Thompson both have written books in the 300 page range that prove Washington’s belief in an active Providence. And Lillback didn’t need to write 1200 pages to demonstrate Washington believed in an active personal God. Though some notable scholars have so claimed, Boller did not. Lillback does answer the claim that GW was a strict Deist, that is one who believes in a non-interventionist God and categorically rejects all written revelation.
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Most "Christian America" scholars asserting Washington’s devout Christianity simply ignore such evidence, like for instance that Washington refused to take communion in his church such that his own minister termed him a "Deist" or "not a real Christian.” To his credit, Lillback is familiar with almost every claim Boller makes and seeks to answer them. And Boller claims Washington some kind of "Deist," that evidence lacks for his Christian orthodoxy. Boller to James Flexner, who claim Washington was some kind of Deist.īoller's George Washington & Religion, among respected historians, is the generally accepted standard-bearer work of scholarship on the matter. No, this book aims squarely at respected scholars, notably experts on Washington's life, from Paul F. Most ordinary folks will not, like me, finish or even read a fraction of a 1200 page book with 200 pages of fineprint footnotes. That “the masses” are buying the book in great numbers is ironic. Lillback is President of Westminster Theological Seminary and a notable figure in the “Christian America” movement. Lillback’s George Washington’s Sacred Fire, now a top seller on thanks to Glenn Beck’s promoting it, attempts to overturn wisdom conventional in scholarly circles that George Washington was a Deist, but rather argues Washington was an orthodox Trinitarian Christian. Review of George Washington's Sacred Fire Wow - "all of the scholars" are wrong! With Fox News street cred like that, who could ask for anything more? Immanent Frame has more on this bizarre story here (the story notes a silver lining, which is the attention given to the excellent historian Thomas Kidd after his appearance to talk about George Whitefield and the Great Awakening). Best - best book on faith and the founding I think I've ever read. It so discredits all of the scholars and it's amazing. Boy, I'll tell you, you're the best publicist in town.īECK: This is - America, this is a book that every house should have. I think it was two or three when I checked. John Quincy Adams said, "Duty is ours results are God's." That's our motto.BECK: Yesterday, it was like 475,000 on. How has the conservative cause been going? There seem to have been a number of losses lately, like in economic policy and sexual morality and the new assertiveness of atheists.
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The welfare state, instead of helping poor people, has made more of them. But I do not believe government should be doing those things. I don't like to talk about what I do, but since 1994, I go to the San Isidro Food Ministry in Pompano Beach whenever I can.
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What's the one most mistaken impression about your work?Ĭonservatives sometimes get accused of not caring about the poor.
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But he did, and he's had a tremendous impact. If Christ didn't rise from dead bodily on a certain day, it's a fraud and ought to be abandoned. I've always been interested in history, even when I was in seventh grade.