The Shack

By the suggestion of some of you that have left comments, this week I sat down and read William P. Young's The Shack. Let me first say that I am not much of reader when it comes to fiction, but I simply could not put it down. It's quite an easy read, though some portions can be rather deep. Young is a very talented writer that is able to bring you into the storyline by his vivid use of words and description. You will find yourself, at times, frantically turning the pages merely to find out what will happen next.

Let me also give you a stern warning. This book is nothing more than fiction and some of the theology it uses is, as some have already written, heretical. Before even attempting to read this book, you had better know your Bible and know it well otherwise you will face the chance of being deceived into a false and manipulated form of theology. Similar to the da Vinci Code, some have been incredibly mislead into believing a piece of fiction as truth.

"The word theology is derived from two little Greek words. The root “theos” means “God” and the suffix “-ology” comes from the Greek word for “speak.” So when we use the word “theology” we mean “speaking of God” or as has become the more popular definition, “the study of God.” That doesn’t sound so bad, does it? Anyone who has thought about God or who has spoken
about God has been engaged in theology. Of course there is good theology and bad theology. Good theology is theology that is consistent with what the Bible teaches us; bad theology is theology that is different from what the Bible teaches or that is even in direct opposition to what the Bible teaches. Though The Shack is not a textbook for theology, and though it may not appear on the outside to be theological, as long as it discusses the nature and the plan of God, it must be so (Tim Challies, A Reader's Review of The Shack, timchallies.com)."

I will give you all an opportunity to read this well-written story this week and then next week we will begin to pick it apart using Scripture as a foundation. I hope you all have the opportunity.

Blessings