{"id":774,"date":"2021-09-22T19:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T19:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graceandpeacetoyoublog.com\/?p=774"},"modified":"2021-10-19T14:29:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T14:29:47","slug":"why-we-wrote-this-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceandpeacetoyoublog.com\/?p=774","title":{"rendered":"Why we wrote this study"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"774\" class=\"elementor elementor-774\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bfab67d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"bfab67d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e78d048\" data-id=\"e78d048\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50993a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50993a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Here\u2019s the thing: there are lots of great Bible studies by teachers more skilled, educated and backed by bigger teams of editors.\u00a0 And while we love those studies, have been transformed by them and will continue to take them, we wanted to create a place for women to become the scholars themselves.<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-736\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/graceandpeacetoyoublog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/77281CB4-886E-49B8-9BE3-6BA0BF1FA098_1_201_a.jpeg?resize=319%2C289&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/graceandpeacetoyoublog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/77281CB4-886E-49B8-9BE3-6BA0BF1FA098_1_201_a.jpeg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/graceandpeacetoyoublog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/77281CB4-886E-49B8-9BE3-6BA0BF1FA098_1_201_a.jpeg?resize=300%2C271&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">We want you to learn how to think about Scripture on your own and with confidence.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0px; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>We want you to do research on your own and to become skilled at using resources and discerning how to vet your resources.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>We want you to be curious and have time to pursue that curiosity and have a safe group to come back and share.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>We want your first engagement with Scripture to be between the Holy Spirit and you.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f066a25 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no 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