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Calling on the Name of the Lord: A Biblical Theology of Prayer is unavailable, but you can change that!

From this first mention of prayer in the Bible, right through to the end, when the church prays “Come, Lord Jesus!” (Revelation 22:20), prayer is intimately linked with the gospel—God’s promised and provided solution to the problem of human rebellion against him and its consequences. After defining prayer simply as “calling on the name of the Lord,” Gary Millar follows the contours of the...

Those who call on the name of Yahweh are those who have tasted his salvation, and are enjoying his covenant blessings. This is made clear by Psalm 116, which is virtually a meditation on what it means to ‘call on the name of Yahweh’: I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. Then I called
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