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Prior to Logos 4 launching, I had the opportunity to sit in a number of meetings where Bob would show us many of the new features and functionality being built into the program. I remember in those meetings hearing people in the room say "wow" over and over again as Bob described all that Logos 4 would do.

One "wow, that's cool!" moment for me was when I first saw the power of the collections tool. Specifically, I was blown away by the ability to enter some simple rules and that Logos 4 would automatically include any new resources I add to my library that meet the criteria. In fact, I think one of the first things I did when I finally got a pre-release version of Logos 4 was to set up a collection that included my favorite authors. Now, not only is it quick and easy for me to search through all my resources written by my favorite authors, but whenever I add a new title (like the upcoming Calvin 500 collection) these resources are automatically added to my collection. I don't have to do anything!

To see the power of dynamic, rule-based collections in action, watch this video:

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On the blog we try to take opportunities to show you what it is like to work at Logos. We've shown you our cook-offs. We've introduced you to some of our employees. We've even shown you our Bible study bus.

Well, Friday we shipped the New International Commentary and thought that this would be a perfect time to show you what it is like around the office when we ship a new product.

MacBibleSoftware.com now has 12 new training videos. If you’re looking to get the most out of Logos for Mac, you’ll definitely want to take some time to watch them.

Reuben Evans walks you through first-time installation, adding additional books to your library, and using the basic tools in the software like the Passage Guide, the Exegetical Guide, the Bible Word Study, the Topic Browser, and the Reference Browser.

He also shows you how to edit your preferences, manage your windows, create workspaces, collections, favorites, and bookmarks, type in Greek and Hebrew, and do various kinds of searches.

Check out these new videos to take your Mac Bible study to the next level:

1. Preferences I
2. Preferences II
3. Window Management
4. Greek and Hebrew Keyboards
5. Study a Word
6. Collections, Favorites, and Bookmarks
7. Topic Browser and Reference Browser
8. Saving and Loading Workspaces
9. Information Window and Navigation
10. Bible Search
11. Greek Morphological Search
12. Hebrew Morphological Search

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Awhile back in the Logos newsgroups, someone asked this question:

I am trying to do a search of the Greek where you have a controlling preposition followed by two nouns joined by a conjunction. I am sure it can be done, but I am not experienced enough with searches to do it.

A couple of examples might help you understand what I am trying to accomplish. In John 3:5 you have EX (εξ) being the controlling preposition followed by UDATOS KAI PNEUMATOS (υδατος και πνευματος) the two nouns UDATOS (υδατος) and PNEUMATOS (πνευματος) joined by a conjunction KAI (και).

This example is one of those things that is just easier to explain in the context of a video than in writing. So I shot a video—watch out, it clocks in at over 15 minutes—to show how I worked through the problem.

Click the image below to launch the video in a new Window, or download it and save it for later.

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We just gave our demo page a makeover and launched a brand new demo video of the Windows version of Logos Bible Software. If you have a decently fast internet connection (the video weighs in at 94.5MB), jump on over and take a look. Otherwise, try out the YouTube version (embedded below), which is a little easier on the bandwidth.

We’re also offering a 25% discount on base packages for two weeks using coupon code NEWDEMO. So if you haven’t picked up a base package yet, now’s your chance to get one at a nice discount.

Feel free to spread the word about the new page, video, and coupon code. Just drop a link to www.logos.com/demo and embed the YouTube version of the video right in your blog post.

Here’s the code you’ll need for the video (you can manually adjust the dimensions):

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In addition, you can grab one of our sidebar ads or images and link it to the new demo page.

One of our users from Brazil, Israel Cavalli, has done a great service to Portuguese-speaking Logos users by creating 17 training videos for Logos Bible Software. Israel teaches a free mini course on Logos at his university, and he created these videos in an effort to help even more people learn how to use Logos even better.

All 17 videos are hosted by YouTube and available online at his site Theocnologia.

