Scot, my first inclination is to guess that you got a fountain pen. However, I think this might be a Kindle.

Woohoo! Let me say I wore my “JesusCreed Crocs” just yesterday and still refer to Praying with the Church, and much appreciate them both!
Thanks again, Scot, for a hosting a blog with such thoughtfulness–and fun!

I think it’s a donation… not a goat, but something of that ilk. (The donation ilk, not the goat ilk.) And maybe a new fountain pen with which to sign the check, because we know you can’t resist…

I bet it’s a commentary. No need to enter me in the drawing; I don’t drink coffee.

Wow, Jim, that’s a really good guess. For the drama’s sake, though, I hope you’re wrong! The first guess would be way too early.

Susan Boyle’s CD, “I Dreamed A Dream” (tongue only slightly in cheek)…

I’ll take a stab at you got yourself a child sponsorship. If Pat’s right, I’ll take the coffee he doesn’t want. 8)

I would have to go with Kindle as well.

Coal? Were you naughty or nice this year?

Perhaps a new conical burr grinder!

I am not the first to suggest it, but if I were Scot, I too would gift me with a Kindle.

After decades of feeling that he was somehow different from most of his similarly named friends, I’m guessing Scot bought himself another “t.”
Seriously, I’m gonna go with a book (title unknown) from IVP.

Since “commentary” was already taken – I will try and be a bit more specific – The Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Set: OT.
My second guess would be Bears playoff tickets….oh, wait, nevermind.

a book. too general??!!

Perhaps I should have said this earlier; “book” is too general. Got to be the specific book — if it is a book and I don’t want to suggest or not suggest that it is or not.

A bag of intelligentsia coffee beans- good enough for a gift, it’s good enough for Scot.

Two tickets to the U2 concert in Lansing, MI in 2010.

Scott, your blog is costing me a fortune in Amazon UK orders, so I’m anxious to recoup some of it – or at least be able to order something for free! So here goes, three guesses, which I think is still ‘under control.’
The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul by Douglas Campbell (soon to be discussed – after you’ve read it?)
a gift to Mabanteneni
a new apple mac

The book “Rock Music for Dummies”

A slanket/snuggie.

Either a Chicago White Sox or Blackhawks jersey.

Scott Eaton,
Blackhawks Jersey – at least they play a real sport.

You beat me to it, Jared…I was going to guess Campbell’s The Deliverance of God – so now, I guess I’ll hedge my bets and opt for Anthony C. Thiselton, Hermeneutics: An Introduction; or Craig Keener, The Historical Jesus of the Gospels; or John R. Levison, Filled with the Spirit.

I know what it is, but I don’t want to ruin it for everyone else. Let’s just say it rhymes with Shamazon Shmindle.

I know what it is, but I don’t want to ruin it for everyone else. Let’s just say it rhymes with Shamazon Shmindle.

One clue: it’s not a Schmindle Kindle. Not on your life.

a coffee press

a sushi maker kit?

A fountain pen!

a kourig coffee maker.

What every grandfather needs: Flip Video Camcorder

A mount for your iphone for in the car

A dartboard with Kevin DeYoung in the center?

jeans

A book: The Care and Keeping of Chipmunks

Surely giving us the price range wouldn’t hurt a bit.
Even if you don’t, I guess a new Cubs hat or shirt.

This year’s hot gift: A Tickle-Me Milton Bradley.

Esspresso maker.

Nook?

Aeropress, coffee and espresso maker!

Tony Jones new book on The Didache.

A bag of Intellegentsia Black Cat Coffee Beans.

It’s definitely a book. My guess is that once you finish reading whatever it is you’re reading now it’ll be time to open your gift (to yourself) and be on the next.

An iPhone case that is not an Otterbox

A puppy?

It’s a book: “The History and Care of Parakeets.”

If I hate coffee, can I accept the $20 certificate because I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt what is in that bag – some red tissue paper.
“It’s in this bag. What do you think it is?” If you bought the paper then by definition my answer should work.

A puppy?

It has to do with reservations to a place that serves amazing risotto, wine, and coffee.

a pen.

Second clue: it’s a book. Can you guess which book? (It’s not a book I’ve recently blogged through.)

McLaren’s upcoming A New Kind of Christianity (assuming you got your hands on a pre-release copy).

A book — Well, I don’t even know where to begin with this one.

Vol 3 of Goldingay’s OT Theology, Israel’s LIfe.

Sanjaya Malakar: Dancing to the Music in My Head: Memoirs of the People’s Idol
http://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Music-My-Head-Memoirs/dp/1439136149/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260989168&sr=1-1

Going Rogue by Sarah Palin!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

“The Historical Jesus: Five Views”
or
“The Historical Jesus of the Gospels” by Keener

Or perhaps “The Indelible Image” by Witherington?

Joseph Epstein’s IN A CARDBOARD BELT.

:mic, nope, not a Rick Astley video.
Never been Rick Roll’d right back!

Untamed by Alan Hirsch

A coffee bean grinder or a french press coffee maker

Stieg Larson’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo”

Not a grinder or a french press…Scot hand grinds his beans and only drinks espresso.
Probably not a book, since he most likely has a book budget and gets free books from the publisher.
Could have something to do with a Chicago sports team…or something to do with fountain pens.
I’m going to keep mulling this over.

art,
Scot said it was a book (#51)
I am going to guess “The Lord of the Rings” because you don’t want to be on the outside looking in any longer.
Either that or … this book.
Or maybe this one so you can see the light.

some golf balls, maybe a dozen pro vs…why haven’t we had the chance to get out together yet and play?

