The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity by William P. Young Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
Book Review: A thought on grace and tolerance
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading so many reviews 5 stars to 1 star . . . I decided to review us reviewers instead as you can find out much about this book from other's thoughts and then reading it yourself.
I pray we find a way to have more tolerance towards one another. God finds a way to bring us Love in different ways. Some find Him through a trauma (I am a nursing student and have seen this many times), some find Him through a positive experience, some find Him through a song or a dance, it can go on and on. But I believe all of us find Him through what touches our hearts at the deepest levels. If people read this book and it happens to open the door to His love more than the Bible did, then thank God for this book! Any person worth their salt will know that the Bible is historically and divinely different than any other book. They will also know that this book is fictional *BUT* for a seeker the Bible can be very intimidating and hard to understand at first.
I know, I have been there. I had been seeking God for many years and the Bible just seemed so distant and I couldn't understand the language of how things are written. A science-based book called "The Language of God" is what opened my door, not the Bible. It spoke to my heart in the way I had come to Love God in the beauty of DNA because that is what I understand best through my life experiences. I had to have a conceptual framework to first understand who God was before I could open up the Bible and appreciate what God was trying to tell me.
Anyone that expects a seeker or someone stuggling in their path to only look at the Bible as the ONLY way to find God is not giving out a lot of grace to people with confused minds and broken hearts and our lack of tolerance will only push them further away. I read the Bible daily now and knew all along that it is the authoritative book even though I was seeking in other sources. Please just give people some space to get there on their own, trust me - once you get a little taste of the Truth, no one will stop there, they will want more. Eventually they will get to the Bible and they will love and appreciate it more when they do.
Much love and patience and kindeness and sunshine and lollypops out there to everyone, God loves us ALL!
Book Review: A "Disney" version of God
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm not a church-ey Christian, and I thought this book would be a good fit for me. Instead, I found it to be a "Disney" version of God and Christianity: easy to swallow, "feel-good", and universally un-offensive. It is not necessarily the hard-core truth about God and I even found it a little "new-agey". I have to agree that it in not accurate or sound doctrine. If you want real, scriptural answers to the tough questions this book proposes to answer, I'd suggest reading CS Lewis.Book Review: A "good" read, I thought another was better
Summary: 3 Stars
"The Shack" was a touching story and a good read. It reminds me of a similar story, "A Room of Marvels" by James Bryan Smith. "Heaven" in the latter story was, in my opinion, a bit easier to envision. Both novels lead us to stretch our minds, and our own ways of thinking about our faith, and maybe even what we may hope to experience in the next life with our Creator, God. Both show us that when we experience hard times in our lives, even times when it is difficult to pray ourselves, that God still reaches down to interact with us, even through a novel.Book Review: A "must read"
Summary: 5 Stars
Loved the book. Hooked from the very first moment. Scary start (if you have children). Like an invitation to encounter God. Well worth the read.Book Review: A 21st Century Screwtape like novel
Summary: 5 Stars
I devoured most of C.S. Lewis's works in the late eighties and began teaching classes on Mere Christianity, Narnia, Screwtape, and the Great Divorce. I beleive that the Shack does a wonderful job of covering basic tenets and complex theology in a simple and compelling fictional work. The question to Jesus, "there are many roads to you" is answered in a way that is clear and I beleive correct. Screwtape does not flow as smoothly as The Shack but both convey the complex theology in a simple and thorough manner. I commend this book to you.