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If you click on the cover picture on the left you will find a thoroughly comprehensive, discerning booklet, which is both clear and succinct on why The Shack is to be cautioned against. Author Tim Challies, writes in such an easy manner and bases his arguments and warnings only on the Word of God and nothing more.
Perhaps you may have had doubts after reading it, or maybe you are one who doesn’t think that The Shack is heretical at all, and can’t see what all the fuss is about, then perhaps a read of this booklet will help you understand what and why it is not what you thought it to be, at first reading. |
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Wow was that informative and thorough. Thanks- I’ve been wondering about that for awhile. Now I think I could easily explain why I would rather not read it.
The implications of “The Shack” in our time
I read “The Shack” after a Gospel artist told me that reading the book had changed his life because he had received insights about God and His love that he never had before.
After reading the book, I could not sleep that night. I had never before read such a clever insidious attack on the Trinitarian God, His Holy Word, the Bible, and on His followers, Christians. What made it especially distressing for me was that the attack was made from within Christendom and under the guise of being “Christian”.
Each of the collaborators involved in the production of “The Shack”. William Paul Young, Wayne Jacobson and Brad Cummings, despite protestations to the contrary, have individual and shared agendas to shake the very foundations of Christianity as it has been known for over two thousand years. They have used “The Shack” as a weapon to eradicate presuppositions that its readers may have had about God the Father, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the Bible, the institutional Church etc.
The Church (institutional and non-institutional) is ripe for annihilation because for too long, it has flirted with, courted and tolerated, doctrines, philosophies and practices that have been antithetical to what the Bible has clearly taught. The leaven that has been permitted to infuse the Church over many years, has now almost entirely leavened the whole lump (Galatians 5: 9).
The author, Paul Young claims that he only wrote the book for his children, yet he actively sought to have the book published by both Christian and secular book publishers (26 in all) to no avail. Wayne Jacobson and Brad Cummings formed their own publishing company to sell the book. When they receive challenges as to the misrepresentations made of God and Christianity in the book, both Young and Jacobson have often railed that “it’s only fiction”.
Of course their misrepresentation of God is a fiction, but they were hoping to hide their “out of the box” theology behind the guise that the book is merely a fictional story. All three have a very distinct theology which they have disingenuously propagated using a work of fiction as a vehicle to disseminate it. They believe, as truth, the doctrinal words which came out of the mouths of the four fictive characterizations of God found in the book.
It is my opinion that each one of them has soiled their minds by reading and imbibing materials over the years that Christians should have nothing to do with. They openly name fantasy, mystical, Gnostic and occultic writers as inspirations and co-formulators of their way of thinking.
They are also Postmoderns. Postmodernity is a philosophy which does not believe in universal, abiding, or objective truths. Any group of consensual people, according to Postmodernism, may develop and validate their own truths. It believes that nothing should be taught as truth. Everything must be subjectively evaluated and validated. It is also anti-foundational, whereas for Christians, Christ is their Rock of all ages.
“The Shack” has seduced and duped literally millions of people into believing that the fictional god depicted therein, is the same God as the God of the Bible. Millions have had their “itching ears” (2Timothy 4: 3) soothed by being told what they would like to hear about a god who looks the other way when one sins, who ultimately gets everyone to Heaven, whether they believe in Him or not and whether they repent of their sins or not.
The faux love, peace and freedom of the nineteen sixties eventually spewed out a Charles Manson. Only God knows what the false love, peace and freedom of the theology of “The Shack” will spew out in due course. Bible believing Christians should be alert and prepared for a total onslaught from the enemy of our souls while he is in his death throes, as well as for the return of their own Lord, Jesus Christ.
John Langemann – author of 240 page book – “Beware The Shack”
Hi John L
Many thanks for taking the time to reply to this post and for helping to make Christians aware of the deceptions contained in this book.
God bless you,
Andy
Hi John L
I went and had a look at your site and can see that you have done a lot of work to open up the heresies, blasphemies and deceptions that are abounding in The Shack. Bless you for following the Lord’s lead in exposing this awful piece of writing, that is leading so many astray.
I too have heard so many say that they have been so blessed by this book and that it has brought them so close to the ‘Lord’. I personally do not believe that you can be brought close to the Lord, by beginning with a book that does not have it’s origins in the Lord to begin with – it is not possible. They may feel they are close to the ‘Lord, but one has to question exactly which ‘Lord’ are they referring to – it simply is not the Lord of the Bible, but a ‘Lord’ out of the sensual imagination and is a terrible lie from the pit of hell.
The Gospel in all it’s glory, is so beautifully simple.
I will put a link on my blog to your site if I may?
The Lord bless you.
Steph
Hi John L,
I’ve just been along to your site and began to read through some of the articles there, and have found it very appealing so far. Just as I’m sure I will continue to do so.
To be honest, the initial expose we linked to was sufficiently toned down enough for certain people who were absolutely pro the book, to at least begin to consider as a possibility. However for a while now I’ve been considering using something a little stronger, in order to reinforce the sentiment that we have adopted here at Faith Defenders.
I would very much like to consider, especially if the other administrators agree too, that we may replace the current link through to your site instead.
If that’s acceptable to you, I would like to ask your permission to snatch a few graphics etc., that I may create a similar flash banner that can be displayed. Once completed I could also make the code available should you wish to enlist other sites to link back to your site by displaying the same banner.
Many thanks for dropping by and leaving the comment, and please know that you’re welcome to drop in anytime. Also I will create a membership for you on the forum should you wish to talk a little more with us about your ministry and even wider aspects of our faith in Christ.
Once I’ve done it I will email the details through to you should you wish to take us up on the offer.
God bless,
John.
Dear John, Steph and others,
Thank you for the kind sentiments. You are all very welcome to link to my website and use whatever graphics you would like.
If any of you would like a free PDF version of my book, please drop me an e-mail and I’ll send you one by return e-mail as soon as I receive it.
Jesus once asked if He would find anyone left who was faithful when He returns to earth.
God richly bless and strengthen you all.
John Langemann
Hi John L
Thank you! I will send you an email shortly
God richly bless and strengthen you too
Steph
http://kimolsen.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/the-shacks-cool-god-from-way-of-life/
Thanks for your link Tim. Invaluable too.
Augusta,
You’re very welcome.
God bless,
Andy