People usually have one of three reactions to Twitter:

• Yay!
• Boo!
• Whaaaa?

You either love it or hate it or don’t have a clue what it is.  (For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, Twitter is a mico-blogging service where people post brief updates of 140 characters or less.)

John Piper summarizes several arguments against using Twitter on his blog:

These media tend to shorten attention spans, weaken discursive reasoning, lure people away from Scripture and prayer, disembody relationships, feed the fires of narcissism, cater to the craving for attention, fill the world with drivel, shrink the soul’s capacity for greatness, and make us second-handers who comment on life when we ought to be living it.

But he also points out that there are some positives:

Yes, there is truth in all of that, but instead of boycotting, try to fill these media with as much provocative, reasonable, Bible-saturated, prayerful, relational, Christ-exalting, truth-driven, serious, creative pointers to true greatness as you can.

In the end, John came to the conclusion that because his mission in life is to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things, he would do that in all ways possible, including via Twitter.  (Twitter qualifies as part of “all things,” you know.)

All things were created through Christ and for Christ (Col. 1:16).

So, to tweet or not to tweet?  John chooses tweet.  And so do I.

Like him, you probably won’t see many updates from me like:

• Taking the trash out
• Taking a nap
• Eating lunch

Instead, hopefully you will see thought provoking posts that will cause you to stop and think about living out your faith in the midst of your busy day.  That’s my goal, at least.  Follow me at: http://www.twitter.com/billwhitt

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