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Issue 25 : Dwight L. Moody: 19th c. Evangelist

Originally published in 1990

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Table of Contents

Dwight L. Moody: Did You Know?
From the Editor: Delightfully Unconventional

Kevin A. Miller
The Life & Times of D. L. Moody

How an awkward country boy with a grade-school education became the greatest evangelist of the Gilded Age.

David Maas
Colorful Sayings From Colorful Moody

Moody's common sense and quick wit led to many pithy sayings. A sampling.
The World Has Yet to See…

Mark Fackler
The Nearly Fatal Voyage

D.L. Moody faced a crisis at sea, and God confronted him with a life-changing decision.

Vinita Hampton
Key People in the Life of D. L. Moody: A Gallery
The Three Rs of Moody's Theology

Three great Bible truths were central to all of Moody's preaching.

Stanley N. Gundry
Questions About Moody's Theology

The five that people ask most often

Stanley N. Gundry
Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899) and His World: Christian History Timeline
How Moody Changed Revivalism

The evangelist converted mass evangelism.

David W. Bebbington
What Is Revivalism?

David W. Bebbington
The Popular Educator

Moody was not an educational theorist or systematizer, but he was a popular educator par excellence.

Virginia Lieson Brereton
The Northfield Schools

Virginia Lieson Brereton
D. L. Moody's Contribution to Christian Publishing

He was the catalyst for two of America's largest religious book publishers.

Allan Fisher
From the Archives: The New Birth

Excerpts from a sermon that Moody preached at least 183 times.
D. L. Moody: Recommended Resources

(Resources listed alphabetically, by title, within each category. with asterisks denote those still in print.)
The Faith Behind the Famous: Florence Nightingale

She singlehandedly revolutionized the field of nursing, a mission that began with a call to God's service at age 17.

Mary Lewis Coakley
A Forceful Faith

Excerpts from Florence Nightingale's letters and diaries.

Ted Olsen
Events in the Life of Florence Nightingale
Why Study Church History?

Surprising answers from a variety of writers