NOTES

[1] M. M. Poloma and G. H. Gallup Jr., Varieties of Prayer: A Survey Report (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1991).

[2] General Social Survey 2008; C. Bader, K. Dougherty, P. Froese, B. Johnson, F. C. Mencken, J. Park, et al., American Piety in the 21st Century: New Insights to the Depth and Complexity of Religion in the US: Selected Findings from the Baylor Religion Survey (Waco, TX: Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion, 2006).

[3] The Times, Sunday, January 17, 2016, reporting on a 2015 YouGov poll of British beliefs.

[4] Hugh Stuart Boyd, Select Passages of the Writings of St. Chrysostom, St. Gregory Nazianzen and St. Basil (Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing, 2006), 32–33.

[5] Boiler Room communities are explained in chapter 12.

[6] The word translated “flesh” in English (in John 1:14) was originally the Greek σάρξ (sarx), a descriptor of flesh which predominantly carried the same sense of carnality that was later expressed in the Latin caro.

[7] Within sixty years of Christ’s resurrection, the gospel had spread throughout Asia Minor to the extent that there may have been as many as 100,000 Greek-speaking Christians —most of them Gentile —to every Hebrew- or Aramaic-speaking believer.

[8] William Barclay, The Gospel of John, vol. 1 (Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press, 1975).

[9] Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Blessed Virgin Compared to the Air We Breathe” (1883).

[10] Joel Green, The Gospel of Luke (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997), 310.

[11] Mary is mentioned no fewer than twelve times in the Gospels, more than most of the male apostles. In his third-century commentary on Song of Songs, Hippolytus of Rome described Mary Magdalene as apostolarum apostola (apostle to the apostles).

[12] Augustine’s Confessions, book III, trans. Henry Chadwick (Oxford World Classics, 2008), 35.

[13] Quincy Jones, quoted in Joy T. Bennett, “Michael: The Thrill Is Back,” Ebony, December 2007, 90.

[14] Rolling Stone magazine commissioned journalist Kimberley Sevcik to write the 5,000-word feature which focused particularly on 24-7’s innovative approach to mission in Ibiza. Its release was delayed by coverage of the presidential election. The article, entitled “Christian Party Animals,” was ultimately published in December 2004 by Salon.com. Accessed June 1, 2016, at http://www.salon.com/2004/12/10/evangelicals_10/.

[15] The Boiler Room network is a worldwide family of missional and monastic communities committed to a shared life of prayer, mission, and justice.

[16] Robert L. Wilken, The Spirit of Early Christian Thought (New Haven, CN: Yale University Press, 2005).

[17] Andy Crouch, “No Jesus, No Justice,” January 9, 2014, Andy-Crouch.com.

[18] Mother Teresa, quoted in Brian Kolodiejchuk, M.C., ed., Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta (New York: Doubleday, 2007), 41.

[19] Mother Teresa, Nobel lecture, December 11, 1979, http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1979/teresa-lecture.html.

[20] Wilken, The Spirit of Early Christian Thought, 108.

[21] Duncan Campbell, Principles that Govern a Spiritual Quickening (Faith Mission Recordings, n.d.).

[22] Carol Arnott, “The Purpose of Soaking in His Love,” Revival Magazine, February 28, 2001.

[23] Paul Vallely, Pope Francis: Untying the Knots (New York: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2013), 144.

[24] Madeleine L’Engle, citing Priests among Men, by Cardinal Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, who served as Archbishop of Paris from 1940 until his death in 1949, a period that included the German invasion and occupation of France.

[25] Henri J. M. Nouwen, In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership (New York: Crossroad, 1989), 37.

[26] Augustine’s Confessions (Lib 1,1–2,2.5,5: CSEL 33,1–5).

[27] This is the famous opening confession of the Westminster Shorter Catechism of 1647.

[28] Barry K. Ray, Manuel C. Vallejo, Mitchell D. Creinin, et al., “Amniotic Fluid Embolism with Second Trimester Pregnancy Termination: A Case Report,” Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 51, February 2004, 139–144.

[29] The story of Misha McClung’s healing is told, and explored, in greater detail in chapter 5 of my God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2012).

[30] Karl Barth, Prayer, 50th anniversary ed. (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2002), 13.

[31] Martin Luther, Luther’s Works, vol. 54 (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1967), 94.

[32] Blaise Pascal, Pensées (CreateSpace, 2011), 63.

[33] Gordon Kaufman, cited in Melanie C. Ross, Evangelical versus Liturgical (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2014), 50.

[34] J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (New York: Mariner Books, 2012), 68.

[35] Deb and Jack Welch continue to mobilise prayer through Lite the Fire Ministries.

[36] Origen, Contra Celsus, 1.65-66.

[37] Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics, vol. 3, The Doctrine of Creation, part 3 (London: Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 1960), 288.

[38] P. T. Forsyth, The Soul of Prayer (Rough Draft Printing, 2012), 94.

[39] Hugh Black, Revival —Personal Encounters (New Dawn, 1993), 77.

[40] Arthur Wallis, In the Day of Thy Power (Washington, PA: CLC Publications, 1956).

