Product Description: A Lutheran scholar explores how prayer shaped Luther's life and informed his writing and teaching. From Luther's life of prayer emerges his emphasis on Catechesis - teaching the basics of Christian faith and practice. Tracing Luther's writings on prayer from different stages of his life, the author shows how Luther's reflections on prayer flow from personal experience, and so can have practical application for our lives today...read more

Product Description: This study fills a gap in the research of the Lutheran Confessions. It shows how Luther's theological testament is part of a confessional movement that wants to be evangelical and catholic.--Eric W. Gritsch, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.