As some of you might be aware, one of the hottest selling books in North America is The Shack. I have read this book myself because I thought it would be in my best interest to be informed and not rely on hear say.
Anyway, I have also read a few critiques by Reformed writers such as Tim Challies, who I believe for the most part does a fair and accurate account of critiquing the book.
Something however, that seems to stand out from both supporters of the book and non-supporters of the book, is that the Trinity of the book is not the same Trinity that I believe the Scriptures talk about.
Something I have found quite strange however has come to my attention and that is that I have yet despite my vast search for it, to find a negative review of the book coming from a non-Reformed Christian.
I have even read the claim that only Reformed Christians would have a problem with the Trinity that is portrayed in the book.
For instance as shown
here, I recently listened to a positive critique done by a theologian that is in the SBC that said he believes that the book was accurate in its display of the Trinity and said that Tim Challies negative critique is because the Reformed understanding of the Trinity is different than non-Reformed Christians understanding.
So my question is with that in mind, do we as Reformed believers have a different understanding of the Trinity than non-Reformed believers?
If that is the case, it would SEEM that our differences are much greater than just Arminianism vs. Calvinism, but we in fact have entirely different religions and we as Reformed believers have as much in common with non-Reformed as we do with JWs.
By the way, just in case anyone is wondering why I even read The Shack, it is because many of the people lately who I have been around at work and in my Church have either read the book or brought the book up in conversation to me.
