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The Shack
by William P. Young
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Edition: Paperback
Publication Date: July 01, 2008
Publisher: Windblown Media
ISBN: 0964729237
Amazon.com Sales Rank: 3
Average Customer Rating: 
List price: $14.99
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 Read this book...then decide for yourself!, October 8, 2008
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I just finished "The Shack" and was so taken by it that I felt I had to write a review. Before writing though, I started to read some of the other reviews. I was appalled at the negativity of some of them. I read the book and was so overwhelmed by it. Please...do yourself a favor...read the book and then decide for yourself. Forget the reviews. It is a wonderful book.
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After reading the first page I knew the critics would be swarming..., October 7, 2008
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After reading the first page I knew that the critics would be swarming. The fresh approach to the dilemma of pain and the revolutionary way of presenting God as present with us, was an invitation to those who desire to reduce God to the dimensions of our physical reality and traditional understanding to join the critics. So be it!
I am a theologian, or so my certificates tell me, yet I share a disillusionment with the context we have created for God in the church of today and suspect that He is far greater than our concepts, than our clearly defined theology and than our understand can accomodate.
I personally drew great pleasure from this book, and while acknowledging that it is a work of fiction and that it did not pretend to be a premmer on theological accuracy, it left me expanding my expectations of a God without limits and of a life where He is intimately involved with, not just the events around me, but with me!
I highly recommend it and am doing so to all of my family and friends. I will leave the cautions to the critics, without joining them.
Pastor David Fritsche Th. D. Retired
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Spiritual Perspective, October 7, 2008
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I very much enjoyed reading The Shack. The story of Missy's abduction is disturbing. Even more disturbing, however, is the process of surrender that Mack works through as he connects with spirit. I am a christian cultured individual with no real religous upbringing/education. I do not know the trinity (Father, Son and Holy Ghost) the way others brought up in christian religion might. William Young did a great job of helping me connect to this triad of spirit without my feeling inadequate due to no religous training. This helped me to not only enjoy the story, but learn from the story. I can see the value of surrender and acceptance in this heart-wrenching story of loss. Healing from loss is a personal journey and this story would likely be received and understood differently by each individual because of all the ways in which we are diverse.
Please read this book and enjoy your own healing.
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Wonderful and thought-provoking book, October 7, 2008
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The Shack is a most wonderful book, thought-provoking, and full of wonder. You will cry one minute from the tenderness shown and laugh the next. Your heart will wrench then sing. Your emotions will run from one end of the scale to the other. It is one of the best books I've ever read and I am a better person for reading it.
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 Meh, October 6, 2008
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This book is downright silly. I felt like I was reading a deleted scene from the matrix with never ending dialogue between Neo and the Oracle. Only without the cool action sequences.
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