National Commander’s Bookshelf
The National Commander’s Bookshelf is a new initiative from “The War Cry.” You will find suggested reading related to a specific topic in each issue.
Commissioner Kenneth Hodder’s Favorite Books
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The Cost of Discipleship: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
What can the call to discipleship, the adherence to the word of Jesus, mean today to the businessman, the soldier, the laborer, or the aristocrat? Drawing on the Sermon on the Mount, Dietrich Bonhoeffer answers these timeless questions by providing a seminal reading of the dichotomy between “cheap grace” and “costly grace.”
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Sergeant-Major Do-Your-Best of Darkington No. 1: William Booth
“Sergeant-Major Do-Your-Best of Darkington No. 1” contains 26 narrative sketches based on real characters and events written by William Booth for the instruction of Salvation Army officers. Each story models an aspect of the character the ideal Salvation Army officer embodies.
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Eat this Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading: Eugene H. Peterson
“Eat This Book” challenges us to read the Scriptures on their own terms, as God’s revelation, and to live them as we read them. With warmth and wisdom Peterson offers greatly needed, down-to-earth counsel on spiritual reading.
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The Essence of Spiritual Religion: D. Elton Trueblood
“The Essence of Spiritual Religion” by D. Elton Trueblood explores the core principles of spiritual religion, emphasizing the importance of personal experience and inner transformation in one’s faith journey.
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Surprised by Scripture: Engaging Contempory Issues: N.T. Wright
An unusual combination of scholar, churchman, and leader, N. T. Wright—hailed by Newsweek as “the world’s leading New Testament scholar”—is not only incredibly insightful, but conveys his knowledge in terms that excite and inspire Christian leaders worldwide, allowing them to see the Bible from a fresh viewpoint.
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C.S. Lewis – A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet: Alister McGrath
In “C.S. Lewis—A Life,” Alister McGrath, prolific author and respected professor at King’s College of London, paints a definitive portrait of the life of C. S. Lewis. He paints a portrait of an eccentric thinker who became an inspiring, though reluctant, prophet for our times.
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Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?: Philip Yancey
Philip Yancey probes the very heartbeat of our relationship with God: prayer. What is prayer? Does it change God’s mind or ours or both? This book is an invitation to communicate with God the Father who invites us into an eternal partnership through prayer.
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