Comments on: The Shack - William Paul Young on SBE http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/ This blog needs a description! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:29:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Hughuenot http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-66696 Hughuenot Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:27:58 +0000 http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-66696 If enough people praise it long enough; if it sells millions; if pop theologians and musical artists endorse it; if Steve likes it; then it MUST be good! Right? Freedom, your moniker here, is found only in Jesus Christ who said that he and his father's word are/ is truth (John 14:6 & 17:17). Anything else, any other conception of God, is not. No matter how "liberating" it makes you feel, no matter how "blessed" you feel, no matter how many people like it, truth is not validated by numbers or feelings. You think about that. Amen. If enough people praise it long enough;
if it sells millions;
if pop theologians and musical artists endorse it;
if Steve likes it;
then it MUST be good! Right?

Freedom, your moniker here, is found only in Jesus Christ who said that he and his father's word are/ is truth (John 14:6 & 17:17).

Anything else, any other conception of God, is not.

No matter how "liberating" it makes you feel,
no matter how "blessed" you feel,
no matter how many people like it,
truth is not validated by numbers or feelings.

You think about that.
Amen.

]]> By: Steve Brown Etc. » Blog Archive » Etcetera - 10.28.08 - Communion in Weakness http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-62897 Steve Brown Etc. » Blog Archive » Etcetera - 10.28.08 - Communion in Weakness Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:05:20 +0000 http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-62897 [...] - The author of The Shack on SBE [...] […] - The author of The Shack on SBE […]

]]> By: “The Shack” Strikes Back « The Cruciform Life Blog http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-62629 “The Shack” Strikes Back « The Cruciform Life Blog Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:00:59 +0000 http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-62629 [...] An interview with William P. Young by Steve Brown [...] […] An interview with William P. Young by Steve Brown […]

]]> By: Steve Brown Etc. » Blog Archive » Steve Brown Etc. Pop Program Archive http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-61829 Steve Brown Etc. » Blog Archive » Steve Brown Etc. Pop Program Archive Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:59:15 +0000 http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-61829 [...] William Paul Young - Author of The [...] […] William Paul Young - Author of The […]

]]> By: Roberto http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-59412 Roberto Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:58:10 +0000 http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-59412 Do we want answers from God? God always has plans ways beyond our understanding or imagination. And HE does as HE wants, HE is wise. I should be sleeping for my training course tomorrow, but instead, I am here at 12 pm listening for the first time, to Steve Brown etc. radio interviews that I came up with in Internet from surfing www.newwayministries.org and www.ransomedheart.com And the Spirit is telling me that God really wants to talk to us. I just listen to Steve’s interview with John Eldredge about Walking and Talking with God (not read yet), and when I finished listening to John and Steve I saw the link for William P Young’s interview. I can see it clearly that GOD is looking for a true relationship with each of us, as Eldredge talked about intimacy and “come closer”, and Young talking about his life, his pains, his secrets, etc. Look at 3 messages I am being surrounded by lately, for me everything is connected: Read John Eldredge’s Waking the Dead (and eventually read Walking with God) Read William Paul’s The Shack Read Larry Crabb’s PAPA Prayer (and other books) And listen to the 3 of them talk and or the interviews with Steve Brown (Eldredge, Young) We are being blessed by them. The Holy Spirit is talking to us by them. Do we want answers from God? God always has plans ways beyond our understanding or imagination. And HE does as HE wants, HE is wise. I should be sleeping for my training course tomorrow, but instead, I am here at 12 pm listening for the first time, to Steve Brown etc. radio interviews that I came up with in Internet from surfing http://www.newwayministries.org and http://www.ransomedheart.com
And the Spirit is telling me that God really wants to talk to us. I just listen to Steve’s interview with John Eldredge about Walking and Talking with God (not read yet), and when I finished listening to John and Steve I saw the link for William P Young’s interview. I can see it clearly that GOD is looking for a true relationship with each of us, as Eldredge talked about intimacy and “come closer”, and Young talking about his life, his pains, his secrets, etc.
Look at 3 messages I am being surrounded by lately, for me everything is connected:
Read John Eldredge’s Waking the Dead (and eventually read Walking with God)
Read William Paul’s The Shack
Read Larry Crabb’s PAPA Prayer (and other books)
And listen to the 3 of them talk and or the interviews with Steve Brown (Eldredge, Young)
We are being blessed by them. The Holy Spirit is talking to us by them.

