What Does the Bible Say About "The Shack"?
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- The Shack, a novel by William Paul Young, has sold over 20 million copies and has been made into a feature film.
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- It's about a man whose daughter was murdered, leading him to ask why a loving God would allow such evil. He goes back to the place where she died and meets
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- God as a woman who goes by Papa, the Holy Spirit, also a woman, and Young's version of Jesus.
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- Though The Shack is fiction, it teaches unbiblical ideas Young said he believes about God. He believes
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- God the Father was crucified with Jesus, a heresy called patripassianism that was condemned in the 3rd century.
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- The Son of God was crucified on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins, absorbing the wrath of God the
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- Father. Young's version of Jesus says that he's the best way to have a relationship with God, but the Bible says he's the only way to God.
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- Young's Jesus teaches that God submits to us. Psalm 2 says God laughs at such pride and holds them in derision.
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- He opposes the proud and gives grace to the humble. God submits to no one, but we are to submit to him.
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- Young's God says that he places no expectations on us, but God clearly commands that we turn from our sin and obey his
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- Son, Jesus. Those who do have eternal life, those who don't, are under his wrath. Young's God says that all people are his children whom he loves, but the
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- Bible says only those in Christ are his adopted sons and daughters. Those who do not believe are children of wrath, and their father is the devil.
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- The Shack contains a false gospel and teaches only wrong things about God. We know the spirit of truth from the spirit of error when we understand the text.