Should Christians Use the Enneagram? | Questions You're Asking | 1 Corinthians 10.31

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🗓️ 3 August 2020

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Can personality tests like the Enneagram help us know more about ourselves and get to know others better? Or do they mischaracterize us and try to contain us in ill-fitting boxes? Discover how https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Pastor Patrick Miller) views and uses personality tests as he continues our series on answering https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/questions-youre-asking/ (Questions You're Asking). Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. To learn more, visit our https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (website) and follow us on https://www.facebook.com/TenMinuteBibleTalks (Facebook), https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (Instagram), and https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO and @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Tim Minut Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.0	I'm Keith Simon.
0:11.0	And I'm Patrick Miller.
0:13.0	Right now we're answering questions you're asking.
0:16.0	A lot of these are coming from our Facebook page.
0:19.0	So follow 10 minute Bible Talks on Facebook,
0:22.0	vote on your favorite questions, or you can just give your own
0:25.3	and you might hear it right here on the podcast. Should Christians use the anagram?
0:31.2	Okay, so full disclosure, I'm already guilty as charged I've done the
0:35.1	anyagram I am a three and I'm actually kind of a sucker for all personality tests
0:40.3	Myers Briggs I'm an I N.J. J. Strenges finder, competition, disc, I'm a D.
0:45.5	And so look, if you're not into personality types, everything I just said probably sounded like I was speaking
0:51.5	a foreign language.
0:53.8	Anyagram and all the other things that I mentioned
0:56.6	are personality typing assessments.
0:59.4	They divide people into different categories,
1:01.6	different types, and they attempt to describe what motivates
1:04.9	them, how they communicate, how they perceive reality, how they organize their life, what
1:09.7	are their strengths and their weaknesses.
1:12.4	Now maybe you're hearing this and you're already thinking,
1:15.4	I hate personality types.
1:17.6	Well, I'm pretty sure you're not alone.
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