Public Prayer

Lectures and readings in English.

1. 1. Lectures Listen, outline, and take notes on the following lectures:

   • Corporate Prayer in the Life of the Church and in Worship John Piper 45 min Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): John Piper (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • The Form and Content of Public Prayer David Silversides 40 min Open source Doctrinal
   • A Balanced Diet of Public Prayer Hughes Oliphant Old 1 h Broken link Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Hughes Oliphant Old (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • How do Preaching and Corporate Prayer Work Together? Dr. Ryan McGraw 45 min Open source Doctrinal

2. 2. Reading Read and provide chapter summaries as applicable:

   • A Discourse Concerning the Gift of Prayer John Wilkins 207 pp. Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): John Wilkins (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • Thoughts on Public Prayer Samuel Miller 328 pp. Open source Doctrinal
   • A Method for Prayer Matthew Henry 278 pp. Open source Doctrinal
   • Aids to Devotion (Bickersteth and Watts) Ensign Lincoln 327 pp. Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Ensign Lincoln (subscription not established).
   • A Manual of Prayer Albert Barnes 270 pp. Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Albert Barnes (under review).
   • Pulpit Prayers Alexander Maclaren 334 pp. Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Alexander Maclaren (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • Spurgeon’s Prayers Personalized 264 pp. Open source Doctrinal
   • A Book of Public Prayer 376 pp. Open source Doctrinal
   • Anthology of Prayers for Public Worship 224 pp. Open source Doctrinal

   Total: 2,608 pages

3. Review Helpful resource:

   • Book of Common Prayer (1552) Open source Supplementary

4. 3. Assignment Write a 40 page paper developing your own “prayer book” as a personal aid to the ministerial work of public prayer. The elements of prayer, as well as the various ‘occasions for public prayer, should be considered and prayers formulated accordingly.

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Every lecture and reading carries its role. "Under review" means the teacher's subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity is not yet established; "Read as comparison" means the material teaches the 1788 American text of WCF 20.4, 23 or 31 or of Larger Catechism Q.109, which the school reads beside the 1647 text. Nothing has been removed.