Among enneagram enthusiasts of all stripes, the concept of “essence” is employed frequently but defined loosely.
Christians are no exception to the rule, for we too find the term fraught with ambiguity, or at least utilize it in more than one way. Our definition is based on whether we are traditional Christians or “neo-Christians.”1 According to the latter, essence is a naturally perfect entity surrounded and constricted by accumulated psychological baggage, like a gold nugget encase...
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