1. Libronix 01 – Introdução
2. Libronix 02 – Instalação
3. Libronix 03 – Página Inicial
4. Libronix 04 – Visão Geral sobre o estudo da Bíblia
5. Libronix 05 – Escolha da Bíblia favorita
6. Libronix 06 – Opções de Guia de Estudos
7. Libronix 07 – Outras opções do “Guia de estudos”
8. Libronix 08 – Guia Exegético
9. Libronix 09 – Estudo de Palavra
10. Libronix 10 – Estudo de Tópicos
11. Libronix 11 – Plano de Leitura
12. Libronix 12 – Acesso rápido
13. Libronix 13 – Devocionais
14. Libronix 14 – Oração
15. Libronix 15 – Minha Biblioteca
16. Libronix 16 – Notícias
17. Libronix 17 – Blog

If you have Portuguese-speaking friends who use Logos or are interested in becoming Logos users, please let them know about Israel’s videos.

See also our Spanish training videos on our Spanish site.

The third issue of Bible Study Magazine is off the press and is expected to start shipping today. That means that it should be in your mailbox in the next couple of weeks.

In the meantime, watch associate editor John Barry give an overview of the March–April in this new video.

By the way, we have several promos going on right now with Bible Study Magazine that you won’t want to miss out on.

First, we’re giving away 20 copies of Mark’s new book Vintage Church, 5 subscriptions to Bible Study Magazine, and a copy of Bible Study Library. Find out how you can enter to win this cool stuff.

Second, we also have a special going on with the 200-page Bible study guide to Mark’s current sermon series, Trial: 8 Witnesses from 1&2 Peter. Buy a subscription to Bible Study Magazine, and get Trial for free.

Finally, we still have some extra Kutless gear to give away.

If you recently purchased one of our Mac base packages or crossgraded from the Windows version and are looking for some help getting setup or simply want to get acquainted with what Logos for Mac can do to help improve your Bible study, be sure to check out the seven new training videos that are now available on our videos page at MacBibleSoftware.com.

Here's what you'll find so far:

• First Time Install (New Logos Users)
• Current Logos User Install
• Using the Exegetical Guide
• Passage Guide Tutorial I
• Passage Guide Tutorial II
• Downloading Books
• Adding Books from a Disk

We hope you find these videos helpful. Be sure to check back later. There are many more training videos to come.

For additional help, see the Logos for Mac FAQs.

It's been more than a year since we've shared any official news about Logos Bible Software for Mac here on the blog. We've intentionally been quiet because we wanted our next announcement to be more than just a minor progress report.

Well, since we're posting with a title "Logos Bible Software for Mac," we must have some big news. Yes, in fact, we do. We're thrilled to announce that we're just about there and are ready to start taking pre-orders.

Place Your Pre-Order

Those of you who have been waiting patiently can now pre-order one of our five Mac base packages.

• Bible Study Library for Mac
• Leader's Library for Mac
• Scholar's Library for Mac
• Scholar's Library: Silver for Mac
• Scholar's Library: Gold for Mac

Current Logos users who want to crossgrade and move their existing Logos Bible Software digital library over to our new Mac software can purchase the Logos Bible Software for Mac engine for only $59.95.

Special Promo

Wait! Before you buy the Mac engine, you might be interested to know that you can get it for free.

Here's the deal. If you spend $250 or more on live products at Logos.com or over the phone (800-875-6467) in a single order during the month of November, we'll send you the Mac engine for free as soon as it's ready.

Find out more.

Watch the Demo!

Want to see it for yourself? Watch the demo video below.

We've decided to extend the special offer on the Sermon File Addin through the weekend, so if you haven't yet taken advantage of this tremendous offer, it's not too late!

If you missed the earlier post (which mentions a number of other specials as well), for a limited time we're "selling" the downloadable version of the Sermon File Addin for the whopping price of $0. That's right. It's totally free. No tax. No shipping. And no waiting.

The Sermon File Addin allows you to turn years of old sermon manuscripts into a powerful, organized, searchable Libronix book file. You can create a second book of all of your illustrations as well. Not only can you search and interact with your new books like the other books in your Libronix library, but you'll even see your own sermons and illustrations show up in the Passage Guide. If you haven't seen how it works, be sure to watch the two-minute demo video.

