Comments on: The Shack – Part Two - http://prolepticlife.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/the-shack-part-two/ Where the future guides the present Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:37:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: prolepticlife http://prolepticlife.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/the-shack-part-two/#comment-1391 prolepticlife Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:08:15 +0000 http://prolepticlife.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/the-shack-part-two/#comment-1391 Hey Larry, Interesting take on it. I'll definitely consider your thoughts. I haven't gotten around to my third post review on this yet, been really busy. I would be interested in your response after I get it posted. It is about how Young portrays God. Hey Larry,
Interesting take on it. I’ll definitely consider your thoughts. I haven’t gotten around to my third post review on this yet, been really busy. I would be interested in your response after I get it posted. It is about how Young portrays God.

]]> By: Larry http://prolepticlife.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/the-shack-part-two/#comment-1390 Larry Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:01:52 +0000 http://prolepticlife.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/the-shack-part-two/#comment-1390 You wrote: "The underlying message is that the church and the Scriptures really don’t provide the answers for the questions Mack, the primary character of the story, faces. Mack doesn’t find any comfort in the fellowship of disciples, nor does he find any help in the Scriptures. He is only helped when he has an experience with God at a mountain shack." My immediate thoughts while reading The Shack was that the book was coming straight from the scriptures--at least on the theological discourses/conversations. Instead of Young having quoted from the KJV, NIV, NAS, The Message, or any other translation, I got the sense he was giving us selected portions straight from scripture in a new version: the (Wm. Paul) Young version, or The Shack version--only in dialogue form between Mack and the Trinity. You wrote: “The underlying message is that the church and the Scriptures really don’t provide the answers for the questions Mack, the primary character of the story, faces. Mack doesn’t find any comfort in the fellowship of disciples, nor does he find any help in the Scriptures. He is only helped when he has an experience with God at a mountain shack.”

My immediate thoughts while reading The Shack was that the book was coming straight from the scriptures–at least on the theological discourses/conversations. Instead of Young having quoted from the KJV, NIV, NAS, The Message, or any other translation, I got the sense he was giving us selected portions straight from scripture in a new version: the (Wm. Paul) Young version, or The Shack version–only in dialogue form between Mack and the Trinity.

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