The Shack

The Trinity is a complex thing to attempt to understand. There is a book called "The Shack" that tries to explain its existence and the inner workings of it. However, they do so in a way that is demeaning to God, and therefore heretical. Pastor Mark Driscoll explains the errors of "The Shack" in this clip taken from the first week of the Doctrine sermon series.The whole sermon can be found at http://www.marshillchurch.org/media/doctrine/trinity-god-is

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[EminencePhront]

If I had a penny for every time he contradicted himself I'd have a lot of pennies.

[tntbryant1]

I really like Bro. Mark's stuff & couldn't care less about The Shack, but the "Trinity" (< a word never used in the Bible) is really a revelation of the Godhead. A "revelation" is often very hard to "explain". But here goes: The (ONE) God: God the Father (Jehovah in the OT) took on the form of a virgin born human (Jesus the Son) to die, raise, ascend, & return to live in us as THE Holy Spirit. See Deuteronomy 6:4, John 1:1-5, Colossians 2:9 & Hebrews 13:8. GOD is The WORD. GOD is ONE. God bless!

[ShowthyselfApproved]

@pduncansonii FALSE PARABLE THAT LEAD PEOPLE TO WRONG CONCLUSIONS

[jaredcase75]

@3anonymous71 This isn't Myspace....write like an adult so people can understand and agree/disagree with you.

[jaredcase75]

@jaredcase75 The Sunset Limited is blasphemous according to your terms, I assume....let God judge what inspiration is ALLOWED to bring a person to Him.

[jaredcase75]

Any book that brings people to God is a good thing. The book isn't trying to replace the Bible....its fiction. I see no blasphemy. An imperfect human tried to describe the unknowable aspects of our God, in relate-able terms, for the sole purpose of bringing people to the Bible. I feel that the book inspired "luke-warm" Christians (struggling with their faith after tragedy) and non-believers experiencing tragedy, and looking for God.

[SuperCosmochick]

I read it and I agree with him 100% on this. It does a poor job of explaining the trinity. The characters that portray the parts of the trinity are horrible!! Mark has this thing pegged!

[Epickotr]

Yet to say God cannot come to Earth as an African woman puts limits of God's power I disagree with Mark on that point.

[Ilikadasauce]

I understand people disagreeing with Driscoll on some of these points, but you must agree with the premise: books like this are dangerous. The Shack does paint a picture of "who God is" in a NOVEL sort of way, but people are clinging to this as if it were a new book in the Bible.

The Father is masculine, the Son is masculine, the Holy Spirit could very possibly be feminine, and the Church is the bride - feminine.

[tntbryant1]

@EricEscander LOL. No. I'm not a JW. I have some friends who are and they would think that's really funny. They believe more like you than me! =) .... Question: Does Jesus live in your heart? Yes or No. .....(PS. Read the scriptures I posted. There are more, but I couldn't think of them.)

God Bless!

[EricEscander]

@pduncansonii Jesus used parables and never used a female character to symbolize God, therefore neither should we. It's not biblical. God doesn't come to us in just any figure and never as a female. A picture of Jesus is not a graven image just a rendition of what He looked like. Difference is a graven image is created by man from his imagination where as a painting of Jesus regardless of accuracy is founded in God's truth not man's creation.

[EricEscander]

@tntbryant1 I'm gonna guess you're a jehova witness. You did no listen to what he said though you heard it. The Father did not come in flesh but the Son. Same God yes but different part of Him. If the Father came in flesh why was Jesus praying to Him? Why does Jesus refer to Himself as Son of God? "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.” See the distinction?