Lessons from a book sale
800,000 That’s how many books were for sale at
the recent used book sale I went to. I make a point every year to attend the
sale of the Metropolitan Library System of Oklahoma City.All paperbacks 50 cents and hardbacks a
dollar!You can’t find better bargains
than these.People roll in suitcases,
storage tubs, boxes, wagons, and I even saw one guy with a giant trash
can.With all these books for sale there
are bound to be some treasures, right?
I headed over to the religion section and began fighting crowds to scan through.I pulled out Lloyd-Jones, Piper, and Carson. Some classics like Murray, Edwards, Calvin, and others can be found.What’s most amazing to me at a book sale is not what you want to buy, it’s what you don’t want to buy.
As I scanned the tables it was like looking over the recent history of popular Christianity.I can ride the emergent wave or get a Bible commentary by Jimmy Swaggart. There are piles of books that promise me to be the next big thing. Learn how to capture the Z…
I headed over to the religion section and began fighting crowds to scan through.I pulled out Lloyd-Jones, Piper, and Carson. Some classics like Murray, Edwards, Calvin, and others can be found.What’s most amazing to me at a book sale is not what you want to buy, it’s what you don’t want to buy.
As I scanned the tables it was like looking over the recent history of popular Christianity.I can ride the emergent wave or get a Bible commentary by Jimmy Swaggart. There are piles of books that promise me to be the next big thing. Learn how to capture the Z…