George Washington's Sacred Fire

George Washington's Sacred FireAuthor: Peter A. Lillback
Publisher: Providence Forum Press
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 60 reviews
Sales Rank: 167

Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 1208
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 2.1

ISBN: 0978605268
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780978605261
ASIN: 0978605268

Publication Date: July 24, 2006
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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 and circumstances, 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. Through this book, Dr. Lillback, assisted by Jerry Newcombe, will reveal to the reader a newly inspirational image of General and President George Washington.

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5 out of 5 stars Washington : Christian or Deist   August 29, 2010
Telling It Like It Is (United States)
As a conservative Christian I believe this book is very well written, however in the larger scheme of things it only matters to George Washington whether or not he was a Christian. I know conservative christians have a stake in showing some of our founding fathers to be Christian but when you get down to it George needs Jesus far more than Jesus needs George.


5 out of 5 stars Biography of a hero, George Washington   August 25, 2010
Louise B
Sacred Fire was very well researched and documented and also has a very readable quality. I had a hard time putting the book down. I thought I knew a lot about George Washington until I read this book and found out that some of what I have learned has been inaccurate.


3 out of 5 stars If Washington was religious I'm glad I'm not   August 21, 2010
Steve George (UK)
1 out of 18 found this review helpful

I haven't read this book and don't intend to. I'd suggest, however, that everybody reads Simon Sharma's "Rough Crossings", a history of the (shameful) treatment of African Americans by both British and proto-American governments during and after the war of independence. One thing it makes clear is that Washington's principal reason for moving towards independence for America was that the British were about to abolish slavery, and as a Virginia plantation owner...


2 out of 5 stars Don't order in paperback   August 19, 2010
PeggyQ
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

The contents of the book are wonderful and so informative and inspiring. However, I ordered the paperback version of this book for Father's Day along with Overton Window (in hardcover). The first time my husband started reading Sacred Fire, the pages started coming lose and falling out. The book was never handled roughly, but for whatever reason, the pages kept coming out so he eventually set it aside because it was too difficult putting pages back in place, etc. We do want to read this great book, and are hoping to get a hardback version from Amazon. We are very disappointed in the quality of this paperback.


2 out of 5 stars Great book overall but.   August 18, 2010
Tulsaboyw (Oklahoma)
2 out of 17 found this review helpful

But still as well developed and proofed ..its still irrelevant as to washingtons faith.

Washington himself often stated what he believed and also much of Jeffersons writings also state what it its...and it wasnt christianity, but neither was it deist.

Unlike Jefferson who was proven deist, Washington was a bheliever in a higher power, but it wasnt the christian view.

Note that a belief in a higher power is not soley christian btw.

I am agnostic myself, and believe in a nonbiblical possiblity of a god similar to christian but reject the bible as mostly superstition and partly inaccurate as does Jefferson.

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