BOOKS (Paper and Electronic) Discipleship Resources   SHINE: A Celebration of  Spiritual Gifts Discipleship Triad Resources and Bible Study Made with Xara Web Designer “Soul Fruit: Bearning Blessings through Cancer” is an inspirational  story of a father and son who battled cancer, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma,  This will encourage and uplift your faith and hope.  Soul Fruit is another way of refering the “Fruit of the Spirit”,  Love, joy, peace, faith, hope patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, and self-control.  This is written by Pastor Scott with contributions from Thom, and his wife Marilyn. The stories, reflections, pictures and poetry will move your heart. This also makes a great resource for group study and sharing. “Come Follow Jesus”  is a 10 week/session discipleship guide for churches or small groups.  The main study is from the gospel of Matthew, with special emphasis on the “Sermon on the Mount”.   This “ready to use” study gives background and outlines, application and provides direct questions to the passage and to the implications of following Jesus.  Two bonus studies are included, “Prayer Evangelism” and “Called to Grow in God”.   This gives additional information for ‘Triad” groups. “SHINE: A Celebration of Spiritual Gifts” is a ready to use 14 session study on Spiritual Gifts.  Great for individual or group study.  Great for a Biblical/topical focus in worship or Sunday School (the two could be coordinated).  Scott Arnold and Brad Parrish take a close look at what Spiritual Gifts are intended for, how to apply gifts, what dangers to be careful of, and what we discover from Scripture for the church. There is more to Spiritual Gifts than mere identification, discernment is needed. FLASH:  “Soul Fruit” soon to be on Amazon Kindle. Free Resource