
Good Christian fiction has the ability to get across a message in an indirect, non-threatening yet powerful, way. Given its popularity (number one on the New York Times bestseller list for paperback fiction), influence and mixed reviews, we need to take a careful look.

It’s that good!” On the other hand, seminary president Al Mohler says the book “includes undiluted heresy” and many concur. Smith states, “ The Shack will leave you craving for the presence of God.” Author Eugene Peterson believes “this book has the potential to do for our generation what John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress did for his.


One of the most popular and controversial Christian books of recent years is the fictional work by first time author William Young.
