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Preparing Your Heart and Mind for Sunday's Sermon
If you invest some time prayerfully reading and studying in preparation for Sunday’s sermon, you may be surprised by how much it will...
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Perspective on Generosity
At Red Tree we believe that the only way to understand money or any aspect of life is to view it through the lens of the Bible. In 2...
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Red Tree Values | Resplendent Community | Creative (Not Comfortable to Hide God's Gifts)
Creative expressions of artistic talents and personal gifts, whether painted, played musically, or invested materially, abound in Ann...
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Red Tree Values | Resplendent Community | Curious (Not Calloused Toward People or God)
Any community filled with people who are callously suspicious of one another or of newcomers, will turn out to be a very ugly community....
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Red Tree Values | Resplendent Community | Compassion and Kindness (Not Centered On Self)
People in our culture aren’t just polarized, we are hyper-polarized. Pluralism has turned into factionalism. This is true, sadly, even in...
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Red Tree Values | Resplendent Community | Every Class, Color, and Political Tribe
When Jesus searched for images to describe the community life of his church, he used imagery of resplendence. To be resplendent is to...
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Red Tree Values | Real Change
Real Change Christ changes people and places. We are committed to working and praying for deep spiritual transformation in our own lives...
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Red Tree Values | The Rich Celebration of Christ-Centered Worship (not cold hearted religion)
Rich Celebration: Christ-centered worship (not broken cisterns of cold-hearted religion) Weddings and funerals may take place under the...
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Red Tree Values | Rooted Conviction | A Confessional Church (not captured by cultural trends)
"Rooted conviction" speaks to the reality that Red Tree believes certain things deeply. The burning question is three-fold: What do we...
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Why Did We Name Our Church "Red Tree?"
Names have meaning. Perhaps this is why we instinctively ask expecting parents, “Do you have a name picked out yet?”. We can only imagine...
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Red Tree: Our DNA (Who Are We?)
1. Rooted Conviction Committed to Scripture (not taking cues from our instincts or our own ability to reason) Centered in the gospel...
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A Word for Teachers and Students
Two things are true this Tuesday, November 29th, 2022. First, my son, who is a sophomore at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, was sent...
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Red Tree Values | Rooted Conviction | Centered In the Gospel
"Rooted conviction" speaks to the reality that Red Tree believes certain things deeply. The burning question is three-fold: What do we...
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Red Tree Values | Rooted Conviction | Committed to Scripture
"Rooted conviction" speaks to the reality that Red Tree believes certain things deeply. The burning question is three-fold: What do we...
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The DNA of Ann Arbor & Ryan McVicar
I have a certain DNA. I didn’t grasp for it, it was given to me. In part from my mom, in part from my dad. My quirks, tendencies, skill...
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Is There Any Good News?
Above all else, the Christian Faith claims there really is good news. But, what is it? Some view it as news of a new philosophy...
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