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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...

On one level it is surprising how infrequently the phrase ‘calling on the name of the LORD/Lord’ is used in the Bible. But on the other it is clear that when it does occur, it carries significant theological weight. This supports the contention that Genesis 4:25–26 is not simply a historical note, but is a ‘load-bearing’ verse, which establishes the trajectory for at least a significant strand of the Bible’s teaching on prayer. This has
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