Reformation of Prayer among Sixteenth-Century Lutherans

In sixteenth-century Germany Martin Luther and his followers engaged in a thorough reform of beliefs and practices related to prayer, a reform rooted in Luther''s theological insights. Rejecting medieval beliefs that saw prayer as a good work, Luther and his followers saw prayer as a human response to God''s command to pray and promise to hear. It was a good work, done freely, not to earn salvatio...