Munger Place Church - Dallas, Texas

What do you do when what you have is obviously not enough? Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: John 6:1-15

"In every single human interaction, you have a choice.  Which way will you go?   C.S. Lewis incisively saw that most of us, most of the time, make the choices we do so we can be approved of by the right people while distancing ourselves from the wrong people.  He spoke of our desire to be part of “the inner ring,” a desire that dominates our lives.   Jesus was not interested in getting into an exclusive circle of the right people.  Instead, he deliberately reached out to the wrong people.   To cite one example, consider Jesus’s interaction with the Samaritan woman at the well.   Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: John 4:1-42   Quotation:  “My main purpose in this address is simply to convince you that this desire is one of the great permanent mainsprings of human action. It is one of the factors which go to make up the world as we know it—this whole pell-mell of struggle, competition, confusion, graft, disappointment and advertisement, and if it is one of the permanent mainsprings then you may be quite sure

If you don’t have a sense of purpose, it doesn’t matter what else you have—it won’t be enough.   Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: John 20:20-23 Series: “Gospel of John”

What if God actually has MUCH MORE for us? On the occasion of MungerFest 2019, it’s obvious things are going well and we are richly blessed. But what if God actually has MUCH MORE for us? What if the Lord is waiting on us to ask? What if we all began praying with a passionate intensity to see God act in our day? What if our constant prayer was a simple, “Today, Lord!” Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: Acts 1:1-14

If God is good, then why does he permit such bad things to happen? I don’t think most of the arguments against God and against the Christian faith are very good. But, there is one argument against God that I think is pretty good, and it is definitely the one I’d use if I were an atheist and wanted to pull people away from faith. I’m talking about what C.S. Lewis famously called “the problem of pain:” If God is good, then why does he permit such bad things to happen? The technical term for this is theodicy, but you don’t need to know the term to know the feeling: even a small child wants to know, “Why?” The Christian answer is very specific: it’s involves what happened in a 24 hour period in April, AD 30. Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: Luke 22:47-24:1

Let’s talk about what forgiveness is… (and what it is NOT). Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: Luke 23:32-43

3 things you need know about Holy Communion. Luke 22:7-23

Spiritual death is thinking you are better than other people. Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

What if the way we think about the poor is dead wrong? Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: Luke 16:19-31 (“The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus”) References: The 2016 HHS report I referenced can be found here: https://aspe.hhs.gov/system/files/pdf/154286/50YearTrends.pdf. You should read the entire “Weight of Glory” essay by C.S. Lewis, but the excerpt I read can be found here: http://kuyperian.com/c-s-lewis-ordinary-people-mere-mortals/.

Jesus wants to be very clear: his way is a difficult way. But what if the only way is the hard way? Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: Luke 14:25-35 (The Parables of the Tower Builder and the Warring King)

Title: Are You Going to the Party? God is throwing a huge party, and wants everyone to be there. How will you reply? Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: Luke 14:15-24 (The Parable of the Great Banquet)f

If someone told you you were heading for disaster, would you listen? Jesus has a word of warning for us, and it has to do with the inevitable consequences of success and wealth. Watch out! Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: Luke 12:13-21 (The Parable of the Rich Fool)

Cousin Eddie has something to teach us about prayer. Jesus tells his disciples a parable that implies that attitude is what matters most in prayer. Interested in trying it for yourself, and seeing what happens? Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: Luke 11:1-13

Title: What to Do When Panhandlers Approach According to Jesus, the one thing we must NOT do is nothing…. We’re continuing our Parables series by looking at some of the most influential and important sentences in human history: the Parable of the Good Samaritan. Here’s a simple principle derived from that parable that anyone can put into practice. Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Title: “Do You Have Ears?” Jesus has a warning and a challenge for American Christians. Are we willing to listen? Somewhere we got the idea that you could “believe” in Jesus without actually doing what he said. Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: Luke 8:1-21 Series: Parables

The End of the Story I lost my dad 4 years ago. Where are we to put our hope in the midst of grief & the uncertainty of life? Jesus, in Luke 8, gives us a living parable that helps us answer that question. Preacher: Jake Porter Scripture: Luke 8:40-56

What I Learned in Nazareth The whole time, it was hiding in plain sight, but I had completely overlooked it for years…. Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: Luke 4:14-40

Justin Wren, MMA fighter who found redemption among the Pygmies of the Congo and now Uganda, shares his story.

Luke gives us this little detail that tells us just how poor Mary and Joseph were. If the Savior of the world was born to a poor family, I think it tells us something about what should be most important in our own lives. Let’s talk about it. Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: Luke 2:22-24

You can choose to trust God’s promises or not. If you don’t, you lack of faith won’t hurt God—it’ll hurt you. Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: Luke 1:5-25 (Zechariah and the Angel)