The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTITM) is widely used in Christian churches as an aid to deeper understanding of one’s own personality and that of one’s fellow believers. It is also presented as a guide to those practices that will be most helpful in developing a Christian’s spiritual life and discipleship. The article examines and critiques the latter notion, concluding that it is unwise to displace and ignore tried-and-tested classical spiritual disciplines on the grounds of incompatibility with one’s personality. Instead, knowing one’s Personality Type should help identify the spiritual disciplines that are attractive and congenial and also those equally important but less congenial disciplines, which may well require determined effort.

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心理类型与信仰生活

迈尔斯-布里格斯类型指标 (MBTITM值）在基督教会中被广泛使用，以帮助更深入地了解自己和信徒同伴的个性。它还提供了对发展基督徒的精神生活和门徒训练最有帮助的实践指南。文章对后一种观点进行了检验和批评，得出的结论是，以与一个人的性格不相容为由来取代和忽视久经考验的古典精神纪律是不明智的。相反，了解一个人的性格类型应该有助于识别那些有吸引力且适合的精神纪律，以及那些同样重要但不太适合的纪律，这很可能需要坚定的努力。