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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780964729230
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 0964729237
Label: Windblown Media
Manufacturer: Windblown Media
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: July 01, 2008
Publisher: Windblown Media
Studio: Windblown Media

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Editorial Review:

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!




Rating: - An Open Invitation To Walk With God
I have loved the works of C. S. Lewis for most of my life. I consider his THE GREAT DIVORCE and THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA to be among the most important books ever written. But until I read THE SHACK, I would have had a hard time explaining "why" I feel so strongly about Lewis. W. P. Young's brilliant novel answers that question for me: its all about relationship with God.

Lewis strips away the "churchy-ness," the "religiosity," the "stained-glass pietism" and leaves a pristine encounter with God. Is God present in the Church? in the Gospels? of course, but he is often hard to see there, through the ages of accumulated baggage which humanity has hung on faith. KNOWING God, not just knowing about him, but coming into and growing in relationship with God is what faith is all about. That is what Jesus came to give us -- and that is what W. P. Young presents for a new, world-weary generation of seekers. Although he never once quotes the Scriptures, every page of Young's ... Read More

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Rating: - Enlightening at times; misleading at other times
As an aspiring novelist, I will only say one thing about Mr. Young's writing: Any author who can capture the hearts of this many readers deserves my full respect. He's obviously doing something right.

But this book is not intended to be a literary masterpiece. It's really about the theology. And don't be fooled into thinking that Mr. Young dispenses with theology. The Shack represents his own interpretation of the Scriptures--his theology. Much of his theology is biblical, refreshing, and thought-provoking. But some of it is at the very least misleading, if not downright false.

And why does theological precision matter? 2 Peter 1:19-21 says: "So we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. But know this first of all, that no Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, ... Read More

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Rating: - Clam shack
Such clap trap. I don't mind out of the box thinking, but pleeeeeeeeease this book is full of bologna. And to compare it to Pilgrim's Progress - whew - such the stretch. I really didn't want to give this book any stars!

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Rating: - Can be enlightening if it doesn't confuse you first....
I almost put the book down and wasn't going to look back, I really feel that some of of the Theology is disgraceful and if I wasn't already a Christian, I might get the wrong message from the book entirely. However, I decided to keep reading and did glean some really valuable lessons. It is really really good at explaining God's love for us and the relationship he desires with us. I was confused by how accepting of sin and false religions that the book seemed to be open to? Maybe I didn't understand these areas though...

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Rating: - The Shack
This review will be in two folds. First, from being a reviewer and second, based on my opinion (which I never try to do - but, in this case, I feel I must).

From a reviewing perspective:
The book is poorly written and does not meet the "writing standards" of a novel. First, there is way too much dialogue and second, the author does not perform the task of making you feel there. It's just words written about. It starts out well, but then you lose focus. Or, at least I did. If it showed more emotions with Mack seeing God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, it could have been better written.

I thought I could fly through this book and at least get the feeling of what the author was trying to portray that Mack felt. There just was not enough emotion. The book stated how much Mack cried. Okay, maybe he did, but why not show more emotion with his crying. I just didn't feel it. Was there snot, was he heaving from crying so much. I think you all get my drift. ... Read More

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