]]> By: Good Jam Session!!! « MPC Communitas Family Blog http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-55051 Good Jam Session!!! « MPC Communitas Family Blog Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:41:28 +0000 http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-55051 [...] a great podcast interview with the author that will intrigue you and not give away the story, go HERE. I would LOVE to have you all read this book and then unpack it together. I think we NEED to. [...] […] a great podcast interview with the author that will intrigue you and not give away the story, go HERE. I would LOVE to have you all read this book and then unpack it together. I think we NEED to. […]

]]> By: Joy Martin http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-51317 Joy Martin Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:24:29 +0000 http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-51317 First of all, I love the Steve Brown etc. website!!! The humor you throw in with the "commercials" and your on-going wit are soul-healthy for me :) I read "The Shack" recently and was blown away by it as well. I'm recommending it to everyone I talk to--so much so that they can't believe I could be so passionate about one little book. We desperately need this kind of stuff---I definitely need this kind of stuff. Thank you so much for airing this and your support and encouragement to what God is doing through this. It was refreshing!!! First of all, I love the Steve Brown etc. website!!! The humor you throw in with the "commercials" and your on-going wit are soul-healthy for me :) I read "The Shack" recently and was blown away by it as well. I'm recommending it to everyone I talk to–so much so that they can't believe I could be so passionate about one little book. We desperately need this kind of stuff—I definitely need this kind of stuff. Thank you so much for airing this and your support and encouragement to what God is doing through this. It was refreshing!!!

]]> By: Mary B. http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-47943 Mary B. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:30:53 +0000 http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-47943 With all the wacky things I've seen recently on Christian TV, and all the new age stuff seeping into the church, I was afraid to read "The Shack." While there were things in there that I didn't feel were sound biblically, still it touched my heart. So many of us were raised under the letter of the law, and always feeling the need to be or do good to earn God's love. This book was like a ray of hope that God really may love us right where we're at. What a concept - I think I even feel a some hope that Young could have painted a clear picture of God's love. I'll read it again. With all the wacky things I've seen recently on Christian TV, and all the new age stuff seeping into the church, I was afraid to read "The Shack." While there were things in there that I didn't feel were sound biblically, still it touched my heart. So many of us were raised under the letter of the law, and always feeling the need to be or do good to earn God's love. This book was like a ray of hope that God really may love us right where we're at. What a concept - I think I even feel a some hope that Young could have painted a clear picture of God's love. I'll read it again.

]]> By: the Shack « one degree of glory… http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-44222 the Shack « one degree of glory… Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:53:11 +0000 http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-44222 [...] you have some time, listen to this interview with the author by Steve Brown, Etc.  Hearing the author’s life story after reading the book gave me an even greater [...] […] you have some time, listen to this interview with the author by Steve Brown, Etc.  Hearing the author's life story after reading the book gave me an even greater […]

]]> By: Mary Ann http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-43313 Mary Ann Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:12:52 +0000 http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-43313 How wonderful to have such an expansive understanding of our loving God. Yes He exists.....yes He is involved....you can't get more involved than Creator to creature...I especially will remember the line where you said that God's grace working in us to make us truthful souls is a greater miracle than the raising of the dead..it goes against our natural instinct to be truthful with each other and yet what greater grace...thank you, thank you, thank you for this beautiful book. How wonderful to have such an expansive understanding of our loving God. Yes He exists…..yes He is involved….you can't get more involved than Creator to creature…I especially will remember the line where you said that God's grace working in us to make us truthful souls is a greater miracle than the raising of the dead..it goes against our natural instinct to be truthful with each other and yet what greater grace…thank you, thank you, thank you for this beautiful book.

