Authors: Peter A. Lillback, Jerry Newcombe
ISBN-13: 9780978605254, ISBN-10: 097860525X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Providence Forum Press
Date Published: July 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)
PETER A. LILLBACK, PH.D., is the president of The Providence Forum, senior pastor at Proclamation Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and president of Westminster Theological Seminary, where he is also Professor of Historical Theology. He is the voice of Proclaiming The Word, a daily syndicated radio program, as well as The Proclamation Worship Hour. Dr. Lillback received a Ph.D. from Westminster Theological Seminary, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a B.A. from Cedarville University in Ohio. He is the author of several titles including the bestselling George Washington s Sacred Fire (Providence Forum Press), and The Binding of God: Calvin’s Role in the Development of Covenant Theology (Baker).
Book Synopsis
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.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 13
Foreword 17
Introduction 21
The Controversy
Introduction: The Controversy 25
Deism Defined: Shades of Meaning, Shading the Truth 37
Did Washington Avoid the Name of Jesus Christ?: Addressing a Fundamental Argument 51
The Historical Background of George Washington
Washington's Virginia and The Anglican Mission to the Indians 63
George Washington's Virginian Ancestors 83
The Life of George Washington
The Childhood of George Washington 95
The Christian Education of George Washington 111
The Personality of George Washington 135
George Washington the Soldier 157
George Washington on Character and Honor 191
The Sacred Fire of Liberty: Was George Washington a Godly Leader? 207
George Washington's Family Life 233
George Washington the Churchman
George Washington: The Parishioner 259
George Washington: The Vestryman 271
George Washington: The Low Churchman 287
George Washington and the Bible 305
The Spirituality of George Washington 335
George Washington and Prayer 351
Valley Forge: The Crucible ofWashington's "Sacred Cause" 377
The Debate over George Washington and Communion
George Washington and Communion: Did Washington Take Communion? 405
Shadow or Substance?: Putting Professor Boller's Evidence for Washington's Deism on Trial 437
The Struggle for the Episcopal Church: Washington's Non-Communication and Non-Communion in Philadelphia 449
George Washington the Deist?
George Washington and The Enlightenment 469
George Washington and Religious Liberty: A Christian or Deist Idea? 485
George Washington, Member of the Masonic Order 501
More Objections to Washington the Christian: Slaves, Slander, Passion, and Tripoli 511
"Minds of Peculiar Structure:" George Washington Vs. Deism 531
George Washington the Christian
George Washington's God: Religion, Reason, and Philosophy 555
Washington and the Doctrine of Providence 573
George Washington's Christian Worldview 589
The Gospel According to George Washington 611
George Washington and Forgiveness: A Consideration of the Historicity of Two Classic Washington Anecdotes on Forgiveness 627
George Washington's Clergy and Their Sermons 639
George Washington on Heaven and Eternal Life 663
The Revenge of Parson Weems: Washington's Unparalleled Praise for an Unexpected Person 691
Conclusion
Conclusion: George Washington's Sacred Fire 711
Appendices
The Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversion 729
Representative Biblical Quotations and Allusions Used by George Washington 739
George Washington's Written Prayers 761
George Washington's "Daily Sacrifice Prayers" or "The Spurious Prayers" 801
A Summary of Washington's Most Important Sermons 815
Abiel Leonard's Prayer 831
Sermon by the Reverend Bryan Lord Fairfax 835
The Wisdom of George Washington 845
George Washington and the Anglican Theology of Latitudinarianism 907
Tributes to Washington by his Contemporaries: His Christian Faith, Striking Appearance, and Moral Character 919
Endnotes 959
Bibliography 1159
Index 1171
About the Authors 1185
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