Bible Characters
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899
Evangelism and lay ministry · 1837–1899
D. L. Moody
Moody's evangelistic career combined public preaching, Bible teaching, and organization of workers. His writings reveal how nineteenth-century movements framed conversion, prayer, and service. They are useful case studies in communicating simply while recognizing that illustrations and anecdotes require verification.
How to study this writer
Choose a Moody address and identify what it asserts, what evidence it offers, and what the passage actually says. Rewrite its central appeal for a modern audience without invented testimonies or exaggerated promises.
Historical caution: Anecdotes are not independently verified just because they appear in a classic sermon.
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Moody's Anecdotes And Illustrations Related in his Revival Work by the Great Evangelist
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899
Wondrous Love, and other Gospel addresses
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899
To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899
The Way to God and How to Find It
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899
Moody's Stories: Being a Second Volume of Anecdotes, Incidents, and Illustrations
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899
Prevailing Prayer: What Hinders It?
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899
The Overcoming Life, and Other Sermons
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899
Men of the Bible
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899
Sovereign Grace: Its Source, Its Nature and Its Effects
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899
Weighed and Wanting: Addresses on the Ten Commandments
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899
Secret Power; or, The Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899
Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899
Sowing and Reaping
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899
That Gospel Sermon on the Blessed Hope
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899
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