Why Podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey Follows This Biblical Figure’s Example
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Sometimes speaking the truth doesn’t come with the reaction we hope for, and podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey knows this all too well.
On her “Relatable” podcast — her YouTube channel boasts 611,000 subscribers — Stuckey brings a biblical perspective to today’s most controversial topics, but speaking the truth sometimes means people throw “stones.”
“I think about Stephen too, who was also described as being full of grace and who, as persuasively as he possibly could, did the most loving thing in the world, which is share the gospel with people who needed it,” Stuckey told Jinger and Jeremy Vuolo on their podcast, referencing Stephen, the first Christian martyr. “They didn’t say, ‘Hm okay, he’s got a point.’ They stoned him. They were so angry, they were so livid…this is another thing that I sometimes get. I’m like, if I lay out all the facts and all the logic, someone can’t escape it, they’ve got to agree with me.”
But, like Stephen, sometimes speaking the truth in love won’t have the outcome we want or expect.
“That’s what he did. He laid it out so masterfully. He explained exactly how this Jesus is the Messiah that they are looking for, and did they say, ‘Oh yeah that makes sense,’” she said. “I mean it was it was airtight, his argument, and instead of refuting him, which they couldn’t do, they picked up stones and they killed him.”
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Stuckey explained how sometimes we can’t escape the judgement of others and that escaping isn’t the point.
“I think a lot of times we think that we can escape, whether it’s, you know, metaphorical stones or literal stones. We think that we can escape that kind of fate, or we think we don’t deserve that, or if we’re nice enough or if our tone is perfect enough then maybe people everyone will like us and agree with us. And I have learned that that is not the case,” she reflected.
For Christians, the pushback we receive for sharing the gospel should be expected. Jesus knew we would suffer and face problems in this world as we stand up for God’s truth. John 16:33 says, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Stuckey recently released a book called Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion. The synopsis reads:
In Toxic Empathy, Allie Beth Stuckey argues that empathy has become a tool of manipulation by left-wing activists who bully people into believing that they must adopt progressive positions to be loving. She explores the five most heated issues through which toxic empathy is deployed: abortion, gender, sexuality, immigration, and social justice. Progressives use catchy mantras to present their perspective as empathetic, like “abortion is healthcare,” “love is love,” or “no human being is illegal,” but in each case, they ignore the other side of the moral equation. For example, abortion is presented as compassionate for the woman, but what about the human life the procedure kills?
This book isn’t about killing empathy; it’s about submitting our empathy to God’s definitions of love, goodness, and justice. Stuckey exposes the logical pitfalls and moral consequences of toxic empathy, equipping Christians with research-backed, Biblical truths to dismantle the progressive lies that have permeated our culture—and our church.
Her book’s thesis is based on the biblical principle of speaking the truth with love.
“Love, as we read in Scripture, by the God who created it, is inextricably intertwined with truth. And so this truth-in-love approach is much better, more substantive, more profound and much more biblical than this superficial, toxic empathy, which emotionally manipulates people into only focusing on one particular victim and affirming whatever that person wants,” she said in an interview with the Christian Post.
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