The shack book author5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() As I read it, I saw truth intermixed with unbiblical error. However, this new book shows in the author’s own words how far he has departed from some basic and central evangelical doctrines. I wanted to believe the best, and not be quick to misunderstand or accuse. Ironically, many of the concerns that I and many others expressed about The Shack (and in response, were told “it’s just fiction” and “this isn’t theology” and “that’s not what he means”) have proven to be valid all along. ![]() ![]() I’ve finished reading it, and for sure, this book changes the debate about The Shack by showing the author’s actual theology. Shortly after the movie came out, Paul Young’s book Lies We Believe About God was published. Baxter Kruger’s book The Shack Revisited: There Is More Going on Here Than You Ever Dared to Dream, which in Young’s words, is meant to help readers “understand better the perspectives and theology that frame The Shack.” Additionally, a major motion picture based on the book has been released. The author has since published a devotional drawn from The Shack. However, after years of silence, time has demonstrated that many people are indeed basing their theology on The Shack. I’ve had no desire to step into controversy in a public discussion of The Shack. Most of the long article that follows was written in 2008, when The Shack had sold less than a half million copies. ![]()
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