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"It's a work of fiction that's really focused on the journey of a human being to deal with the junk in his life that includes his misunderstanding of the character and nature of God."
William Paul Young
The Shack
For those who have been positively impacted by The Shack, you are in for a real treat in our upcoming EChurch post. Last weekend William Paul Young, who wrote the runaway bestseller, was invited to address the congregation at Emmanuel Enid. This was a repeat visit because he first came in 2009.
Here is a clip featuring Paul Young and announcing his visit four years ago. It is a great introduction to the author and his book.
If you conduct an internet search on critical reviews of The Shack, you will find quite a few of them. The Calvinistas seemed to have most to say about what they believe to be wrong with Young's inspirational book. Instead of linking to those reviews, we are featuring Mark Driscoll's critique of The Shack. He likely covers what most of the Neo-Reformed crowd had to say in the way of criticism and condemnation.
Michael Spencer, the Internet Monk (who is greatly missed), wrote a book review on T • It was an improbable Cinderella story. “The Shack,” William Paul Young’s novel about a man rediscovering lost faith after the murder of his 5-year-old daughter, started out as a manuscript no one would touch. Finally, pastors Wayne Jacobsen and Brad Cummings discovered the book and created a start-up, Windblown Media, to publish it. The novel sold a million copies for them in the first year, eventually ending up at No. 1 on the New York Times’ trade paperback bestseller list. Then Hachette Book Group got involved. In May 2008, the publishing conglomerate — one of the largest in the country — cut a deal with Windblown Media to market and distribute the book. In the two years since, “The Shack” has become a 12-million-copy-selling phenomenon and the biggest Christian publishing sensation in decades. But unlike Cinderella — at least in the Disney version — there’s no happy ending in sight for Young, or for the two men, Jacobsen and Cummings, he once called friends and business partners. For nearly eight months, the trio have been mired in a series of lawsuits, accusations flying over improper accounting practices, millions of dollars in missing royalties, contract breaches and copyright disputes. Hachette, meanwhile, just wants to know to whom i
The flak over ‘The Shack’