The Shack
Author(s):
William P Young
Label: The Shack
Publisher(s):
The Shack
Studio: The Shack
Manufacturer: The Shack
Binding: Paperback
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Customer Reviews
Read this Book!
Read this book! It is intense,funny,sad, loving, and on and on. It will strike every emotion you have and change your life. It is wonderful!
Wow! This book had me thinking for days...
This book drew out every emotion I had. I cried, I laughed, I was heartbroken, I was uplifted...the whole shebang. I personally loved it. I know there are those who say it is not "doctrinally sound" but I don't believe it's meant to be a book of doctrine. It's so much more than that. I found it staggering and I mulled it for days after I read it. I need to re-read it now. I gave it to a friend (and didn't tell her anything about it or it's affect on me) and lo and behold, she was as affected as I was. I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone.
A must-read book!
This was the most amazing book! It's as though I finally know God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, and I like them! And I want to be with them, as my friends. I will be recommending this book to everyone!
Sharing the Love Allegorically
The easy part of this story is reading it at face value; the tough part comes in trying to make sense of the many lessons it wants to teach us about our relationship with God. Without delving too much into the plot which, essentially, involves the supernatural experiences of a young father 'wrestling' with God for answers as to why his daughter was murdered, this book challenged me to reassess how I view the spiritual realm. Perhaps, in my rush to be an orthodox Christian, with a one-sided view of belonging to God, I have overlooked the important truth that it works both ways. God, as embodied in the Trinity, also seeks to dwell intimately with humankind, his creatures, if we would only allow it. The author, William Young, describes how Mack, the protagonist, in a dream similar to John Bunyan's in "Pilgrim's Progress", comes to a liberating realization that only in a relationship with God could he make sense of his young daughter's death and, finally, bring closure to it. It is God's infinite power to see beyond the present circumstances that makes Him a critical person in this tale. Young has taken some theological risks in this book by giving his readers both a transitory but creative glance into the wonders of eternity. If C. S. Lewis were alive today, he might be very pleased with the results.
A Must Read
This book is a great story that gives a good view of God's love for us. I dont' usually read fiction books but once I got into it and read it twice. It can be related to most people's lives and how they feel about God at their deepest times whatever they may be and the shack (our body) can be a beaufiful place once we let go of the past.
Note: if your legalistic religious you may not like some of this book as it focuses on God's love and forgiveness. Some people can't get pass that God is portrayed as a Black woman in the Shack as well. I think it's brilliant as if God appeared as a man to him at that time, he would have not been able to accept Him.
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