D. C. McAllister’s excellent essay in The Federalist and a question from regular HB reader Clinton suggests that a resource post on prayer might be helpful:

Audio

• Audio: The Role of Prayer in Sanctification
• Audio: The Pilgrim’s Prayer (1)
• Audio: The Pilgrim’s Prayer (2)
• Heidelcast Series: Our Father

Bibliography

• Battles, Ford Lewis. The Piety of John Calvin. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1978.
• Bennett, Arthur. ed. The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions. Edinburgh: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1975.
• Calvin, John. Several Godly Prayers in John Calvin, Tracts Relating to the Reformation. Trans. Henry Beveridge. Edinburgh: Calvin Translation Society, 1849), 2. 95–111.
• Calvin, Jean. On Prayer: Conversation with God. 1st ed. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press, 2006.
• Church of England. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments & Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church. According to the Use of the Church of England, Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed As They Are To Be Sung or Said in the Churches and the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating, of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.  Oxford University Press, n.d.
• Clark, R. Scott. Recovering the Reformed Confession: Our Theology, Piety, and Practice. Philipsburg, PA: P&R Publishing, 2008.
• Gibson, Jonathan, ed. Reformation Worship: Liturgies from the Past for the Present. Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2018.
• Luther, Martin. A Simple Way to Pray.
• Miller, Samuel. Thoughts on Public Prayer. Harrisonburg, Va.: Sprinkle Publications, 1985.
• Richard, Guy M, and Kevin DeYoung. Persistent Prayer. Blessings of the Faith. Phillipsburg, New Jersey: P&R Publishing, 2021.
• Perkins, William. An Exposition of the Lord’s Prayer in Ryan Hurd, ed. The Works of William Perkins: Volume 5. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2017.
• Riemann, Paul A, and Walter Brueggemann. Dissonant Pieties: John Calvin and the Prayer Psalms of the Psalter. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, 2014.
• Ryken, Philip Graham. When You Pray: Making the Lord’s Prayer Your Own. Phillipsburg, N.J.: P & R Pub, 2006.
• Ryle, J. C. A Call to Prayer. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1976.
• United Reformed Churches in North America (Canada). Liturgical Forms and Prayers of the United Reformed Churches in North America : Together with the Doctrinal Standards of the URCNA. Wellandport, Ontario, Canada: United Reformed Churches in North America, 2018.
• Watson, Thomas. The Lord’s Prayer. [Rev. ed.]ed. Banner of Truth Trust, 1972.
• Witsius, Herman. Sacred Dissertations on the Lord’s Prayer. Trans. William Pringle. Philipsburg: P&R Publishing, 1994.

 Articles

• Why Is Prayer So Important?
• Who Defines True Prayer?
• In Prayer We Ask For All Necessities
• We Have A Father In Heaven
• What It Means To Pray Hallowed Be Your Name
• What It Means To Pray “Your Kingdom Come” (1)
• What It Means To Pray “Your Kingdom Come” (2)
• What It Means To Pray “Your Will Be Done”
• Prayer Is An Act Of Faith In Our Father’s Provision
• Asking For Forgiveness in Prayer
• Prayer As Spiritual Warfare
• Doxology In Prayer
• Amen Means More Than You Think It Does

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• R. Scott Clark

  

  R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books and the author of many articles. He has taught church history and historical theology since 1997 at Westminster Seminary California. He has also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007.

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