The Bible: The Shack By Paul Young

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Many books and movies have strived to capture the teachings of the Bible, and one book by WM. Paul Young titled The Shack, tries to confront the dramatic scenario of finding and understanding God’s reasons for not stopping horrifying incandesces from happening. The book as a whole is heartwarming and does highlight some things that people may forget about God. However, some parts of the book can be debated as to whether or not that is God’s true intentions over the Ten Commandments, the dialog between the protagonist Mackenzie Allen and the Holy Trinity, along with the denial of God’s wrath, and reasons why other movies and books change the words in the Bible.
Some of the arguably better parts of the shack include God’s love for everyone and …show more content…

Paul Young is human and even when people try to write about God they forget that Gods Reasoning is higher than mans reasoning. (Isaiah chapter 55:8-9) thus problems with the dialog between Mack and God can become confusing as Young tries to adapt to the higher thinking of God. Even with the best intentions in mind Young cannot add to the word of God (Proverbs Chapter 30 verse 5-6) Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. However, Young has pointed out something that is stated in the bible as he writes about the Trinity loving all men and women whether they sin or repent. All loving is one of the key characteristics that mankind can truly say God has because God was willing to sacrifice his only begotten son in order to save the human race. The Trinity in the Shack then say on page 209, “Rather than the top of a pyramid I want to be the center of a mobile”. The Shack argues against a hierarchy and tries to argue that God should not be put first in people’s lives but instead in the center. The bible says in Matthew 6:33, “But seek first the kingdom of God and all these things shall be added to you.“ and this means that no matter what people do they should always put god first. The difference between putting God first or in the center of …show more content…

(8) If I ascend into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in hell, behold \,You are there.” As the holy spirit explains in the Shack page 197, “Have you been with me the entire time?...Of course I am always with you” When people are alone they have a choice about whether they will abide by the rules even when no one is watching. The surprise is that even when you think God is ignoring you and that everyone is gone He is watching and seeing all that you do and he waits for you. If you feel like you are safe, that you pulled the wool over Gods eyes then be prepared for when God reveals that the person trying to deceive Him was the delusional one after. The Shack may not be accurate for the whole book but people should know that God is all loving and despite the differences between us God still tries to help us with both the wrathful and just God from the Old Testament, and the caring and compassionate God from the New

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