A Bit of Earth is about the garden, but it’s also about us—as we are made from dirt.
This is an excerpt from Broken Bonds: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi (1517 Publishing, 2024), pgs. 24-27
Thanksgiving is never out of place for the Christian.

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Below is the Thinking Fellows Essential Reading List with contributions from each of the Thinking Fellows hosts.
In Honor of Dr. John Warwick Montgomery: October 1931 to September 2024.
This is the second installment in our series entitled, God and Nature, which explores the relationship between our Creator and nature: how God uses nature, how we are meant to view nature, and how God chooses to reveal (or hide) himself in nature.
A miracle happened right before our very eyes.
My goal here isn’t to selfishly reflect on all the reasons I will miss Rod because I know that if you are reading this, you may miss this man, too.
What if sin was truly removed and what if the one who took it from us had the power to conquer it’s curse and spit in the face of death?
His love for you is so deep that in his mercy, while you were yet a sinner, God sent his only begotten Son to die for you.
In Memory of My Friend, James Arne Nestingen
To trust in the Lord, the Messiah, the Deliverer, is our salvation and our only hope. Yet he does not trust us to have this “trust” on our own or of our own will.
When the Reformers read the Bible (especially when studied in the original languages), they found a God who was gracious and merciful for the sake of Christ.
1517 would not exist without the leadership, friendship, and faithfulness of Pastor Ron Hodel.
Let us ponder the Son, the precious Son of God, given as a ransom and sacrifice for us, that we too might be called children of God.