Table of Contents
Title Page...................................................................................................................... 1
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................ 3
Forward ....................................................................................................................... 5
Chapter 1. Introduction ............................................................................................... 7
1. What Is the MBTI? ...................................................................................... 10
2. What Type Are You? ................................................................................... 31
3. What Does the MBTI Have to Do with Godliness? .................................... 32
4. Why Did God Create Us With Personality Preferences? ............................ 34
Chapter 2. Spiritual Strengths and Vulnerabilities..................................................... 43
1. ISTJ .............................................................................................................. 45
2. ISFJ .............................................................................................................. 47
3. INFJ ............................................................................................................. 49
4. INTJ ............................................................................................................. 51
5. INTP ............................................................................................................. 52
6. ISTP ............................................................................................................. 54
7. ISFP ............................................................................................................. 56
8. INFP ............................................................................................................. 58
9. ESFP ............................................................................................................ 60
10. ESTP ............................................................................................................ 62
11. ENTP ............................................................................................................ 64
12. ENFP ............................................................................................................ 66
13. ENFJ ............................................................................................................ 67
14. ESFJ ............................................................................................................. 69
15. ESTJ ............................................................................................................. 71
16. ENTJ ............................................................................................................ 73
Chapter 3. Judgers-Perceivers .................................................................................... 75
1. Patience and Perseverance ........................................................................... 78
2. Assertiveness: Passive to Pushy to Aggressive ............................................ 81
Chapter 4. Thinkers-Feelers ....................................................................................... 98
1. Balancing Work, Family, & Church ........................................................... 101
2. Deception ................................................................................................... 106
3. Sensitivity ................................................................................................... 112
4. Unity/Division ............................................................................................ 121
5. Heart/Mind Balance ................................................................................... 136
Chapter 5. Sensors–Intuitives .................................................................................. 139
1. Legalism / Rationalism ............................................................................... 141
2. Impulsive and Destructive Behaviors ........................................................ 146
3. Living with Ambiguity and Disagreement ................................................. 150
4. Materialism ................................................................................................. 158
Chapter 6. Extraverts–Introverts ............................................................................. 163
1. Leadership .................................................................................................. 166
2. Talking, Thinking, Reflecting ..................................................................... 185
Chapter 7. Considering Preference in Your Calling ................................................ 193
1. Best Fit Life Choices ................................................................................. 194
2. Misfit Callings ............................................................................................ 195
3. Aligning with Your Personality ................................................................. 198
4. Specific Callings ......................................................................................... 218
5. Godly Wisdom or Worldly Wisdom .......................................................... 135
Chapter 8. Godly Marriages and Homes ................................................................. 238
1. Complements and Conflicts ....................................................................... 241
2. Complementing J/P .................................................................................... 242
3. Hit-and-Run ............................................................................................... 245
4. Push to Closure .......................................................................................... 248
5. Complementing T/F .................................................................................... 252
6. Understand—Then Translate ..................................................................... 255
7. Listening Styles .......................................................................................... 259
8. Complementing S/N ................................................................................... 270
9. Respecting Roles ........................................................................................ 272
10. Complementing E/I .................................................................................... 279
11. Missed Messages ........................................................................................ 284
12. Children’s Personalities .............................................................................. 290
Appendix A: Dominant and Auxiliary Functions.................................................... 300
Appendix B: MBTI Facets ...................................................................................... 302
List of References..................................................................................................... 303