The NXR Podcast - April 15, 2023


QUESTIONS - What Should I Say To Pastors Using The Enneagram In Church Ministry？

Topics
Enneagram in church ministry
Hosted by
Joel Webbon Harrison Smith Antonio Griffith Dale Partridge Wewsley Todd Calvin Robinson
Mentioned
Joe Biden Ambien Dave
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5 minutes

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874

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60

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Pastor Dave: What would you say to a pastor acquaintance who has used the enneagram in his church ministry? Pastor Dave: I would tell him that the Bible is sufficient. God bless!

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00:00:43 All right. What would you say? This is from Dave. What would you say to a pastor acquaintance who
00:00:51 has used the Enneagram in his church ministry? Oh my goodness. It's not surprising. Thousands
00:00:57 have thousands have but it is sad it's it's it's um it's sad in in the tragic sense of the word
00:01:04 sad and it's sad in the pathetic sense of the the word sad we have the bible right i mean you got
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00:01:19 bible the scripture is sufficient it's enough so what would you say to a pastor acquaintance who
00:01:25 has used the Enneagram in his church ministry. Um, yeah, I would just, I would just say that
00:01:31 that's, he needs to repent of that. And depending on, you know, I, I'd have to, you know, to know
00:01:36 the guy and see what else is going on in his ministry, but you know, whether or not, you know,
00:01:39 he's actually, you know, disqualified, but he certainly needs to repent and, uh, he needs to
00:01:44 preach the word in season and out of, out of season, um, study him, uh, to, you know, to show
00:01:51 himself approved, rightly dividing the word of truth. He needs to know the word, study the word
00:01:56 and preach the word to be ready in season, out of season. The word is sufficient. It's a double
00:02:02 edged sword. The Enneagram is not a sword. It doesn't pierce the hearts of men. If anything,
00:02:07 it reinforces the hearts of men to absolve themselves of guilt for sin. We don't need
00:02:14 the Enneagram. We don't need the feather duster. We don't need the blindfold. We don't need
00:02:18 the drowsy Ambien that puts Christians to sleep. We need the sword that pierces men to the heart, 0.99
00:02:27 that cuts them, that divides bone from marrow, soul and spirit. The Bible, we have the Bible.
00:02:35 It's sufficient. So I would tell them, you are, whether you mean to or not, aside from introducing
00:02:41 something that has demonic origins, let's just say that the Enneagram is great. Still, at minimum,
00:02:47 what you're doing is you are subtly discipling your congregation to deny the sufficiency of
00:02:54 scripture. You are telling your congregation that the Bible is not enough. The Bible is great.
00:03:00 It's a good start. But if you really want to help people, if you really want to disciple people,
00:03:05 if you really want to know people and understand people, you know, the Bible is not enough.
00:03:10 you need the bible plus bible plus bible plus uh anytime you get into faith plus you know it's
00:03:19 faith alone plus a little bit of works anytime it's faith plus jesus plus bible plus grace plus
00:03:27 glory to god plus uh that's that's not a good place to be that is not where you want to be
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