Friday, December 02, 2005

Where Do You Fit In?

Marla over at Always Thirsty has come up with an interesting chart to address what she sees as a potential division in the evangelical community. Using the terms Retro versus Metro, she offers some helpful tags to understanding the debate. While it is always dangerous to put too much stock in categories, I found it an opportunity to place myself on the spectrum. As you can see from what follows, I tend to the Retro side, but have a few Metro leanings and in several places fit neither category.


RETRO

METRO

Doulos

Rural or Small Town

Urban or Suburban

From Midwest, now working in NJ

Challies

iMonk

I read both

ESTJ

INFP

INTP

Left-Brained

Right-Brained

According to tests, I am mixed-brain

Conservative

Liberal

Conservative

Calvinist

Arminian

Calvinist

Quiver Full

Family Planning

2 Sons

Prose

Poetry

Prose

C.S. Lewis: Mere Christianity

C.S. Lewis: Chronicles of Narnia

Both are great reads

Homeschool

Public School

Public School, Christian College

Pyromaniac

Tall Skinny Kiwi

Pyromaniac

Think

Feel

Think

Sola Scriptura

God Revealed in Many Ways

Sola Scriptura

Apologetics

Testimony

Both

Puritans

Mystics

Puritans

God the Father

Jesus

Trinity

Isolate

Integrate

Integrate

Past

Future

Past, Present, and Future

Gifts of the Spirit: NO

Gifts of the Spirit: YES

Yes, with some reservations

Words

Pictures

Word Pictures

Criminal Justice

Social Justice

Both

Proverbs

Psalms

Epistles

Amy's Humble Musings

(vacancy)


Historic Reformation

New Reformation

Historic

Older

Younger

Middle Age

Patriotic

Global

Patriotic

Women: Traditional

Women: Egalitarian

Traditarian

Rant

Brood

Brood

Do

Dream

Dream about Doing

Reformed

Emergent

Reformed

Theologically Correct

Relationally Relevant

Theologically Correct

Psychology: NO

Psychology: YES

Has its limited uses

The Thinklings

The Boar's Head Tavern

Neither

ESV

The Message

ESV

Certain

Open

Certain

Catholics: NO

Catholics: YES

Those with saving faith

Sermon

Conversation

Sermon

Truth

Love

Speaking the truth in love

Hymns

Modern Music

blended

Craftsmanship

Technology

Technology

Literal

Metaphorical

Contextual

Harry Potter - NO

Harry Potter - YES

Yes

PC

Mac

PC

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