The Way to God and How to Find It

D. L. Moody was an American preacher and evangelist whose work within the urban revivalist movement of the late 19th century made him one of the most widely heard English-speaking preachers in the world. Like many of his books, The Way to God and How to Find It was written with an evangelistic goal to present Christianity as Moody understood it to as wide of an audience as possible. By using a plainspoken style understandable not only by the educated elite but also to the layperson, Moody created a work of religious literature that was unusually accessible for its era. The Way to God and How to Find It is a collection of sermons given by Moody during his travels around the world which together form a roadmap for understanding Christianity according to Moody’s theological perspective. The majority of the book focuses on how a nonbeliever can become a Christian, citing examples from scripture and relating the points to familiar examples and anecdotes to keep the text approachable. The final chapter is addressed to “backsliders,” or Christians who are no longer actively living their faith, and how they can rediscover the way to God. The theology laid out by Moody in this book is explicitly non-denominational in nature, relying on specific examples in the Bible to make its points rather than the history or tradition of any particular church or denomination—a philosophy which has been highly influential in American evangelical Christianity.

Genre: Faith
Language: English
Format: EPUB
Size: 693 KB

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In this small volume I have endeavored to point out the Way to God.

I have embodied in the little book a considerable part of several addresses which have been delivered in different cities, both of Great Britain and my own country. God has graciously owned them when spoken from the pulpit, and I trust will none the less add his blessing now they have been put into the printed page with additional matter.

I have called attention first to the Love of God, the source of all Gifts of Grace; have then endeavored to present truths to meet the special needs of representative classes, answering the question, “How man can be just with God,” hoping thereby to lead souls to Him who is “the Way, the Truth and the Life.”

The last chapter is specially addressed to Backsliders —a class, alas, far too numerous amongst us.

With the earnest prayer and hope that by the blessing of God on these pages the reader may be strengthened, established and settled in the faith of Christ,

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