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Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the religious bookstore:
churchleaders.com
"THE SHACK may do well for many in engaging the current culture, but not without compromising Christian truth. The book may be psychologically helpful to many who read it, but it is doctrinally harmful to all who are exposed to it. It has a false understanding of God, the Trinity, the person and work of Christ, the nature of man, the institution of the family and marriage, and the nature of the Gospel. For those not trained in orthodox Christian doctrine, this book is very dangerous."
"Fundamentally, The Shack is about redefining God. Young has said that the book is for those with 'a longing that God is as kind and loving as we wish he was'. . . Young therefore admits that the God of The Shack is different from the traditional God of Bible-believing Christianity. He says that the God who 'watches from a distance and judges sin' is 'a Christianized version of Zeus.'. . .
"Young's god is the god of the emerging church. He is cool, loves rock & roll, is non-judgmental, does not exercise wrath toward sin, does not send unbelievers to an eternal fiery hell, does not require repentance and the new birth, puts no obligations on people, doesn't like traditional Bible churches, does not accept the Bible as the infallible Word of God, and does not mind if the early chapters of the Bible are interpreted as 'myth.'"
‘The Shack’ Is Back: Sequel to Bestselling Novel Due in October
“The Shack” author William Paul Young is preparing for the October release of his sequel, “Return to the Shack: A Journey Into Redemption.”
churchleaders.com
"THE SHACK may do well for many in engaging the current culture, but not without compromising Christian truth. The book may be psychologically helpful to many who read it, but it is doctrinally harmful to all who are exposed to it. It has a false understanding of God, the Trinity, the person and work of Christ, the nature of man, the institution of the family and marriage, and the nature of the Gospel. For those not trained in orthodox Christian doctrine, this book is very dangerous."
"Fundamentally, The Shack is about redefining God. Young has said that the book is for those with 'a longing that God is as kind and loving as we wish he was'. . . Young therefore admits that the God of The Shack is different from the traditional God of Bible-believing Christianity. He says that the God who 'watches from a distance and judges sin' is 'a Christianized version of Zeus.'. . .
"Young's god is the god of the emerging church. He is cool, loves rock & roll, is non-judgmental, does not exercise wrath toward sin, does not send unbelievers to an eternal fiery hell, does not require repentance and the new birth, puts no obligations on people, doesn't like traditional Bible churches, does not accept the Bible as the infallible Word of God, and does not mind if the early chapters of the Bible are interpreted as 'myth.'"
