Few Christians in the West today have ever seen a powerful spiritual awakening that shakes the culture. In their new book A God-Sized Vision: Revival Stories That Stretch and Stir (Zondervan), Collin Hansen and John Woodbridge share remarkable stories of spiritual revival. Readers will be encouraged and inspired to pray for revival in our own day.

Why? Making Sense of God's Will (Abingdon Press) reflects the way that pastor Adam Hamilton has wrestled with questions of suffering in his own preaching and teaching. He seeks to help readers make sense of God in the face of tragic events, and helps us to better understand God's plan for the world and for our own lives.

Fred Craddock is one of the most influential homileticians of recent years, and is also an exceptional preacher in his own right. The Collected Sermons of Fred B. Craddock (Westminster John Knox) gathers more than 50 of his sermons in one volume, including titles such as "Only One God, but Just in Case," "Does Money Carry Germs?," "Looking Around During the Prayer" and "Throwing Away the Good Stuff."

While 15 percenet of American churches are growing, most of that is transfer growth between churches -- swapping sheep. In fact, only 2 percent of churches in the United States are growing through evangelism. In The Sacrament of Evangelism (Moody), Jerry Root and Stan Guthrie offer insights for abiding more deeply in the presence of Christ in a way that will draw others to Him.