Southeast Christian Church The Jesus Filter: Yes to Compassion
Dec 7, 2025
Bryson Cook, the Franklin campus pastor, delivers a heartfelt message on Jesus' compassion as seen in Mark 8. He highlights how true compassion is more than a feeling—it’s a call to action. Cook discusses contemporary empathy challenges, like social media's impact on human connection. He emphasizes compassion as a vital aspect of God's character and shares inspiring local outreach stories. By urging listeners to embrace cross-boundary love and practical acts of kindness, Cook inspires a vision of a church that actively lives out Jesus' compassionate example.
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SheDeserveThePurse Trend Turned Sour
- Bryson recounts the TikTok trend 'SheDeserveThePurse' that began as generosity and devolved into a selfish treasure hunt.
- He uses it to illustrate how empathy and selfish impulses battle inside us.
Empathy Collapses Under Information Overload
- Modern life causes an empathy collapse by overloading us with needs and headlines, turning awareness into passive engagement.
- This collapse makes 'likes' substitutes for real connection and action.
Compassion Is Jesus' Driving Filter
- Jesus' primary motivating emotion is compassion, described by the Greek splagna as a gut-level feeling.
- That compassion moves from inward feeling to outward action in every encounter.
