About the Book
Book: But In Mount Zion (Companion Study for Knowing Obadiah)
Author:April W. Gardner
Genre: Bible Study for Women
Release date: October, 2023
But in Mount Zion is a companion study for the commentary Knowing Obadiah.
This workbook offers an interactive and reflective experience for readers to engage with the commentary and dive deeper into the book of Obadiah.
Through thought-provoking questions, exercises, and group discussion prompts, the workbook provides readers and teachers the tools to apply the lessons from Obadiah to their own lives. It also includes suggestions for further study, making it an excellent resource for Bible study groups or individual study.
Whether you’re a seasoned Bible scholar or a new believer, this set will help you deepen your understanding of Obadiah and its message.
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About the Author
APRIL W GARDNERis an indie author whose great passion is historical romance with themes of Native American and Southeastern U.S. culture. Copyeditor, mother of two grown children, and non-trad college student, April lives in South Texas with her husband and two German Shepherds. In no particular order, April dreams of owning a horse, learning a third language, and visiting all the national parks.
More from April
How close are you to your Bible? I don’t mean the distance from you to the nightstand where it’s resting. Or the amount of warm-and-fuzzy you feel toward it. Or the number of heartfelt notes you’ve scribbled sideways into the margins. I mean, how close is your connection to the Bible’s people and places?
Are you here in the twenty-first century while it’s there in some unknown BC year? Are you here in your comfy chair re-reading old Bible stories while prophets and priests are therebattling against idolatry, while apostles and saints are there suffering for Jesus?
Or are you here and there, backside in a plush chair but feet planted in the hot sands of the Negev, body existing in the twenty-first century, but heart and mind connected to every message and mission given in Scripture?
The story of the Bible isn’t a three-act play: Old Testament characters and plot, New Testament characters and plot, present-day characters and plot. From Genesis 1 to today, it’s all the same act. We are all players in God’s Great Story. If we’re Christians saved by Christ’s sacrificial death, we’re all joined by the same Scarlet Thread. From Adam through Joshua, Obadiah, Esther, Lydia, Stephen, and all the rest to you and me.
It’s my hope that as you go deeper into the study of Obadiah, its origins, prophecy, and fulfillment, that you’ll place yourself at the center of its Before-Christ settings, that you’ll feel Esau’s grief, Jerusalem’s terror, and Judah’s righteous anger, and that you’ll look to God’s stage where His Story is playing out and say to yourself, “These are my people. This is my story. I am a player.”
So. Let’s get playing.
Blog Stops
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Book Reviews From an Avid Reader, July 30
Lots of Helpers, July 31
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, August 1
Texas Book-aholic, August 2
Artistic Nobody, August 3 (Author Interview)
Mary Hake, August 3
Locks, Hooks and Books, August 4
Guild Master, August 5 (Author Interview)
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, August 6
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, August 7
Library Lady’s Kid Lit, August 8 (Author Interview)
Divine Perspective, August 8
Batya’s Bits, August 9
Lights in a Dark World, August 10
Fiction Book Lover, August 11 (Author Interview)
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, April is giving away the grand prize package of a $30 Amazon gift card and a paperback set of the A Fire and a Flame series!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
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"But In Mount Zion" by April Gardner and Therese Williams" is a companion Bible Study for the book "Knowing Obadiah", This Bible study is divided into five parts, corresponding to the book, Knowing Obadiah. This study has easy fill in the blank questions and self reflection and group discussion questions. Since I am doing this study on my own , I skipped the group discussion part. This study covers many more topics than just the Obadiah text. Gardner has used many resources to provide good background material. The author reminds us that every child of God has a mission. I haven't finished the entire study but what I have done clearly shows that it is my responsibility to really study and know God's word for myself and to do the mission that God has for me. The authors gives us plenty of Scriptures to read and study and ponder. She also gives plenty of extra tools that we can use to help us dig more fully into the Bible. I think after writing this review I am going to restart the study and do the discussion questions and just answer them for my self. On page 11 which is the first group discussion section the authors writes " Timothy instruct us all to "study to shew (ourselves) approved unto God, (workwoman) that neededeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" 2 Tim.2:15. As a child of thes King who is a fully engaged player in His Great Story, it's responsibility to to gain a deep understanding of His Word to us. More that, it's our privilege.
I forgot to add that this is a Bible study for woman but I think men could learn from it as well.
I received a complementary copy from the author and Celebrate Lit and these opinions are my own.
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Lori DeJong is a contemporary Christian romance author who enjoys penning stories full of grace and the redemptive power of God’s love that inspire others to hope regardless of circumstance, find joy in the moment, and grow in their faith. She resides in Georgetown, Texas, with her husband and two fur-babies and is the mother of one grown daughter. Lori’s debut novel, “Love’s True Calling”, is the 2022 winner of the ACFW Genesis Award for Romance, a double finalist in the 2024 Selah Awards, and was released in June 2023. “Love’s True Home” is the second book in the True Calling Series and releases on June 25, 2024.