[41] John Donne, The Works of John Donne (Amazon Digital Services, 2013), 423.

[42] Charles Finney, Lectures on Revival of Religion (Belding, MI: Alethea In Heart, 2005), 35.

[43] Lettie B. Cowman, Streams in the Desert (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1999), 244.

[44] William G. Johnston, Overland to California (Oakland, CA: Biobooks, 1948).

[45] I pose this idea about the naming of Haran (the place: הָרָן) after Terah’s son (הָרָן) very tentatively. Although the names are the same in the English transliteration, they are different in the original Hebrew. The point should therefore be taken more allegorically than exegetically, as a device illustrating the human tendency to “camp out” in our grief.

[46] Coretta Scott King, foreword to Standing in the Need of Prayer (New York: The Free Press, 2008).

[47] Stephen Spencer, Christ in All Things: William Temple and His Writings (Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2015).

[48] Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters 1917–61, ed. Carlos Baker (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003), 88.

[49] John Telford, The Life of John Wesley (London: Epworth Press, 1929), 394.

[50] Eugene Peterson, Where Your Treasure Is (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1993), 65.

[51] Donald Miller, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years (Thomas Nelson, 2009).

[52] William Hogarth’s famous etching Gin Lane depicts a sign over one of the taverns reading: “Drunk for a penny / Dead drunk for two / Clean straw for nothing.”

[53] Vincent J. Donovan, Christianity Rediscovered: An Epistle from the Masai (London: SCM Press, 1982), preface.

[54] The church in question was Hope Missionary Church in Bluffton, Indiana, led by Pastor Gary Aupperle. Names in this story have been changed.

[55] Craig L. Blomberg, Contagious Holiness: Jesus’ Meals with Sinners (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2005), 128, 167.

[56] Ibid.

[57] Ibid., cf. Romans 5:8.

[58] Ambassador Charles Malik’s speech at the dedication of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College, September 1980, cited in Billy Graham, Just As I Am (New York: HarperCollins, 2007), 647.

[59] To find out more about the Princeton Pledge and the history of God’s work on America’s campuses see Trent Sheppard, God on Campus: Sacred Causes and Global Effects (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2010).

[60] The Campus America initiative filled the year 2007 with continuous intercession on US university and college campuses. Mobile “Wilder” teams also toured campuses, stirring up the flames of intercession amongst students, inspired by Robert Wilder’s historic 1886–1887 tour. As part of this initiative, Trent Sheppard released his brilliant summary of American student mission, God on Campus. Universities continue to be a primary strategic focus for the 24-7 movement in America and around the world.

[61] The Divine Comedy, “Eye of the Needle,” from the album Regeneration (Parlophone EMI, 2001).

[62] W. C. Wright, trans., “Julian the Apostate: Letter to Arsacius, High Priest of Galatia, AD 362,” in Works, vol. 3, accessed June 6, 2016, at http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/julian_apostate_letters_1_trans.htm.

[63] See Tim Chester, Good News to the Poor (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2013), 14, 37.

[64] The Stockbridge Boiler Room: http://www.stockbridgeboilerroom.org.

[65] The businessman, Clark Milspaugh, served on the board of 24-7 Prayer USA and established The Harvest, a church and a market in West Tulsa. See www.WestSideHarvest.com.

[66] Rule of St. Benedict, 53:1, trans. Abbot Parry, OSB (Leominster, UK: Gracewing, 1990), 83.

[67] Óscar Romero, The Violence of Love (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1988), 18.

[68] Pete and Sarah’s community is called The Tree of Life, Manenberg. See https://vimeo.com/111198014.

[69] Samuel Wells and Marcia A. Owen, Living without Enemies: Being Present in the Midst of Violence (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2011), 30. Italics in original.

[70] This idea of Christian unity comes from Nicky Gumbel.

[71] For the unabridged version of this prayer, see “Litany of Humility” by Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val, secretary of state to Pope Saint Pius X, from the Prayer Book for Jesuits (1963).

[72] Seraphim of Sarov, quoted in Harry Boosalis, The Joy of the Holy (Waymart, PA: St. Tikhon’s Seminary Press, 1993), 82.

[73] Gregory of Palamas, quoted in Paul Evdokimov, The Art of the Icon: A Theology of Beauty (London: Oakwood Publishers, 2011), 3.

[74] Heather King, Words of Wisdom for Every New Mom (New York: Avon Books, 1994).

[75] Origen, quoted in Robert L. Wilken, The Spirit of Early Christian Thought (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005), 22.

[76] John Piper, Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2004), 35–36.

[77] Karl Barth, The Epistle to the Philippians (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2002), 15.

[78] St Francis, quoted in Francis and Clare: The Complete Works, ed. Regis J. Armstrong and Ignatius C. Brady (New York: Paulist Press, 1982), xii.

[79] Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2011), 305.

[80] The Order of the Mustard Seed (OMS) —find out more at http://24-7prayer.com.

[81] Jason Mandryk, Operation World: The Definitive Prayer Guide to Every Nation (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2010), xxiii.

[82] C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain (New York: HarperCollins, 2001), 25.