"I am always looking for studies to recommend to small groups that invite people into deeper community and individual time with God or devotionals which are diligent in engaging with the Scriptures and commend ways for us to practice our faith. In A Fruitful Life, Ashley and Bryce Hales give us just such a resource: an exploration of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount that is both invitational and challenging for Christians at any stage of their spiritual journey to live more fruitfully."Bronwyn Lea, pastor and author of Beyond Awkward Side Hugs

"This is a refreshing and illuminating study, drawing out the meaning and significance of the Sermon on the Mount for Jesus followers today. Ashley and Bryce Hales guide readers through Jesus' words with care and conviction. This study is a gift to the church."Kaitlyn Schiess, author of The Ballot and the Bible and The Liturgy of Politics

"The Christian life isn't lived in abstraction. As much as ethical codes, theological principles, and worldviews can be helpful in comprehending our faith, we actually follow Jesus in the gritty reality of day-to-day life—getting ready for school,dealing with tension in the workplace, suffering the frailty of the body, and stretching our budgets to make ends meet. Thankfully, while Christians are often drawn to abstraction, Jesus' teaching has a way of calling us back to the concrete, challenging us with a way of seeing, living, and praying that avoids escapism and roots us in love of God and neighbor. This is good news, and it's the central truth behind this marvelous work by Ashley and Bryce Hales. They invite us to consider Jesus' words in the soil of the everyday, helping us to reconsider the familiar and see our neighbors, friends, and everyday lives in the light of the Sermon on the Mount. It's a refreshing perspective in a moment when the church, now as ever, needs to reimagine what it means to follow Jesus in polarizing times."Mike Cosper, director of podcasts for Christianity Today and author of Land of My Sojourn

"The twenty-first century brims with peace and prosperity and technology the likes of which no generation has ever known. And yet many people feel dead inside. Maybe you are exhausted by the 'survival of the fittest' culture all around you and the numbness it leaves behind. If so, read this book. Ashley and Bryce Hales reintroduce us to Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, peeling through the familiarity of it to get at the shocking, joyous, life-upending power of it."Russell Moore, editor in chief of Christianity Today

"The Bible is essential for Christian spirituality. Central to the Bible are the teachings of Jesus. Among those teachings, none are more fundamental than the Sermon on the Mount. A Fruitful Life, by Ashley and Bryce Hales, digs deeply into these famous and powerful words, providing readers fresh insights for growing as followers of Jesus. I highly recommend it for church groups of all kinds."Todd Hunter, author of What Jesus Intended

"I can think of no portion of the Bible that calls for a companion guide more than Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. There are simply too many treasures to unearth to move through it quickly or haphazardly. What a gift, then, that Ashley and Bryce Haleshave put together such a marvelous study guide for this most world- and life-changing of passages. Full of fresh insight, genuine usefulness, and a palpable love for the one who preached, I have no doubt that A Fruitful Life will bear abundant fruit itself."David Zahl, director of Mockingbird Ministries and author of Low Anthropology