The Enneagram Answers Everything

Roughly five years ago, Marcia Montenegro and I [Don Veinot] predicted the Enneagram would soon become the go-to tool for all spiritual answers. It would be used for discipleship, church membership classes, marriage counseling and seminars, and career guidance. The Bible would be appealed to from time to time, providing the pretense of being Christian while surreptitiously replacing the word of God as the final authority for faith and practice.

On January 25, 2023, Publisher's Weekly posted their story, "The Enneagram Meets Niche Categories," demonstrates this has indeed come to pass: 

“While IVP has no frontlist titles on the Enneagram at this time, several other Christian publishers are bringing out new books that explore ways the system can foster understanding in increasingly specific areas of life. Baker Books has three forthcoming titles: The Enneagram and Your Marriage: A 7-Week Guide to Better Understanding and Loving Your Spouse by Jackie Brewster (March 21); The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence: A Journey to Personal and Professional Success by Scott Allender, with a foreword by Ian Morgan Cron (April 25); and another title for married couples, The Enneagram in Marriage: Your Guide to Thriving Together in Your Unique Pairing by Christa Hardin (October 3).

“The main draw is that these books are really specific about applying the Enneagram,” says Patnacia Goodman, nonfiction acquisitions editor for Baker Books. “They use the framework we understand and apply it to our day-to-day lives.”

In responding to Jackie Hill Perry's recent public denunciation of the Enneagram and its occult connection, Paul Pastor, senior acquisitions editor for Zondervan, simply brushes it off with, "'demonic’ it most certainly is not." I am currently reading Zondervan's latest offering for those who find little information in Scripture about how to know and relate to God we now have, How We Relate: Understanding God, Yourself, and Others through the Enneagram by Jesse Eubanks. It is a shame God didn't provide that sort of teaching in His word.

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[TBC: Most major Christian publishers such as Zondervan are now owned by secular publishers—in the case of Zondervan (along with Thomas Nelson) who are owned by HarperCollins. HarperCollins is called a "Christian" publisher, but is owned by Rupert Murdoch who also owns Fox, Fox News, Myspace.com, Wall St Journal, The Sun, and others).]