Moody’s Latest Sermons: Unwavering Faith and Commitment to Christ [Updated and Annotated]

by Dwight L. Moody, B. Breakey (Editor)

The time has come when a line should be drawn between the church and the world, and every Christian should give his heart and life completely to Christ. If it never troubles a man’s conscience to spend a great deal of his time in questionable places of amusement and to take his family into places where there are degraded people for their own pleasure's sake, if he drives like Jehu all the week to make a dollar and moves like a snail toward spiritual things on the Sabbath– I believe that man is following the flesh; the divine nature is not in him; he is not walking after the Spirit, but after the flesh.

Oh, God hates a sham! It means a good deal to be a Christian, and if a person is going to be a Christian, let him put off the old man with all his deeds and put on the new man with the righteousness of Christ. That is the kind of Christians we need at the present time, for to be carnally-minded is death; but to be spiritually-minded is life and peace.

What are we going to do with the flesh? Let it be abolished! Let it be destroyed! Let us deny ourselves, take up crosses, and follow Christ. It is not God’s plan to bring this corrupt body into His kingdom; it is going to be cast off at death, and, therefore, we had better put it away now.

List of Chapters
Ch. 1: The Ninety-First Psalm
Ch. 2: The Eighth Chapter of Romans
Ch. 3: Temptation
Ch. 4: Four Questions from God
Ch. 5: The Transfiguration
Ch. 6: Mary and Martha
Ch. 7: A Need for Revival

About the Author
Dwight L. Moody, determined to make a fortune, arrived in Chicago and started selling shoes. But Christ found him and his energies were redirected into full-time ministry. And what a ministry it was. Today, Moody's name still graces a church, a mission, a college, and more. Moody loved God and men, and the power of a love like that impacts generations.

117 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 16, 2023

About the author

Dwight Lyman Moody was a predominant evangelist, author, and publisher. Raised on a farm in Massachusetts, he moved first to Boston, where he converted to evangelical Christianity in 1856, and then to Chicago, where he prospered in business. He gave up business in 1860 and engaged in missionary work with the YMCA (1861-73).

He founded Moody Church and preached in the slums, emphasizing literal interpretation of the Bible and the need to prepare for the Second Coming. In 1870 he teamed up with the hymn writer Ira D. Sankey (1840-1908), and they began a series of highly popular revival tours in Britain and the U.S. Moody founded the Northfield School (1879), the Mount Hermon School (1881), and the Chicago Bible Institute (1889; now the Moody Bible Institute).

Reviews

[William · Rating 5 out of 5]

Written over 125 years ago, as of this review, Moody's sermons resonate as clearly and relevant now as they were then. The only obvious difference is the state of affairs in America, demonstrably more secular, humanistic, materialistic, and relativistic than in Moody's day. One example of this is his attack on changing mores trying to open up cinemas and other businesses on Sunday, instead of keeping everything closed, as was the custom. People today have no concept of such a scenario.

[F · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another excellent volume from the pen of D.L. Moody. By "Latest sermons" they mean the last sermon he ever preached in certain locations, Good variety of messages. Sound, sensible, interesting and best of all... scriptural.