Lutzer contrasts the legacies of Marx and Moody in new book

Faith Facts

• Erwin Lutzer, longtime pastor of The Moody Church, coauthored a new book contrasting the worldviews of Karl Marx and Dwight L. Moody.
• The book examines how each man’s beliefs shaped history and society in lasting ways.
• Lutzer highlights the stark difference between Marxist ideology and the gospel-centered message of Moody.

Erwin Lutzer, the 85-year-old author and former longtime senior pastor of The Moody Church in Chicago, Illinois, has coauthored a book that contrasts the very different lives, legacies, and worldviews of 19th century contemporaries Karl Marx and Dwight L. Moody.

The work places the two men side by side to show how their beliefs produced opposite results. One path led to class struggle and atheistic revolution, while the other led to revival and personal transformation through faith in Christ.

“Karl Marx and Dwight L. Moody were contemporaries, yet their lives and legacies could not be more different,”

“One sought to remake the world through the power of the state, while the other called people to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ.”

Readers are invited to consider how ideas have consequences and why the gospel remains the true hope for individuals and nations.

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