John Piper’s recent tweet on the Oklahoma tornado has
provoked a knee-jerk response. There’s even a malicious effort to create a defamatory
narrative about Piper as another Pat Robertson.
Now, I
don’t think it’s necessary for Piper to comment on every natural disaster that comes
down the pike. It would make more sense for him to have a general treatment
which he refers people to when tragedies like this take place. After all,
natural disasters happen repeatedly, so it’s not as if you’re going to have
something new to say about every new catastrophe.
Likewise,
I don’t think Twitter is the best medium for commenting on natural disasters.
And quoting Job without context invites ambiguity.
That said, I don’t share the outraged reaction to his tweet.
On his Facebook wall, Jeremy Pierce is making some
customarily judicious observations on this manufactured controversy. There are
also some judicious comments on Denny Burk’s post.
People with deficient theology tend not to like it when the Bible is quoted.
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