I want to share this refutation of The Shack that I put together back 2016. It’s truly remarkable how so many Christians were eager to embrace a version of God that undermined the authority of scripture. If you will take the time to read it all (warning, it is long) it can serve as an example of how we ought to have good sound doctrine across the board and how we should judge false doctrines an heresies with the truth of scripture.
The following is a critique of some of the doctrinal errors of William P. Young’s best selling book, The Shack, which has become a movie and is set to be released on March 3, 2017.
BACKGROUND CHECK
Before you pay your money, please be informed. William P. Young (the author of the Shack) is a friend of C. Baxter Kruger, whose theology is similar to that which is taught in The Shack. Kruger is the author of, The Shack Revisited, with the forward written by William P. Young.In addition, Kruger and Young have appeared in interviews together, advancing a form of universalism. Kruger is associated with Grace Communion International, formerly known as the Worldwide Church of God, which was founded by Herbert A. Armstrong, whose ministry distributed a magazine known as The Plain Truth.
The World Wide Church of God (aka WWCOG) was considered by many to be a cult. In…
View original post 9,632 more words
Rooted and Grounded In Christ 