![]() ![]() Patrick Miller: That is a fascinating question. So how do we manage this? I don't know if you've run into this or not, but how do we keep genuine concern for other people in its place but perhaps speak up against areas in which we think other people's convictions may actually be mistaken? We don't speak up because it might invalidate someone else's viewpoint. It can become such that we become so worried about how others might feel or that what you might say might, quote, "hurt someone deeply," that our empathy actually ends up impeding good communication. But he was pointing out that empathy can kind of run wild. So we talk a lot about empathy, the need to empathize with others, but I also read a book recently called Against Empathy. One of the things that I'd love to pick up on is kind of an interesting thing about empathy. Rick Langer: There's a couple of things that we've talked in other times about some of the things that you guys have done there at your church in terms of working on the way we communicate and how we can have a more Christ-like posture, I think, in the public square. But Patrick, welcome, and thanks for joining us. We'll have all that information available to you on the website. And he is the pastor of The Crossing church in Columbia, Missouri.Īnd we've chatted with him before, and just wanted to continue this conversation because it was really fascinating, and I would strongly encourage you to check out the podcast, book, and other resources that Patrick and his co-author, Keith Simon, have put together. That's also the name of a podcast that he co-hosts. And today, my guest is Patrick Miller, who has published a book, Truth Over Tribe. I'm a professor at Biola University in the Biblical Studies and Theology Department, and I'm also director of the Office of Faith and Learning and the co-director of the Winsome Conviction Project.Īnd one of the things that we love to do in the Winsome Conviction Project is help people communicate convictions effectively, in a winsome manner, such that we can maintain civility but, at the same time, preserve deeply-held convictions.Īnd one of the great delights we have is talking to others who are working on similar things. Rick Langer: Welcome to the Winsome Conviction podcast. ![]()
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