Get Started Today

If you've already picked it up, it's easy to start importing your sermons from a variety of common file formats. In these five tutorial videos, we walk you through the simple process.

Sermon File Addin (Part 1): Importing Your Sermons and Illustrations

Sermon File Addin (Part 2a): Edit Screen

Sermon File Addin (Part 2b): Edit Screen

Sermon File Addin (Part 3): Navigate Your New Sermon and Illustration Books

Sermon File Addin (Part 4): See How Your Sermons and Illustration Are Integrated into Logos

To watch these videos in higher resolution, see the Sermon File Addin section of our videos page.

Update: This offer has expired.

Today's guest blogger is Adam Navarrete, who works in the marketing department here at Logos.

To play our part in the ever present need for blood, Logos organized a mobile donation unit from Puget Sound Blood Center (PSBC) to park outside our downtown offices this past Friday as our employees volunteered their arms—some, for the first time—and collected 19 units of life-sustaining blood.

Nearly 900 units of blood are needed each day in order to maintain PSBC's desire to have a four-day supply of blood at all times. According to the PSBC website, "every two minutes someone in western Washington needs a blood transfusion."

It is great knowing that PSBC, a non-profit, community-supported organization, supplies patients and hospitals in western Washington, allowing our donations to be redistributed throughout our own communities.

We were privileged to contribute to our community in a meaningful and practical way. Our one-day drive helped register 82 donors, collect 19 units of blood, and will benefit up to 57 patients! A needle prick is not a bad trade-off when a life can be saved.

Enjoy some pictures and a short video clip below.

Here's a short clip of the action.

We just posted a new video from Steve Runge about the Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament. You can watch it on the LDGNT product page or right here in the blog post.

Steve's been working hard for the last few months on a new discourse-related project, so be on the lookout for an announcement—perhaps even sometime this week.

A while back someone sent me a question about how to use the Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary to the fullest.

Any good ideas on where I can go to learn how to most effectively use this dictionary in my study process? Is there a way to integrate it into the Bible Word Study selection?

Any help would be appreciated!

I sent this user some tips, but thought this might be worthy of a blog post—especially since it’s back-to-school time and we are currently offering a 30% discount on this wonderful resource. Just use coupon code YALE to save more than $60!

Setting Up Your Keylink Preferences

First, you should set up your keylink preferences. Go to Tools > Options > Keylinks and select “English” from the “Data Type” drop-down menu. Then find the Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary in the list of resources in the bottom window and “Promote” it to the top. Prioritize it wherever you’d like. If you want it to be the first resource that Libronix looks to, move it to the top of your list.

This allows you to double-click on any English word and have quick access to the AYBD entry, if there is one. (You’ll need to set AYBD as your first keylink destination or set your keylink preferences to open several keylink destinations at a time.)

This also allows you to see AYBD entries in the Bible Word Study report.

By the way, if you don’t have the updated Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary resource (formerly Anchor Bible Dictionary), you can get it by running the resource auto-update script or by downloading it directly from our FTP server.

Creating a Parallel Resource Association

You may also want to set up a custom parallel resource association of all of your Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias. This allows you to jump from the entry on “Jericho,” for example, in the AYBD to the one in other Bible dictionary like ISBE or the New Bible Dictionary by simply hitting the right arrow key. Make sure the active index is set to “Topics.”

By creating a custom parallel resource association, you get to control which resources Libronix looks to and you get to put them in whatever order you’d like.

Watch the Video!

For more tips, see our training video on Using the Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary in Logos Bible Software. It’s embedded below. If you’re reading this in your email inbox or your RSS reader and don’t see the video, visit the blog post to watch it.

To add this resource to your Libronix digital library, visit the product page. And make sure to use coupon code YALE to save 30%!

Pastor and Logos user Mark Barnes blogs about his process for preparing a sermon. His five steps are nicely alliterated:

1. Divide
2. Dissect
3. Discover
4. Digest
5. Disseminate

In his very helpful post, he shows how he makes use of Logos both in the dissecting and discovering steps. He uses the sentence diagramming tool to dissect the passage.

