Men of the Bible
Dwight Lyman Moody, the 19th century evangelist who preached to millions, wrote these character studies not as academic theology but as pastoral medicine for the soul. Each portrait of a biblical figure Abraham, Moses, and others radiates with the warmth of a man who knew that faith is not intellectual assent but total surrender. Moody does not dissect these men from a distance; he enters their stories and asks the reader to do the same. What emerges is a collection that treats ancient Scripture as a living conversation between God and ordinary people who chose to obey despite their fears. The writing carries the cadences of the preaching platform, direct and convicting, with an urgency that feels strangely contemporary despite its Victorian wrapper. For readers who have ever felt that biblical characters are distant relics, Moody breathes fire into their stories and makes their struggles yours. This is a book for anyone who wants to understand not just what these men did, but what they were willing to lose in order to gain everything.
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“I believe that many a time trouble and sorrow are permitted to come to us that we may see the face of God, and be shut up to trust in Him alone.””
— Dwight Lyman Moody
“It is a blessed thing to live so godly in Christ Jesus that the world will not want you”
— Dwight Lyman Moody
“Now, some men tell us they don’t have time to pray, but I tell you if any man has God’s work lying deep in his heart he will have time to pray.””
— Dwight Lyman Moody
“A man acquainted with God has more power than any earthly potentate. Gold can’t do everything.””
— Dwight Lyman Moody
“If the Christians of this country would only rise up, we could evangelize America in twelve months.””
— Dwight Lyman Moody
“God in heaven will hear your prayers, and will answer them. He has never failed, if a man has been honest in his petitions and honest in his confessions. Let your faith beget patience. God is never in a hurry, said St. Augustine, because He has all eternity to work.””
— Dwight Lyman Moody
“I fought against it for months; but the best thing I ever did was when I surrendered my will, and let the will of God be done in me.””
— Dwight Lyman Moody
“If we make a full surrender, God will give us something better than we have ever known before. We will get a new vision of Jesus Christ, and will thank God not only in this life but in the life to come. May God help each and every one of us to make a full and complete and unconditional surrender to God, fully and wholly, now and forever.””
— Dwight Lyman Moody
“Prayer for the work will soon arouse your own sympathy and effort.””
— Dwight Lyman Moody
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