Heaven; Where It is, Its Inhabitants, and How to Get There; the Certainty of God's Promise of a Life Beyond the Grave, and the Rewards That Are in ... Service, as Gleaned From Sacred Scripture
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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).
"Beyond these chilling winds and gloomy skies, Beyond the death's cloudy portal, There is a land where beauty never dies- Where love becomes immortal."
From Hoopla: "Perhaps the greatest American evangelist of the nineteenth century, Dwight L. Moody inspired millions with his sermons. Although a century and a half separates us from his impassioned explications of the Bible, Moody's ardor rings with overtones of today's fundamentalist Christianity and can offer critical clues to understanding the orthodox religious outlook still dramatically influencing our culture in the twenty-first century. Moody explains why Christians believe that the Bible is invariably correct ("None of the other religious volumes, like the Koran, that claim a divine origin, agree with common sense."); who resides in heaven ("The inhabitants of Heaven will be select."); that they are set apart from the larger culture ("We must go against the current of this world."); and more."
I always benefited from reading D L Moody's books and this is certainly one of them. However, this book(let), looked very comprehensive to me because of my prior study of a series of sermons on Heaven by several preachers. , this booklet is kind of a very comprehensive.
The subject of heaven itself is so glorious and incomprehensible except for that is revealed to us in the scripture, the study is always rewarding. To me this book served like a refresher of what I had studied earlier.
The one thing that grabbed my attention was this that says, there would be 3 surprises in heaven. 1. The people we thought wouldn't be there get there, 2. The people who we thought would be there don't get there and 3. Finding ourselves in heaven.
D L Moody was a great evangelist and teacher in the 1800's. He is the author of many Christian books that have had, and continues to have, influence on the lives of Christians. Many young people have entered on Christian service through the Moody Bible Institute.