Munger Place Church - Dallas, Texas

Oh man oh man oh man, The ending to the book of Nehemiah is SO GOODA After all of Nehemiah's remarkable success in rebuilding the city and the people, the book ends not with a bang but with a whimper. Why? This inspiring little book has something very important to teach us about where true change comes from. In a time when people are offering solutions about how to fix what’s wrong with America, t...

Nehemiah leaps off the page of his memoir (which makes up most of the biblical book named after him), and I just love the guy. I’ve been reflecting on what his example has taught me personally, and I’ve come up with 4 leadership and life lessons that have made a difference to me. Preacher: Andrew Forrest

I want to share with you the most beautiful picture of what it looks like to build for the future that I’ve ever seen. If you need some hope, have I got some to share with you!

You want a change: in your finances; in your family; in your dating life; in your community; etc.   But what if the first step is for the Lord to change you?   In our series “The Good Work,” we are moving this week to look at the story of Nehemiah.   It’s all about four months.   What might the Lord want to do through you these next 4 months?     Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: Nehemiah 1:1-2:...

When you are rebuilding—a life, a city, a nation—the list of things that needs doing is overwhelming. The good news is that no matter the situation, the first step should always be the same. In 538 BC, when the Israelites returned from Babylonian exile, before they rebuilt Jerusalem—before they even rebuilt the Temple—they made sure to start doing this. Unfortunately, these days, many people would...

You think a pandemic is bad?  What about seeing your city destroyed, your kids murdered, and your family carried off into exile FOR SEVENTY YEARS?   When you can’t figure out what God is up to, do this.   _____________     This is week 1 of a sermon series about rebuilding.  We’re looking at the biblical books of Ezra and Nehemiah and what it takes to rebuild and put things back together when ever...

Memorial Day is a time for reflection, and I've been thinking recently about sickness--not biological sickness, but spiritual sickness. Here's a warning of what to look for, and a word of hope about a cure. --Andrew Forrest

What story are you telling about yourself? What pattern are you believing about your life?

There is a mindset mistake most of us are making these days: it is to focus on what we LACK rather than what we HAVE. I call this top down vs. bottom up thinking--bottom up thinking will change your life!

Either we will learn to control our emotions, or we will be controlled BY our emotions.

Easter 2020!

Friends, I sincerely believe that we are living in a time of apocalypse, and that this is Good News. See, apocalypse simply means "revealing"--this crisis is revealing much about ourselves and our world that we preferred not to see. Now that we are being given these insights, there are powerful possibilities for change and repentance available to each of us, through the grace of God. Will you take...

Brothers and sisters, join me in declaring: FEAR STOPS HERE.

Friends, difficult external circumstances do NOT mean that God is not with us! Joseph finds himself sold into Egyptian slavery, and yet the Bible says "The Lord was with him." What does that mean for us today? Preacher: Andrew Forrest

A brief, admittedly inadequate conversation about racial violence, the church, and where we can go from here.

We hope this short audio experience will help you prepare for Easter.   Remember: it is Cross Before Crown.   Before Easter Sunday, Good Friday. Before the Resurrection, Crucifixion. It’s important that we not move too quickly to Easter celebrations, but remind ourselves of what it cost Christ to go to the cross; our prayer is that this Stations of the Cross experience will help you do that.  And...

How to take down the spiritual strongholds of your life.   Most of us have areas in our lives that are fortresses of fear, i.e., areas or topics through which the enemy seems to hit us most effectively and which give us a sense of dread.  What are you afraid of?  For some people the fortress of fear might have something to do with work, for others it may be something involving family or relationsh...

"Title: To Win, You Have To Be Willing to Lose   Some things are more important than life itself.   The binding of Isaac is the greatest and most terrible story in the Bible. The terror and the awe and the horror of Abraham’s slow journey up the mountain are unlike anything else in scripture, or out of it. It resists easy interpretation and neat categorization; it is a mystery in the deepest sense...

Title: Control Your Appetites, Or Your Appetites Will Control You The good news? It’s actually possible. Preacher: Andrew Forrest Scripture: Genesis 25:19-34

Title: The Long Game Is How We Win   Where you are right now doesn’t matter as much as where you’ll end up.   Scripture: Genesis 21:1-9 Preacher: Andrew Forrest