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Empathy

“Our nation does not need less empathy. It needs better empathy.”

By Filings on Thu, 02/12/26
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“In Mary Slessor, we see a vision of womanhood our age struggles to articulate — strong without being strident, tender without being naïve, courageous without being cruel. She did not demand power; she exercised influence.” - CPost

‘Empathy Is Not a Thing,’ Says Albert Mohler in Response to Hillary Clinton’s Essay

By Filings on Thu, 02/05/26
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“Mohler made his statement while addressing an opinion piece Hillary Clinton wrote in which she called out commentator Allie Beth Stuckey, as well as Pastors Joe Rigney and Douglas Wilson.” - C.Leaders

The Scandal of Evangelical Empathy: How Did We Even Get Here?

By Filings on Thu, 05/29/25
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“the nation apparently continues to suffer from a lack of empathy, a deficit exemplified by, among other things, fresh waves of antisemitism …. a growing movement of evangelicals has a different take. To them, the nation suffers, not from a deficit of empathy, but an excess of it.” - C.Leaders

On Schadenfreude and Freudenfreude

By Filings on Tue, 03/14/23
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“…schadenfreude is a sin of the spirit, and freudenfreude is a fruit of the Spirit. Schadenfreude is rooted in envy, one of the darkest of the seven deadly sins.” - James Emery White

On “The Enticing Sin of Empathy”

By Filings on Mon, 09/20/21
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“Ask yourself: Is too much empathy really the problem you see in your church? In your pastor? In your life? We should all examine where we are and seek to accentuate what is right while repenting of what is wrong.” - Ken Brown

What Does It Mean to Weep with Those Who Weep?

By Filings on Mon, 09/13/21
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“Jesus did not always weep with those who wept…. When the crowds were rejoicing on Palm Sunday, Jesus wept (Luke 20:41), and when the women were mourning for Jesus on his way to the cross, he told them not to weep for him (23:28).” - Kevin DeYoung

Is There Such a Thing as a “Sin of Empathy?”

By Filings on Thu, 08/26/21
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“Can empathy ever be sinful? Well, yes, most certainly… . But I don’t think this is at all what people at the mega-church are complaining about or accusing the pastor(s) of doing.” - Roger Olson

Evangelicals and secularists on abortion, Covid and death

By Filings on Mon, 04/19/21
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“I have been trying to understand their differing responses to Covid and abortion. Many evangelicals are pro-life on abortion, not on Covid. Secularists generally are pro-life on Covid, not on abortion.” - C. Post

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