WWII: D-Day and the Providence of God

by Douglas W. Phillips (Editor)

The Allied landing at Normandy on June 6, 1944 marked the greatest amphibious invasion in world history. In this new, 7-part series, you will gain a thoroughly Christian overview of the men and the movements that led to D-Day, the commanders and soldiers who engaged in battle there, as well as the results of the invasion. D-Day and the Providence of God surveys the worldviews in conflict between Nazism and Christendom, ethics of spying, principles of leadership, as well as the real-life sacrifices of brave Christian men who hazarded all at Normandy to defeat tyranny and preserve liberty in the West.
This study guide features the following elements for each an episode overview, 20 key questions and answers, Scripture memory verses, and a select bibliography for further study.
Episode 1: The Theological Significance of the Second World War
Episode 2: The Strategic Overview
Episode 3: The Theology of Leadership on D-Day
Episode 4: Deception, Intelligence, and Spying for D-Day
Episode 5: The Decision to Go
Episode 6: The Men of D-Day and the Meaning of Manhood
Episode 7: The Aftermath

88 pages, Paperback

First published October 14, 2011

About the author

Doug Phillips is a sinner, saved by grace. God was pleased to place him in the home of Howard and Peggy Phillips, two outstanding parents who loved him and poured their lives into him. His father personally discipled Doug for much of his life, taking Doug with him around the country, such that Doug had traveled with his family through 49 of the 50 states by the time he was 18. His father — a former candidate for President of the United States who served as Acting Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity under Richard Nixon — faithfully read both Old and New Testament to him at the dinner table, taught him constitutional law, public policy, and communicated to Doug a remarkable passion for history. They listened together to more than 2,000 audiocassettes on history, books, and theology.

As a young man, Doug was also discipled by Robert Gifford, a great preacher of the Word and pastor of Sovereign Grace Baptist Church, who communicated to Doug a passion for Christian apologetics and the sovereignty of God. Because of his father’s work as a statesman, Doug had the opportunity to spend time with, and learn from, many of the great Christian leaders of the last 30 years. It was during this time, however, that Doug came to realize that the greatest witness a man could offer for Jesus Christ was not what he knew, but how he lived his life as a father and a husband. It was at this time that God began to build a vision in Doug’s life for seeing the restoration of biblical manhood, godly femininity, and the Christian home.

While running a Christian newspaper in college, Doug met Beall, a young woman who ran a ministry to unwed mothers called “Alternatives to Abortion” (interestingly enough, Beall herself had been adopted). Five years later, on “the happiest day of my life — except for every day after that,” Doug and Beall were married. Doug attended law school for the purpose of developing skills that would help him defend home educators and Christian parents from State tyranny. He graduated from George Mason School of Law, where he studied under judges Robert Bork and Doug Ginsberg. He served for six years at the Home School Legal Defense Association in multiple capacities including staff attorney and Director of the National Center for Home Education.