Lessons from the Life of Moody

by Sweeting, George; Sweeting, Donald W.

• ISBN13: 9780802446954
• ISBN10: 0802446957
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Moody Publishers

Summary

Moody, an untrained, unordained layman has been called the most famous clergyman of the 19th century. He is credited with establishing three schools, a church, publishing house, and Bible conference.

Author Biography

DONALD SWEETING is currently the president of Reformed Theological Seminary-Orlando and James Woodrow Hassell professor of church history. He earned a Ph.D. degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and has 22 years of experience pastoring two churches. He has authored Acts of God and Lessons from the Life of Moody. He and his wife, Christina, have four children. Don blogs regularly donsweeting.wordpress.com. DR. GEORGE SWEETING is a former president and chancellor of the Moody Bible Institute He received a diploma from Moody Bible Institute, his B.A. from Gordon College, and his Doctor of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Dr. Sweeting has served as a pastor in several churches, including Grace Church, Madison Avenue Baptist Church, and The Moody Church and also spent nine years traveling the world as an evangelist.Dr. Sweeting has written numerous books, including The Joys of Successful Aging, Too Soon to Quit, Lessons from the Life of Moody, and Don't Doubt in the Dark. He is the host of the radio program Climbing Higher and a former columnist for Moody Magazine.

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(2)
Preface	11	(2)
D. L. Moody's Conversion	13	(6)
D. L. Moody...Was Made in the Sunday School	19	(6)
Three Cheers for Mother: Betsy Holton Moody	25	(6)
D. L. Moody's Balance Wheel: Emma Revell Moody	31	(4)
The Chicago Fire Catastrophe	35	(4)
D. L. Moody Had a Son	39	(4)
D. L. Moody, Educator	43	(6)
D. L. Moody and the YMCA, Focusing on the ``C''	49	(8)
D. L. Moody's Social Conscience	57	(6)
D. L. Moody and World Missions	63	(6)
The Birth of Moody Bible Institute	69	(12)
The Original Trustees Were Movers and Shakers	81	(6)
D. L. Moody and Premillennialism	87	(8)
D. L. Moody and the Holy Spirit	95	(6)
Blessed Are the Money-Raisers	101	(8)
D. L. Moody and Robert G. Ingersoll	109	(8)
The Tale of Two Schools	117	(10)
The D. L. Moody Legacy	127	(8)
Why God Used D. L. Moody	135	(10)
Notes	145	(8)
Selected Bibliography	153	(2)
Appendix A: General Time Line of D. L. Moody's Life	155	(4)
Appendix B: Evangelistic Campaigns of D. L. Moody	159	(4)
Appendix C: Ancestry of Dwight Lyman Moody	163