![]() ![]() The Shack doesn’t answer a key question those who suffer often ask: “Why didn’t God prevent the evil I endured?” I don’t need to punish. Sin is its own punishment.” The Unanswered Question God is present with those who suffer: “I’m in the middle of everything, working for your good.” In response to Mac’s anger over Missy’s death, God as Trinity says, “We would like to heal it, if you would let us.”Īnd when Mac says, “Everyone knows you punish the people who disappoint you,” God corrects him: “No. “But that doesn’t mean I orchestrate them.” “I work incredible good out of unspeakable tragedies,” says God. God is not portrayed as evil’s cause, for instance. The Shack asks hard questions, and the answers it offers are mostly helpful. When the Trinity is present, we find joy, laughter, dancing, understanding, and openness. The Shack portrays God as warm, personable and loving rather than stern, wrathful, and aloof. In conversations with God and those who have died. With God, portrayed as a Trinity of three people. Mac accepts and spends several days talking InĪ young man who invites him to meet God. ![]() HeĪccepts the invitation and returns to the scene only to find no one. Letter with an invitation to the shack where police found his daughter dead. Mac cannot understand why a loving and powerful God would allow this evil. The dreadful event devastates the family, especially her father Mac. The plot of Young’s fictional story revolves around the abduction and murder of young Missy. ![]()
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