The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
After his daughter's murder, a grieving father confronts God with desperate questions in this riveting and deeply moving #1 New York Times bestselling book turned Major Motion Picture with over 25 million book copies sold.
When Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter Missy is abducted during a family vacation, he remains hopeful that she'll return home. But then, he discovers evidence that she may have been brutally murdered in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness.
Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note that's supposedly from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment, he arrives on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever.
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Never have I been so moved by one book. I went through such emotion reading this book and have come to a better understanding of God and my relationship with him. Fantastic read!
I saw the movie trailer, so I looked up the book, and decided I was in the right mood to read it, and I'm glad I did. Nope, it's not a super well-written murder novel. It's a spiritual book set around a murder. If you are around my age, chances are you read Jonathon Livingston Seagull. If you liked that, you'll like this, although this is a lot longer and doesn't have pictures. (Yes, I'm just grinning at that line; this is an easy read.)
The book contains a lot of truths. However, some religious people dislike it because it's not close enough to some scripture. I have an aunt who would hate it. One time I was taking her and my uncle out to lunch when my uncle got up in the restaurant, stood over me and exclaimed I was going to hell. If you are the kind of person who wants to judge others and proclaim that you are going to heaven and other people are bound for hell, you won't like this book, although you probably need it more than others.
I'm more spiritual than religious (I go to church about half the Sundays), so I LOVE this book. As a matter of fact, I'm keeping it in my nightstand, so I can go back through it when I need it.
The book contains a lot of truths. However, some religious people dislike it because it's not close enough to some scripture. I have an aunt who would hate it. One time I was taking her and my uncle out to lunch when my uncle got up in the restaurant, stood over me and exclaimed I was going to hell. If you are the kind of person who wants to judge others and proclaim that you are going to heaven and other people are bound for hell, you won't like this book, although you probably need it more than others.
I'm more spiritual than religious (I go to church about half the Sundays), so I LOVE this book. As a matter of fact, I'm keeping it in my nightstand, so I can go back through it when I need it.
I absolutely loved The Shack. I recommend that everyone read this book as a way to understand those things that don't make sense to us on a spiritual level. I found it affirming and clarifying.
A story about forgiveness and redemption. People who says the book isn't biblical are limiting the power of God.
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