April 29, 2025 • 11 mins
Today is Giving Day at Moody Bible Institute! We can always count on God to take what we offer Him and multiply it. Moody students get the biblical and ministry training they need to follow God’s call on their lives. Together, we can prepare the next generation to bring the hope of the gospel to our world. Is this something you’d like to be a part of? It’s a very cool opportunity to give toward the tuition-sponsored education for undergraduate students on campus. Moody President Dr. Mark Jobe dropped by to share the details!
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S1 (00:00):
Kurt and Kate mornings. Not just on the radio.
S2 (00:03):
It's a podcast too.
S1 (00:06):
Acts chapter 13, verse 47 says this I have made
you a light for the nations, that you may bring
salvation to the ends of the earth. I love that,
and that's the key verse for Giving Day at Moody
Bible Institute. And the the way that they, the Moody,
(00:27):
has always offered the tuition assistance program for students to
avoid this massive amount of school loan debt. I don't know.
I mean, Moody was way ahead of its time because
from the very beginning, our founder, D.L. Moody, was like,
we need to make sure we do not place any
hindrances on our graduates because they need to be launched
(00:51):
into ministry without the burden of debt.
S2 (00:54):
Yes, because, you know, missionaries are not going to make
a lot of money and be able to pay it
off at all if they go out into the field
right away and a lot of organizations won't even send them, then.
S1 (01:05):
This is true. So basically, we invited doctor Mark Jobe,
president of Moody Bible Institute, Bible teacher on bold steps,
pastor and author as well. We invited him to be
with us to talk about how this whole thing works
in the heart behind it. That's that's huge. Hey, we're
happy you're out here because today's giving day, Moody Bible Institute.
(01:28):
This is a big day for us, isn't it?
S3 (01:30):
You know, it really is. It's a celebration of the
goodness of God. His resources for 100 and almost 140 years. And, uh,
so the students get involved in this on campus. We
have a chapel that is really dedicated towards thanking God
for his goodness and inviting people from all across the
(01:54):
country to participate in a one day, deal giving day,
we call it. And, um, people, you know, people give
to sponsor students. And this has been the practice for
almost 140 years, which is an amazing thing. I don't
know of any other, uh, really school around the country
that quite does it the way that we do it.
(02:17):
But we're training students that will be sent, uh, primarily
right into ministry and serving as missionaries, pastors, youth leaders,
non-for-profit leaders, teachers, counselors. Some of them will be going
to other countries and our desires that they not be
encumbered with debt, but are able to pursue the call
(02:39):
of God upon their life immediately.
S1 (02:41):
Well that's great. Moody Bible Institute yeah, been around for
a long time. And see, that's the thing, Kate. No
changes in the message because the gospel never changes. And
God's Word is infallible and inerrant. Authoritative. ET cetera. ET cetera.
All right, so all those years.
S2 (02:56):
All those years, you're putting into context how long Moody,
Moody Bible Institute was founded in 1886 by Dwight L Moody.
Also a big year for Grover Cleveland, who was the
president president, and he dedicated the Statue of Liberty that year,
as well as became the first president to get married
in the white House. And Coca-Cola went on sale for
(03:18):
the first time in Atlantic in Atlanta. So it's been
around a long time.
S1 (03:25):
Well, that's quite, uh, quite a long time of, uh,
you know, sending out folks to men and women to
share the good news. And, Mark, you've heard the phrase
the sun never sets on a moody grad because God
has blessed D.L. Moody's vision and, uh, in such amazing ways.
And it's just exciting to be a part of that.
It just really is.
