World Missions: Total Spiritual Warfare by L. E. Maxwell

Originally Published as World Missions: Total War
Now Reissued by Kingsley Press

It has been said that a preacher’s duty is to bring comfort to the troubled and to trouble the comfortable. The messages in this book undoubtedly belong to the latter category. Within these pages, the author issues a rallying cry to Christian soldiers—a summons “not to a holiday, but to a campaign. Our tent is not pitched in paradise, but on the battlefield… The defining metaphor of Christian service is that of warfare… World missions under Christ’s command means war—total war, requiring total mobilization for an all-encompassing conflict.”

This book was written and published near the end of L.E. Maxwell’s long and impactful ministry, capturing his mature reflections on two central themes of his life’s work: the Christian life as a spiritual battle and the paramount importance of global missions. As co-founder and principal of Prairie Bible Institute in Three Hills, Alberta, Canada, Maxwell dedicated his life to training disciplined soldiers for the world’s mission fields—a calling he pursued with unwavering faithfulness and remarkable fruitfulness, earning him the right to speak with both authority and fervor.

“This book is designed to provide pastors and Christian workers with biblical truth to shake God’s people out of their complacency,” Maxwell wrote. “Do we not all need a sharp wake-up call?