I picked up the book on my kindle a few days ago, and had to finish another book before I could start reading The Shack. I started reading it today \u2013 and I\u2019m half way done. It is a pretty amazing book.<\/p>\n
I wanted to take a quick second to address a concern that I\u2019ve heard about this book in it\u2019s representation of the trinity. I don\u2019t want to say too much, because I don\u2019t want to spoil the book; but I\u2019ll say enough that you\u2019ll get some general ideas of what is going to happen, so if you haven\u2019t read the book yet, and you plan to \u2013 don\u2019t read ahead just yet.<\/p>\n
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I\u2019ve heard some concerns that the representation of the Trinity in this book is \u201cheretical\u201d. There is a point in the book where the author very clearly addresses his purpose in having God appear as he does: a large African American woman named Papa. <\/p>\n
Within the freedom of prose, in my opinion his depiction does no harm to the nature of God \u2013 in fact, up to this point in the book, I think it has a liberating effect in trying to pull free the shackles of peoples mind\u2019s of what they think God to be.<\/p>\n
While God envelopes Himself in the language of male in the bible, He is neither Male nor Female, although both genders derive their essence from Him (in some mysterious way).<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not suggesting that it is o.k. in a theologically sense to refer to God as a woman, I think there is a purpose in God choosing to be identified as a \u201cHe\u201d in the writings of the Bible, but again, God does sometimes choose to reveal Himself in many ways, whether it\u2019s a storm or a whirlwind a pillar of clouds or fire, a burning bush, or a dove or even something as unobtrusive as a small whisper in a person\u2019s heart \u2013 why not a large African American woman?.<\/p>\n
So far, this book seems to have an amazing story to tell when addressing the problem of human suffering \u2013 I can\u2019t wait to see if it gets better!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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