People wonder why I like the ESV so much. I realized today that there is one reason I forgot to mention despite already spending 45 posts explaining that! The reason that I forgot to mention is the kindness of the nice folks at Crossway! I know it shouldn't influence things too much and it sure isn't the most important reason. But its not every day you get an email in your inbox that's as nice as the one I am going to quote in full here:

Here are the winners (picked at random) of the free ESV Bibles. There were about 600 comments and trackbacks, so we decided to give away six Bibles instead of three, giving each comment a 1% chance of winning. I'?ve just informed these people by email and will post them on our blog soon, but I wanted you to have first crack at announcing them if you wanted.

• Jeremy Pierce - http://mt.ektopos.com/parablemania
• James Coleman - no blog given
• Sven - http://worldofsven.co.uk/theology/
• Funky Dung - http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/
• Glenn Piper - http://glennslibrary.blogspot.com/
• John H - http://confessingevangelical.blogspot.com/

I'?ve appreciated your willingness to turn over your blog for the past three weeks. The conversation has been fascinating to watch; you did a really good job moderating it. If you (or your readers) have any suggestions for how to handle similar opportunities in the future, we'?d be happy to hear them. One person already commented that some of the answers were repetitive, which I can understand.

I'?m sure we'?ll be in touch in the future.

Also, congratulations on your status as a '?Mortal Human'? in TTLB.

Congratulations everyone on your free bibles and thanks to all of the commentators for making this so much fun!