John Fischer

John Fischer is a singer/songwriter, recording artist, pioneer of Jesus Music, best-selling author, and popular speaker. He authored the Purpose Driven Life daily devotional and other insightful articles that appear on PurposeDrivenLife.com.

Articles by John Fischer

Born Again at 101

Help us share the gospel with those who have never heard it before, online: Explore online part-time volunteer opportunities with TruthMedia Internet Ministry! Vicky never gave up. For 42 years she prayed for her uncle. Last year she thought she could see some cracks forming in his 101-year-old heart. Earlier in the summer, Vicky’s daughter [...] Read More >

Bring on the Questions

Our online chat room is almost always open. Feel free to drop in for our daily chats or whenever, just to talk. I was reunited with an old college classmate this weekend. We were both in the 1969 graduating class at Wheaton College, a Christian college in Illinois founded in 1860. He shared a humorous [...] Read More >

Family Portrait

Are you struggling with the stress of the Christmas season? Let us pray for you. I have a friend who heads up an inner city ministry to homeless teenagers. Some are runaways, some have been kicked out of their homes, and others prefer homelessness to the abuse they experience at home. In a recent Christmas [...] Read More >

First Fish

Ready to begin learning how to “fish for men”? Explore TruthMedia’s online ministries and how you can become a part of our online work. I took Chandler for his first camping trip this week to say good-by to summer and give him a great send-off for his first day of Kindergarten. We ended up with [...] Read More >

First Small Group

Ever wondered whether a virtual small group would be possible? Find out in our online chat room! [display_podcast] It occurs to me that the first fellowship group that ever formed around Christ is probably represented somewhere in your house right now. It has some common shepherds in peasants’ clothes, three princes in royal robes, a [...] Read More >

Free to Serve

Are you looking for a new way to serve God? Consider becoming a mentor. “For you have been called to live in freedom – not freedom to satisfy your sinful nature, but freedom to serve one another in love.” Galatians 5:13 What will you use your freedom for?It’s an important question, since one of the [...] Read More >

Graduation Day

Listen and subscribe to the podcast version. http://talk.thelife.com/blogs/experience/kindle/2007/12/28/graduation-day/ My daughter ended up being a December college graduate. Graduating from the University of Colorado on one of the coldest, snowiest Decembers on record will make this memory stand out even more than it would have on a sunny spring day. It was held literally in the [...] Read More >

Help That’s Really Help

Chat online with your fellow brothers and sisters to encourage one-another in our faith: Join our daily online chats! [display_podcast] “Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into [...] Read More >

Help That’s Really Help

Chat online with your fellow brothers and sisters to encourage one-another in our faith: Join our daily online chats! “Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the [...] Read More >

It’s Still Not About You

Want to serve God, but think you’re too busy, or don’t have anything to offer? Wake up to your full potential, join TruthMedia as an online volunteer! I recently received a question about what to do in the face of profanity from unbelieving career associates and neighbors. “Hearing God’s name being smeared in the mud [...] Read More >


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