The Eightfold Path to Living a Life of Fruitfulness

Palisades Presbytery Author delivers on the “top” secret of life

In The Secret to Fruitful Life: Eight Blessings for Significant Personal and Social Transformation (paperback, 978-1-60266-633-7; hardcover, 978-1-60266-634-4), Samuel M. Stone recalls the famous Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus revealed the secret to fruitful life and disclosed its path in His teaching of the Beatitudes. And Stone promises big things to the reader of his book: “We are not only going to unwrap but also embody this top secret of life delivered to us by Jesus Christ. We will journey through the eight progressive steps of personal and social transformation and continue on an upward spiral of a fruitful life.”

A fruitful life, according to Jesus, is the kingdom of heaven lived out here on earth. Until we discover how we can be fruitful, nothing will give us true satisfaction and fulfillment. By inviting readers to join the journey of personal and social transformation through the eight steps walked by Jesus and His followers, Stone brings the kingdom of heaven to the present and provides practical steps to achieve all the blessings of a fruitful life.

The book is suitable for an eight-week series of personal meditation, devotion, and small group discussions. To enhanced the experience of personal and collective transformation to a fruitful life, a companion website being buit at www.FruitfulFollowers.org. The website will enable the readers to connect with a global community of fruitful followers and participate in exchanging encouraging stories, media, and art, so that your transformation will be more effective, focused, and enriched.

Born in China, raised in Burma, and educated in the United States, Stone’s unique and rich perspective on the teachings of Christ offer fresh insight on a subject paramount to the Christian life. “Jesus said that the most important thing in life is to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,” says the author. “This book provides the practical steps to achieve that command.”

Samuel M. Stone is the pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Paramus, New Jersey, where he lives with his wife, Sophie, and their three children.

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