what a "Radical" giveaway!

I will be giving away a copy of Radical that I got Pastor David to sign last Sunday. You can read the first chapter of the book here.


















Although I have been going to church for 2 months, I hadn't actually met Dr. David Platt until last Sunday. I have been sharing this video with everyone on facebook:



I am often told by the people that do not run in the same adoption/orphan advocate circles on Facebook that I run in that they would LOVE to read the book. Soooo, I thought about doing a giveaway when I started my blog!! After the 9am service last Sunday, I went to buy a book at one of the kiosks outside the worship room and told Melinda, Derrick & Jeff that I would be meet them on the other side of the church where Marlie's and Alex's classrooms were. Well, I bought the book and God planted in my heart (in an instant) that it would be sooo much cooler to do a giveaway of a signed copy! So I immediately turned around and headed back into the worship room. I stood in line for 20 mins to get my turn to talk with him. My heart was beating out of my chest. This was my chance to talk to the man who I sat among my faith family and missed almost all of his message because I was just praying to breathe and not break down into tears and run out of the room. This was the man that had an aura follow him all over the stage as he preached STRAIGHT FROM THE WORD EVERY SUNDAY. This was the man that people came from all over the state and from out-of-town to hear speak. This was the man that God spoke to me through time and time again.

Before I knew it, it was my turn to speak with him. I shook his hand and said, "I'm Christie and I posted you a message on The Radical Experiment Facebook Page (he had us post our questions and he spent an hour answering as many of them as he could) about how I had given up my car in November, prayed for and lost my job 2 weeks after accepting Christ as my Savior, and was about to move into my sister's basement in an effort to raise money for my first mission trip. The only problem was that because it was a novel, you skipped right over me." He laughed and apologized as I let him know that someone contacted me via a Facebook message and asked me to call the church to talk about it with them. I then said that I had made the move and was now "living radically in my sister's basement" and he said, "YOU ARE AWESOME!". I also told him about my fundraising efforts to go "live out James 1:27" and I got to see that huge smile of his. About that time, they were dimming the lights for the start of the 11am service, so he asked me to come over and have a seat with him while he signed my book. He wished me luck with it and I told him that if it was that successful, I'd be back this Sunday for another one. We both had a laugh and then the music started. I walked off floated off...on cloud nine. So since I have that cool story behind the book, I will keep the copy I have. But that's even more exciting for you because the copy that is won can be personalized with your own message from him! How does that sound? Get excited, people!

So what do you have to do? Well, for starters you can FOLLOW ME if you have a blog. But to enter, all you need to do is share a link to my blog on Facebook, share a link on your blog and/or share it on Twitter. You will be entered 1x per method. Once you've done either or both, let me know via a comment on this post. Follow me on here as well, if you'd like :) The drawing will be held next Sunday, just to give everyone a chance to enter. David will be speaking at the SBC conference next Sunday so he will not be at church. So Father's Day will be the next opportunity I will get for him to sign it with your personalized message.

So, it's simple! Spread the word by sharing and enter to win! But that's not all folks! Here's where I'm beginning to sound like a infomercial. For a limited time only, if you call now...ok, seriously...one of my FB friends that is selling T-shirts for their adoption is throwing in a shirt of your choice:












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Most everyone I know already owns the book but get a signed copy (with your personalized message inside) as either a gift OR for yourself, and give your old copy to someone else. How sweet is that? So, what are you waiting for? Start spreading the word! And feel free to leave a link to your blog in your comment! Someone might find something on your page that inspires them for today or changes the direction of their life forever! God is good!