George Washington was a theist, not a Deist.Д«ut Boller rejects WashingtonвЂ™s вЂњChristianityвЂќ because, as he put it,ДЇ to believe in the divinity and resurrection of Christ and his atonement for the sins of man and to participate in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper are requisites for the Christian faith, then Washington, on the evidence which we have examined, can hardly be considered a Christian, except in the most nominal sense. Here Lillback rightly objects that terming such theology вЂњDeismвЂќ when that term, to too many modern ears, connotes a non-interventionist God, is problematic. Indeed, Boller admits that WashingtonвЂ™s Grand Architect вЂњDeistвЂќ God was an active intervener. Thompson both have written books in the 300 page range that prove WashingtonвЂ™s belief in an active Providence. And Lillback didnвЂ™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.

Most 'Christian America' scholars asserting WashingtonвЂ™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.вЂќ 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.Д«oller'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 вЂњthe massesвЂќ are buying the book in great numbers is ironic. Lillback is President of Westminster Theological Seminary and a notable figure in the вЂњChristian AmericaвЂќ movement. LillbackвЂ™s George WashingtonвЂ™s Sacred Fire, now a top seller on thanks to Glenn BeckвЂ™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.Д«ECK: This is - America, this is a book that every house should have. I think it was two or three when I checked. BECK: Yesterday, it was like 475,000 on.

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