<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068030446157254244</id><updated>2012-02-16T01:16:06.878-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Iva May</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iva-may.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7068030446157254244/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iva-may.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Iva  May</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04783099595549406126</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwfff0i3i1s/S3_oQNWjpxI/AAAAAAAABC0/LiI76TfEJ8c/S220/Iva+promo+photo2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068030446157254244.post-7079460948644954983</id><published>2011-01-10T16:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T14:30:41.582-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZbaKFCrwOnA/TysOS_6adjI/AAAAAAAABOs/Vunco9qHbnE/s1600/Image+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="66" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZbaKFCrwOnA/TysOS_6adjI/AAAAAAAABOs/Vunco9qHbnE/s200/Image+2.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chronological Bible Teaching&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;raises the bar' of Bible literacy and entices women to find their place in His Story as it unfolds the storyline of the Bible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;The &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chronological Bible Teaching&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;materials were developed to counteract the decline of Biblical literacy within the evangelical community--especially among women. Knowing the story of the Bible and the God of that story transforms secular-thinking women into those who operate from a Biblical worldview. Respected author Larry Crabb describes how the lack of understanding God's story affected him:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 85%;"&gt;“In 2006, after knowing Jesus for a half century, after years of active involvement in church, I realized I knew bits and pieces of Bible truth, lots of principles and lots of doctrine, but I didn’t really know the story it told. Without story truth, I’ll flirt with atheism, struggle with unbelief, pray without passion (except maybe anger), remain devoted to my story, and continue in hopeless addiction to myself.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 85%;"&gt;Larry Crabb, &lt;i&gt;Real Church&lt;/i&gt; (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2009), page 99.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"&gt;Bible literacy and knowing God, as He has revealed Himself throughout the story of the Bible, drives missional living. Without Story truth believers default to living no differently than those around them (except that &lt;i&gt;they&lt;/i&gt; attend church). Paul urges believers to resist such conformity and actively pursue transformation of the mind, which in turn, produces noticeable change in behavior. Genuine transformation occurs as the Author of the Story illumines the mind, reveals the heart, and empowers the feet of believers so that they discover their own place in His Story.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSXqaLBKXT7jnx7FOXbz06ZkxqkAazaXECqi5m7bijtBQtrujdt" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="55" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSXqaLBKXT7jnx7FOXbz06ZkxqkAazaXECqi5m7bijtBQtrujdt" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man's spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God."&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;A.W. 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