He also uses Logos to discover the meaning of the passage. In two very helpful videos (Logos Workspace [5:00] and Logos Workspace Options [4:59]), he shows you his workspace and how he puts it to use. I'd strongly encourage you to take the time to watch them both. They are full of excellent tips and tricks.

Not only does he lay out his process, but he also walks you through it with his sermon on Amos 2:4-16 and shares the final product in both PDF and audio. Be sure to check it out.

Very nice work, Mark. Thanks for sharing!

If you use Logos in your sermon prep and would like to share your process or workspace, drop a note in the comments. We'd love to see it.

The recently-released Lexham Greek-English New Testament Interlinear has, as one of its primary distinguishing features, domain-article references to the Louw-Nida Greek Lexicon (info here, here and here). That's all well and good, but -- beyond keylinking to a specific Louw-Nida article -- what can we do with the references?

One thing that you can do (shown in the below-referenced video) is begin to explore using the concept of "semantic chaining" (also known as "semantic chunks" or "semantic clustering"). The idea is to explore how a section of text (a pericope or chapter or book) uses or repeats ideas found in particular domains or domain-subdomain references.

OK, I'll speak in English this time. You know how repeated words can be important when you're looking at a passage? Well, Louw-Nida references let you expand that notion to repeated concepts. The theoretical backgound for this concept is well-established in the literature* but as of yet has not really been available in a consumer-level Bible study product.

But you can do it with the Lexham Greek-English Interlinear New Testament if you've also got the Louw-Nida lexicon (Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains) and are willing to learn how to reference search using the Bible Speed Search dialog.

The video shows you how. Our sample passage is 1Ti 2.1, and our sample concept is prayer.

• Video: Flash, 13 megs, 9:50, with sound.

* Some references include:

• Reed, Jeffrey T. A Discourse Analysis of Philippians, pp. 296-331. This book will be available in the Studies in New Testament Greek and JSNTS Collection.


• Porter, Stanley E. and O'Donnell, Matthew Brook. "Semantics and Patterns of Argumentation in Romans: Definitions, Proposals, Data and Experiments", pp. 154-204 in Stanley E. Porter (ed.), Diglossia and Other Topics in New Testament Linguistics. This book will be available in the Studies in New Testament Greek and JSNTS Collection.


• Guthrie, George, The Structure of Hebrews: A Text-Linguistic Analysis.


• Van Neste, Ray, Cohesion and Structure in the Pastoral Epistles. This book is available in the Library of NT Studies: JSNTS on Paul collection.

First, a teaser. Here's where we're going:

Mixing syntactic force and lemmas in a Bible Speed Search?!

[Maybe you just want to cut to the chase and watch the video instead of read. That's fine, go right ahead! — RB]

The Lexham Syntactic Greek New Testament comes with two primary views. One is the Syntax Graph, (formal title: The Lexham Syntactic Greek New Testament: Sentence Analysis; shortname is LEXHAMSGNTGRAPH) where the text is in a column on the right, and a graph of arrows and lines shows how the text is structured. Hovering the text brings the Expansions and Annotations data for the word into a popup. If you use the Lexham SGNT, this is probably the view you're most familiar with.

However, there's another view, one I like to call the "running text" view. This has the text of the Greek New Testament (UBS/NA) but it has one clause on each line, with indentations to show the relationships. This view is also an interlinear. The resource is The Lexham Syntactic Greek New Testament, shortname is LEXHAMSGNT. Here's an example, note that I have my interlinear configured to only show the Greek text and the English gloss line (you can control this in View | Interlinear).

James 3 from the Lexham SGNT

Now, what not many people know about this edition of the Lexham SGNT is that it is tagged for Syntactic Force. This is what many people refer to as "syntax" when they talk about the Greek of the New Testament, and it is the sort of thing that many second-year programs at seminaries and colleges dig into. You can see the clause and phrase breaks and the hierarchy implied by indentation; what you can't see is that each word carries a syntactic force annotation. So, in the above example, when I hover over ειδοτες, a popup informs me that this could be either a circumstantial participle or an adverbial participle. Definitions of these terms are given as well.

