Breaking Barriers | Rob Turner {S8 E3}
The DWITW Board reviewed this podcast in 2023 amongst growing concern voiced amongst the Body of Christ that the enneagram is not a tool that Christ followers should utilize. The Board believes this podcast reflects a voice that upholds the gospel as paramount. We do recognize and acknowledge the concern regarding the original roots of the enneagram. We recommend you explore with discernment from the Word of God and the Holy Spirit always as the authority over your decisions.
On this season of the podcast, we are talking all about the barriers we encounter to growing in, and through, the Word of God. Barriers we can encounter include our personalities and the wounds in our own hearts, rooted in our pasts. We asked our friend Rob Turner to share with us about his experience using the enneagram as a tool to work through these barriers in his own life, in light of the gospel truth found in Scripture. Today, he shares with us his personal experience as a child of God, pastor, and certified enneagram coach. Rob emphasizes throughout the episode the enneagram is not the gospel, but rather a common grace God has given to help us in our journeys.
““We need to go into the Word repentant, and then dwell in the Word repentant, and then apply the Word repentantly.””
Rob Turner is a self-described "Hoosier for Life!" He is a husband of over 20 years to beautiful Angela and is a father to four children. He served many years as a pastor in Dayton, Ohio, and now serves as Director of Discipleship and Training at the Bridge Church in Spring Hill, TN. Two of his heroes are William Cowper and John Newton, not because of their own awesomeness, but because of the awesome testimonies of God's grace in their lives.
On this episode, Bethany and Rob refer to the following references and resources:
The Relational Soul by Richard Plass
Your Enneagram Coach: Resources, courses, events, and coaching from Beth McCord
The Road Back to You by Ian Cron and Susan Stabile
EnneaSummer on That Sounds Fun, a podcast hosted by Annie F. Downs
Podcast Navigation
2:00 Meet Rob
6:00 What is the Enneagram and how has it benefited you?
15:00 Capabilities of the Enneagram
19:00 What is the relationship between our personalities and the Word of God?
24:00 How does understanding ourselves through this lens assist us in hearing from the Lord in His Word?
37:00 The Enneagram as a tool for ministry
43:00 Resources and closing thoughts
*Reference Disclaimer: All references made by podcast guests are of their own accord. The inclusion of references and resources by guests on the podcast does not equate to an endorsement of those resources from Dayton Women in the Word.