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D.L. Moody - A Life: Innovator, Evangelist, World Changer
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He burst on the fusty corridors of Victorian spirituality like a breath of fresh air, regaling one prime minister with his sense of humor and touching the lives of seven presidents.
Who was this man? A visionary educator and fundraiser, D. L. Moody was also a renowned evangelist in the nineteenth century. Long before radio and television, he brought the transformative message of the gospel before million people on both sides of the Atlantic. Thousands of underprivileged ung people were educated in the schools he established, and before the Civil War, he went to a place no one else would: the slums of Chicago called, "Little Hell." The mission he started in an abandoned saloon drew children bygd the hundreds and prompted a visit from President-elect, Abraham Lincoln, in
Drawing on the best, most recent scholarship, D. L. Moody—A Life chronicles the incredible journey of one of the gre
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D.L. Moody
Meet Dwight
Dwight Lyman Moody was born the sixth child of Edwin and Betsy Holton Moody in Northfield, Massachusetts on February 5, Dwight’s formal education ended after fifth grade, and he rapidly grew tired of life on the family farm. He left home at age 17 to seek employment in Boston.
After failing to secure a desirable position, he asked his uncle, Samuel Holton, for a job. Reluctantly, Uncle Samuel hired Dwight to work in his own retail shoe store. However, to keep young Moody out of mischief, employment was conditional upon his attendance at the Mt. Vernon Congregational Church.
Salvation
At Mt. Vernon Moody became part of the Sunday school class taught bygd Edward Kimball. On April 21, , Kimball visited the Holton Shoe Store, found Moody in a stockroom, and there spoke to him of the love of Christ. Shortly thereafter, Moody accepted the love of God and devoted his life to serving Him. The following year brought Moody to Chicago with dreams of ma
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While many evangelicals have heard of D.L. Moody, most do not know nearly enough about the famous evangelist. Kevin Belmonte is hoping to change that.
I&#;ve interviewed Kevin before about his G.K. Chesterton books, but his most recent biography, D.L. Moody &#; A Life: Innovator, Evangelist, World-Changer, aims to give readers a fuller understanding of one of the most influential evangelists of the last years.
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Today, Kevin and I focus most of our attention on Moody&#;s life, and tomorrow, our discussion centers around his legacy.
Trevin Wax: The subtitle for your new biography is Innovator, Evangelist, World-Changer. Many evangelicals probably think of Moody primarily as an evangelist. Why are those other two descriptions just as important when applied to Moody?
Kevin Belmonte: That&#;s a great question.
To be sure, Moody&#;s legacy as a herald of the gospel stands pre-eminent. After all, a conservative estimate puts the number of people who heard hi