Loved ‘The Shack’
Not only was it a truly inspirational book, it has the added benefit of being a near perfect litmus test or identifying the self righteous, the arrogant, the people who believe that God should fit neatly inside their theology.
I’ll look up the other two books based on your comments.
Will Wallace
INDEED! I'm finding it that way too!
identifying the self righteous, the arrogant, the people who believe that God should fit neatly inside their theology. . . . AND the PRISSY.
My beloved Navy Friend, Christian Bro is an engineer. Very exacting. Studies everything to the nth degree. Usually does back flips insuring that he's absolutely right about something. Then, he communicates in a way that is extremely difficult to dialogue with--kind of like trying to have a friendly water pistol mock fight with water from a fire hose in terms of the 'soul-force pressure' and wording, attitude involved.
Such ended his marriage decades ago. Wife ended up abandoning Christianity.
The son that lives in the same area seems to struggle with not having a robust self-respect, self-esteem. It seems to me that it's largely because Dad has always been such a hard act to follow and that it's always been so hard to really feel Dad's approval.
I think Dad probably feels somewhat similarly vis a vis Father God . . . though He'd probably intellectually disagree and cite a list of Scriptures to the contrary . . . he still seems to spend a lot of energy striving to please God. I sure know what that's like.
Maybe God needs to turn him every which way but loose . . . again.
I hope to post some from HE LOVES ME when I get back from the family reunion above Montrose Colo.
BTW, ANY FREEPERS IN WESTERN HALF OF COLO WHO'D ENJOY A VISIT OVER COFFEE? Going up Thursday early and will be heading back South Sunday.
I’m increasingly convinced by folks’ responses to books like
THE SHACK etc.
that
BIBLICAL, LIKE BEAUTY
AND TRUTH . . . RIGHTEOUSNESS . . . BALANCE . . . GODLINESS
seem to be very much in the eye and heart of the beholder.
. . . or not.