*The 1,000th Post Mega-Prize Giveaway!*

by Feb 26, 2013Books, Personal21 comments

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I have reached post 1,000 on my blog! A lot of those thousand posts are little things like links and quotes, but a lot of them are dense with prose I created myself, as bloggers do, using an old-fashioned recipe of 2 parts keyboard and 3 parts research opinions coming from a dense region near the top of my head.

To celebrate my 1,000th post, I am giving away at least two prizes, maybe more.

  1. The first person to comment on this post will receive Michael Horton’s brand new, hardback Pilgrim Theology, a rewritten condensation of his big systematic (courtesy of the fellow blogger whose urging finally got me to start this blog). WON by Ryan Shanahan!
  2. The 15th commenter will receive a copy of Tim Chester and Steve Timmis’ Everyday Church, a great little book I personally recommend. WON by Wesley Barley!
  3. The 30th commenter, if there is one, will get a mystery gift.
  4. The 60th commenter, if there is one, will get a mystery gift.
  5. Mystery gifts will be sent out to further commenters at my discretion.

I will not approve any comments until I get 15 comments. And you can’t comment twice! That means you had better comment as fast as possible to get one of the four prizes.

(And I’m sorry, but I won’t ship internationally—though on the off chance that someone outside the U.S. wins, I might have something up my sleeve for you anyway!)

2013-02-26 09_37_23-Amazon.com_ Pilgrim Theology_ Core Doctrines for Christian Disciples (9780310330

First commenter gets this book and study guide—WON by Ryan Shanahan!

2013-02-26 09_36_13-Everyday Church_ Gospel Communities on Mission (Re_Lit)_ Tim Chester, Steve Timm

15th commenter gets this book!—WON by Wesley Barley!

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30th commenter gets mystery gift—still waiting for claimant!

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60th commenter gets mystery gift—still waiting for claimant!

 

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21 Comments
  1. Ryan
    Ryan on February 26, 2013 at 11:07 am

    I enjoy your blog – thanks

  2. Dustin B.
    Dustin B. on February 26, 2013 at 11:07 am

    Hi.

  3. Megan T.
    Megan T. on February 26, 2013 at 11:17 am

    Congratulations on reaching 1000 posts! And to think, I can say I knew you before you were famous!

  4. Cecil
    Cecil on February 26, 2013 at 11:27 am

    This is a comment. I enjoy reading your blog! Keep up the good work!

  5. Duncan Johnson
    Duncan Johnson on February 26, 2013 at 11:51 am

    Hey Mark, congratulations on being a grand old man in the blog world!

    (And if I happen to win something, I’ve even got a US address you can mail stuff too.)

  6. J Macavoy
    J Macavoy on February 26, 2013 at 11:59 am

    Congrats on the 1,000th post. Hope you keep it up.

  7. Scott Fulks
    Scott Fulks on February 26, 2013 at 12:23 pm

    Really enjoy your blog! Thanks!

  8. David
    David on February 26, 2013 at 12:28 pm

    This seems like a thinly veiled way to find out how many readers you have. 🙂

  9. Jonathan Peters
    Jonathan Peters on February 26, 2013 at 12:57 pm

    Congratulations on your 1,000th post.

  10. Jeremy Patterson
    Jeremy Patterson on February 26, 2013 at 2:11 pm

    Congratulations on your 1000th post! I am a faithful follower. Am I the first to comment??

  11. Laura Glass
    Laura Glass on February 26, 2013 at 2:38 pm

    Comment!

  12. Janine
    Janine on February 26, 2013 at 3:25 pm

    Wooot! I’ve enjoyed following your posts (trying hard to leave a substantial reply so that I would feel nice about myself.. :))

  13. John Mark
    John Mark on February 26, 2013 at 5:49 pm

    Hi Mark,
    I hope you keep blogging (I mean that). And I hope I win a prize (I mean that, too).

  14. Tim
    Tim on February 26, 2013 at 6:04 pm

    Congrats–Tim Miller

  15. Wesley
    Wesley on February 26, 2013 at 8:15 pm

    Congratulations on 1,000 posts 🙂

  16. Jeff Vrotsos
    Jeff Vrotsos on February 26, 2013 at 9:04 pm

    I’ve always said that one can never have too many theology books so thought it worth a try at sending a comment!

  17. John Morgan
    John Morgan on February 26, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    Thanks for letting us join the conversation.

  18. Joshua Young
    Joshua Young on February 26, 2013 at 11:11 pm

    Congratulations Mark!

  19. James Steinbach
    James Steinbach on February 26, 2013 at 11:47 pm

    Woohoo! Looks like I’m in line for the Horton book!

  20. Shaun Rufener
    Shaun Rufener on February 27, 2013 at 12:08 am

    Thank you Mark for your blog. I have enjoyed your insights for the past few years.

  21. Mike Stephan (@StephanStrategy)
    Mike Stephan (@StephanStrategy) on February 27, 2013 at 11:15 am

    Congratulations on your 1,000th post. I have only started reading this blog within the past year or so but have found it both beneficial and, at times, challenging.

    I hope you are able to stick around for another 1,000 or more posts.