Comments on: Tim Keller Offers His Impressions of “The Shack” http://treadinggrain.com/2010/tim-keller-critiques-the-shack/ Running with theological scissors Wed, 23 May 2012 13:25:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: john caspian http://treadinggrain.com/2010/tim-keller-critiques-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-1974 john caspian Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:04:06 +0000 http://treadinggrain.com/?p=2145#comment-1974 The story seemed promising, but Young also worships adverbs, and nobody can tell me that's not at least a minor sin. The story seemed promising, but Young also worships adverbs, and nobody can tell me that’s not at least a minor sin.

]]> By: pharmacy technician http://treadinggrain.com/2010/tim-keller-critiques-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-1793 pharmacy technician Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:01:05 +0000 http://treadinggrain.com/?p=2145#comment-1793 Keep posting stuff like this i really like it Keep posting stuff like this i really like it

]]> By: Spencer http://treadinggrain.com/2010/tim-keller-critiques-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-1759 Spencer Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:51:07 +0000 http://treadinggrain.com/?p=2145#comment-1759 On more thought, yes he focuses on love and relationship. What’s wrong with that? That is certainly no wimpy namby pampy watered down topic! Love requires forgiveness. Forgiveness is something even the wisest and most devout struggle with. In world where families have become so disconnected in all ways, faithful loving relationships and happy marriages have become rarer than “unobtainium”, and most people’s thoughts are only about “self” and we shamelessly use power to satisfy those selfish desires, I think highlighting that love and relationship bound together with forgiveness is a fairly important topic in our day. Just another thought… :-) On more thought, yes he focuses on love and relationship. What’s wrong with that? That is certainly no wimpy namby pampy watered down topic! Love requires forgiveness. Forgiveness is something even the wisest and most devout struggle with. In world where families have become so disconnected in all ways, faithful loving relationships and happy marriages have become rarer than “unobtainium”, and most people’s thoughts are only about “self” and we shamelessly use power to satisfy those selfish desires, I think highlighting that love and relationship bound together with forgiveness is a fairly important topic in our day. Just another thought… :-)

]]> By: Spencer http://treadinggrain.com/2010/tim-keller-critiques-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-1758 Spencer Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:35:14 +0000 http://treadinggrain.com/?p=2145#comment-1758 I also agree with Colin. The book was never meant to be a treatise on systematic theology. Yes much of Lewis' work could be equally criticized, as well as many others such as Paul Bunyon's the Pilgrim's Progress. It's a story; and it a story that makes some very valid points, one of which is that he reminds us Christ instituted "the church", NOT organized religion. Some people take offense at being reminded of such things and perhaps that is why some are so harsh with their criticism. Just a thought… However the book has many good points, it highlights the importance of faith rather than religion, also it very wonderfully answers the question of why do good things happen to bad people, how do we deal with grief and loss and very importantly as Christians, what should our response be toward those who cause us harm. Such things are woefully conveyed through a cold theological treatise. I also agree with Colin. The book was never meant to be a treatise on systematic theology. Yes much of Lewis’ work could be equally criticized, as well as many others such as Paul Bunyon’s the Pilgrim’s Progress. It’s a story; and it a story that makes some very valid points, one of which is that he reminds us Christ instituted “the church”, NOT organized religion. Some people take offense at being reminded of such things and perhaps that is why some are so harsh with their criticism. Just a thought… However the book has many good points, it highlights the importance of faith rather than religion, also it very wonderfully answers the question of why do good things happen to bad people, how do we deal with grief and loss and very importantly as Christians, what should our response be toward those who cause us harm. Such things are woefully conveyed through a cold theological treatise.

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]]> By: Sis http://treadinggrain.com/2010/tim-keller-critiques-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-1753 Sis Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:50:11 +0000 http://treadinggrain.com/?p=2145#comment-1753 There was too much for one book. And altho I temp. was open to the interpretation, much of it was too pat and too thin to be relatable. This book did not stand out as a really insightful one. There was too much for one book. And altho I temp. was open to the interpretation, much of it was too pat and too thin to be relatable. This book did not stand out as a really insightful one.

]]> By: Aytesk http://treadinggrain.com/2010/tim-keller-critiques-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-1750 Aytesk Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:51:51 +0000 http://treadinggrain.com/?p=2145#comment-1750 I agree with Colin. I don't think it was meant to offer theological exactness, merely a way to present the Trinity in an allegorical way. If you go into it expecting some sort of precise theological education you have chosen the wrong reason for reading it. Go get a book on ascetical theology if that's what you want. One needs a sense of imagination and be able to see deeper than the obvious............That's the problem nowadays so many people don't want to read for simple enjoyment. They want to critique as if they are all knowledgeable. I agree with Colin. I don’t think it was meant to offer theological exactness, merely a way to present the Trinity in an allegorical way. If you go into it expecting some sort of precise theological education you have chosen the wrong reason for reading it. Go get a book on ascetical theology if that’s what you want. One needs a sense of imagination and be able to see deeper than the obvious…………That’s the problem nowadays so many people don’t want to read for simple enjoyment. They want to critique as if they are all knowledgeable.

]]> By: Morgan http://treadinggrain.com/2010/tim-keller-critiques-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-1749 Morgan Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:31:31 +0000 http://treadinggrain.com/?p=2145#comment-1749 I generally put aside (supposedly spiritual) books that come out with a lot of hype....now I guess I HAVE to read it. I generally put aside (supposedly spiritual) books that come out with a lot of hype….now I guess I HAVE to read it.

]]> By: Rebecca http://treadinggrain.com/2010/tim-keller-critiques-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-1748 Rebecca Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:14:25 +0000 http://treadinggrain.com/?p=2145#comment-1748 Thank goodness. Now I feel like I'm not crazy. When this book came out everybody told me that I HAD to read it and how amazing it was...so I did. It left me cold and I felt like the author reduced the Trinity to the level of trivial. . I didn't get the hype. Thank goodness. Now I feel like I’m not crazy. When this book came out everybody told me that I HAD to read it and how amazing it was…so I did. It left me cold and I felt like the author reduced the Trinity to the level of trivial. . I didn’t get the hype.

]]> By: Colin Kerr http://treadinggrain.com/2010/tim-keller-critiques-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 Colin Kerr Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:13:40 +0000 http://treadinggrain.com/?p=2145#comment-1746 Understandable critique, though I think if you read The Shack more in the vein of something like The Great Divorce by CS Lewis--as a loose allegory that does not intend theological precision--then The Shack becomes much more spiritually helpful and non-threatening. If you read it as a theologically treatise, then yes, we're going to have some issues. But the same could be said of much of Lewis' work (even though we tend to venerate him). Understandable critique, though I think if you read The Shack more in the vein of something like The Great Divorce by CS Lewis–as a loose allegory that does not intend theological precision–then The Shack becomes much more spiritually helpful and non-threatening. If you read it as a theologically treatise, then yes, we’re going to have some issues. But the same could be said of much of Lewis’ work (even though we tend to venerate him).

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