![]() ![]() This book essentially is coming from the "Christian Nation" circle (a circle, my readers know, I often criticize). This book has been heavily promoted by The Coral Ridge Hour. James Kennedy's The Coral Ridge Hour and has co-written books with Kennedy. Lillback and his assistant, Jerry Newcombe are not really part of the "academy." Lillback is a Calvinist-Presbyterian minister and President of Westminster Theological Seminary, and Newcombe works for D. George (Princeton), James Kurth (Swarthmore) and Walter McDougall (Penn). I'm sure I'll have plenty to say about it over the next few months, but some initial reactions.įirst, It's impressive to see the list of distinguished scholars who write blurbs for it: Rodney Stark (Baylor), Robert P. This book attempts to overturn the conventional wisdom in scholarly circles that George Washington was a Deist, but rather argues that Washington was an orthodox Trinitarian Christian. Lillback with Jerry Newcombe has just arrived in the mail and at 1200 pages, obviously I haven't finished it. I prefer things to be a little more concise, and to have much less repetition, but I would still recommend this book.George Washington's Sacred Fire, First Thoughts: In order to make his point, Lillback would repeat things numerous times throughout the book. The only issue that I had with this book was the repetition. Few people knew Washington better than she, and she was very adamant in her beliefs concerning his faith. She said that doubting Washington's Christianity is as sensible as doubting his patriotism. The quote that hit me the hardest was one that Washington's granddaughter, Nellie, made. Washington could not have made the statements that he did if he were both a Deist and a man of integrity. He does a good job of showing that Washington either was not a Deist, or he was very deceitful. Lillback uses Washington's own writings, and the testimony of those who knew him best, to argue for Washington's Christianity. ![]() With this aim in mind, Lillback did an excellent point of achieving his objective. This book was written to prove that Washington was, contrary to popular opinion, no Deist, but he was a Christian. This fantastic book is found in our library with other biographies under the number B/Was. Lillback buries the myth that Washington was an unbeliever-at most a 'Deist'-under an avalanche of facts." George of Princeton University believes ".Dr. ![]() His 'sacred fire' lit America's path toward civil and religious liberty."Rodney Stark of Baylor University says this book is "An enlightening, engaging, and long overdue correction of the falsehood that Washington lacked faith." Robert P. But they cannot ignore this mountain of evidence suggesting Washington's religion was not Deism, but just the sort of low-church Anglicanism one would expect in an 18th century Virginia gentleman. Walter A McSougall, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian, from the University of Pennsylvania said "Secular historians ignore George Washington's ward Nelly Custis, who wrote that doubting his Christian faith was as absurd as doubting his patriotism. It sites many samples from his writings and from people who knew him, showing that without a doubt, Washington trusted in his savior. Fifteen years of exhaustive research of Washington’s writings set George Washington’s Sacred Fire by Peter A Lillback apart from other studies about our first President.
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