I'm selling my books.

I'm not sure if this violates the community rules? If so, let me know and please delete this thread.

After much thought, and some provoking from a Christian financial counselor (Dave Ramsey) along with my dad, I am seeking to sell some of my many, many books that just are sitting in boxes. I'm simply trying to pay off debt, and hoping that many of these books which have blessed me may also be a blessing to others. I have many more books besides what is listed below, I simply have not got around to cataloging them. I'm selling most books for a pretty fair price should you be interested. I have about 30-40 books for sale right now, and plan to have dozens of more as time permits.

Check out my (mostly) Christian book inventory.

http://www.amazon.com/shops/jimmy6871

jimmy i'll pay you $10 to ship rick warren's book back to him and you demand your money back in full, plus shipping and handling.

That's probably not a very charitable thing to do in the name of Jesus.

its all right jimmy, i am cool with this personally, we all have our debts. I have a good idea for you, give away all your books for free, i am serious. Cry out to God for financial help and trust him with all your heart until he answers. I know that it is hard, but you will learn to trust him, don't be like the world, give away freely and trust in the unseen. I know i am bias because i always give away my stuff free of charge, but i feel like God tells me to do so.

how much money do you need anyway, i am sure some of us christian brothers and sisters would be willing to help you if it is that bad and under the right circumstance.

Well, I have thousands in credit card debt. If you are really wanting pay that off for me, and have millions of dollars so as to not be a financial burden to you, then you can e-mail me at jimmy.humphrey@gmail.com and we can arrange that.

However, the debt I'm attempting to pay off is not any sort of emergency debt that I need to pay off immediately to please angry creditors. I'm simply attempting to do what Dave Ramsey suggests, and that is build up an emergency fund of $1,000. That way I can cut up my credit cards and not have to use them anymore for emergencies as I have in the past (i.e. repair on my Jeep, which has happened several times when I had zero dollars in my savings).

I'm currently in good standing with all my creditors, and have an excellent credit rating. I just have a long way to go paying them off. I'm pretty happy to do just that on my own. No need to send me money for that. Although, if for some reason the Lord is leading you to send me money, then I will not object :-)

The best way to help me out in doing what I want to do is to simply buy one of the higher dollar books I have for sale. I already sold one for about $40.00 from Amazon. I have dozens more I can sell from anywhere between $5 and $40 I'm sure.

Once again, the Amazon.com store link for my books is:

http://www.amazon.com/shops/jimmy6871

jimmy I'll pay you $10 to ship rick warren's book back to him and you demand your money back in full, plus shipping and handling.

Another alternative is to burn the book[s] that are objectable. I have done this to books I later discovered where not what I thought were sound. If they're objectable to me, they certainly should not be for others to read, either.

My opinion ...

ginnyrose

Well, I just sold a parallel bible with the apocryphal/deuterocanonical books attached to it. Surely that is objectionable material. But at the same time, people study those books for a wide variety of reasons. I initially bought it to read various books so as to better understand the so-called intertestamental period. So, who knows why somebody may be buying a book or two with objectionable material. They may be buying it for scholarly studies/research paper purposes for all I know. Thus, no need to light a match to these books, IMO.

Once again, the Amazon.com store link for my books is:

http://www.amazon.com/shops/jimmy6871

ginnyrose amen, i have done the same thing. Yah brother i am myself in financial debt, almost 6000 dollars in it, i just haven't been able to get out of it since my warehouse job that was paying me 20 dollars laid me off and is closing down, and i have a spine problem so the chances of me getting a good paying job other than with my mouth in management or something is slim, so i don't see me paying off my debt for a long time, i didn't go to school because of money reasons and the christian bible colleges our very expensive which to me is unfair. So i guess it would be unfair for me to get myself more in debt , but i really would help.

the early church fathers book i might be interested if i get a visa gift card for christmas, how was it?

Guys, get out of debt with all your might and energy, all your will and all your zeal. A creditor is your master, you are not free to serve your master Jesus as you could to because there are 2 masters over you with conflicting interests. There may be various kinds of debts and reasons to be in debt, some more noble and others not so noble. Check if it is because you wanted something that you could not afford at that time and you were not in the will of God.

A mortage on a house is different as long as there is enough equity.

