I don't usually recommend the books I have written, and I'm certainly not going to begin now. But I need to tell you about this one. I'm sure none of you have ever seen it. It was edited by the staff of Upper Room and this special edition of it was given me when I left the Upper Room to come here as your pastor 10 years ago.

It's a beautiful thing as you can tell, handsomely bound, with embossed silver printing of the title on the shelf-back and cover. All of it was a surprise to me. You can't imagine how overwhelmed I was when I removed the gift wrapping and found it. "Memorable Quotations from Maxie Dunnam."

I opened it and couldn't find a single word -- all the pages are blank, memorable sayings of Maxie Dunnam. You can't tell a book by its cover. Most of you have heard that proverb…