction?
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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 Readings: 1 Samuel 24; Psalm 57; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT” question: Are we just anti-law?
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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 Tree Readings: Judges 7; Psalm 56; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT?!” passage: Romans 13
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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 Readings: Deuteronomy 34; Psalm 52; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT?!” passage: Mark 12:28-34
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Chris and Davis discuss the levity of being sad, Jean Valjean in one of the most skippable books in the Bible, the benefit of being “the man,” and JDFU.
Red Tree Readings: Leviticus 1; Psalm 51; 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13
And this week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT?!” passage: 1 John (“if we keep his commandments”)
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Chris watches Spirited, Davis takes us to Narnia, and they put us all under conditional commands before throwing Sinai into the sea. Red Tree Readings: Exodus 19-20; Psalm 46; 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:5And this week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT?!” passage: James 2 (part 2)
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Chris becomes a millennial, Davis watches Andor, and they discuss bad surprises at weddings, scary coffee cup verses, how sanctification happens, and the hidden gems of the “Epistle of Straw.”
Red Tree Readings: Genesis 29; Psalm 23; 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16And this week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT?!” passage: James 2
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Chris and Davis talk about how Adam and Eve ruined everything, the layers of the law, imitating God, Ivan Drago and our defeated efforts at becoming holy.
Red Tree Readings: Genesis 3; Psalm 19; 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT?!” passage: Hebrews 12
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Chris and Davis talk about the difference between Halloween and Christmas, how the sun shines brighter than the moon, sitting with the scoffers, Thessalonian thanksgivings, and how not to work out your salvation.
Red Tree Readings: Genesis 1; Psalm 1-2; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10This week’s “BUT WHAT ABOUT?!” passage: Philippians 2:13
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Chris and Davis reveal their hopes and dreams for this podcast project, the history of Red Tree and how it brought two mediocre pastors together to produce extraordinarily average content in a multi-dollar studio.
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