S3 (03:46):
Yeah. You know, uh, a week ago, we celebrated 170
year anniversary of D.L. Moody's conversion. And what I love
about the story of D.L. Moody. He his father was
an alcoholic. His mother, he and he passed away early,
so his mother was left in virtual poverty. Many would
(04:08):
call it a very dysfunctional, broken home. He didn't grow
up going to church, but at 17 he went to
Boston to try to make some money, worked at his
uncle's shoe store, and his uncle said, well, you have
to go to church if you're going to live here
in Boston with me. And so, uh, Sunday school teacher
(04:29):
by the name of Edward Kimball went and witnessed to
this 17 year old boy, and with tears in his
eyes led him to Christ. And I love the story
of D.L. Moody, because it's this unlikely person with no
more than less than a sixth grade education. Alcoholic father
brokenness in his household. But yet God got a hold
(04:52):
of him. And this man really helped create the sparks
of awakening and two continents preached to over 100 million
people before we had television and radio. And ministered to
presidents and street people. Founded. Started several schools, but driven
by a passion for the gospel. And I'm always amazed
(05:16):
that a school like Moody has just maintained its anchor
and kept its foundation. I look at many other schools
that were started around that time. That sounds similar to
Moody when they started, but are very, very far from
gospel centered these days. And so God has had his
(05:37):
hand on this place in an unusual, special way. And
so we still are training. We have a thousand students
that live on campus, come from all over the world,
and several other thousand students that we train online and
aviation and seminary. But we are sending these students out
back into the world to take the light of Jesus
(05:59):
to some really remote, unusual places, many of them. And
so as people give today, you are giving to sponsor
a moody student that is preparing to be used of God.
S1 (06:11):
The theme Mark for Giving Day this year is Send
the Light, and it's based on acts 13, verse 47.
Here it is. I have made you a light for
the nations, that you may bring salvation to the ends
of the earth. Uh, that is just I mean, what
a nice guiding light. And you having, uh, you know,
(06:32):
you having attended Moody yourself, you can see the benefit here.
And you know how this model that has always been
in place to help with tuition, how it's been so helpful. Uh,
you know, and and let's face it, college loan debt.
It's still out of control. And here, this this is
(06:53):
such a wonderful way for us to help. Maybe there's
somebody listening this morning who always wanted to go to
Moody and for whatever reason, never had a chance to.
But now they can maybe kind of sort of in a,
you know, a very significant way, sponsor a student or
many students.
S3 (07:11):
We have students like a student that I talked to
not too long ago. When I asked him where he
came from originally, he said that he he comes from Pakistan.
His father's a pastor there, and he was telling me
that his church has been pelted with rocks and people
harassed at times a small church there. But but he
(07:32):
said that his family scraped up all the money they
could get to send him over here to Moody Bible Institute. And, um,
you know, he would have never been able to study
here without the sponsorship of others. And his plan is
to return. And there's so many stories like that, some
amazing stories of both U.S. students and international students that
(07:55):
just have a heart to say, I want to make
a difference in this world for Jesus Christ, and I
believe that this is one of the greatest investments I
was invested in when I was 17 years old. My
parents were missionaries, so my mother would send me via mail,
a $100 check every month to help out with my expenses.
(08:17):
But I had to work and people because people sponsored.
I was able to graduate from Moody Bible Institute debt free. Yeah.
And it gave me the possibility to jump right into ministry.
At 21 years old, I started pastoring a little small
church on the southwest side of Chicago that really couldn't afford.
(08:39):
A pastor had 18 people. But because people had invested
in me, I had no student debt. I could take
it on. By the way, this past Easter weekend, that
little church that was 18 people ministered to 15,000 people
over the weekend Easter weekend. So grateful to see what
God can do with the investment of people that say, hey,
(09:02):
I'm investing in leaders, young leaders, to make a difference
in this world. That's what you're doing.
S1 (09:08):
We have a big, audacious goal. So let's just lay
it out here. Mark, it's the goal that we have
set is for giving day is $650,000. Man, that's a
lot of money. And, you know, folks are like, oh, man,
can I what can I can I even make a
dent in a number like that? Well, the point is
everybody doing what they can with what they have. We
(09:30):
can take care of this.
S3 (09:32):
That's right. $650,000. And, you know, we have other years
we've raised around that much. And so this is, uh,
it is an aggressive goal, but we appreciate that every
bit counts. And, um, so I want to challenge those
of you that are listening that maybe have a grandson
or granddaughter, uh, grandkids that you say, you know, they
(09:56):
really need to be reached for God. Um, I think
that God is raising leaders here at the Moody Bible
Institute that's ministering to that generation and, um, especially a
generation that has a lot of challenges. But I think
God is awakening this generation and in, in special ways.
And now there's stats showing us that church attendance is
(10:20):
actually edged up this year, partly because of Gen Z,
which is the young adults that are returning to church.
God is stirring them up, awakening them to himself. And
so this generation needs leaders to be able to minister, pray, teach, uh,
help out this generation coming to God. And that's exactly
what you're investing in when you invest in Giving Day.
