The Shack

[camily]

Anyone read it or reading it?
I just started it (on chapter 6) and it is exceptional! I love it. Heartbreaking yet amazing! Don't spoil it for me if you have. I highly recommend this book. My mother read it and promptly gave a copy to me and each of my sisters.
TheShackBook.com

[sk8enscars]

I read it about a month ago and couldn't put it down. It really makes you think about things differently. (in a good way!) I had a hard time accepting that the book was over because I wanted to keep reading. Maybe I'll read it again. Enjoy!

[camily]

Originally Posted by sk8enscars

I read it about a month ago and couldn't put it down. It really makes you think about things differently. (in a good way!) I had a hard time accepting that the book was over because I wanted to keep reading. Maybe I'll read it again. Enjoy!

My mother said that at the end of the book I'll want to read it again. I want to read it all the time. I can't during the day with the kids and it drives me nuts!

[mkd20012001]

I almost bought that book last weekend but instead got In the Woods. I will have to get after I read this one.

Looked it up on Amazon and this is just one of many reviews. I'm a Christian so I'm very selective about what I read that is contrary to what is written in the Bible. "Embraced by the Light" was another book that is very mis-leading to Christians. It's a hard world out there, and there's proof everywhere that Satan is leading people astray. I wouldn't let my kids read this book...



1,579 of 2,309 people found the following review helpful:
This is THE book for you, IF..., October 24, 2007
By Michael Burton - See all my reviews

To the many 5 star reviewers, may I respectfully ask you to step back, take a deep breath, and then give this book a second look, viewing it only through the prism of Scripture? Upon sober reflection, perhaps you will discern that this IS an amazing book and THE book for you if, and only if...

You want to recreate God in your own image;

You find Isaiah's portrayal of a holy God seated upon His throne to be a disturbing image;

You would prefer to metaphorically cast God the Father as a loving and large black woman named "Papa," Jesus as a laid back and friendly Middle Eastern man, and the Holy Spirit as a calm and cool Asian woman;

You want a God so small that you and she/he/she can just hang out together as best buddies;

You regard the Bible as an extremely biased, narrow-minded, and insufficient revelation of God in leather binding with "guilt edges" (page 65);

You therefore believe that God talks to people today, and that whatever she or he says to people trumps biblical truth (page 66);

You believe that God is never to be feared (page 90);

You believe that Jesus' miracles do not affirm Him as God, but prove only "that Jesus is truly human" (page 99);

You want a God who does not hold people accountable for, nor punishes sin (page 119);

You want a God who does not demand that you submit to him or her, but one who submits to YOU (page 145);

You want a God who accepts everyone -- "Buddhists...Muslims, bankers and bookies" -- as his or her children no matter what their beliefs or behavior, and that Jesus has "no desire to make them Christian" (page 223);

You believe that Jesus lied when He warned, "Broad is the road that leads to destruction" (Matthew 7:13), because in The Shack Jesus says, "Most roads don't lead anywhere" (page 182).

Make no mistake... 90% of this book is spot on. But isn't that exactly what makes its 10% error so insidiously deadly? Look, we can allegorize many things, but we don't mess with the Trinity. This book is a Trojan horse subtly infiltrating the Christian community -- one that makes our God extremely small and completely manageable, a God who, in the final analysis, is no God at all.

[camily]

Originally Posted by Sindy

Looked it up on Amazon and this is just one of many reviews. I'm a Christian so I'm very selective about what I read that is contrary to what is written in the Bible. "Embraced by the Light" was another book that is very mis-leading to Christians. It's a hard world out there, and there's proof everywhere that Satan is leading people astray. I wouldn't let my kids read this book...



1,579 of 2,309 people found the following review helpful:
This is THE book for you, IF..., October 24, 2007
By Michael Burton - See all my reviews

To the many 5 star reviewers, may I respectfully ask you to step back, take a deep breath, and then give this book a second look, viewing it only through the prism of Scripture? Upon sober reflection, perhaps you will discern that this IS an amazing book and THE book for you if, and only if...

You want to recreate God in your own image;

You find Isaiah's portrayal of a holy God seated upon His throne to be a disturbing image;

You would prefer to metaphorically cast God the Father as a loving and large black woman named "Papa," Jesus as a laid back and friendly Middle Eastern man, and the Holy Spirit as a calm and cool Asian woman;

You want a God so small that you and she/he/she can just hang out together as best buddies;

You regard the Bible as an extremely biased, narrow-minded, and insufficient revelation of God in leather binding with "guilt edges" (page 65);

You therefore believe that God talks to people today, and that whatever she or he says to people trumps biblical truth (page 66);

You believe that God is never to be feared (page 90);

You believe that Jesus' miracles do not affirm Him as God, but prove only "that Jesus is truly human" (page 99);

You want a God who does not hold people accountable for, nor punishes sin (page 119);

You want a God who does not demand that you submit to him or her, but one who submits to YOU (page 145);

You want a God who accepts everyone -- "Buddhists...Muslims, bankers and bookies" -- as his or her children no matter what their beliefs or behavior, and that Jesus has "no desire to make them Christian" (page 223);

You believe that Jesus lied when He warned, "Broad is the road that leads to destruction" (Matthew 7:13), because in The Shack Jesus says, "Most roads don't lead anywhere" (page 182).

Make no mistake... 90% of this book is spot on. But isn't that exactly what makes its 10% error so insidiously deadly? Look, we can allegorize many things, but we don't mess with the Trinity. This book is a Trojan horse subtly infiltrating the Christian community -- one that makes our God extremely small and completely manageable, a God who, in the final analysis, is no God at all.

That is not at all what the book says. You are taking one persons account as truth. This person really turned the facts of the book when writing about it. The small parts he has pointed out are not what is said if you read further down the page in the book. Trust me, I read it, not just read someones review.

[RoseRed (Premo)]

Originally Posted by camily

Anyone read it or reading it?
I just started it (on chapter 6) and it is exceptional! I love it. Heartbreaking yet amazing! Don't spoil it for me if you have. I highly recommend this book. My mother read it and promptly gave a copy to me and each of my sisters.
TheShackBook.com

I am getting ready to read it, Mom is bringing it over Tuesday evening.

[camily]

Originally Posted by RoseRed

I am getting ready to read it, Mom is bringing it over Tuesday evening.

You'll love it! It's heartbreaking and wonderful at the same time.