Radical by David Platt, senior pastor of the Church at Brook Hills, Birmingham, Ala., challenges Christians to live a life of devotion and sacrifice rather than the American dream. The Multnomah Publishers title, which released in May, has 140,000 copies in print after eight print runs and reached the No. 7 ranking on the New York Times Paperback Advice list.

In Permission to Speak Freely, Anne Jackson calls on readers to help reclaim the church as a safe, grace-giving place. Retailing for $16.99 and releasing this month from Thomas Nelson, the book features Jackson's essays and poetry, along with artistic renderings of confessions submitted to her by mail or to her blog, FlowerDust.net.

Best-selling author and pastor Rod Parsley takes a stand in Living on Our Heads: Righting an Upside-Down Culture, releasing this month from FrontLine/Strang Book Group. In the hardcover book, Parsley writes of the cultural disorientation wherein wrong is considered right, and right is thought of as abnormal, intolerant and offensive. The book retails for $22.99.

Creflo Dollar, founder and senior pastor of World Changers Church International, challenges readers to look for well-being and victory in every area of life, in his new FaithWords book, Winning in Troubled Times. The book retails for $21.99.

This month C. Peter Wagner offers his Wrestling With Alligators, Prophets and Theologians: Lessons From a Lifetime in the Church—A Memoir. The Regal Books release from the church growth leader and spiritual warfare pioneer retails for $19.99.

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