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How are we to understand the nature of petitionary prayer? This is an issue of perennial concern to the church, from both a theological and a pastoral standpoint. Certainly much has been written on the topic from a devotional/experiential approach as well as from a philosophical one. But Knocking on Heaven’s Door by David Crump is the first attempt to examine exhaustively the New Testament...

through which we all view our world. It is only fair that I try to describe, as best as I can, the particular tint that my assumptions give to my worldview. First, I confess that my theological preferences tend toward the Reformed end of the spectrum. While my goal is to allow the biblical text to speak for itself, unencumbered by any interpretive bias, I confess the possibility of personal blind spots.4 Like any believer, however, I also trust that faithful Bible study will eventually reshape mistaken
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