- Written by
Phil
- Posted February 17, 2010 at 12:42 pm
“The Shack” by William P.Young has become a phenomenon since it’s release in 2008. Many Christians have read it, and recommended it to their friends; some evangelical pastors have even endorsed it from their pulpits. This despite the fact that the book is filled with flagrant heresy.
The fact that it is written in such a popular and readable style, only makes it all the more dangerous. It contains ideas about the Bible, the Church, and (particularly) the Trinity which may sound interesting and reasonable enough, but they are, in fact, a direct contradiction of historical Christian doctrine and the plain teaching of Scripture.
I never wrote anything about the Book when it was released, because by the time I got around to reading it there were already numerous articles on the internet calling attention to the problems with it. I did warn a lot of Christians who asked me about what I thought of it.
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