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Preach Like D.L.
Moody.
Talk across the counter: one verse, one Bible character, a pile of plain stories.
- ✓9 of his sermons, studied start to finish
- ✓Ten steps to preach the way he did
- ✓A fill-in outline in his shape, 9 pages
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— Why he’s one of the greats
Talk across the counter: one verse, one Bible character, a pile of plain stories.
Dwight L. Moody was a Chicago shoe salesman with about a fifth-grade education who became the best-known evangelist of the 19th century. With song leader Ira Sankey, he filled the largest halls in Britain and America and built the template of united city campaigns, a gospel soloist and the inquiry room. His secret: he preached the Bible like a man talking across a counter. He took one verse, let a Bible character carry it (Adam hiding, Zacchaeus in the tree, Daniel in Babylon), and then piled up short, homely stories about mothers, sons, prisoners and soldiers until the point felt obvious. His theology fit on a card: ruined by the Fall, redeemed by the blood, regenerated by the Spirit. Anyone stirred went to a quiet inquiry room for a one-on-one talk over an open Bible.
- 1873-75Campaigns with Ira Sankey across Britain
- 1886He founded what is now Moody Bible Institute
- 100MPeople his campaigns are estimated to have reached
What makes his style unique
“Taking it all in all, the most wonderful preacher I have ever heard.”
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What’s inside
Preach Like D.L. Moody — Talk across the counter: one verse, one Bible character, a pile of plain stories..
- 01Why he’s one of the greatsThe story, the numbers and what made his style his own.
- 02What he does9 of his sermons, studied start to finish, and the shape they share.
- 03How he does itTen steps to preach the way he did.
- 04His outlineWhere the time goes, movement by movement.
- 05Write one like D.L. MoodyA fill-in outline in his shape, ready for your own text.
- 06SourcesEvery quote and number, cited.
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