Ep. 316 - JLTY Plus: The Sin of Empathy with Dr. Joe Rigney

Just Listen to Yourself with Kira Davis

FCB Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary

5 • 789 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Joe Rigney joins Kira to talk about empathy - what is it, why is it so destructive and how have we misunderstood it both in the church and society in general? Rigney discusses his new book, “The Sin of Empathy,” and why we need to “sober-minded” rather than peddlers of pity.
“The main virtue that I commend is sober-mindedness. This is, another biblical term. And if you think about what does the word sober-minded mean, well, normally you think of sober in terms of drunkenness and alcohol, right? If you get drunk on alcohol, you're not sober, and so you need to sober up. The basic biblical claim then is you can be drunk on more than just alcohol.”
Rigney is Fellow of Theology at New Saint Andrews College. He lives in Moscow, ID with his wife and three sons. Find his book on Amazon or wherever books are sold https://www.amazon.com/Sin-Empathy-Compassion-Its-Counterfeits/dp/B0DV3L5KR3

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0:00.0	This is the FCB Podcast Network.
0:09.3	I pray the Lord, my soul today that we want who stayed, then we won't who stay.
0:15.4	All we got is to us, no one can't take that away.
0:18.4	So don't who stayed, it's going to be okay.
0:21.2	I pray, Lord, my soul, that we won't who stay and then we won't go stay.
0:26.6	All we got is us.
0:27.8	No one can't take that away.
0:29.7	So don't go to stay.
0:30.6	It's going to be okay.
0:33.1	Hi, everybody.
0:33.9	Welcome back to another episode of Just Listen to Yourself with Kira Davis.
0:36.9	This is a podcast where we take hot topics, hot button issues, and we discuss the talking
0:42.5	points on those issues, and we draw those talking points all the way out to their logical
0:47.5	conclusion. And I think today's show is going to be a great exercise in critical thinking.
0:54.0	I'm really excited for this next guest. Please welcome to the show, Dr. a great exercise in critical thinking.
0:56.0	I'm really excited for this next guest.
0:59.5	Please welcome to the show Dr. Joe Rigney.
1:01.7	He is the author of Seven.
1:04.3	I'm struggling to finish my second book.
1:06.5	He is the author of Seven books.
1:10.1	He serves as a fellow theology at the New St. Andrews College.
1:16.1	And he is a pastor at City's Church in St. Paul and a teacher at Desiring God.
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