Few of us are superheroes. Most of us are plain ordinary. In spite of this fact God continues to throw the impossible in our direction, and invariably, we shout back "I can't " Yet we discover this is the best background against which God can "do immeasurably more than we can even ask or think."

When We Can't, God Can sets side by side the stories of men and women from both the biblical narrative and today who said "I can't," only to go on to accomplish great...