D. L. Moody writes, “It is like this. When a man enters the army, he is a member of the army the moment he enlists; he is just as much a member as a man who has been in the army ten or twenty years. But enlisting is one thing, and participating in a battle another.”
Originally published in 1894, The Overcoming Life is one of those little books you just have to read. It is quintessential D.L. Moody. Its blunt edge drives hard at the ways in which Christians are overcome in this life (spiritual warfare, sin, distraction, etc.) and then gives ample assistance as to how we might begin to live a life in Christ that overcomes the things that once took hold of us.
Dwight L. Moody himself had ittle formal education, but he recognized the importance of education—specifically Christian education—so he founded several institutions dedicated to the cause. The best known of these was the Chicago Bible Institute, which was renamed Moody Bible Institute after his death in 1889. Moody was also a serious proponent of international missions. Through his friendship with Hudson Taylor, he actively supported the China Inland Mission.