Welcome to the Gospel Reverb podcast. Gospel Reverb is an audio gathering for preachers, teachers, and Bible thrill seekers. Each month, our host, Anthony Mullins, will interview a new guest to gain insights and preaching nuggets mined from select passages of Scripture in that month’s Revised Common Lectionary.
The podcast’s passion is to proclaim and boast in Jesus Christ, the One who reveals the heart of God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And now onto the episode.
Anthony: Hello, friends, and welcome to the latest episode of Gospel Reverb. Gospel Reverb is a podcast devoted to bringing you insights from Scripture, found in the Revised Common Lectionary, and sharing commentary from a Christ-centered and trinitarian view.
I’m your host Anthony Mullins, and it’s my delight to welcome our guest, Paul Young. Paul is the author of the New York Times bestseller book, The Shack. It sold over 20 million copies worldwide — that number’s just hard to fathom. His other books included Eve, Crossroads, and Lies We Believe About God. Paul, thanks for being with us. Welcome to the podcast, and it’s your first time with us. So, we want to know how in the world are you? How’s your family? And maybe if you’re willing to, give us some insights on the projects you’re currently working on.
[00:01:23] Paul: Anthony, it’s great to be with you. I so appreciate it. Actually, my whole life is led up to this moment, so why would I want to be anywhere else?
Anthony: Amen.
Paul: Family’s good. We now have 17 grandchildren …
Anthony: 17!
Paul: I know. Weird, right? And we’re probably …
[00:01:44] Anthony: Do you have a favorite?
[00:01:46] Paul: The one that I’m thinking about at any given moment.
[00:01:49] Anthony: There you go. Good answer.
[00:01:51] Paul: It’s the true answer, just like when somebody asks you about which of your children do you love the most? And it’s like, right at this moment, it’s X because I’m thinking about him or her.
Anthony: Yeah.
Paul: And I love that. I love that each child brings with them a space they put in your heart that only they can fill. And it’s like that I have that space inside of Jesus, inside the Trinity, and I’m the only one that can fill it. So, that’s a great place of rest for us all.
So, family’s good. Lots of little projects and big projects. I’ve just finished writing the sequel for The Shack and they’re going to announce it this month sometime.
[00:02:46] Anthony: Oh, and is this breaking news? Are we the first to hear this?
Paul: Oh, kind of.
Anthony: All right, world. You heard it.
[00:02:55] Paul: Yep. Yep. You heard it here. But they plan to release the book in October 2026 for a lot of different reasons. One is that they want to do a global release in terms of English and other languages at the same time, which is … I didn’t even know they did that kind of stuff. And it’s pretty fun.
I’m working on a large musical stage production of the Shack that’ll
Anthony: Come on.
Paul: Oh, I know. I love live theater. And so, it’s rapping, modern music, with a libretto, which was my first time ever writing one of those. So, it was a great learning curve. I worked with Janice Patel, who is an American soprano who lives in Germany most of the time.
And then, we’ve got some great creative talent. We might have a partnership with a community of people that put out huge choirs. But we’ll see. It’s a work in progress. We’ve been working on it for three years already, a
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