ειδοτες in James 3.1 from the Lexham SGNT

Did you know that you can search for this kind of thing using the Bible Speed Search report? It's a little verbose, but possible: sgnt-syn = "circumstantial participle" andequals lemma:οιδα In the material covered by the Lexham SGNT, this happens 10 times (I know because I just did the search).

This is just one example; I made a video that explains things a little more. This combines a few different advanced concepts: non-Bible data type searching, the andequals operator (also note the notequals operator) and using the lemma field. But it allows you to find some pretty specific things. Like, copulative conjunctions that aren't και.

• Video: 10 minutes, 7.7MB, Flash, with sound.

To further facilitate this kind of searching, I've also compiled a list of valid syntactic force codes that you can key into the Bible Speed Search dialog. So, instead of having to type "circumstantial participle", you'd know you could instead type "ptc-circum". You can download this file (PDF); hopefully it'll help in your use of the Lexham SGNT.

Lastly, I should note that the Lexham SGNT is a work in progress; at present it includes annotations of Romans-Galatians and Hebrews through Revelation. If you find annotations that you don't agree with or would like to suggest alternate annotations, we want to know about it. Send an email to syntax@logos.com and we'll make sure it gets to the editor.

I'll admit it; I'm hopelessly addicted to reading (and writing) blog posts; particularly those having to do with Biblical Studies and especially those having to do with the intersection of Biblical Studies and technology. And when they can mix in the Greek New Testament, well, then I usually have to clean the saliva off of my keyboard.

So when I saw Mark Hoffman post a question and an answer about finding the co-occurrence of a Louw-Nida domain and a particular morphological criterion (here where Domain 25, "Attitudes and Emotions", occurs with an imperative verb), a light went off in my head. The in-development Lexham Greek-English Interlinear New Testament, which has every word tagged with disambiguated Louw-Nida references (described more fully in this previous post), can do this fairly easily. You can even do it in one search with the Bible Speed Search dialog. Here's the query:

louw in LN25 andequals LogosMorph in V??M??

And here are the results, 122 hits in 108 verses:

And, since we haven't yet released the Lexham Greek-English Interlinear New Testament (though you can buy it on pre-pub!), I thought I'd include a video on how this search works and some further things you will be able to do with the search data once it is available.

• Video: Flash, approx. 6:00, 7.7 MB; with sound.

(Pardon my voice; I must've slept with my mouth open last night. I woke up with a dry throat and the ability to sing with a Johnny Cash style voice without even trying.)

The Louw-Nida Greek Lexicon (formal title: Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains, though henceforth "LN") is a unique and helpful lexicon. It is, however, put together differently than most Greek lexicons.

[OK, this got a little long. If you're more of an I-have-to-see-it-to-understand-it sort of person, cut to the chase and check out the video.— RB]

Instead of being ordered by the Greek alphabet (for easy headword lookup) with one article per headword, the lexicon is ordered by the concept of semantic domain. Even more confusingly, words with multiple major senses have multiple entries. For example, ανθρωπος could be "human being", or more specifically "man", or even more specifically, "husband". In this case, LN has at least three definitions in three different places in the lexicon.

The lexicon has a separate index, ordered by headword, that helps one to navigate the articles and actually use the lexicon. We've had LN (volumes 1 & 2) available in Logos Bible Software for years; it is included in many of our packages (specifically, Original Languages, Scholar's, Scholar's Silver and Scholar's Gold).

So to use LN, you've had to go into the index, pick the likeliest sense from the index list, then go to that entry and see if it is proper.

With the new enhancements we've made to LN, when you keylink in from a Greek New Testament (or a New Testament Reverse Interlinear), you'll go directly to the article representing the sense being used in your current instance instead of the catch-all index entry. How's that for cool? (and time-saving!)

If you still want to go to the index entry in volume 2 after having read the sense-specific article, you can still get there — check the video for the groovy keylink-on-the-lexicon-headword trick I use to do this quickly. (Note that the method is more fully documented here).

