Contest Wrap-Up

Two days, two contests. Both were a lot of fun, I think, and I hope to do a few more in the same vein. I started doing a bit of research yesterday on one that I’m sure is going to be unique and hopefully a little more difficult than the last ones.

Book Cover Contest

I thought I was being tricky yesterday with the “Book Cover” contest, but it seems that many people had little difficulty correctly identifying each of the book covers. Fully 54 people submitted a correct list. Those who got tripped up, tended to miss #2 or #19. Of those who got them all correct, I randomly selected Brett Maragni as the winner of the gift certificate.

Here are the answers:

1. Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper
2. Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey
3. Truth War by John MacArthur
4. The Gagging of God by DA Carson
5. Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
6. George Whitefield by Arnold Dallimore
7. Reason for God by Tim Keller
8. Stop Dating the Church by Joshua Harris
9. Radical Reformission by Mark Driscoll
10. The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
11. Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen
12. The Shack by William P. Young
13. Do Hard Things by Alex Harris, Bret Harris and Chuck Norris
14. 9 Marks of a Healthy Church by Mark Dever
15. The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Clairborne
16. The Cross-Centered Life by CJ Mahaney
17. Jonathan Edwards: A Life by George Marsden
18. The Sacred Romance by John Eldredge
19. Generous Orthodoxy by Brian McLaren
20. Twelve Ordinary Men by John MacArthur

Bonus 1. Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
Bonus 2. God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
Bonus 3. The God Delusion by Richard Hawkins

First Three Lines

Here are the answers for the “First Three Lines” contest in case you didn’t notice that I posted them in a comment. Derek Brown was selected as the winner, one of 34 people who answered all of them correctly.

1. The Cross of Christ, John R. W. Stott
2. Knowing God, J. I. Packer
3. Desiring God, John Piper
4. The Pursuit of Holiness, Jerry Bridges
5. Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller
6. Wild At Heart, John Eldredge
7. True Spirituality, Dr. Francis A. Schaeffer
8. Ashamed of the Gospel, John MacArthur
9. Humility: True Greatness, C. J. Mahaney
10. I Kissed Dating Goodbye, Joshua Harris
11. Heaven, Randy Alcorn
12. 90 Minutes in Heaven, Don Piper
13. Chosen By God, R. C. Sproul
14. Decision Making and the Will of God, Garry Friesen
15. Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith, Rob Bell