S2 (10:43):
Thanks for listening to Kurt and Kate Mornings podcast. Please
take a minute to follow, subscribe and review us. And
no matter where in the world you are, you can
listen to us live from 6 to 9 a.m. weekdays
on the Moody Radio app.
Kurt and Kate mornings. Not just on the radio.
S2 (00:03):
It's a podcast too.
S1 (00:06):
Acts chapter 13, verse 47 says this I have made
you a light for the nations, that you may bring
salvation to the ends of the earth. I love that,
and that's the key verse for Giving Day at Moody
Bible Institute. And the the way that they, the Moody,
(00:27):
has always offered the tuition assistance program for students to
avoid this massive amount of school loan debt. I don't know.
I mean, Moody was way ahead of its time because
from the very beginning, our founder, D.L. Moody, was like,
we need to make sure we do not place any
hindrances on our graduates because they need to be launched
(00:51):
into ministry without the burden of debt.
S2 (00:54):
Yes, because, you know, missionaries are not going to make
a lot of money and be able to pay it
off at all if they go out into the field
right away and a lot of organizations won't even send them, then.
S1 (01:05):
This is true. So basically, we invited doctor Mark Jobe,
president of Moody Bible Institute, Bible teacher on bold steps,
pastor and author as well. We invited him to be
with us to talk about how this whole thing works
in the heart behind it. That's that's huge. Hey, we're
happy you're out here because today's giving day, Moody Bible Institute.
(01:28):
This is a big day for us, isn't it?
S3 (01:30):
You know, it really is. It's a celebration of the
goodness of God. His resources for 100 and almost 140 years. And, uh,
so the students get involved in this on campus. We
have a chapel that is really dedicated towards thanking God
for his goodness and inviting people from all across the
(01:54):
country to participate in a one day, deal giving day,
we call it. And, um, people, you know, people give
to sponsor students. And this has been the practice for
almost 140 years, which is an amazing thing. I don't
know of any other, uh, really school around the country
that quite does it the way that we do it.
(02:17):
But we're training students that will be sent, uh, primarily
right into ministry and serving as missionaries, pastors, youth leaders,
non-for-profit leaders, teachers, counselors. Some of them will be going
to other countries and our desires that they not be
encumbered with debt, but are able to pursue the call
(02:39):
of God upon their life immediately.
S1 (02:41):
Well that's great. Moody Bible Institute yeah, been around for
a long time. And see, that's the thing, Kate. No
changes in the message because the gospel never changes. And
God's Word is infallible and inerrant. Authoritative. ET cetera. ET cetera.
All right, so all those years.
S2 (02:56):
All those years, you're putting into context how long Moody,
Moody Bible Institute was founded in 1886 by Dwight L Moody.
Also a big year for Grover Cleveland, who was the
president president, and he dedicated the Statue of Liberty that year,
as well as became the first president to get married
in the white House. And Coca-Cola went on sale for
(03:18):
the first time in Atlantic in Atlanta. So it's been
around a long time.
S1 (03:25):
Well, that's quite, uh, quite a long time of, uh,
you know, sending out folks to men and women to
share the good news. And, Mark, you've heard the phrase
the sun never sets on a moody grad because God
has blessed D.L. Moody's vision and, uh, in such amazing ways.
And it's just exciting to be a part of that.
It just really is.
S3 (03:46):
Yeah. You know, uh, a week ago, we celebrated 170
year anniversary of D.L. Moody's conversion. And what I love
about the story of D.L. Moody. He his father was
an alcoholic. His mother, he and he passed away early,
so his mother was left in virtual poverty. Many would
(04:08):
call it a very dysfunctional, broken home. He didn't grow
up going to church, but at 17 he went to
Boston to try to make some money, worked at his
uncle's shoe store, and his uncle said, well, you have
to go to church if you're going to live here
in Boston with me. And so, uh, Sunday school teacher
(04:29):
by the name of Edward Kimball went and witnessed to
this 17 year old boy, and with tears in his
eyes led him to Christ. And I love the story
of D.L. Moody, because it's this unlikely person with no
more than less than a sixth grade education. Alcoholic father
brokenness in his household. But yet God got a hold
(04:52):
of him. And this man really helped create the sparks
of awakening and two continents preached to over 100 million
people before we had television and radio. And ministered to
presidents and street people. Founded. Started several schools, but driven
by a passion for the gospel. And I'm always amazed
(05:16):
that a school like Moody has just maintained its anchor
and kept its foundation. I look at many other schools
that were started around that time. That sounds similar to
Moody when they started, but are very, very far from
gospel centered these days. And so God has had his
(05:37):
hand on this place in an unusual, special way. And
so we still are training. We have a thousand students
that live on campus, come from all over the world,
and several other thousand students that we train online and
aviation and seminary. But we are sending these students out
back into the world to take the light of Jesus
(05:59):
to some really remote, unusual places, many of them. And
so as people give today, you are giving to sponsor
a moody student that is preparing to be used of God.
