tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post4799896356149818808..comments2023-10-17T06:08:27.032-05:00Comments on Grantian Florilegium: Bad Books and Good Booksgileskirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-36764590309955330672008-09-19T17:13:00.000-05:002008-09-19T17:13:00.000-05:00George (er, Dr. Grant...) --Thank you for your non...George (er, Dr. Grant...) --<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your non-review of <I>The Shack</I>. I particularly like your analogy:<BR/><BR/><I>The Shack</I> is "a fad--like neck tattoos, droopy pants, doo-rags, tongue piercings, and bed-head dino-hair."<BR/><BR/>In a way, that is exactly the point! Some of those fads have long-lasting, even painful consequences (such as neck tattoos and tongue piercings). My concern about the book and it's popularity among so-called evangelical Christians is the long-term negative effect it may have on those not well-grounded in the Truth of Scripture (i.e, their immortal souls).<BR/><BR/>Eden W.GEYWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147248937669382984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-75907985419870818592008-08-02T22:52:00.000-05:002008-08-02T22:52:00.000-05:00Thank you diane for your research! I read thourou...Thank you diane for your research! I read thouroughly the site you linked! Great input, however, as the writer shared the feedback on The shack is quite mixed and I have learned that rather than letting someone else decide for me what is good or not, I trust my Faith and intuition to know if it is helpful or not. I have seen people's lives as well as my own changed for the better by this book and I not once doubt that God used this book to do that. The only book that is infallible is the the Word of God and God sometimes even uses the imperfect in life to change us.Cadence of Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436412298619469648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-89307842110144778422008-08-02T14:25:00.000-05:002008-08-02T14:25:00.000-05:00Golly! My bad part II! I must be having a really...Golly! My bad part II! I must be having a really bad computer day! Here's the correct site: http://sharperiron.org/2008/07/17/the-shack-a-review/<BR/>Logging out and going for a bike ride!Diane V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01897510328226543307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-31741939451311894032008-08-02T14:18:00.000-05:002008-08-02T14:18:00.000-05:00Dr. Grant,I mispelled a word in the web address ab...Dr. Grant,<BR/>I mispelled a word in the web address above. My apologies. The correct web address is: http://sharperiron.org/2008/07/17/the-shack-review/<BR/>Boy, the difference between an "n" and an "r"! It's sharper, not sharpen. My bad.Diane V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01897510328226543307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-88917161502872094312008-08-02T14:06:00.000-05:002008-08-02T14:06:00.000-05:00Dr. Grant,As always, I appreciate the continued wi...Dr. Grant,<BR/>As always, I appreciate the continued wise instruction available on your blog. I was not aware of this book, The Shack, until I read your post. Within recent years, we have come to learn of "professing Christians" who we know who are now denying the Trinity, hell, and other such doctrines of Christian Orthodoxy. A book of this nature would feed their existing heretical errors. I came across a book review about this book that I found helpful. If you think it could be useful to others, here is the website: http://sharpeniron.org/2008/07/17/the-shack-review/ <BR/>I do hope, as you wrote, it will be "as enduring as a summertime gnat.Diane V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01897510328226543307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-87211070996274695372008-08-01T12:07:00.000-05:002008-08-01T12:07:00.000-05:00I was unaware of your review until I recommended i...I was unaware of your review until I recommended it to a client who read your blog. Wow! My take on the book came more in the movement of the character development and his journey of sadness, heartache and forgiveness of a monster and more importantly his forgiveness of God. That he revealed his disbelief in God's omipotence and omnisience. So many times bitterness takes hold of our hearts and does not allow us to move forward, even when we are presented with scripture. Sometimes, we are jolted by a story that requires us to actually step out of our norm wrestle with God in ways that I think all of us deep down do, but are afraid to actually speak out loud. Do we believe in God's goodness for us? Do we believe God is the restorer of hearts? Do we believe God is for us? Or are we doubtful Thomas'? I enjoyed your thoughts and it now propels me to read the book again but more from a theological standpoint and less from a person's journey of healing. Who knows maybe I might blog about it! I so appreciate you and Karen:)<BR/>http://sharondaleblog.blogspot.com/Cadence of Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436412298619469648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-43284517859901077862008-07-30T23:42:00.001-05:002008-07-30T23:42:00.001-05:00Philippians 4:8 can keep us out of so very many di...Philippians 4:8 can keep us out of so very many ditches - it's really not that complicated. Thanks for the reminder, and thanks be to God for the perspicuity of Scripture.TomGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481291217116543969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-14563662684391343602008-07-30T23:42:00.000-05:002008-07-30T23:42:00.000-05:00Thank you for a fresh perspective on bad books! I...Thank you for a fresh perspective on bad books! I wonder if these books would die more quickly and with less hoopla if we just left them on the trash heap where they belong.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15091135502020060956noreply@blogger.com