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Episode 52:  Empathy in the Old Testament

9/13/2019

 
You will want your Bible and a notebook handy. In Episode 52 we are looking at 6 forms of empathy exampled in the Old Testament.

They are:
  1. God's empathy for his people/ Creator's empathy for His creation
  2. A leader's empathy for their fellow man
  3. A Mother's empathy for her son
  4. A leader's empathy for fellow leaders
  5. A prophet's empathy a King
  6. A King's empathy for his subjects
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Episode 52 Resources:
Articles:
https://www.mcmaster.ca/mjtm/3-1c.htm

Scriptures Quoted:
Genesis 2:17, 3:01, 3:13, 3:21-21
Genesis 4:6-7, 4:10, 4:13-16
Genesis 6:8
Deut, 9:13-21
Genesis 18:16
Exodus 32:12-14
Exodus 21:8-10
Exodus 2:1-3
Exodus 17:12
2 Samuel 12:1-13

Points to remember:
  • Consequences are tools of empathy
  • Boundaries are tools of empathy
  • Empathy sees inward feelings
  • Empathy warns and encourages
  • Empathy hears the cries of the oppressed
  • Empathy offers protection and hinders further damage
  • Empathy searches out (and finds) the good in the darkest times.
  • Empathy prepares a way
  • Empathy produces intercession and stands in the gap through prayer and fasting
  • Empathy lifts others up and offers strength to the weak

A Prophet's role in regards to empathy:
  • A prophet helps others engage their senses so they can understand and act empathetically (with kindness and care for others)
  • A prophet works with empathy to bring God's truth that will turn hearts toward repentance and protect the people from themselves
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Episode 51: What is Empathy?

9/6/2019

 
In Episode 51, Host, Heather Randall, will answer the question "what is empathy?"  She'll also look at what an empath is, if a believer can be one and if so, is it a true spiritual gift?
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Episode 51 Resources:
​Articles:
1.  https://www.iep.utm.edu/lotze/
2. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982214007702
3. https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/there-are-actually-3-types-of-empathy-heres-how-they-differ-and-how-you-can-develop-them-all.html
4.  https://www.etymonline.com/word/empathy
5.  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/εμπάθεια
6.  https://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts/empathy.htm 
7. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20009985?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Quote: 
" . . . there is a difference between feeling an emotion for someone, and feeling an emotion with someone. Empathy is more accurately characterized as feeling an emotion with someone . . ."
-Empathy by Nancy E. Snow American Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 37 No. 1 Jan, 2000 Pg,66

Videos:
"Empathy Creates Unity of Heart" 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt20f0NTp3Q

For littles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_1Rt1R4xbM
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