Hi All

I just read the book "The Shack" by William P Young. It seems to be a book that has a bit of controversy over it. I enjoyed the book for what it was Fiction. I can see how it could disturb some theologians, especially concerning the Trinity. But again I wasn’t reading from a serous point of view looking for theological or doctrinal mistakes to nit pick, I read it to be entertained and moved, and the book certainly does that.

Has anyone else read it, and if so what are your views on the book?

Thank You

Sam

Hi Sam, thank you for sharing. I am glad that you found the story entertaining and moving and
understand it for what it is - Fiction.

I have not read the book myself. I did search out some reviews, I normally do before selecting a book of that kind as well as discuss it with other christians.

I can understand the controversy over the Trinity. Clearly it seems the man does not have a sound understanding, or did not convey it properly. I tend towards the former.

Basically, It is something I would read if offered to me, but not something I would actually go out and purchase.

This was from a review by Dr. Glenn R. Kreider serves as a professor of theological studies at Dallas Theological Seminary where he received his Ph.D. in 2001:

"Jesus, as the God-man, did, and does, possess full and complete deity (Colossians 2:9). Young’s view sounds like kenotic Christology, that Christ gave up His deity when He became human. If He did not retain full deity on earth, He is not fully divine. Second, no other human is like Jesus in being fully divine. No other human has the power of deity as Jesus did. The incarnation of Jesus is one of a kind. And it certainly is not the case that all humans possess the life of God in them, as Papa’s statement implies."


That being said, I am glad you enjoyed it for what it was.


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God bless