Throwback Thursday: The Enneagram or the Cross?
Note: This was originally published August 29, 2020. I recently heard an uncritical reference to the Enneagram on a popular LCMS podcast. ~ Ed.
The Enneagram (The Nine Paths) is an esoteric, mystic, occultish new age fad that has made its way into edgy megachurches - including the LCMS. Issues, Etc. has done two programs on the Enneagram.
When I googled “The Nine Paths,” the first two hits were:
A sermon series from an LCMS church, and
Amazon’s link to an “Advanced Tarot Deck for the Spiritual Traveler.”
Isn’t it interesting that this congregation - that spent nine weeks on a sermon series preaching on the Enneagram - is a non-liturgical congregation? Is there even one LCMS parish that uses the traditional liturgy making use of the Enneagram or having a preaching series on its Nine Paths to human actualization?