]]> By: susana http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-42691 susana Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:33:47 +0000 http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-42691 You always crack me Up Steve (Brown). I can never get enough of your humor! (I swear thats why I am here!) But tell me, how can you convince a person whose mentally retarded that they are also senile?(not you!, A relative!) I am related thru marriage to some real douseys! And if it was not for your sound advice, I think I would be losing it, being around THEM! But thank G*D I dont have to live in the same house as them! Just visit them to se if theya re still "kicking" for I would surley have had myself commited to an insane asylum by now just to get away from them! Thanks for YOUR random acts of humor!susana You always crack me Up Steve (Brown). I can never get enough of your humor! (I swear thats why I am here!) But tell me, how can you convince a person whose mentally retarded that they are also senile?(not you!, A relative!) I am related thru marriage to some real douseys! And if it was not for your sound advice, I think I would be losing it, being around THEM! But thank G*D I dont have to live in the same house as them! Just visit them to se if theya re still "kicking" for I would surley have had myself commited to an insane asylum by now just to get away from them! Thanks for YOUR random acts of humor!susana

]]> By: Considering Steve Brown and the Shack « Cavman Considers http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-42491 Considering Steve Brown and the Shack « Cavman Considers Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:59:36 +0000 http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-42491 [...] 10, 2008 by cavman Steve Brown interviews William Paul Young about his book The Shack.  Steve says that he initially gave up when the main character got to the shack.  After lots of [...] […] 10, 2008 by cavman Steve Brown interviews William Paul Young about his book The Shack.  Steve says that he initially gave up when the main character got to the shack.  After lots of […]

]]> By: Linda Hill http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-42391 Linda Hill Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:20:22 +0000 http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-42391 Never have I read anything that so resonated with my spirit. As a young girl I did not have a good relationship with father, grandfather, etc. They were all abusive and not having a good role model to relate to, it was difficult to accept God as a loving, kind Father that would provide for his family. It was later in my teens that my concept of God changed to that of a loving grandfather in a rockingchair with an old comfortable cardigan sweater. I could crawl up on his lap and he would hold and rock me and whisper such comforting words. As with Willie and his "Papa", God knew just the image that I needed to help turn me around. The loving relationship and mutual respect between Papa, Jesus and Sarayu is as it should be in the body of Christ. Such insight can only come from Holy Spirit. Thank you so much for writing The Shack. It is definately worth the read, worth sharing, worth giving. Linda Hill Never have I read anything that so resonated with my spirit. As a young girl I did not have a good relationship with father, grandfather, etc. They were all abusive and not having a good role model to relate to, it was difficult to accept God as a loving, kind Father that would provide for his family. It was later in my teens that my concept of God changed to that of a loving grandfather in a rockingchair with an old comfortable cardigan sweater. I could crawl up on his lap and he would hold and rock me and whisper such comforting words. As with Willie and his "Papa", God knew just the image that I needed to help turn me around. The loving relationship and mutual respect between Papa, Jesus and Sarayu is as it should be in the body of Christ. Such insight can only come from Holy Spirit. Thank you so much for writing The Shack. It is definately worth the read, worth sharing, worth giving. Linda Hill

]]> By: Shirley Stinnett Grant http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-42199 Shirley Stinnett Grant Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:47:58 +0000 http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-42199 I have been an avid reader for all of my life and I`am 61, The Shack was a very profound opinion of how our relationship could be with our God,It really impacted me as I lost a 21 year old grandson to sucicide in Janurary,I`am writing a book myself and only could pray my book could be half the book as the Shack.God bless you ,Shirley I have been an avid reader for all of my life and I`am 61, The Shack was a very profound opinion of how our relationship could be with our God,It really impacted me as I lost a 21 year old grandson to sucicide in Janurary,I`am writing a book myself and only could pray my book could be half the book as the Shack.God bless you ,Shirley

]]> By: “Shack”-ed « Grace & Peace http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-40130 “Shack”-ed « Grace & Peace Thu, 22 May 2008 14:06:08 +0000 http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/steve-brown-etc/the-shack-william-paul-young-on-sbe/#comment-40130 [...] now, in just the past two or three days I’ve heard Steve Brown do an interview with the author and read a review of the book by Tim Challies.  (Click for .pdf [...] […] now, in just the past two or three days I've heard Steve Brown do an interview with the author and read a review of the book by Tim Challies.  (Click for .pdf […]

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