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The Remnant Radio's Podcast

When Empathy Becomes Sinful

The Remnant Radio's Podcast

The Remnant Radio

Society & Culture, Philosophy, Christian Faith, Remnant Radio, Apologetics Podcast, Theology Podcast, The Remnant Radio, Religion & Spirituality, Gifts Of The Spirit, Christianity, Culture

4.7576 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Is it possible for our greatest Christian virtues to become our deadliest vices? Dr. Joe Rigney reveals how untethered empathy threatens to undermine biblical truth and transform compassion into a weapon of manipulation. In this episode of Remnant Radio, Dr. Rigney tackles the controversial intersection of emotions and truth in Christian culture from his new book, The Sin of Empathy: Compassion and Its Counterfeits. From Nazi Germany to modern church leadership, discover why good intentions ...

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0:00.0

Hey guys, Joshua Lewis here with Remnant Radio, and I'll tell you about Rimcon this spring in San Diego, California.

0:06.8

The dates are February 5th through the 7th, and the subject of the conference is growing in the Gifts of the Spirit.

0:12.3

You can join us there in person or via live stream, and what you're going to get out of that conference is some serious theological training on the gifts of the Spirit.

0:22.6

What are they? How do they operate?

0:28.1

There's also going to be opportunities to break out and practice spiritual gifts in a kind of biblical,

0:33.9

safe, and orderly way. We've got lectures from myself, Michael Miller, Michael Roundtry, John Mark Baker, from the Minor Prophets, and Dr. Sam Storms. So if you're looking to move beyond just the theoretical and learning the theology of

0:41.3

spiritual guests, but you're actually wanting to start practicing them for yourself,

0:45.2

I'd encourage you to come out and hang out with us February 5th through the 7th there in San

0:50.0

Diego, California.

0:51.0

Hey everybody, welcome the wonderful world of remnant radio on this program. We're talking about the sin of empathy with Dr. Joel Rigney. It's going to be an exciting program. You guys stay tuned. I hope you heard me say Joe, not Joel. I think I might have added a little emphasis on the wrong syllable at the end of that name. So, yeah, Joe's with us today. We're going to be talking about his book, The Sin of Empathy. Before we dive into the subject, hit the subscribe button, like the video, share it around so that we are not entirely kept in the dark by the YouTube overlords. I encourage you to do so. And if you want to say update on all the different things we're doing on Remnant Radio, go check out the link in the description for the newsletter.

1:28.7

You get discounts and conferences, courses, and all the fun stuff that we're doing here on top of free ebooks, lots of cool stuff. And we don't spam you. We shoot you in email once a week, letting you know what's coming out here at Remnant. So if you want to stay up to date, that's the best way to do so. Without further ado, I want to introduce to my co-host today.

1:44.5

I don't have Michael Roundtree with me. I've got Michael Miller over in Denver, Colorado. How are you

1:49.1

doing there, buddy? I'm good, man. I forget. Where is Michael? Is he celebrating his anniversary

1:54.9

right now? Is that what he's? He, I believe, is on vacation. A vacation. Good. Good for him.

2:00.5

I just got back from vacation.

2:03.1

Was it vacation when you spend most of your time in Europe like preaching?

2:07.1

Is that like, is that considered vacation?

2:09.3

I don't, I didn't spend most of my time.

2:11.3

I spent the weekends preaching and then, you know, did some prayer appointments throughout

2:16.8

the week.

2:17.8

But, I mean, we got to go do all kinds of fun stuff.

2:20.3

Went to Mars Hill and went to Corinth and you got to see some of the sites there in Greece.

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