[Faith-talk] recommended books

[Sheila Leigland]

I read the shack as well as the sequel but didn't take them as being in 
line with scripture  because I don't believe they are.
On 12/11/2014 3:53 AM, Poppa Bear via Faith-talk wrote:
> Hello Debbie, I had a pastor tell me that they read the Shack and that they
> really enjoyed the book, but that it wasn't supposed to be biblical, but
> rather an  allegory much like the book Pilgrims Progress which I have read a
> couple of times and highly recommend, and at the same time, for the life of
> me, I can't see how a woman posing as God or Jesus in the book the Shack is
> near the same as the Pilgrims Progress, but he shrugged it off as nothing.
> For myself, I haven't read the Shack, but I am still curious to understand
> where he  was coming from, but sense I respect you, I wonder how you feel? I
> tend to be so conservative at times that I can sometimes feel legalistic and
> not so full of grace even when a book is in question.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Faith-talk [mailto:faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Debby
> Phillips via Faith-talk
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 7:02 PM
> To: Ashley Bramlett; Faith-talk, for the discussion of faith and religion;
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> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] recommended books
>
> Hi Ashley, I know that Max Lucado books are on BARD, and also
> Bookshare.  Perhaps Audible dot com, too.  As for the Shack, I
> respectfully disagree with you, Linda.  The author used some
> imagination when He wrote The Shack, but there is nothing
> different than C.S.  Lewis portraying Jesus as Aslan a Lion.
> When I first began reading The Shack, I was a little shocked but
> the more I read, the more I recognized God.  He never wrote the
> book as a "literal" portrayal of God.  As for 90 Minutes in
> Heaven, and Heaven Is For Real, I see nothing unscriptural about
> either of those books.  I guess it depends on how you view
> Scripture.  If you believe that every word is totally literally
> true, then no, you will not like The Shack, and be skeptical
> about books like Heaven Is For Real and 90 Minutes in Heaven.
> Blessings,    Debby and Neena
>
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