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The Shack

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16 reviews
Sales Rank: 585

Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 0.7

ISBN: 0964729237
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780964729230
ASIN: 0964729237

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5 out of 5 stars

Relationship July 23, 2008
The Shack is a beautiful, painful, heart-rendering story about how God feels, how He loves to love, how He hurts more when bad things happen than we can ever realise, and how He created us for one purpose - relationship. I don't generally read Christian fiction because it seems to be so 'end-times' based but halfway through this book, I actually felt as if I had stopped reading and instead God was speaking to me. It's a masterpiece. Ignore any comments about it being theologically incorrect. Instead, celebrate this book for what it is - a story of how God loves us, YOU, me, and how He created us to be in relationship with Him.

5 out of 5 stars

It has made me think..... July 21, 2008
As a soul searching agnostic trying to figure out "what's it all about?" I found this book insightful, enlightning and inspiring. It has really made me think about faith and God. Maybe I have shut myself off and need to listen more, to tune in to the cosmos, to God. I loved the imagery used and would definately recommend this book.

3 out of 5 stars

discriminate June 30, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I dont think this was meant to be a Christian handbook. Although at the end of the book they are pushing people to buy many copies and distribute them among friends. I think if God were to appear before someone for a weekend he may use the method described in the book. I found the teaching to be solid, especially where they talk about Gods love and how he treats sinners, (The part in the cave). Get out of it what you can and pray for guidance on what you leave between the pages.

1 out of 5 stars

Not Christian theology June 12, 2008
5 out of 15 found this review helpful

Whatever else this unusual account of God is, it is not Christian. The doctrine portrayed here is not that of the Trinity - it is the ancient modalist heresy. That is why leaders of the calibre of Albert Moehler and Mark Driscoll have condemned it. As usual, too many sentimentalists have been taken in by nonsense.

If you really want to read a book about an explanation of suffering, get hold of Ken Ham's "How could a loving God...?"

1 out of 5 stars

THE SERPENT's SUGGESTION (v2.00.8) June 10, 2008
10 out of 21 found this review helpful

Opportunistic writers will always prey on the convictions of the faithful. From Christian to Muslim, getting a thorn in their side and twisting is bound to get a reaction - and cash in the free publicity that comes with this. Controversial works sell much faster than good works. In 1988, Salman Rushdie's SATANIC VERSES sold far better than McCarthy's masterpiece BLOOD MERIDIAN. Twenty years later, here comes THE SHACK.

A father in grief agrees to meet with God and has a weekend of conversations with Him. Far from being overly blasphemous, the book will push for subtle deviations that will lead to paradoxical conclusions:
"God is a small entity " (there goes creationism, thank God I am an evolutionist!)
"God is created in our image" (a scary thought for humans: does this include Pol Pot? Henry Kissinger? Hitler?).
"There is no such thing as sin" (since the classic definition of sin is missing one's aim towards God's grace, how about a Godless existence? Still not a sin?)

Personal insights may offer a titillating perspective yet they are rarely Theologically correct - no more than untested personal opinions can become Scientific facts. Faith of course is a personal choice. One should be wary though of seemingly too wide and too easy a path.

In the end, under this benign skin slithers the same old temptation to our pride that lead to Original Sin: God has been created in your image - and You Are Gods Too.

As literature I found it mediocre. As a life-guide, I found it insidious.