Presence is releasing the Integral Theology video series exploring the intersections between a transformative study of the biblical narrative with Spiral Dynamics and an AQAL (all-quadrants, all-levels) approach to spiritual growth. Feeling in the dark about what these terms mean? Don’t worry! In this video, Presence President Doug King discusses the convergence of these two fields for anyone just getting started in either.

This series will explore the intersections between a transformative study of the biblical narrative with SpiralDynamics and an AQAL (all-quadrants, all-levels) approach to spiritual growth. Feeling in the dark about what these terms mean? Don’t worry! In this video, Doug King discusses the convergence of these two fields for anyone just getting started in either. Along the way, Doug covers: Did Jesus come to start a new religion? Why we need a new, post-religious approach to the biblical narrative The convergence of two different fields: Biblical Studies and Integral Theory Integral Basics Theological Foundations The relationship between Integral Theory and Covenant Eschatology A Copernican revolution in theology. How Spiral Dynamics can help you love your neighbor better Why Integral Theory’s Four Quadrants are anything but ‘square’

This series will explore the intersections between a transformative study of the biblical narrative with SpiralDynamics and an AQAL (all-quadrants, all-levels) approach to spiritual growth. Feeling in the dark about what these terms mean? Don’t worry! In this video, Doug King discusses the convergence of these two fields for anyone just getting started in either. Along the way, Doug covers: Did Jesus come to start a new religion? Why we need a new, post-religious approach to the biblical narrative The convergence of two different fields: Biblical Studies and Integral Theory Integral Basics Theological Foundations The relationship between Integral Theory and Covenant Eschatology A Copernican revolution in theology. How Spiral Dynamics can help you love your neighbor better Why Integral Theory’s Four Quadrants are anything but ‘square’

Doug takes a fresh look at eschatology, illustrating how attentive biblical scholarship and Spiral Dynamics application alike reveal Scripture’s apocalyptic texts to not only be about ‘end times,’ but transition times. How is the Hebrew Apocalyptic idiom that Jesus and his first-century followers make ample use of a trans-forming discourse rather than a fatalistic one? What’s all this stuff in the Bible about the “wrath of God?” How have we missed its point? How were Jesus and his first-century, first-fruits body of believers a transitional ‘pivot’ in developmental history? How is our growth stunted if we mistake the pivot for the point?

What if biblical apocalyptic was less about the end of the world, and more about the end of the world as we knew it? In this penultimate chapter of the Integral Theology video series, Doug King shows how Jesus is a trans-former, not a modifier; how sacrificial religion transitions to service-oriented spirituality (from shedding blood to giving blood!), and how a shift to what Spiral Dynamics calls Second Tier awareness makes all the difference in the world

What if biblical apocalyptic was less about the end of the world, and more about the end of the world as we knew it? In this penultimate chapter of the Integral Theology video series, Doug King shows how Jesus is a trans-former, not a modifier; how sacrificial religion transitions to service-oriented spirituality (from shedding blood to giving blood!), and how a shift to what Spiral Dynamics calls Second Tier awareness makes all the difference in the world(s). http://www.presence.tv/integral-theology/

http://www.presence.tv/integral-theology/ Anyone can deconstruct their faith, but what’s on the other side? The fastest-growing religious group in North America isn’t really a religious group at all; ‘the Nones’ or Spiritual-But-Not-Religious, are on the rise. Contrary to many faith-based groups – we applaud this trend, and even see in it a move of the Spirit, breaking down barriers. But what happens after you lose your religion? Does the end of ‘church’ as we know it mean that we’re left without spiritual community?

This is the final episode of our series. Thanks to Joe Masterleo for his new book Ambient Christ and the insights he shared with us in the first 4 episodes. I will make a few last observations and draw some conclusions regarding the convergence of science and spirituality versus science and religion. I’ll also note what all levels have in common even though this trajectory of understanding is a work in progress. #Science #Spirituality #OmegaPoint #AlphaandOmega #Theology #UniversalChrist #Formlessness #SpiralDynamics #Universalist #SpiritualButNotReligious #SBNR #Theology #Integral #IntegralTheology #AmbientChrist #JoeMasterleo

We look at connections with our integral approach to the Biblical Narrative. Sacred Geometry proposes a higher intelligence behind the patterns found in the universe, galaxies and here in our own ecosystems of nature. The numerous patterns that occur seem to point to something greater. For example, the writer of Hebrews points to the time when Moses built the tabernacle and all the things put into the Holy of Holies. The writer say Moses was told to make these things “according to the pattern of the heavenly.” What other connections might we find in the Narrative? #ScienceandSpirituality #SacredGeometry #theology #integral #integraltheology