A Vine-Ripened Life: Spiritual Fruitfulness through Abiding in Christ Julie Lowe Early on in the book

Early on in the book Keith addresses the first hurdle of the opposing views on whether miraculous spiritual gifts continue today or have ceased

Many young people today have known much emotional deprivation early in life

especially in our time of such need

and to the life of the church

' Eric Alexander

A Vine-Ripened Life: Spiritual Fruitfulness through Abiding in Christ Julie Lowe Early on in the bookThe grace that stimulates the fruit and maturity of a sanctified life comes to us through Jesus Christ. We bear much fruit only as we abide in Him. In A Vine Ripened Life, author Stanley Gale points us to Jesus, the Vine of life of John 15, in whom we, as branches, must live and grow to bear the fruit of a grace grown life. He explains, Having begun in Christ we remain in Christ, continuing to draw our life from Him and maturing in grace. With