what on earth are we doing?: finding our place as christians in the word

A splendid piece of work, charting a new direction for the evangelical church...written with a dazzling combination of intelligence and passion. At the close of the 20th century Fischer’s work will be hailed as a linchpin of evangelical reform and renewal.＂

Brennan Manning

John Fischer at his best! Lively, insightful, wise-solid biblical guidance for pilgrims making their way in a world that, for all its brokenness, God still loves.＂

Richard Mouw, President, Fuller Theological Seminary

Whether or not America’s Christian subculture＂ will be able to understand Fischer’s effective blend of fresh experience, unexpected insight, and gospel realities is a real question. But, thank goodness, here it is.＂

Mark A. Noll, McMannis Professor of Christian Thought, Wheaton College

Many of us have been encouraged to have a shrink wrapped＂ Christian experience that has kept us pure - but unused. This book is a testimony to the power of the Christian life that engages with ideas, culture, inner cities, politics and economics and makes a difference.＂

Fred Smith, President, Fourth Partner Foundation

Like his apostolic namesake, John Fischer knows that love, not resentment, is the hallmark of Christian peoplehood. His book comes at a time when, because of the way the world is changing, the Church must reassess what it means to be in the world and not of it.＂

Ken Meyers, host and producer of the ’Mars Hill Tapes’, author of ’All God’s Children’ and ’Blue Suede Shoes: Christians and Popular Culture’

John Fischer is one of contemporary Christian music’s founding fathers. His best known songs from the 60’s and 70’s are the ’All Day Song’ or ’Love Him in the Morning...’, ’Have You Seen Jesus My Lord’, and ’Look All Around You’. Along with eleven albums, he now has authored ten books including the bestseller ’Real Christians Don’t Dance’, and the popular fiction series, ’Saint Ben’. John now lectures in Christian colleges, speaks and sings in retreats and churches, and writes monthly columns for Charles Colson’s Breakpoint.org, a new ’Walk Thru the Bible’ devotional called ’Indeed’, and his award winning column Consider This... for CCM magazine. His articles have appeared in numerous Christian periodicals including ’Moody Monthly’, ’Discipleship Journal’ and ’Decision’ magazines. John presently resides in Laguna Beach, CA with his wife, Marti, and their newly adopted two-year old, Chandler. Two older children, Christopher and Anne are in college and postgraduate studies.

For more information on John Fischer, visit his website at www.fischtank.com.