Vulnerability Is Not the Goal

How therapeutic Christianity replaced virtue with emotionalism and why men need Christlike strength, not performative tears.

There’s been a growing controversy in Christian circles lately over so-called “toxic empathy” and what Joe Rigney has called “the sin of empathy.” Predictably, this has kicked up a lot of emotional dust. For many, it’s nearly unthinkable to question whether empathy is something less than virtuous. Most assume empathy is Christlike. And these books right…