And the winner is....

Update on the updates: My winner never claimed the prize, so a new winner was selected tonight under the careful supervision of two kids who were apparently rooting for their mother. Nevertheless, the new number chosen by www.random.org was...

38.

Which goes right back to Kristi (my original mis-named winner). Apparently she was just meant to win. The prize will be shipped out this week Kristi.

UPDATE: My sincerest apologies, but it looks like I err'ed (and disappointed the wrong Kristi) But the winner of the videos was KristY not with an "I" at the end. Kristy please e-mail me your address to send the videos.

If I haven't heard from the winner by this Sunday at 5pm, I'll get a 2nd random number and we'll draw again.

I've been excitedly watching the clock, forcing myself not to count or do mock drawings and such. It's been a hard wait for me!

But, I surrounded myself by witnesses and counted the entries, (38 total) and the winner handily chosen by "RANDOM.ORG" is #19.

Should I stall while you consider counting the comments yourself???

#19 is Kristy!

Kristy said...
I would love to win these for my family!

7:50 PM

Congratulations Kristy! All of the entries certainly paid off.

But I want EVERYONE to know how much I appreciated their participation. This is the biggest thing this blog has done and I've enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you all for playing and I can assure you, as soon as possible I'll have another giveaway.

Any suggestions as to future prizes you'd like to see?

Kristy - please just e-mail me with the address you'd like me to ship the DVD's to.
Congratulations again!

It's time for another giveaway!

I enjoy doing giveaways, and I like family movies so this month I've combined the two pleasures to create a great giveaway. This should get anyone well on their way to having a clean, family movie library.

I'll be giving away a 3-pack of movies: Fireproof, Facing the Giants, and Flywheel. (Click the title to see a preview for the movie.)

I've personally watched all 3 movies several times and still enjoy them each and every time. They're simply awesome - Christian - movies. And those are extraordinarily hard to find.

So... all you have to do is leave a comment to enter, one entry per person per day.

For additional entries, you could receive 2 extra entries for posting a link to the giveaway on facebook, or as a tweet, or even blogging about it. 2 entries each for any of those methods. Just leave me a comment letting me know you did it.

The contest begins tonight (Sunday 2/7), and will end at 5pm central time next Sunday (2/14).

This post will remain at the top of the blog for easy access, but updated posts will be beneath this one during the week.

Thanks for playing!

You're running out of time!

I'm so very excited about this giveaway I just wanted to write out another reminder that time is almost up. As I write this there is only around 17 hrs left to enter. I'm sure I'll say it again, but thank you all for entering and for the support you've given this blog. Especially those who linked to the giveaway.

So for the next 17 hrs you could get into the game. If you haven't entered yet, just write a simple comment and you'll be entered. These are terrific movies and I'm really excited to be able to give them away. You'll like them. Actually, you'll probably love them.

Contest winner announcement

There was a last minute rush of enthusiasm for the giveaway as my niece got involved in it and began giving her mother peer pressure to enter with more comments. But alas, even with the kids begging to rig it in their mothers favor, a winner has been impartially selected by the innocent hands of an 8 yr old who was prevented from cheating.

The winner is...

r.sivad.

So, Robert please e-mail me your address and I will send the Bible your way. I hope you get a lot of great use from it, or find someone suitable to give it to.

Congrats!

And thanks to everyone who entered with comments, it made my month to read your guesses. I'm excited to move into the month of November and get back to my regular posting. I think 2010 might have more contests in it, just because I enjoy them so much. :)

It's time for a giveaway!!!

I am so very thankful to be home.

God has answered a good many prayers in the last two weeks, and I hope to be able to write them out soon if for no other reason than to encourage you with the specific ways that God hears and answers prayers. If you have ever doubted that He hears you, doubt no more. If you have ever doubted that His heart is touched by our suffering, doubt no more. He hears, He sees, He is moved.

But that is not why I'm posting today! I believe I have a contest to take care of and finally a revealing of what good thing caused me to sin. I doubt any of you ever would have guessed it in a million years.




BEHOLD!







This is "The Expositor's Study Bible" by Jimmy Swaggart.
It's heralded as being "The most unique aid to Bible understanding available today!"
And here are some of the specs:

Virtually every scripture is self-explained
King James Version
Biblical text in black, expositors notes in red.
Expositors notes are positioned immediately following the scripture, phrase, or even word
Bonded leather cover, Smythsewn binding
Concordance, Maps, Assorted Bible helps
Utilizing some of the best Hebrew and Greek scholars
Large Print
Bible Dictionary, Bible Encyclopedia, Bible commentary in abbreviated form

Also... it's a $125.99 dollar value.

It's a pretty sweet prize.

Here is an example of how the notes are positioned.

John 3:16&17
For God so loved the world (presents the God kind of love), that He gave His Only Begotten Son (gave Him up to the Cross, for that's what it took to redeem humanity), that whosoever believes in Him should no perish, but have Everlasting Life.
17
For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world (means that the object of Christ's mission was to save, but the issue to those who reject Him must and can only be condemnation); but that the world through Him might be saved (Jesus Christ is the only Salvation for the world; there is no other! as well, He is Salvation only through the Cross; consequently, the Cross must ever be the object of our Faith).

I see this as a wonderful tool for new believers. Forget that, it's an outstanding tool for new believers because it goes through and very carefully and diligently explains what each and every verse means. No statement that might leave a new believer, or new reader to the Bible confused is left unexplained.

But for me, while I am sure I could have learned a lot by reading all of Mr. Swaggarts notes, I instead just felt as though I were constantly being interrupted. By the time I finished the first chapter in Galatians I was ready to thump somebody on the head. Thus, how a perfectly wonderful item caused me to sin. :)

As a small commentary, I personally take slight umbrage to the fact that he put his commentary in red letters - when most Bibles tend to reserve that specific lettering for the words of Christ.

But, if I were a new believer trying to sort my way through all the typical ideas that most church people are already throwing around like secret codes... I would really appreciate this Bible.
So, I know several people I could have given this to - but I chose instead to entertain myself by having a contest. I'm sure you may as well either want this Bible to clarify things for yourself or perhaps know a new believer that could get a great deal of use from a gift such as this.

The contest officially ends on Monday 11/9/09 at 5pm. I will select the winner from all of the comments posted on this post, as well as all of the comments on the last post concerning the contest. I will attempt to post the winner that night.
If you link to this post on facebook, twitter, or your own blog or anywhere else just leave me a comment letting me know and each extra link will earn another entry.

Good luck everyone, and I am so thankful to be back with you. I've got so much to tell you!

Blog sabbatical and future contest!

So here's the deal... it's going to get quite quiet quickly around here. :)

My parents house doesn't have the internet and I'm not going to sign it up out there.

So I'm taking a months sabbatical from posting.

BUT... some interesting news... Posting will pick up again November 1st WITH a give-away.
I'm giving away something so very dreadful it actually caused me to sin. So obviously, it can't stay at my house. But the object is actually wonderful in a way... and others may not have the same reaction to it that I did.

I'd enjoy seeing your guesses... whenever I get the internet back. Meanwhile have fun wondering what on earth I'll give away... that is IF anyone enters the contest... they may see what I'm offering and refuse to enter. In which case I'm picking an address from the phone book and announcing them the winner.
OR better yet, when I start the contest if you won you could give me the address of someone you don't like and I could mail it to them?? Interesting the options available for giving away bad good things.

Enjoy your October people. It's a beautiful fall this year in Texas. Go sit outside. Turn the tv off and just be quiet.

Obviously you won't need the internet for at least another month. :)