When I conclude a sermon series, I usually share resources I utilized in my study and preparation for sermons. Here is the bibliography for our recent series, “Sacred Invitation: A Life of Prayer.” I have to admit that when I begin to pull together resources on prayer, I’m tempted to put every book I’ve ever enjoyed on prayer into a bibliography. While I’ve done that in many ways in this bibliography, I asterisked those books that were particularly helpful for this series, both in preparation and preaching of it.
Bibliography for “Sacred Invitation: A Life of Prayer”
*Ruth Haley Barton. “Prayer.” In Sacred Rhythms. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2006.
Arthur Bennett, ed. The Valley of Vision. Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth Trust, 1975.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Life Together and Prayerbook of the Bible. DBW, vol 5. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1996.
E. M. Bounds. Power Through Prayer. In The Complete Works of E. M. Bounds. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1990.
Walter Brueggemann. Great Prayers of the Old Testament. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2008.
George A. Buttrick. Prayer. Nashville: Abingdon-Cokesbury, 1944.
*Adele Ahlberg Calhoun. Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices that Transform Us, rev. ed. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2006.
Igumen Chariton of Valamo, compiler. The Art of Prayer: An Orthodox Anthology. E. Kadloubovsky and G. E. H. Palmer, trans. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.
David Crump. Knocking on Heaven’s Door: A New Testament Theology of Petitionary Prayer. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2006.
*Richard Foster. Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home. San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1993.
Ole Hallesby. Prayer. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing House, 1931.
James Houston. The Transforming Friendship: A Guide to Prayer. Vancouver, BC: Regent College Publishing, 2010.
*E. Kadloubovsky and G. E. H. Palmer, trans. Writings from the Philokalia on Prayer of the Heart. London: Faber & Faber, 1951.
*Timothy Keller. Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God. New York: Dutton Books, 2014.
*Martin Laird. Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Kenneth Leech. True Prayer: An Invitation to Christian Spirituality. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1980.
*C. S. Lewis. Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1964.
Richard N. Longenecker, ed. Into God’s Presence: Prayer in the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2002.
Martin Luther. A Simple Way to Pray: How One Should Pray, For Peter, the Master Barber. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.
*MaryKate Morse. A Guidebook to Prayer: 24 Ways to Walk with God. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2013.
Andrew Murray. Teach Me to Pray. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House, 1982/2002.
*Eugene Peterson. Answering God: The Psalms as Tools for Prayer. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1989.
________. Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2008.
Baron Friedrich von Hugel. The Life of Prayer. New York: E. P. Dutton & Sons, 1927.
*Dallas Willard. The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1997.
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I remember standing in line a few years ago at UWM Milwaukee to Audit another course. I said to the very elderly gentleman in front of me “I hope to be learning until the day I die!”
He turned and smiled and motioned to his
friend who he said was in his nineties who was also taking a course!
I make a sincere compliment to you “Matt” for your Dedication to “learning what you Preach from every credible source that you research!
Thanks so much, Jim. One of my goals in life is to be a lifelong learner. I’m we’re kindred spirits in that.
This is amazing! Thanks for sharing this bibliography.
You’re welcome, Angela!