Posts by Robert Engelhardt

Hi Church Family,

Hi Church Family, ***Roll out those lazy, crazy, hazy days of summer… I hope you are enjoying this spectacular time of year—I sure am. In fact, I actually thought we were going to have a slower paced summer here at CMCC this year but it seems the opposite has been happening… and it’s been great…

Hi Church Family, The book of James says: “Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.” James 2:17-18 As we close in on…

The new M. Night Shyamalan horror movie, The Happening, is indoctrination into a suicide ethic. It imagines that plant life on earth, in a sudden evolutionary advance, intentionally releases a toxin that takes away the human survival instinct resulting in mass suicide. Most disturbing to me was the unspoken but apparently self-evident truth that suicide…

Story by AFA Journal Staff. Sources cited for News of Interest indicate source of basic information only.June 2008 A study published in the June 2008 Journal of Marriage and Family showed that strong faith in God by itself does not protect against marital infidelity. However, according to the study by Fuller Theological Seminary researchers David…

My wife Nancy, daughter Sharon Rose and I have been at the Lakeland, Florida Revival for the past two days. This two-month-old outpouring of God’s grace is led by Canadian evangelist Todd Bentley and is noteworthy for several reasons, including many notable physical healings reported and over 20 (apparently substantiated) reports of people raised from…

A recent insightful question was posed to me and I thought the conversation was worth posting. Q: Hi Pastor Bob, I was reading Hebrews 11 and was wondering what it means when it says “Each one of these people of faith died not yet having in hand what was promised, but still believing.” Hebrews 11:13 and…

Acknowledgement: Thanks to Dean Malaxos. Input from his research was very helpful in writing this entry. We study the Ten Commandments for the same reason that we go to school—to learn the truth. The Bible teaches that the law was a schoolmaster, intended to bring people to faith in Christ (Galatians 3:24-25). And just like…

To rejoice in the truth is, first of all, to rejoice in honesty. The commandment says, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor” (Exodus 20:16) God’s people love and appreciate honesty in themselves and in others. As Christians, we deal honestly with the subjects of life in an open but sensitive way. We…

This Easter I encourage you to drink deeply of the implications of the Cross of Jesus Christ. Through the various people involved in the biblical accounts of the Cross, many of the faulty human characteristics that show us our need for a savior are revealed. Here are a few of the people and thoughts on…