George Washington's Sacred Fire
What sets George Washington's Sacred Fire apart from all previous works on this man for the ages, is the exhaustive fifteen years of Dr. Peter Lillback's research, revealing a unique icon driven by the highest of ideals. Only do George Washington's own writings, journals, letters, manuscripts, and those of his closest family and confidants reveal the truth of this awe-inspiring role model for all generations.\ Dr. Lillback paints a picture of a man, who, faced with unprecedented challenges...
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Published by Providence Forum Press Dr. Peter Lillback's exhaustive fifteen years of research set’s George Washington's Sacred Fire apart from all previous works Washington’s faith. It presents a man driven by the highest of ideals using Washington's own writings, journals, letters, manuscripts, and those of his closest family and confidants to reveal the truth of this awe-inspiring role model for all generations. Dr. Lillback convincingly shows how when faced with unprecedented challenges and circumstances, Washington ultimately drew upon his persistent qualities of character - honesty, justice, equity, perseverence, piety, forgiveness, humility, and servant leadership, to become one of the most revered figures in world history. George Washington set the cornerstone for what would become one of the most prosperous, free nations in the history of civilization.
Acknowledgements 13Foreword 17Introduction 21The ControversyIntroduction: The Controversy 25Deism Defined: Shades of Meaning, Shading the Truth 37Did Washington Avoid the Name of Jesus Christ?: Addressing a Fundamental Argument 51The Historical Background of George WashingtonWashington's Virginia and The Anglican Mission to the Indians 63George Washington's Virginian Ancestors 83The Life of George WashingtonThe Childhood of George Washington 95The Christian Education of George Washington 111The Personality of George Washington 135George Washington the Soldier 157George Washington on Character and Honor 191The Sacred Fire of Liberty: Was George Washington a Godly Leader? 207George Washington's Family Life 233George Washington the ChurchmanGeorge Washington: The Parishioner 259George Washington: The Vestryman 271George Washington: The Low Churchman 287George Washington and the Bible 305The Spirituality of George Washington 335George Washington and Prayer 351Valley Forge: The Crucible ofWashington's "Sacred Cause" 377The Debate over George Washington and CommunionGeorge Washington and Communion: Did Washington Take Communion? 405Shadow or Substance?: Putting Professor Boller's Evidence for Washington's Deism on Trial 437The Struggle for the Episcopal Church: Washington's Non-Communication and Non-Communion in Philadelphia 449George Washington the Deist?George Washington and The Enlightenment 469George Washington and Religious Liberty: A Christian or Deist Idea? 485George Washington, Member of the Masonic Order 501More Objections to Washington the Christian: Slaves, Slander, Passion, and Tripoli 511"Minds of Peculiar Structure:" George Washington Vs. Deism 531George Washington the ChristianGeorge Washington's God: Religion, Reason, and Philosophy 555Washington and the Doctrine of Providence 573George Washington's Christian Worldview 589The Gospel According to George Washington 611George Washington and Forgiveness: A Consideration of the Historicity of Two Classic Washington Anecdotes on Forgiveness 627George Washington's Clergy and Their Sermons 639George Washington on Heaven and Eternal Life 663The Revenge of Parson Weems: Washington's Unparalleled Praise for an Unexpected Person 691ConclusionConclusion: George Washington's Sacred Fire 711AppendicesThe Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversion 729Representative Biblical Quotations and Allusions Used by George Washington 739George Washington's Written Prayers 761George Washington's "Daily Sacrifice Prayers" or "The Spurious Prayers" 801A Summary of Washington's Most Important Sermons 815Abiel Leonard's Prayer 831Sermon by the Reverend Bryan Lord Fairfax 835The Wisdom of George Washington 845George Washington and the Anglican Theology of Latitudinarianism 907Tributes to Washington by his Contemporaries: His Christian Faith, Striking Appearance, and Moral Character 919Endnotes 959Bibliography 1159Index 1171About the Authors 1185
