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Mar 17, 2017 · But whilst audiences are able to relish in the spiritual and uplifting undertones of the story, it has somewhat proven to be a bit of a controversial storm amongst its critics. Based on the New York Times best-selling novel, The Shack takes us on a mourning father’s tragic yet inspirational journey.
- According to Young, justice and love are at odds and cannot be reconciled. He reasons that God will never judge people for their sins because He is limited by His love.
- Another theme in The Shack that doesn’t square with the Word of God is the idea that God forgives all of humanity, regardless of whether or not they repent and believe in the redeeming work of Jesus.
- In The Shack, the god character tells Mack that “submission is not about authority or obedience” and that the Trinity is even submitted to Mack (145).
- Young alleges that the Bible limits God, implying that it was man who reduced God’s voice to paper: “Nobody wanted God in a box, just in a book” (66).
May 29, 2017 · Starring Aussie Sam Worthington as ‘Mack’, The Shack takes us on a father’s uplifting spiritual journey. After suffering a family tragedy, Mack spirals into depression, questioning his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter from God, inviting him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness.
Mar 2, 2017 · The movie, based on William P. Young’s best seller and directed by Stuart Hazeldine, is about the spiritual journey of Mack (Sam Worthington), whose youngest child is abducted and murdered...
- Stuart Hazeldine
Mar 3, 2017 · Like “The Shack,” that film dealt with the kind of spiritual crisis that can develop when someone devotes their life to praying to a God that seems more interested in letting you suffer endlessly rather than answering those prayers.
Mar 2, 2017 · The Shack, he says, was birthed in his own wrestling with his trauma and his existential “problem of pain” — how God can be sovereign and good, and not just allow such evil in the world at large, but such evil toward me personally.
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Sep 26, 2012 · James DeYoung, a professor from Western Seminary, wrote a lengthy critique of The Shack, which later became a book, Burning Down “The Shack”. He argues that Paul Young is a universalist, and that The Shack reflects this. Dr. DeYoung, who knows Paul Young personally, shares other concerns too.
