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Books in brief.(George Washington's Sacred Fire)(Brief article)(Book review)
George Washington's Sacred Fire, by Peter A. Lillback with Jerry Newcombe (Providence Forum, 1,208 pp., $39.95).
IN academic circles it has long been taken for granted that George Washington was a Deist--one who believes only in an impersonal and remote God--and not a Christian. In this massive book, Peter Lillback of Westminster Theological Seminary presents the contrary evidence: Washington often mentioned Christ and the Gospel, and when he spoke of Christ as "the Divine Author of our blessed religion" he could hardly have been acting ...
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