In my home, I have a four shelf cart I use as a bookcase along with another four shelf bookcase, in the main living area. In the cart on the right are books mainly purchased before my time at Word of Faith Fellowship (WOFF). In the bookcase on the left are books purchased after my leaving of WOFF in July of 2008. The physical space between them is about 18 inches. The gulf of time between the groupings of book represents about 16 years. Let me explain.
During my time attending the church in South Carolina, I bought few books. In fact, the only books I can remember buying were bicycle repair manuals and a few gardening books. My Dad also gave me a few gardening books, which at this time; I need another shelf to display them. I do remember being given a book, written by Andrew Murray, by someone in the Greenville church during the time there.
Previous to moving to Greenville, SC in 1992, I had purchased many books which were mainly by Christian authors or Bible reference books. There began a purge in 1992 as my perception of the value of several of these books changed. The Christian books that have made it through the purges are stored on the four shelf cart on the right. The authors include Andrew Murray, Charles Finney, Leonard Ravenhill, Watchman Nee, Martin Luther, John Wesley, F. B. Meyer, R.A. Torrey, A.W. Tozer and others. There are biographies of D.L. Moody, Charles Finney, Rees Howells, John G. Lake and more. I have read many of these in years past. However, during the time in Greenville, the books were stored in boxes and only reviewed when I felt a need to read a book by Finney or Murray.