Modern white male conservative evangelical American Western leadership culture continues to have much to say about “untethered empathy” and “untethered compassion” and the “sin of empathy.”
Each time I think this modern white male conservative evangelical American Western leadership cultural assessment might die down, another blog post or Twitter tweet arises.
So, reluctantly—because I prefer avoiding such controversies—I’m going to wade in. Here’s why:
The Bible consistently rebukes “untethered truth” especially when addressing how leaders minister to God’s flock.
Or, said differently:
The Bible consistently commands that shepherds always tether truth with love, compassion, empathy, and tender care—like Jesus.
The Bible Rebukes Untethered Truth: A Brief Bullet Point Biblical Journey
Let’s take a brief bullet point look at how the Bible blends truth and love with an emphasis on warning shepherds to tether truth to love, compassion, and empathy for their flock.
Jesus reserves His most fierce rebuke for non-caring, unempathetic shepherds who talk truth but “tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them” (Matthew 23:4). Jesus rebukes pastors-shepherds-leaders who neglect “the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and
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