A ROCKY FOUNDATION

                             John Egglen had never preached a sermon in his life.  It was not that he didn't want to, he just never needed to.  One morning the snow left his town of Colchester, England, buried in white.  When he awoke on that January Sunday in 1850, he thought of staying home.  Who would go to church in such weather?  But he reconsidered, he was after all a deacon. And if the deacons did not go, who would? So he put on his boots, hat, and coat and walked the six miles to the Methodist Church.   He was not the only member who considered staying home.  In fact, he was one of the few who came.  Only thirteen people were present; twelve members and one visitor.  Even the minister was snowed in.  Someone suggested they go home.  Egglen would hear none of that.  ...

                 Duncan smith remembers first time that he encountered God . He says “in Colorado at Estes Park I heard the gospel preached. When the altar call came, instead of running up to the front, I ran outside the building. As I went stumbling up this mountainside, probably looking for an opportunity to have a cigarette, I literally walked smack into the presence of God. Although he was invisible, I knew I was standing face to face with Jesus and I was in his presence. “I hit the deck right there. I just collapsed into the pathway and wept before God as I felt this incredible weight of all of my sin, and yet his incredible love, washing over me. Instead of killing me, he lavished his love on me, and called me his son and called me into his kingdom. I have never ever been the same since.” The religious leaders during Jesus life on earth were legalistic. Legalism is the human attempt to gain salvation or prove spirituality by outwa...