The Uneducated Shoe Salesman Who Shook Two Continents
Dwight L. Moody never graduated from the fifth grade. When he first applied to join Mount Vernon Congregational Church in Boston in 1855, the deacons...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Corinthians 2:1-16.
Dwight L. Moody never graduated from the fifth grade. When he first applied to join Mount Vernon Congregational Church in Boston in 1855, the deacons were so unimpressed by his biblical knowledge that they delayed his membership for a year. His grammar was rough. He mispronounced words from the pulpit. One Chicago newspaper critic wrote that Moody "butchered the King's English" every time he opened his mouth.…
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