Two Winged Discipleship

by | Jul 29, 2013 | Uncategorized

by Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist Church, https://www.crestlinefbc.com/ Living with an introvert, and being a bit of an extravert, I am surprised by the number of introverts who prefer to remain anonymous and even hidden in a group. Some people prefer large...

Where Two or More of You. . .

by | Jul 1, 2013 | Uncategorized

by Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist Church, https://www.crestlinefbc.com/ We are the light of the world. We are the salt of the earth. When Jesus sent out the twelve, the seventy-two, and the hundred and twenty disciples, he sent them in groups of two. Paul and...

What Is Net Fishing?

by | Jun 10, 2013 | Uncategorized

by Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist Church My son gave my wife a grape vine for Mother’s Day. I get the privilege of planting it, which means a good bit of work here in the mountains. We need to dig through the rocks and prepare a kind of cage to protect the...

We Are the Body of Christ

by | May 27, 2013 | Uncategorized

by Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist Church “If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” (1 Corinthians 12:26-27 NIV) I...

Multiplication is Not Always Healthy

by | Apr 15, 2013 | Uncategorized

by Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist Church Some time back, our Life Group was consistently having 17 people or more in attendance. We actually had more than one leader in training and a commitment for a host home. As we prepared to multiply several things...