I would go so far as to say that it is even questionable to give money for God's work before you are out of debt.

I say that not to condemn you but because I love you and there is so much more liberty and freedom to be enjoyed for you. You sleep so much sweeter. If you are in debt, you cannot live by faith or go to the mission field because you are honourbound to both God and man to pay this one off first.

narrowpath

the warren book is good for enothing and potentially can bring someone down in faith. it aint worth the $10

so what exactly is wrong with the purpose driven life, i have read and found hard to take in the sacrifice as a christian, like how he said that it is not about us but about God. I found that to be very good from what i remember, but i haven't read for almost 5 years now, but i thought it helped me.

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I was also motivated by idolatry, for I was proud, often, of my understanding and spirituality in possessing these books. It was good for me to dispossess them.

No doubt, at a time in my life much of the acquisition of the books I had was out of idolatry. I liked the mere idea of having books, even if all they did was collect dust. Over the past 2 years my purchasing of books has almost vanished. From time to time I buy one. And if I buy it, I surely read it. When it comes to theological books though, I have worked out a deal with the local seminary that allows me to borrow up to 4 books a month for free. Granted, lately I have not been able to do such due to my schedule... and reading stuff other than theology/devotional literature. I've come to see that in reality, there is little reason to keep most books longer than it takes to read once. Thus, if you have a good local library, there is little reason to buy a book. Though, sometimes I still keep some books because I can justify keeping them for future study purposes.

the early church fathers book i might be interested if i get a visa gift card for christmas, how was it?

If you get such a card, you may be interested in the book. The church fathers book is pretty good. It is nothing more than a collection of the writings of the first and second century church fathers. Ccel.org has everything within that book online for free.

Guys, get out of debt with all your might and energy, all your will and all your zeal.

Indeed. Proverbs 6:1-11 has good counsel concerning this. It says if you have co-signed on something for somebody, and thus incur their debt due to their failure to repay, it says to "deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand" (6:5). Dave Ramsey says we ought to have a "gazelle's intensity" about getting out of debt. Then the proverb goes on to talk about hard work, and how being a sluggard in such a time will surely lead to poverty.

A mortage on a house is different as long as there is enough equity.

Interestingly enough, Dave Ramsey counsels against taking on debt for just about any reason save for taking out a 15 year fixed rate mortgage. So far as I've been exposed to his material, he never says why it is ok to purchase a house with debt, but not anything else. Though even in regard to that, he encourages people to buy a house in cash whenever possible.

I would go so far as to say that it is even questionable to give money for God's work before you are out of debt.

Such is not the first time I've heard this, though, it is a rare counsel. I know that in the journal of George Muller, he refused to accept donations from people in debt. Likewise, Zac Poonen counsels against believers giving anything while in debt. For such, he says, is failure to "render to Cesar the things that are Cesar's." Such seems like an improper application of that passage imo.

I believe that so long as it is within our means at the present time, we should regularly give towards the work of the Lord and helping those who are poor. Though I would like to give more than I am presently able due to my debts, I believe God has called me to support ministries and bless others according to my ability in my present situation.

I believe one of my gifts is the ability to give. I cannot imagine choking that gift and putting it on hold until I pay all my creditors off in full. Granted, my debt has limited my ability to give to some degree, but, I still have been able to give a significant portion of my income to the work of the Lord both local and abroad. Indeed, I did not discover my gift of giving until I was already well into debt. Though it is always tempting to stop giving and simply pay off my debts, I believe the little amount of money I make the Lord has given me so that I might give to others. Even if I were not presently giving any money out, it would still be several years before I could pay off my debts in full.

If you are in debt, you cannot live by faith or go to the mission field because you are honourbound to both God and man to pay this one off first.

Indeed. No doubt there is obligation that keeps me from fulfilling the call I believe God ultimately has on my life to be a church planter/missionary. But, I believe I personally still have some more spiritual growth to undergo before I undertake such a task. I don't believe the Lord is sending me just yet.

I know the link keeps getting buried, so I thought I'd bump it up. In case you are interesting, I am selling a great number of the books I own through Amazon.com. I have a little over 30 books for sale right now, and will from time to time add more. I hope to rid myself of about 100+ books altogether. Perhaps more.

http://www.amazon.com/shops/jimmy6871