“The Shack” and Biblical Discernment
Many people today are caught up in any and every book that hits the bestseller’s shelf. However, just because a book is labelled “Christian” and is a bestseller does not mean it is biblical. Such is the case with the recent fiction work The Shack. I recommend that any Christian who is reading or is considering reading this book also read Al Mohler’s blog on the dangerous theological undercurrents that are foamed over under the disguise of fiction. Mohler’s short blog evaluates The Shack in a most valuable way for the average Christian reader. According to Mohler:
The Shack is a wake-up call for evangelical Christianity…. The popularity of this book among evangelicals can only be explained by a lack of basic theological knowledge among us — a failure even to understand the Gospel of Christ. The tragedy that evangelicals have lost the art of biblical discernment must be traced to a disastrous loss of biblical knowledge. Discernment cannot survive without doctrine.
