James White recently claimed, "sympathy is good, empathy is sinful." Is cultivating or practicing empathy a sin? Is it wrong to try to understand the pain of others?
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Peter 4:10 God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another
Galatians 6:2-3 Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important
Ephesians 4:2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love