What They Believed2003

Find out what they believed. Discover the truth about three of America's most famous presidents, as author D. James Kennedy reveals what modern secular accounts minimize or deny: the faith of Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln. Did you know, for example, that George Washington made it his daily practice to pray and read the Bible both morning and evening? That he forbade "profane cursing" by soldiers in the Continental Army and required "punctual attendance" at worship services? Did you know that Thomas Jefferson signed legislation that gave land to Indian missionaries, put chaplains on the government payroll, and provided for the punishment of irreverent soldiers? Or did you know that Abraham Lincoln came to Christ after Gettysburg? Find out what Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln said and did on the question of Christianity in this intriguing historical examination from Dr. Kennedy. - Back cover.