"He's Good" or "That's Evil?"

There are two radically different opinions of A. W. Tozer, a spiritual giant of the last century; some
 might say a Protestant saint.  The first opinion, "He's good," was expressed by Bryan, a white disciple of John Perkins.  Bryan was gifted and passionate about racial reconciliation.  He came all the way from Seattle to Jackson, MS to do reconciliation in the state where the historical enmity between black and white ran very deep.  Reading Tozer has deepened Bryan's spiritual life so he was a fan of Tozer.

Years ago, my wife Dixie had read The Pursuit of God and found it inspiring.  But recently she read a favorable biography about Tozer and found a deeply disturbing nugget of information.  As poor and dysfunctional blacks moved into the community surrounding Tozer's church in the south side of Chicago, Tozer and his church engaged in white church flight out to the safer suburbs.  Why?  According to their beliefs, the community was "irreparably damaged."

Tozer and his church chose not to stay and minister, but to fear and flee.  What had happened to the Almighty God, the God of love and justice, he supposedly served?

Dixie shared this tragic and telling story with a visiting mission group; she shared it gently, not defaming Tozer.  Bryan was there.  Later he told my wife, he was deeply offended.

Later she shared the same Tozer story with John Perkins.  He also was once a fan of Tozer's, but when he heard "irreparably damaged" he slammed his fist on the table and loudly proclaimed, "That's evil!"

What do you think?  Was Tozer good or evil?  Is there anything good about a spirituality without justice?  Read and reflect on Amos 5 and Isaiah 58.