Thread: Who here actually saw The Shack?

I haven't seen it (I haven't seen any movie in a long time) but my mother saw it and was very moved by it. I don't know if she read the book. So... guess I won't be contributing to the discussion much.... so..... bye I guess!

Originally Posted by fuego

What's up with you two? One starts a thread to discuss it, and doesn't tell what she thought about it, and another that did see it told us, but didn't comment in a thread meant to discuss it.

LOL...ok, I thought it was a very good movie and can see how it could minister to those who think that God is distant, mean or uncaring. It places a heavy emphasis on just how much God does love us and how He cares about every aspect of our lives. The movie oozes the love of God and one of the lines I really liked was that we were created to be loved.

We had a lot of discussion here about how the author might be a universalist but I didn't notice that in the movie, tho maybe we should have wondered if he was a cessationist. While the movie constantly reinforces just how deeply God cares for us and is always near there were a lot of bad things that happened that were attributed to evil in the world, and while God promises to always be there with us there is no talk of how to overcome that evil, only that it'll be alright once we move on to glory.

Originally Posted by krystian

... It places a heavy emphasis on just how much God does love us and how He cares about every aspect of our lives. The movie oozes the love of God and one of the lines I really liked was that we were created to be loved.

Originally Posted by krystian

LOL...ok, I thought it was a very good movie and can see how it could minister to those who think that God is distant, mean or uncaring. It places a heavy emphasis on just how much God does love us and how He cares about every aspect of our lives. The movie oozes the love of God and one of the lines I really liked was that we were created to be loved.

We had a lot of discussion here about how the author might be a universalist but I didn't notice that in the movie, tho maybe we should have wondered if he was a cessationist. While the movie constantly reinforces just how deeply God cares for us and is always near there were a lot of bad things that happened that were attributed to evil in the world, and while God promises to always be there with us there is no talk of how to overcome that evil, only that it'll be alright once we move on to glory.

I believe that is the key thing...the emphasis on relationship...I know some felt God should be more stern and demanding repentance...and more condemning of the killer...But that was the essence of the message....God loves sinners and died for them....

Krystian...what did you think of the judgment scene?

Cessationist....not sure bout that....the emphasis was on living independent vs. dependent. Adam chose to become independent of God and mankind continues to do that...

What I really liked was the absence of the theological terms..not because they bother me but more because they probably confuse many....like choosing to live dependent on God is a relationship term that is equivalent....seems to simplify it...

Since this was dealing with the STUCK due to some tragedy I did not see the love concept over emphasized....in fact in a discipleship class I would probably START there and build....relationship is often the last thing new disciples are taught...the emphasis is far more on theology...

A belief in a devil or personal, evil spirits is frowned upon these days or should we say demonized ? It's one of the first things that anti-religious people will attack.