If you follow Christian fiction at all, you’ve likely heard of The Shack, a novel by Oregon salesman 
William P. Young. You might even have seen it on the shelf of a local Christian bookstore, as I did just last week. The novel, which was written by Young to help explain all of the perceived contradictions between the existence of a good God and all the evil in the world, is a run away best seller.
While many view it as simply a work of fiction, since it discusses the very nature of God (specifically, the Trinity), it deserves a very careful and thoughtful analysis. Is it a wonderful piece of writing, as Eugene Peterson and Michael W. Smith think it is, or is it a the heresy-ridden tome as Albert Mohler claims? In this fairly short piece, Tim Challies, author of “The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment,” analyzes The Shack to see where the truth lies.
If you’ve read this book or know someone who has, you owe it to yourself to see what the fuss is about, as ideas have consequences, and truth matters.