By Aaron Blumer
Mar
07
2017
"[W]hile The Shack may raise good questions, its answers (and its heresies) will make it just another downhill push for those on the slippery slopes of creating a free-form God out of loose-gripped truths and personal experiences." WORLD
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Here's a pro-Shack post
https://crystalolmos.wordpress.com/2017/03/01/my-response-to-christians-...
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Critics hate it ... popcorn crowd loves it
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Christian Spotlight review
http://christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/2017/shack2017.html
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Very telling secular review
"As near as I can figure from the somewhat murky thinking on display, God is responsible for all the things that are good, pure and beautiful in the world but always seems to have an excuse when it comes to the uglier aspects of life. If one has the temerity to press this particular issue, as Mack understandably does, all he gets in return is a bunch of straw man arguments that pretend to answer his questions without actually doing so." http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-shack-2017
A deadly critique of the movie and of American Christians' lack of discernment.
Most importantly....
...here is the Babylon Bee's take. And on the book.
Would love to hear pastors noting connections to the Trinity and such as it comes up in the Scriptures more often. Such a rich subject, and so neglected.
Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.
I'm not trying to defend "the Shack" ...
I'm not trying to defend "the Shack" which I do not intend to view, but there's a lot of very bad philosophy / theology in the Star Wars films & many Christians have viewed and survived
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Using people's interest in The Shack:
My church isn't opposed to "advertising" (for lack of a better word) in our local neighborhoods.
We've run "ads" at a local theater in the past which have resulted in new people attending. For the past week we're been running church "ads" before showings of The Shack at the big local multi-screen.
The way we see it, people attending The Shack may be searching for something in their lives, or may leave the theater with faith-related questions. (And since we happen to believe that we can help them find the answers in the form of a personal relationship with Someone, we figure it's a good time & place to invite them to visit us.)
As it turns out, it works! We had several first-timers yesterday who told us they decided to visit us a result of seeing The Shack.
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Heresy, Jim. Despite the fact that I watched a movie over the weekend where Denzel Washington killed about 20 people, and dispatched the "evil henchman" with a shot to the throat from a pneumatic nailgun, I shall not watch "the Shack." I like to stay away from the unfruitful works of darkness.
Gotta run - the next Jason Bourne movie is starting. I shall pray for your sanctification.
Tyler is a pastor in Olympia, WA and works in State government.
@Tyler - I'm not going
I did see The Matrix years ago: It had its share of very bad theology.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/mayweb-only/11.0b.html
This http://www.equip.org/article/the-matrix-unloaded-revelations/ makes it sound like a Sunday School class:
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Now I finally understand why my life was ruined so long ago. I, too, watched the Matrix. That was the beginning of my descent into heresy and theological anarchy. For years, I thought Jesus looked like Keanu Reeves. I've been so confused since then. By God's grace, I have been redeemed from this terrible error.
Tyler is a pastor in Olympia, WA and works in State government.
I'm reminded,
reading Tyler & Jim's interaction, of the time I heard a mother at my church (thankfully not the mother of my children!) tell her sons they would NOT be reading The Chronicles of Narnia because (shudder) one of the characters was a witch. I did not even bother to inform her that in the books, the witch was a picture of the Devil. It was pretty sad.
Really, if we have to keep ourselves pure from every bit of error, good luck as we try to watch almost any decent movie, read most literature worth reading, listen to the canon of classical music, and the like. But that said, when i was leading a church service at a retirement home a week ago, a woman asked me what I thought of The Shack. It was nice--thanks Jim and the Babylon Bee--to be able to simply note that if one was looking for an encouragement in real faith, one ought not look there.
Finally, I've got Tyler beat. The movie I watched with my kids, featuring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren, featured the deaths of thousands and hideous theology--but hideous theology that was understandable because few understood either Catholicism or Islam at the time, even those who claimed those religions. So the confusion was historical!
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What am I missing?
It seems obvious from his latest book that the author is a heretic. Is evangelicalism so desperate that they need whatever theological crumbs that have been swept from the floor of this guy's dining room?
"Some things are of that nature as to make one's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache." John Bunyan
No Discernment
I was browsing through the pathetic remnants oof a local Family Christian last week, and all the staff and patrons were talking about The Shack. Nobody has any discernment, because nobody knows their Bible in a holistic, systematic way.
All kidding aside, nobody mistakes The Matrix as theology. People are mistaking The Shack as theology. That's why it's dangerous. Back to Denzel and his pneumatic nailgun . . .
Tyler is a pastor in Olympia, WA and works in State government.