Excellent book on the spiritual and religious beliefs of lour founding fathers.

I'm unsure how to review this book. While reading, Washington, the man became very personal to me. I now know why he is called "The Indispensable Man". This book made George Washington, alive to me. So, I say read this book. Introduce yourself to George Washington. Maybe he will speak to you too.

This is my favorite book on Washington because it made reading him easy. It is his words, given structure. The last 1/4 of the book is a glossary of his views on issues that effect us today. You want to know what he thought of taxes.... look up taxes.

As an American I have taken much for granted. I have always liked history, but never made myself a historian. This book along with several others has changed that. In the past several years I have felt very disconnected. In the core of my being I feel that something within our nation is off. I now know it is "us"... Americans. We have lost site of "our" history. We have become lazy and in being so have charted the course we are on.

Lost and unaware of how to change that 'off' feeling in my gut. I found myself reading Washington, Madison, Franklin, Paine, Lincoln and many others. Not books about them by others. Their own words, their writings, their feelings. Reading our 'founding fathers' isn't easy. Old english can be tedious. If you stick with it, the history and wisdom the words impart become poetic. George Washington gives me hope... he settle's that 'off' feeling.

The concept, if we do not know history we are doomed to repeat it.... is so true. We are repeating it now. Everything the founding fathers went through. They did, so we would not find ourselves in the position we are in today.

Washington would be ashamed of what Americans have become. But even today, he remains the same "The Indispensable Man".


George Washington's Sacred Fire

This book is a real look into the man that the Father of our nation was, regardless of what your college professor might have told you.

this is a fantastic book and one every American should have on their coffee table.

I love anything about the history of our country, especially about the the strength and perseverance needed to break with England and become our own independent land! History classes need to have outside reading so the real history can come to life for the students.

After reading this book you will never again be able to accept that George Washington was a deist.

I am very anxious to read this book, especially since it was written by a hard-core evangelical who believes that Washington was a devout Christian in every sense of the word. I don't buy the argument, so this should be a fun book to dissect.

As far as content I think this book had important information about George Washington and the Christian roots of the founding of America. The book was very long and quite redundant though which is why I didn't give it more stars. We had a fantastic book club discussion about this book though. It was a good read.

Reading second round, really great reads while on the road here. It makes me miss my friends back home. :)

the truth on Washington's faith

After reading Lillback's tome on Washington, my wife and I made arrangements to him come and speak to students at Southeast Missouri State University. That's how much I thought of the work. Lillback leaves no stone unturned in his research regarding Washington's faith. It's a thick book, nearly 300 pages are devoted to references. Lillback spent ten years researching an writing this book. I only gave it four stars because my rule is to never give a book of over 1000 pages five stars. I guess that's a throwback to my school days when I'd search the library for the shortest books.

3.5 stars