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Mature themesTheological errorViolence
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Language purity, violence, and sexual content
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Virtue honored; vice has consequences
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Faithful to Scripture when theology is present; 100 if no claims made
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Consistent with biblical teaching on sexuality and identity
Composite = Language & Content 25% · Moral Framework 15% · Theological Claims 40% · Ideological Worldview 20%
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Grace, hope, or transformation present in the story
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A timeless story of finding hope through unthinkable loss, The Shack is one of the most powerful and beloved stories of our age, with over 25 million copies sold worldwide.
Mackenzie “Mack” Phillips's youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness.
Four years later, in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever.
In an age where suffering and hardship are all around us, The Shack wrestles with one of humanity's greatest and most timeless questions: Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?
Journey with Mack as he learns to see God in a whole new way in this story of suffering, forgiveness, and redemption.
Mackenzie “Mack” Phillips's youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness.
Four years later, in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever.
In an age where suffering and hardship are all around us, The Shack wrestles with one of humanity's greatest and most timeless questions: Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?
Journey with Mack as he learns to see God in a whole new way in this story of suffering, forgiveness, and redemption.
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