Learning to Pray

Pieter Veerman is Assistant Professor of Practical Theology at the Theological University of Apeldoorn and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He received his PhD in 2016 from the Protestant Theological University in Amsterdam with a dissertation on the Heidelberg Catechism’s teaching on prayer. His current research is focused on the Heidelberg Catechism (1563) and early and present-day catechetical sermons on the Lord’s Prayer. He is a member of Societas Homiletica. Lyle D. Bierma is Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan (USA). He received his PhD in 1980 from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina (USA), with a dissertation on the covenant theology of Caspar Olevianus. His research interests and publications focus on early Reformed covenant theology, the Heidelberg Catechism, and John Calvin. Herman J. Selderhuis ist Professor für Kirchengeschichte an der Theologischen Universität Apeldoorn, Direktor von Refo500, Wissenschaftlicher Kurator der Johannes a Lasco Bibliothek sowie Präsident des Internationalen Calvinkongresses.