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

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

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?

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