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The Shack | 
 enlarge | Author: William P. Young
Creator: Wayne Jacobsen & Brad Cummings
Publisher: Windblown Media
Category: Book
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Rating:  1538 reviews
Sales Rank: 1
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0964729237
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780964729230
ASIN: 0964729237
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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Product Description
Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant "The Shack" wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book!
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 Transforming story October 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A friend gave me this book to read. I finished it in 4 days. I am truly transformed. It is amazing how this book can take your mind out of the every day perceptions of reality and show you a totally different point of view. I would recommend this book to everyone! There is something for everyone in every aspect of their walk with the Lord.
One of the Best Books I've Ever Read! October 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
What an incredibl;e work! There are many who read it and criticize it for its theology (actually, what they grump about is the fact that it doesn't necessarily AGREE with their own personal theology) but the fact is that this marvelous little book brings readers into a closer personal relationship with God.
Many there are who prefer a God who prefers fear to love, a God who judges and swats you with a club for every tiny transgression. This book presents a God who is more interested in developing a close, personal relationship with His creations, and in teaching them about the their place in His kingdom and, most importantly, His heart.
I know of many, many people who turned their backs on God for one reason or another and who, as the result of reading this book, have come back to embrace Him!
I've been recommending this book to everyone and I'll continue to do so.
The Shack is very Powerful. It's not the scripture but an incredible conversation with God October 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was very surprised at how much this book clarified many of my doubts and help me heal old wounds. God's love is such an incredible thing.
So this is NOT "THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO WILLIE" October 9, 2008
I've just finished reading this, and I must say the book may cause some controversy. As I read the other reviews, I was amazed at the need for the reviewers to protect "their Christianity". They criticize the text as being inaccurate and damaging. Damaging to what?
As an ordained Deacon, I have some knowledge of biblical issues. The only safety net we have is our belief in faith, and that Christ died for our sins so that we may have eternal life with God in Heaven.
Being said, the book is of course fiction. Everyone should have the right to enjoy anything they want. And, after reading the book, you may look differently at the use of the word "right" in this context. God speaks to everyone is His own way. So, in this version, He speaks as a large black women. To Isiah, as a King upon the throne. Perhaps Isiah needed to see God in that manner. Perhaps someone else would relate to God in the form of a large black women. Who am I to tell God what He is to appear as?
My relationship with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit is much like the story told. He lives in me, and I listen to Him. But my time with Him is not subject to an just one hour on a Sunday morning. I have spent all week with him.
So, as you read the reviews, keep an open mind, and get a copy of this book. Take a few hours or days to give this a read, and reflect on your personal relationship with Christ. And, if you happen to attend a service over the weekend, share the copy of this book with one of your friends. And, if just one person shares his or her life with Christ, and accepts Him, then the book has done a wonderful and permanent thing.
The Shack October 9, 2008
Excellent book. We used it in our book review group and we had a very interesting discussion. Some thought it would change the way they looked at things from now on.
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