S1 (06:11):
The theme Mark for Giving Day this year is Send
the Light, and it's based on acts 13, verse 47.
Here it is. I have made you a light for
the nations, that you may bring salvation to the ends
of the earth. Uh, that is just I mean, what
a nice guiding light. And you having, uh, you know,
(06:32):
you having attended Moody yourself, you can see the benefit here.
And you know how this model that has always been
in place to help with tuition, how it's been so helpful. Uh,
you know, and and let's face it, college loan debt.
It's still out of control. And here, this this is
(06:53):
such a wonderful way for us to help. Maybe there's
somebody listening this morning who always wanted to go to
Moody and for whatever reason, never had a chance to.
But now they can maybe kind of sort of in a,
you know, a very significant way, sponsor a student or
many students.
S3 (07:11):
We have students like a student that I talked to
not too long ago. When I asked him where he
came from originally, he said that he he comes from Pakistan.
His father's a pastor there, and he was telling me
that his church has been pelted with rocks and people
harassed at times a small church there. But but he
(07:32):
said that his family scraped up all the money they
could get to send him over here to Moody Bible Institute. And, um,
you know, he would have never been able to study
here without the sponsorship of others. And his plan is
to return. And there's so many stories like that, some
amazing stories of both U.S. students and international students that
(07:55):
just have a heart to say, I want to make
a difference in this world for Jesus Christ, and I
believe that this is one of the greatest investments I
was invested in when I was 17 years old. My
parents were missionaries, so my mother would send me via mail,
a $100 check every month to help out with my expenses.
(08:17):
But I had to work and people because people sponsored.
I was able to graduate from Moody Bible Institute debt free. Yeah.
And it gave me the possibility to jump right into ministry.
At 21 years old, I started pastoring a little small
church on the southwest side of Chicago that really couldn't afford.
(08:39):
A pastor had 18 people. But because people had invested
in me, I had no student debt. I could take
it on. By the way, this past Easter weekend, that
little church that was 18 people ministered to 15,000 people
over the weekend Easter weekend. So grateful to see what
God can do with the investment of people that say, hey,
(09:02):
I'm investing in leaders, young leaders, to make a difference
in this world. That's what you're doing.
S1 (09:08):
We have a big, audacious goal. So let's just lay
it out here. Mark, it's the goal that we have
set is for giving day is $650,000. Man, that's a
lot of money. And, you know, folks are like, oh, man,
can I what can I can I even make a
dent in a number like that? Well, the point is
everybody doing what they can with what they have. We
(09:30):
can take care of this.
S3 (09:32):
That's right. $650,000. And, you know, we have other years
we've raised around that much. And so this is, uh,
it is an aggressive goal, but we appreciate that every
bit counts. And, um, so I want to challenge those
of you that are listening that maybe have a grandson
or granddaughter, uh, grandkids that you say, you know, they
(09:56):
really need to be reached for God. Um, I think
that God is raising leaders here at the Moody Bible
Institute that's ministering to that generation and, um, especially a
generation that has a lot of challenges. But I think
God is awakening this generation and in, in special ways.
And now there's stats showing us that church attendance is
(10:20):
actually edged up this year, partly because of Gen Z,
which is the young adults that are returning to church.
God is stirring them up, awakening them to himself. And
so this generation needs leaders to be able to minister, pray, teach, uh,
help out this generation coming to God. And that's exactly
what you're investing in when you invest in Giving Day.
S2 (10:43):
Thanks for listening to Kurt and Kate Mornings podcast. Please
take a minute to follow, subscribe and review us. And
no matter where in the world you are, you can
listen to us live from 6 to 9 a.m. weekdays
on the Moody Radio app.
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