I just watched a youtube sermon/review on The Shack by Mark Driscoll. I have to say it was one of those reviews that I have come to expect from evangelicals. He starts by making fun of the idea that God would meet someone in a "shack". He goes on to criticize the fact that God the Father, first appears as a black older woman called Papa, to Mack. He calls this "Godess worship", when it is clearly explained that "Papa" chose to appear this way because Mack, envisions God as a little old white haired man, as many people do. He argus that Father God is a spirit. Yes Mark, most of us get that. We also get that for the sake of the point of the book God appeared as a human. This was a story the author originally wrote for his kids. It wasn't meant as a literal desciption of God. it is actually a pretty amazing picture of the trinity and how God views us. His review is nothing more than looking for something to attack.
It is sad that Mark feels the need to tear down this work and tell people to avoid it because he doesn't get it. Mark at times has some really good things to say. I wish he could do what he does, without attacking others.
Peace,
K
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Mark Driscoll seems to me to be the latest in Christianity's effort to be relevant (heh) in an increasingly religion-wary world. He's young, got a youthful haircut, wears jeans to church and interviews metal bands. The problem though, is that no matter how progressive he tries to be, he believes the Bible to be the inerrant word of God. So he ends up preaching stuff like this, as well being anti-science (evolution) and anti-homosexual. That to me is sad.
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