Presence Prayer Part 2: Prayer of Inquiry – by Chris Dierkes
But the children struggled together within Rebekah; and she said, ‘If it is so, why then I am this way?’ So she went to inquire of the Lord. – Genesis 25:22 In my previous reflection I argued that God...
View ArticleAntichrists Then: The Last Days that Used to Be
Who or what is the ‘antichrist,’ anyway? And how many were there? John’s reference to antichrists (1 John 2:18 – see last post) is further support for our understanding of “world” as the Old Covenant...
View ArticleThe “Second Coming” of Jesus – What Is It?
In this section we look at “the second coming” phenomenon itself. Just what did Jesus mean when he spoke of his return? Old Testament prophecy made no distinction between a “first” and “second” coming....
View ArticleTemples or Tabernacles: Where Will We Dwell? – Doug King
The Biblical narrative gives us a rich resource to explore the inner and outer development of community across more than a millennium, with powerful suggestions of where we can go. The Narrative...
View ArticlePresence Presents: The Convergence (with Cynthia Bourgeault, Fr. Thomas...
In a world inevitably going global and multicultural, what becomes of religion and spirituality? What becomes of activism toward real global change? Presence is proud to co-present The Convergence, a...
View ArticleDoug King + Luke Norsworthy = Spiral Dynamics Goodness
What is Spiral Dynamics? How can grasping the ‘stages and pages’ different people are on help us in life, spirituality, and understanding the Bible? Doug King appears on the Newsworthy with Norsworthy...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Fourfold Prophecy – Max King
In examining the timing of the ‘second coming’ of Jesus, we can find prophecy in four different sections of Scripture: First, Jesus’ second coming in Old Testament prophecy; Second, in the Gospels;...
View ArticleThe Secret Origins of Presence: Tripp Fuller Interviews Doug King for...
Conversations between old friends can often open up new vistas of remembrance and reflection. What happens when the old friends happen to be the President of Presence International and the founder of...
View ArticleMeeting Ken Wilber: Match of the Titans
For the better part of the past decade, Presence has placed our enduring work in transformative biblical studies in dialogue with Integral Theory, an exciting new field of meta-theory, interpretation,...
View ArticleFour-Fold Prophecy: The Epistles
Continuing our series on four-fold prophecy, we now turn out attention to the Epistles, or letters, in the New Testament. The Epistles When Christ ascended into heaven, he assigned a work to the...
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