Pastor John, you were in the process of moving to Tennessee the week of the more Oklahoma

tornado.

And in the last podcast, we talked about the pastoral side of why you address natural

disasters.

In this episode, I want to address those who agree with your theology.

They agree that God ordains all that comes to pass, even a category five tornado for

the millions of good and glorious ripple effects that will ultimately result because of this

tragedy.

But they disagree with your timing when you write blogs or post Twitter updates in the

midst of the destruction.

What would you say to these individuals?

Right.

That's a good question.

So let me give just a bigger picture and then I'll be very specific in the way to answer

that question about how I feel about those couple of tweets and that timing.

There are at least four reasons, as I've thought about this, why people might oppose

saying something about the sovereignty and goodness of God in the midst of calamity.

Number one, they just don't agree with it.

And you're not addressing that person, but I'm going to mention that person anyway.

They don't agree with it.

I don't think God is sovereign in the sense that he's ruling the wind and governing nature

so that who is killed and who is not killed is decided ultimately by God.

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