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by: William P. Young
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780964729230
ISBN: 0964729237
Label: Windblown Media
Manufacturer: Windblown Media
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: May 01, 2007
Publisher: Windblown Media
Sales Rank: 4
Studio: Windblown Media
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Product Description:
Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant 'The Shack' wrestles with the timeless question, 'Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?' The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book!
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Rating:  - Radical, beautiful
The Shack is nothing less than an elegant, paradigm-shifting, life-affirming piece of living artwork. I hadn't even heard of this book until three or four days ago when a series of synchronicities took place, culminating in my discovery of The Shack and subsequent purchase. I sort of questioned myself...no actually really questioned myself because I am not one to EVER purchase a bestseller and do not identify as a Christian. Well, I purchased the book anyway, and needless to say it took my breath ... Read More
Rating:  - A healing work
This is one of those books that you would love to give a five star rating, but cannot. The strengths of the book are many and include identification with the sorrow of the main character Mac, who goes through "the Great Sadness" over his daughter. The story is a moving story and very intriguing. The idea of going to the place of your greatest pain for healing is very important and was for me the strongest part of the book. The book has some strong theological strengths such as the emphasis on God ... Read More
Rating: - A insightful and healing journey
The Shack was a riveting and emotional journey. As a born-again Christian, I recommend anyone and everyone read this book. It creates a visually stimulating collection that puts skin on the greatness of God. Young magnificently molds an image of the Trinity in a remarkable and unique way that for this mature Christian was amazing. Young does what many "religious" writers and speakers fail to do: make God real.
Rating:  - The Shack is a misleading book on Christianity.
The Shack uses emotion to teach wrong doctrine. I personally feel that this book is trying to cleverly teach a Christ that is not of the Bible.
First, the trinity is presented as Morman gods or people, see pgs 88 -89.
The Father is represented as a woman. God being male is important to our belief system. Jesus calls the Father, Father. We pay "Our Father," and "We bow before the Father, upon whose name every Father in heaven and on earth are named. If we do not keep this relationship, ... Read More
Rating: - Check out this scenario:
The book may hold a good story and show a sweet, comforting Trinity.
But if you miss the point of who Jesus is, you've missed it all. So said the late Walter Martin, author of _The Kingdom of the Cults_.
On page 110 of _The Shack_, Young says, "Jesus is the best way to Papa."
What kind of character would make such a statement, even in fiction, when Jesus claims He is the *only* way to God--in the Bible, in John 14.
Young's definition, "the best way," implies ... Read More
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