Confused? That's OK. I made a video; you can hear me blathering on for almost nine minutes on this book, how it is ordered, how it is used and the significant enhancements we've made to it to support keylinking into this lexicon from the Greek New Testament (or New Testament Reverse Interlinears!) Apologies for the last minute; I sort of ramble on for a bit.

• Video: Flash, 10.5 megs, 8:55, with sound

This updated version is available on our FTP site (ftp://ftp.logos.com/lbxbooks, look for LOUWNIDA.lbxlls). You also can download the latest version of LN from the book's page on our web site if you'd like to try this yourself.

Back in December, we put The Lexham Greek-English Interlinear New Testament on Pre-Pub.

Since the early reception to the Pre-Pub was good, we've been doing a little work on the New Testament interlinear and even have some provisional data back from the editor, Hall Harris. So I thought I'd take some time to walk you through some of the features in the hopes that even more of you will pre-order it!

• Video: Flash, 5 megs, 6:00, with sound

I've blogged a bit about the prepositional phrase εν Χριστω in 1Th 4.16. There are three previous posts in this series:

• Greek Syntax: First Thessalonians 4:16. This post introduces the problem and shows how to do searches for the prepositional phrase.
• Greek Syntax: First Thessalonians 4:16, Part II (with video). This post shows how to just search for adverbial instances, and those in relation to where the verb (predicator) stands in the clause. So, does the prepositional phrase come before or after the verb? Or is there even a verb in the clause?
• Greek Syntax: First Thessalonians 4:16, Part III (with video). This post shows how to search for articular and anarthrous instances of εν Χριστω.

Today's post, the last in the series, is a follow-up to Part II. We'll further explore how to search for εν Χριστω in relation to the verb (predicator) that it co-occurs with; only today we'll search for this with both adverbial (as in Part II) and adjectival instances. For those of you who can't wait, here's a link to the video:

• Video: Flash, 7.5MB, with sound, 5:30

In 1Th 4.16, εν Χριστω occurs before the verb, as shown below:

This instance is somewhat ambiguous (indeed, that's the reason why the JBL article was written); there are equally good reasons for the prepositional phrase to modify the subject or the verb. OpenText.org SAGNT annotates this as an adjectival relation, further modifying the subject. In order to examine like cases, we need to find where the prepositional phrase itself (whether the OpenText.org SAGNT annotates it adjectivally or adverbially) occurs preceding the predicator. Our earlier search in Part II only located OpenText.org's adverbial instances.

So today's video starts there and then shows how to search for where OpenText.org's adjectival instances precede the predicator. The combination of those two lists provides the whole set of instances where the prepositional phrase precedes the predicator.

• Video: Flash, 7.5MB, with sound, 5:30

Once the lists are available, the analysis can proceed. Examine not only the verbs, but also the other clausal components that are similar to 1Th 4.16. Which of these instances, like 1Th 4.16, appear to be genuinely ambiguous as to where the prepositional phrase can attach? And can those instances help in establishing reasons to prefer either adjectival or adverbial modification in 1Th 4.16?

Lastly, after surveying the material, you may want to do a reference search of your Greek grammars to see if any of them discuss the issue of how the prepositional phrase functions in 1Th 4.16; you may also want to check some of your commentaries (like NIGTC on Thessalonians, perhaps; or the WBC or ICC volumes if you've got 'em) to see what they say.

I've blogged a few times about 1Th 4.16 and the prepositional phrase εν Χριστω (see here and here).

But there's more to talk about.

One thing that could be handy is searching for when the prepositional object (Χριστω) is articular, and when it is anarthrous. Our initial search for the prepositional phrase found both articular and anarthrous instances.

But in tracking how εν Χριστω functions, it may be necessary to consider articular and anarthrous instances separately. With syntax searching, you can do this. I've created a video that starts with the basic search for the prepositional phrase and adjusts it to first locate articular instances (so, εν τω Χριστω) and then to locate anarthrous instances (εν Χριστω) .

