Geisler's Answer to The Shack

Geisler's book If God, Why Evil? offers a rational and biblical response to the question of how to reconcile the existence of God with the existence of sin and suffering.
He indicates that evil is a necessary outcome of free will, that God uses it for good in our lives, and that we truly are in the best possible of worlds, as free-thinking creatures with the possibility of choosing God or turning against Him.
In the appendix to his book Geisler argues that The Shack is an inaccurate unscriptural explanation of the question of God's existence along with that of evil.
I think Geisler is dead-on. I enjoyed his references to Jonathon Edwards and C.S. Lewis and think he follows in their footsteps. I was encouraged to think biblically and rationally rather than getting caught up in subjective experiences to try to make my faith more palatable, and I believe, inaccurate and less real.