by Dwight A. Moody | Aug 1, 2002 | Opinion
Words have power: power to create and power to destroy; power to build up and power to tear down; power to bless and power to curse. Paul the Apostle had it right when he wrote: “Let no word come out of your mouth but what is able to build up other people...
by Dwight A. Moody | Jul 25, 2002 | Opinion
For more than four years I have been preparing commentaries on religion in American life: first for the radio, now for the newspapers. This week, reaction to these columns went off the charts. First, I discovered that I had made the 2001 annual report of the Catholic...
by Dwight A. Moody | Jul 22, 2002 | Opinion
“Are you aware,” the stranger said from the far end of the telephone line, “that your second-grade son is giving away his coin collection?” No, I responded, but not in surprise. He, like many second-born sons, was a most generous person; a...
by Dwight A. Moody | Jul 11, 2002 | Opinion
Jim Baldwin is pastor of the fastest growing church in America. I don’t have firm statistics to back this claim, but a common-sense assessment of the man and his remarkable ministry. The facts are these: Baldwin began preaching at the North American Church in...
by Dwight A. Moody | Jul 5, 2002 | Opinion
The recent court decision banning the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in some western states has forced us to understand our national past in a fresh way. Simply put, American history is now divided into three parts. From 1776 to 1882, Americas lived in what...