Yet as stunning as it may sound, “empathy is a sin” is a claim that’s been growing in recent years across the Christian right. It was first articulated six years ago by controversial pastor ...

Christians must “distinguish good from bad, healthy from toxic, the virtue of compassion from the sin of empathy,” he adds. Rigney has written against “untethered empathy” for years, and ...

Christian leaders have long disagreed about how the Bible’s values apply to public policy. In the case of Budde’s sermon, however, the values themselves are up for debate.

Whenever a Christian sins, and every single one does, it never threatens his salvation and home in Heaven. But sin does grieve God and hurt our fellowship with Him.