The Way to God (Moody Classics) [Paperback]

Dwight Lyman Moody (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1996 | Series: Moody Classics

Learn the simple truth about God's love for you and His plan of salvation--without heavy theological concepts or philosophy. Moody presents God's wonderful truth through numerous anecdotes and stories of God's awesome power in the lives of everyday men and women.

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From the Back Cover

Many people are seeking salvation, forgiveness, and freedom from guilt, yet they don't know about the love and grace of God which freely offers all this and more. This beloved man of God – D.L. Moody – leads the reader along the path to God and His glory, and he shares the rewards of salvation and a life of faith.
All of God's goodness and mercy can be yours for the asking. Just follow the teaching presented here, and your life will be wonderfully changed and miraculously blessed. The joy of the Lord will be yours! Come and discover the way to God. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

American evangelist DWIGHT LYMAN MOODY (1837-1899) was born in New England, the child of a large working-class family. A religious conversion as an adult led him to found a ministry in Chicago, to work as a battlefield missionary during the Civil War, and eventually to lead massive evangelical crusades during the 1870s and 80s in both England and the United States. He found Christian schools and a Christian publishing house, which published his many nondenominational evangelical tracts. --This text refers to the CD-ROM edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Moody Publishers (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080245447X
• ISBN-13: 978-0802454478
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,473,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Moody, evangelist and soul-winner, at his best!, April 9, 2010

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Jean-Paul A. HELDT "in Rome, Paul said to the... (Redlands, California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Way to God (Paperback)

REFERENCE: Moody, Dwight L., The way to God and how to find it. Chicago, iL: F. H. Revell; Cosimo Classics (2005), 1884.
TiTLE: Moody, evangelist and soul-winner, at his best!
Keywords (TAGS): preaching, love, salvation, repentance, backsliding
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This 127-page book from DL Moody is a delight to read. I read it within about two weeks, primarily as devotional in the morning and again, at night, before retiring.

In this 9-chapter volume, Moody addresses key topics in the Christian's way of life:
1) "Love that passeth knowledge" (Chapter i: pp. 7-22);
2) The gateway into the Kingdom (Chapter ii: pp. 22-40);
3) The two classes [i.e., the publican and the Pharisee] (Chapter iii: pp. 41-52);
4) Words of counsel (Chapter iv: pp. 53-62);
5) A divine Saviour (Chapter v: pp. 63-70);
6) Repentance and restitution (Chapter vi: pp. 71-83);
7) Assurance of salvation (Chapter vii: pp. 84-100);
8) Christ all and in all (Chapter viii: pp. 101-113);
9) Backsliding (Chapter ix: pp. 114-127);

The appeal of Moody's writing is that 1) Moody seems to write as he speaks, with passion and fervor for the lost, 2) his writing is interspersed with both a) abundant quotes from the Scriptures, and b) anecdotes of his personal life. For instance, in chapter iv, Moody writes, "I remember one night when the Bible was the driest and darkest book in the university to me. The next day, it became entirely different. I thought I had the key to it. I had been born of the Spirit..." (pp. 62; 2nd paragraph).

There are many more things I could say about this book from Moody; but the best way to learn about them is to read the book by, and for, yourself. Moody's volume may be an old book, published more than 125 years ago (in 1884), but it still has the timeless freshness of universal messages for this and the next generation(s).

NOTE: No book, except perhaps for the Bible, is perfect and can, therefore, be improved upon; the same principle applies to a book reviewer like me. Should you, the reader of this review, have any question(s), comment(s), and/or suggestion(s) about my review, please feel free to contact me: I can be reached, at no extra cost to you, via email at {jpheldt123[at]yahoo[dot]com}. I will be looking forward to hearing from you soon.
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Obtained from a local "House of Thrift," sometime in the Summer of 2009; read between Thu 2010-03-25 (11:56pm) and Tu 2010-04-06 (4:53pm). Word count = 282/430. Submitted to Amazon on Friday, 2010-04-09 at 1:15pm.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great evangelical message with super content!, November 29, 2010

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Ian M. Acheson (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Way to God (Paperback)

This small book of 9 chapters reads like 9 sermons, all filled with Biblical references and examples from Moody's own life.

It details all the reasons to find God and is particularly convincing in layman's terms. I'd love to see how a non-believer would respond to these messages.

In particular, I loved the example of the man who chose to commit his life to Jesus, even though the "revelation" he felt was minimal. In his mind, he believed in the Gospel and wanted to know God. At the moment of saying yes, the revelation struck him. Great to read as in this modern world, so often we emphasise the "feeling" aspect of believing before we accept Jesus. Sometimes God works through the head too.

There's a super chapter on Repentance which I particularly liked.

This is a powerful book that focuses on the theology of a very personal and loving God, who so desperately wants intimacy with all of us. I'd recommend it to everyone.