The sad truth behind the Shack

A while back I wrote a review of The Shack, and pointed out some concerns.

I have found an interview with the author where all my fears and more were confirmed.

A very sad interview.

A review of ‘the Shack’

The Shack by Paul Young is a publishing phenomenon, it is a best seller that started life as a fathers novel to his children. Starting with a publishing budget of a few hundred dollars it has gone on to sell shed (or shack) loads.

Much of the Christian world has gone mad for it. Eugene Peterson reckons it’s the new Pilgrims Progress, J John thinks it’s the only book you should read this year, and Michael W Smith raves that it will send you ‘craving for the presence of God’. Smith speaks more accurately than he realises – because this book has absolutely NO presence of God in it and you become increasingly desperate for the true God revealed in the Bible with each chapter.