Kostenberg’s new book on Johannine theology
James Dunn’s NT Theology
Sailhamer’s book on the Pentateuch

Here is my guess on books:
Historical Jesus of the Gospels by Keener
The Sacred Meal by Gallagher
The Liturgical Year by Chittister
The historical Jesus: Five Views by Beilby
Or James: the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament by McCartney

In Search of Schrodinger’s Cat by John Gribbin
Catcher: How the Man Behind the Plate Became an American Folk Hero by Peter Morris
The Jesus Prayer by Matthewes-Green
The Best Team Ever: A Novel of America, Chicago and the 1907 Cubs by Alan Alop
Merkle’s Curse: Why the Chicago Cubs Have Not Won a World Series Since 1908

Scot @61
so, you’re not necessarily ruling out my other guess (@55) . . . hmmmm

As of this moment, no one has yet guessed the book.

It must be a box Frango mints…

Back to the drawing board…

a first edition of THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA

John, now that’s a book I’d love to have and I would treasure it.

Well, if you would love to have it, that means you did not buy it…
with RJS, back to the drawing board…hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (by Hallmark) to read to grandson Aksel.

h m m m . . . a new fountain pen

Thanks for the hint – Catcher: How the Man Behind the Plate Became an American Folk Hero. Peter Morris. Ivan R. Dee.

“Waterbirds? W. W. Norton & Company

Snodgrasses new book Stories with Intent. One of your fellow faculty, and good book. A little dry, but good.

“Going Commando” by Levi Johnson

Life in the Trinity – Fairbairn
Engaging Economics – Longenecker
The Kingdom Connected – Friesen

He must have already read The History of God by Karen Armstrong. I haven’t read it, but may sometime. Maybe he is getting Armstrong’s The Case for God which I see from Amazon came out in September 2009.
Or maybe it is nothing to do with God or Christianity and is a humorous book like something by Charlies Schulz or Berkeley Breathed.
If I win, I don’t need the coffee. My hubby will only drink the kind I buy now.

*The Life of St Francis of Assisi* by St Boniventure and Cardinal Manning.

This TD J classic . . .
http://www.amazon.com/Woman-Thou-Art-Loosed-Cookbook/dp/B000IOEXVU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261072380&sr=1-1

Gotta be Twilight

I vote for either:
“Rick Steves’ Ireland 2010″ or
“Never Threaten to Eat Your Co-Workers” by Burton & Graham
(I have a vested interest in that last one).

One more try:
5 Stories- Endo
Sherlock Holmes- Doyle
Harry Potter- Rowling
Pilgrim’s Progress-Bunyan
The Lost SYmbol- Brown

Dave Eggers’ novelization of Where the Wild Things Are
furry cover edition

a kindle
-dan

Sarah Palin’s Going Rouge. That’s pretty much fiction, right?

New clue, which I’ve already twittered:
1. The item in the bag is a book.
2. The book is fiction. (Yes, that’s right; it’s fiction.)

And, by the way, no one has guessed it yet.

Twilight…? Please not Twilight!

Angel Fall by Coleman Luck?
If it’s not, it should be: http://www.colemanluck.com/Angel_Fall/index.html

It’s a book and it’s fiction….hmmm…is it Genesis?
Is it Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol?

Under the Dome by King
Pirate Latitudes by Crichton
Wolf Hall by Mantel
Thousand Splendid Suns

Fiction … wheels churning …
An illustrated edition of Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol” to read to grandchild.
Dorothy Sayers “Gaudy Night” (but read Strong Poison and Have His Carcase first).

“For Whom the Bell Tolls” Ernest Hemingway

A commemorative edition of Harriett Beecher Stowe’s UNCLE TOM’S CABIN.

John Grisham’s FORD COUNTY– a collection of short stories

Mitch Albom’s “Have a Little Faith”

Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson

Ok, a few more guesses, now that we know it’s fiction (although when said and done, that’s still a LOT of books)
Scared: A Novel on the Edge of the World
The Pirate and the Puritan
Charlotte’s Web
something by Wendell Berry
The Unbeatable Chicago Cubs (ok, not really a book, but it qualifies as fiction)
How about another clue Scot? Might as well just start picking books at random (as if I haven’t been).

Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
Sons of Laughter by Buechner.

Moby Dick
The Iliad/Odyssey
The Great Gatsby
Ulysses
To Kill A Mockingbird

The Source (Michener)
or
Pillars of the Earth (Follet)
or
The Haj (Uris)
or
Dracula (Stoker)
or
Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck)
or
The Princess Bride (Goldman)

Summertime by J.M. Coetzee

City of God by Saint Augustine

Confessions by Augustine
Orthodoxy by Chesterson
Heretics by Chesterson

I was really hoping it was a Burr grinder for your office…
Oh well…
Fiction….
Something C.S. Lewis?
A Pilgrim’s Regress
The Screwtape Letters
The Abolition of Man
Beyond Personality
The Great Divorce
Vivisection
Till We Have Faces
The Discarded Image
Screwtape Proposes a Toast
Boxen: Childhood Chronicles Before Narnia
Spirits in Bondage
Of Other Worlds
The Dark Tower: And Other Stories
Of This and Other Worlds
Hemingway?
The Torrents of Spring
The Sun Also Rises
A Farewell to Arms
To Have and Have Not
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Across the River and Into the Trees
The Old Man and the Sea
Islands in the Stream
The Garden of Eden
True at First Light

I thought this game was to guess what Scot McKnight bought himself for Christmas. If Scot McKnight purchased a book of fiction for himself for Christmas than this is not a guessing game it is deep rooted analysis. The healthy, well adjusted Scot McKnight would never pay for a book of fiction.
Catch-22 – a postmodern, metafictional masterpiece.