The Shack | 
 enlarge | Author: Wm. Paul Young
Publisher: Windblown Media
Category: Book
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Rating:  1536 reviews
Sales Rank: 9411
Format: Large Print
Media: Paperback
Edition: Lrg
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 1.4
ISBN: 0964729288
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780964729285
ASIN: 0964729288
Publication Date: September 2, 2008
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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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 One of the Best Books I've Ever Read! October 10, 2008
What an incredibl;e work! There are many who read it and criticize it for its theology (actually, what they grump about is the fact that it doesn't necessarily AGREE with their own personal theology) but the fact is that this marvelous little book brings readers into a closer personal relationship with God.
Many there are who prefer a God who prefers fear to love, a God who judges and swats you with a club for every tiny transgression. This book presents a God who is more interested in developing a close, personal relationship with His creations, and in teaching them about the their place in His kingdom and, most importantly, His heart.
I know of many, many people who turned their backs on God for one reason or another and who, as the result of reading this book, have come back to embrace Him!
I've been recommending this book to everyone and I'll continue to do so.
The Shack is very Powerful. It's not the scripture but an incredible conversation with God October 9, 2008
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I was very surprised at how much this book clarified many of my doubts and help me heal old wounds. God's love is such an incredible thing.
So this is NOT "THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO WILLIE" October 9, 2008
I've just finished reading this, and I must say the book may cause some controversy. As I read the other reviews, I was amazed at the need for the reviewers to protect "their Christianity". They criticize the text as being inaccurate and damaging. Damaging to what?
As an ordained Deacon, I have some knowledge of biblical issues. The only safety net we have is our belief in faith, and that Christ died for our sins so that we may have eternal life with God in Heaven.
Being said, the book is of course fiction. Everyone should have the right to enjoy anything they want. And, after reading the book, you may look differently at the use of the word "right" in this context. God speaks to everyone is His own way. So, in this version, He speaks as a large black women. To Isiah, as a King upon the throne. Perhaps Isiah needed to see God in that manner. Perhaps someone else would relate to God in the form of a large black women. Who am I to tell God what He is to appear as?
My relationship with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit is much like the story told. He lives in me, and I listen to Him. But my time with Him is not subject to an just one hour on a Sunday morning. I have spent all week with him.
So, as you read the reviews, keep an open mind, and get a copy of this book. Take a few hours or days to give this a read, and reflect on your personal relationship with Christ. And, if you happen to attend a service over the weekend, share the copy of this book with one of your friends. And, if just one person shares his or her life with Christ, and accepts Him, then the book has done a wonderful and permanent thing.
The Shack October 9, 2008
Excellent book. We used it in our book review group and we had a very interesting discussion. Some thought it would change the way they looked at things from now on.
Novelty October 9, 2008
Typically, as you see from my Amazon reviews, I read technical documents, preferring to adhere to General Robert E. Lee's dictum of avoiding novel reading for manuals, references, and books that educate. When a friend recently asked me to review "The Shack" (Paul Young's 254-page 2007 paperback) I set aside the professional reading for this novelty.
Reminding of the recent aura for the "Left Behind" series and the older "Purpose Driven Life" phenomenon, it seems "The Shack" is destined for similar longtime notoriety. Young's story of a father's struggle to overcome the brutal kidnapping and murder of a toddler daughter pulls at the heartstrings. He is summoned to meet the Holy Trinity in the actual shack were the child was killed- challenging reader consideration for life's pain and fear. Through a series of around-the-shack discussions (almost debates sometimes) between the Trinity and the father spiritual and emotional healing begins in the man.
The theological underpinning in "The Shack" is poignant and personal. The persons of the Trinity are thoughtful and provocative (the Creator is a barefoot African American lady who likes to cook, Jesus is a blue jean clad mid easterner who still sports the wrist nail scars, and the Holy Spirit is a flittering ghost-like little Asian gardener lady). Their persons are intertwined in "ousia" (Greek for "being") rooted in biblical conceptions of love.
Avoiding most of the Old Testament review for deity, "The Shack" posits Trinity power and activity in love. It's "all about love" each of the persons tell the father at various occasions. Scripture is offered without quoting as the man asks life's difficult questions. Divine love is, in deed, illustrated with each answer. Young's narrative reflects the biblical story with every new chapter.
Of course, some will disagree with portions of the shack's story. It is to be expected, theology is not perfect- nor should it be. (For example, I find the discussion on evil, chapter 9, mostly untenable. Evil is much more than "the absence of Good", page 136.) Differences with the book, however, should not distract from its message. It is well worth your reading.
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