Dl moody baptism of the spirit

Over the years, I have had intermittent contact with teachers, staff, students, and alumni from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.

Dl moody baptism of the spirit

MBI has been known as a conservative evangelical/fundamentalist school, with dispensational theology and an emphasis on missions. The school, of course, is named after the great American evangelist D.L. Moody (1837-1899).

Moody’s school shied away from the charismatic renewal and its teachings in the years when it was going strong.

But in my view, they always had a problem, a “dirty little secret” as it were. For D. L. Moody himself testified to having a personal “baptism of the Holy Spirit” that changed his life and ministry.

In his small book, Why God Used D.L.

Moody, (which you can read in its entirety online here), R.A. Torrey writes about “the definite enduement from on high” that empowered Moody’s preaching.

We present that portion from Torrey’s book today for your consideration and discussio