The Great Giveaway is an honest and wide-ranging guide for everyone who is concerned about the growing "worldliness" of the evangelical movement. Fitch's analysis is both trenchent and biblical and his suggestions are faithful to historic Christian orthodoxy, though perhaps a bit difficult to implement. Despite a couple of problematic issues that I will discuss further below, I wholly recommend this book to all those concerned that we as evangelicals are losing a sense of
what it means to be the church.

In the end, not only has Fitch made accessible the withering critique of modernity offered from McIntyre, Yoder, Milbank, and Hauerwas, but he has done a great service for the evangelical community in humbly offering suggestions for the the local gathered community; when faithfully shaped by God's revealed Word and the practices of being the church, it can and must be the site of our apologetics, justice, worship,
spiritual formation, and moral education. Unlike many who proclaim themselves as participating in the Emergent conversation, Fitch seems profoundly committed to the Christian tradition, and his embrace of a postmodern mode of analysis is employed not with a sense of smug sophistication, but to call the church back to greater faithfulness. For those Christians who see no problem in our being transformed by the pattern of this world, we ignore the eloquent criticism and ecclesiological vision of David Fitch at our peril.
Highly Recommended. - Daniel Kruse Gloier, Christian Book Previews.com

This book is well written, and in plain English. An easy read ... but for thinkers. It is not entertainment reading.

Christians and non-Christians will benefit greatly from this information. Fitch really gets it about the dynamics of our post-modern American culture and how it has rendered people of faith virtually ineffective in so many ways.

The confusion of our age ... separation of church and state ... has deceived society into thinking that Christian influence is a bad thing. Without it, the USA would not be the country it is today. We couldn't even hold a local election ... so many precincts VOTE on church property.

WAKE UP AMERICA ... read this book and get with the new program ... back to basics, like integrity, honesty, caring more for others than ourselves, not being afraid of life because we watch the news too much.

Thank you, Dave. Thank you, Ruth and Elmer (his parents) for raising a courageous man who speaks the truth!