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    Finding God in the Shack: Seeking Truth in a Story of Evil and Redemption
    Finding God in the Shack: Seeking Truth in a Story of Evil and Redemption
    Finding God in the Shack: Seeking Truth in a Story of Evil and Redemption
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    Finding God in the Shack: Seeking Truth in a Story of Evil and Redemption

    Written by Roger E. Olson

    Narrated by Roger Mueller

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    About this audiobook

    The Shack has touched millions of readers with its portrayal of a compassionate God in the face of great evil. Many have identified with the main character’s Great Sadness, the terrible burden of grief that often accompanies and follows a deep loss, for the Great Sadness is part of the human conditions. And it compels us to ask, Where is God? Who is God? Roger Olson, who has faced his own Great Sadness, finds a good deal of comfort in this much beloved story, as have so many others. Some may ask, however, Is God really like that? Is that really how God responds to evil? Can God be trusted? Olson also views The Shack with a theologian’s eye and finds much sound truth. He delves into many of the significant issues raised by the book such as forgiving those who have done us great evil, how God acts in the world, how God is three persons in one and what difference this makes to us. While he offers his own criticisms of the book, he largely finds the truth about God in The Shack.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOasis Audio
    Release dateApr 1, 2009
    ISBN9781608144815
    Finding God in the Shack: Seeking Truth in a Story of Evil and Redemption
    Author

    Roger E. Olson

    Roger E. Olson (PhD, Rice University) is emeritus professor of theology at George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University. He is the author of many books, including Questions to All Your Answers: The Journey from Folk Religion to Examined Faith; Reformed and Always Reforming: The Postconservative Approach to Evangelical Theology; and How to Be Evangelical without Being Conservative.

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    • 3/5
      I never gave that much thought to The Shack but this theologian really broke it down for you, I had some aha moments.

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    • 1/5
      Utter nonsense! The author has no inkling that there even is a god let alone what this "god" requires of us. This was a bigger time-waster than The Shack was.