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| The Shack |
One of the reasons I quit my job and went to a Christian college when I was 34 years old was to not have to depend on anyone, including my pastor, to tell me what the Bible says and how to interpret it.
The best thing that happened was that I am not challenged by any other religion and can witness to anyone regardless of their background. I usually state, “Great, so you believe in God…” and then share how Jesus Christ paid their sin debt.
My father didn’t get saved until he was 58 and I lost a son in a tragic accident when he was 17. The Shack challenged me to separate my understanding of the attributes of God that I derived from my father, and it helped me to finally grieve the loss of my son Corey.
I literally would be laughing my head off and then sobbing out loud from one page to the other. I understand that the book is a fictional story and not the Bible.
Calvin Miller’s Trilogy – The Singer, The Song and The Finale also allowed me to see God from a different perspective. He wrote: Institutions have a poor safety record. The guillotines of orthodoxy keep a clean blade that is always honed for heresy. And somewhere near the place where witches die an unseen sign is posted whose invisible letters clearly read:
WE ARE PROUD TO REPORT 0 WORKING DAYS LOST TO INJURY OR ACCIDENT – THE MANAGEMENT. Let us pray.
(See Note in Comment below.)
Note: The Shack is a fictional story about a father that took his children camping the last day of summer. His young daughter is taken by a child predator.
ReplyDeleteIt tells how the father reconciles the loss of his daughter and his struggle with God.
For some reason, theologians feel it is their responsibility to correct the author's portrayal of God and even declare this well written fictional story as heresy.
I really enjoyed reading this book. I bought at least seven copies to share with friends and family, because they all shared the book with their friends and family instead of returning the book to me. I got one back several years later.
I just wish others spent more time sharing the good news of the Gospel than they did trying to defend it.
The Bible doesn't need defending, it needs proclaiming.
Amen. If there is one thing I am happy about is that my daughter kristie new her Lord n savior n where she was going. I am so glad I. Will see her again.
DeleteI heard they are finally making a movie of the book. Hopefully, it will be out this summer of 2016.
ReplyDeleteI loved the movie, too.
DeleteThanks, George, for sharing you stor(ies)y and faith. It is most fitting you end: "The Bible doesn't need defending, it needs proclaiming."
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting and taking the time to comment.
ReplyDeleteGeorge (!) you are a philosopher. Greatly enlightened by both your, as well as the insights of your followers. Christ, and CHRIST alone IS what it is. Kosky.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I'm honored to have your comments on my blog and to follow your insightful updates on things to come.
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