Who is He? The mistake the Shack makes is giving permission to our need to visualise and quantify and package God, rather than recognising the great Mystery that He is. It’s very tempting to make God who we want Him to be, rather than seeing Him as He is. However, I was actually a bit disturbed by some of the (minor?) themes as revealed by the interviews and found the author quite obtuse… almost slippery at times, certainly defensive and the line ‘theologians aren’t disturbed by that’ bypasses Sheridan’s genuine questions. So my thoughts now are…įirstly, the biggest benefit of the Shack may be that it represents the view that the arms of God are open wide… a good message for those who have not experienced a warm welcome mat in church circles. I really enjoyed The Shack when I read it a few years ago, bought several copies and passed them round … however the interviews cast a different light on his philosophies and themes… things I missed when reading it as a novel. This audiobook contains a bonus interview with the author.Just finished listening to the Wm P Young interviews… hmmm. Millions have discovered it already - now it's your turn. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price 35.00) Brodart protected. The book is square and unmarked one corner and tail of spine bumped. He wrote the novels The Shack, Cross Roads, Eve, and the religious book Lies We Believe About God. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper: 'To Peg, / Food is Love / Jasper White / October 2007' a Summer Shack restaurant promo card laid in. Paul Young or simply Paul Young, is a Canadian author. This is the kind of story you'll want to tell everyone about. William Paul Young (born May 11, 1955), referred to as Wm.

The Shack wrestles with the timeless question 'where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?' Mack's experiences when he faces up to his darkest nightmares will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as they did him. What he finds there will change his life forever. Against his better judgment, Mack arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon. Four years later, still trapped in his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack. Mack's youngest daughter, Missy, was 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.

With 20 million copies sold worldwide, The Shack is an international best seller that explores life's toughest questions through the gripping story of one man's struggle to find answers to his suffering. The powerful best-selling novel, now a major motion picture, of how a grief-stricken man's encounter with God changes his life forever.

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