If you’ve been reading Practicon’s blogs for some time, you
know that I occasionally recommend a book for your reading pleasure. I urge you to read George Washington’s Sacred
Fire by Dr. Peter A. Lillback---read it for pleasure and read it to be
astounded by Washington’s
steadfast belief that God inspired, led, and blessed the founding of our
country.
This story of our Founding Father, “a leader of such
enormous stature and who arouses such passionate emotions, that it is difficult
to separate the facts from the fiction”, offers a mountain of comprehensive
evidence that Washington
was an 18th century Anglican, a devout Christian.
By actual measurement, the paperback version of Sacred Fire is a hair less than 2¼”
thick. Though it’s not exactly “light”
reading, this incredible volume fascinates and involves the reader in Washington’s life, his times, training, convictions,
faith, honor, and sense of duty, written largely in Washington’s own words. Without these personal characteristics and his
inspired leadership ability, it’s doubtful that our country would have won the
Revolutionary War and become a free nation.
A number of “scholars” over the past 40 to 50 years have
claimed Washington
a Deist, not a Christian. Learn the
facts for yourself as you read the overwhelming evidence that Washington was indeed a strong
Christian. I believe you will enjoy this
book as it provides a marvelous journey into the early days of our Republic,
and how one man became the pivot point around which our freedom was secured.