When Mack Philips's youngest daughter, Missy, is abducted during a family vacation---and later presumed murdered---he thinks life can't get any worse. Then he receives a note, supposedly from God, inviting him back to the scene of the crime. If he returns to the place of his darkest nightmare, will he find despair---or hope? 272 pages, hardcover from Windblown.
Mackenzie Allen Phillips's 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 this 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 wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever.
Wm. Paul Young was born a Canadian and raised among a Stone Age tribe by his missionary parents in the highlands of former New Guinea. He suffered great loss as a child and young adult and now enjoys the "wastefulness of grace" with his family in the Pacific Northwest.
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Reviewed by Angela (South Dakota), November 18, 2009
I gave this book 1 star; here is my reason: First, yes, this book kept me drawn to wanting to know what would happen next, but I as I read this book I started questioning things.
When the Lord Jesus used parables he didn't make up fantacies. Look, angels can come and change their appearance, but no where in the bible does it say that God will come to you in a female form body and voice. Look, God is everything to me. Papa; mama, and husband, but he has never come to me as an african american cooking soul food nor has he come to me in any other form besides seeing the wonderful works through others that he does. People we truely have to have decernment about what we allow our minds to soak in. We don't want the wrong seeds to get planted and then cause us to stumble. Seek God first before reading this book!!!
0 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Frank Tidal (Newport, OR), October 22, 2009
This is not a book of Christian faith - fiction or otherwise. Believers please check your Bible before you consider supporting such lies and the images man creates of "god".
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Reviewed by Only Him (Idaho), October 12, 2009
Not recommended! This book is not grounded in the Holy Bible. There are way too many errors to list.
It reads more like the of devil's version of the Pilgrim's Progress...
Looking up the author "William P. Young" on Wikipedia, I found out his original reason for writing "The Shack".
Young's wife wanted him to write a story for their six children!
I'm shocked. I'm praying for this family. The Shack is deceiving some people into thinking that 'visualizing' 're-wording the Bible' 'hype about healing the inner child' etc... is okay.
This book is occultism...
The god in this book is not God (our Abba Father) The great "I AM".
0 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Only Him (Idaho), October 12, 2009
Not recommended! This book is not grounded in the Holy Bible. There are way too many errors to list. It reads more like the of devil's version of the Pilgrim's Progress... Looking up the author "William P. Young" on Wikipedia, I found out his original reason for writing "The Shack". Young's wife wanted him to write a story for their six children! I'm shocked. I'm praying for this family. The Shack is deceiving some people into thinking that 'visualizing' 're-wording the Bible' 'hype about healing the inner child' etc... is okay.
This book is occultism...
The god in this book is not God (our Abba Father) The great "I AM".
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Nancy Yates (Bolivar, NY), October 09, 2009
I couldn't put this book down. The only thing one needs to do is remember that it is fiction!!
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Jim Cristallo (Eau Claire, WI), September 18, 2009
Excellent read. Each chapter kept your intrest and I wanted to keep reading late into the night. Hard cover was nicer because the print is larger and easier to read.
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Maria Martinez (Philadelphia, PA), September 16, 2009
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I read it in two days time. This book is full of golden nuggets of truth and revelation. I found it profound in its message. I believe you should never put God in a box; therefore, have an open-mind when reading this book and know to separate truth from fiction. I highly recommend this book -- Enjoy!
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Teresa Verroca (Steelton, PA), August 31, 2009
This is an excellent book. It is an extremely fast read. It is so compelling that you can hardly put it dowm.. It has really chaged my life, the way I think about God an d the relationship I have with him.
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