Category: —The Shack

The Path From Independent Baptist to the Shack, Rome and Beyond (or the treacherous waters of Southern Baptist Convention)

LTRP Note: The Southern Baptist Convention is changing. Recently, Rick Warren spoke at their annual convention and encouraged pastors to climb on board his global P.E.A.C.E. Plan. In view of the move we have seen in the Southern Baptist Convention over…

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Fractal Theory in The Shack

LTRP Note: The author of the article below, Jennifer Pekich, is the same “Jennifer” talked about in A “Wonderful” Deception on fractal theory in the best selling book, The Shack. Fractal Theory in The Shack by Jennifer Pekich (Ponderings from…

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Los Angeles Times Reports: Flak with The Shack – Tangle of lawsuits over royalties and book’s authorship

By Sarah Weinman Special to the Los Angeles Times William Paul Young’s bestselling novel about a father’s renewal of faith after suffering an unspeakable tragedy has spawned a tangle of lawsuits over royalties and even the book’s authorship. It was…

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The Shack Author Says: “The God of Evangelical Christianity is a Monster.”

On Friday night, author and researcher Ray Yungen attended a lecture at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon to hear The Shack author William Paul Young. The name of Young’s talk was “Can God Really Be That Good?” During the talk, Young…

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The Father-goddess of The Shack (and “my people love to have it so”)

“The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?” Jeremiah 5:31 by John Lanagan My Word Like Fire In the…

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The Shack: best-seller theology

by John Lanagan My Word Like Fire Ministries “The controversial best selling novel The Shack by William Paul Young has just reached another milestone: As of May 2, it has spent 100 consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller…

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United Kingdom: The Shack has “taken country by storm” with 1/2 a million in sales

February 2010 – UK – First published in the USA by Windblown Media, THE SHACK hit UK shores in July 2008. Entering the New York Times bestsellers list at Number 1, the novel held the top spot for an incredible…

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Warner Pacific awards “The Shack” author W. Paul Young with honorary degree

PORTLAND, Ore. – Warner Pacific recognized alumnus and best-selling author William Paul Young ’78 with an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree during Winter Commencement ceremonies, Dec. 19, at New Hope Community Church, in Portland. Young is the author of the…

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Castles in the Sand vs. The Shack

by John Lanagan My Word Like Fire Castles in the Sand, by Carolyn A. Greene, looks like a novel and reads like a novel, but it is something far greater. It is a trumpet. It is intended to warn believers and…

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Fractals, Chaos Theory, Quantum Spirituality, and The Shack

by Warren B. Smith  LTRP Note: The following is the third installment (see: part one, part two) that we are posting of Warren Smith’s new book, A “Wonderful” Deception. We hope you have find the chance to read all three…

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The Shack’s Wayne Jacobsen Resonates with Contemplative and Emerging Writers

William Paul Young is the official author of The Shack, but Wayne Jacobsen is one of its editors. According to a New York Times article, Jacobsen spent 16 months helping to rewrite the first draft. This would leave the logical…

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Thomas Merton and The Shack

Five million copies of The New York Times Best-Seller, The Shack, have now sold, and the book is still going strong. Considering that the average popular book is passed around to three or four people (by some estimates), there could…

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