How Healthy Is Your Body?

Pastor Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist;  www.crestlinefbc.com Don’t most of us realize that one of the best things we can do when we are depressed is to go serve someone else? Don’t we also understand how much better we feel when we get some exercise? Our...

What if I Fall?

Pastor Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist;  www.crestlinefbc.com Have you watched an child  move through the stages of development eventually learning how to walk? Someone once said that the reason children are born small is so that they don’t have far to fall....

Leaders Are Free to Listen to The Lord

Pastor Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist;  www.crestlinefbc.com When we formed our prototype groups a few years ago, we worked hard to maintain a similar structure and format to our meetings. It was important to develop a mindset for relational ministry that...

Fog and Rearview Mirrors

Pastor Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist;  www.crestlinefbc.com This week we have had fog almost every evening. Fog on a mountain road can be very dangerous. The curves are dangerous enough in the dark but even more precarious when you can only see a few feet in...

Who Is Beside You?

Pastor Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist;  www.crestlinefbc.com In 1 Thessalonians 5:11, we are challenged to “encourage one another and build each other up.” In verse 12 “to acknowledge those who work hard among you.” Then in verse 14,...