On Prayer collects for the first time John Calvin's teachings on prayer, taken from his 1559 classic Institutes of the Christian Religion. In this extraordinary volume on the Christian faith Calvin devoted one of his longest chapter to the subject of prayer. Book 3, chapter 20 of Institutes is divided into 52 sections on which Calvin discusses the nature and practice of prayer. Prayer was vital to Calvin's own Christian faith and he wanted to share his perceptions with others.
Calvin scholar John Hesselink puts Calvin's views in context with an introductory essay for the book. A summary and questions for discussion precede each segment of Calvin's text, making this volume ideal for personal and group study. The hope is, that this volume will introduce a wider audience to Calvin's writings which may encourage Christians and the Church to pray.