• Video: Flash, 7.4MB, with sound, 7:18

I was hanging out with some Logos users at Camp Logos II, held here in Bellingham on August 27-28, when my friend and colleague Johnny asked me about ways to emulate a "Reader's Greek New Testament" inside of Logos. Johnny is always working on his Greek (and Hebrew) skills as he's pursuing a Masters degree up at Regent College. He wanted to read the Greek NT but only have glosses available for words (lemmas) that occur less than, say, 20 times in the Greek NT.

There is a way to do this, but you might not think of it. It involves paring down your Exegetical Guide preferences and also using the chain link to link your Exegetical Guide with the Greek New Testament.

Don't worry, I recorded a video to explain how you can do this too. Check it out.

• Video: Flash, 6:02, with sound, approx. 8 megs

If you keep hearing the acronym "RSS" while waiting in vain for a clear explanation of RSS in non-geek terms...wait no longer.

This video from The Common Craft Show explains the concept simply and memorably.

Click To Play

For a detailed video tutorial on how to set up Google Reader as your RSS reader, see Getting Started with Google Reader.

Why should you care about RSS? Because it's a convenient way to receive information on topics that interest you. Things like the latest prepubs and community pricing titles from Logos, or the latest thoughts on the mind of Bob Pritchett, for example. For a list of all the Logos-related RSS feeds you can subscribe to, see Logos and RSS.

Via: Worlds Apart

If you've read this blog for awhile, you know that sometimes I just notice things as I'm reading through the text. This time, it was a syntactic structure used in 1Ti 6.3, shown below in the ESV NT Reverse Interlinear:

The structure that is highlighted is what we're interested in. This is a neat little syntactic structure where the article + substantive (here a noun) combo surrounds a prepositional phrase. Here's the syntax graph of the verse:

I thought it might be interesting and instructive to walk through constructing a search to find this and other instances (over 100 in the NT!). So I created a video.

• Video: Windows Media, 14.42 MB, 13:55, with sound

[Note: I used WMV format because the video as captured was too big for Camtasia to save as Flash format. I'll try to keep it shorter in the future -- RB]

Sometimes you know parts but haven't put together the whole. That happened to me today.

I knew that I could link reports to the active Bible text window.

I knew that I could run a Compare Parallel Bible Versions report to highlight the differences between editions.

I didn't realize that I could link the active window to the report ... so when I scroll in my Bible, the comparison scrolls along. Now that is cool. Here's a video to show you how it works.

• Video: Flash, approx. 4 MB, 1:55, with sound.

Did you notice how I just typed version abbreviations, separated by commas, in the compare report window? Pretty cool, huh? And if you think that's cool ... poke around other reports and see which ones have a link icon. Link up, and see what happens!

This is the sixth installment in a series of video blog posts (introduced here) sharing the story and culture of Logos Bible Software. Other posts in the series are archived in the Video category.

The video interview was shot during the final days of 2006. Scott asked Bob to summarize the highlights of the year and take a look forward to some of the exciting things coming during 2007. Enjoy!

• Highlights of 2006 (1:22 | 2.59MB)
• New Frontiers for Logos (1:16 | 2.43MB)
• Making Bible Study Too Easy? (1:22 | 2.61MB)
• Looking at the Year Ahead (1:02 | 1.97MB)

Note: All videos are in Windows Media format. Mac users may need to download the free Flip4Mac plugin for playback within QuickTime.

This is the fifth installment in a series of video blog posts (introduced here) sharing the story and culture of Logos Bible Software. Other posts in the series are archived in the Video category.

Bob is asked to choose the top innovations Logos has offered the world, describes his role in the development of Logos Bible Software, and discusses some of the ways ideas become product features. You'll also hear how Logos appropriates the best research and technology from other fields such as gene sequencing visualizations and applies it to the task of digital Bible study.

• Key Innovations from Logos (1:23 | 2.62MB)
• Bob's Role in Software Development Today (1:06 | 2.11MB)
• From Idea to Product Feature (1:54 | 3.62MB)

Note: All videos are in Windows Media format. Mac users may need to download the free Flip4Mac plugin for playback within QuickTime.

This is the fourth installment in a series of video blog posts (introduced here) sharing the story and culture of Logos Bible Software. Other posts in the series are archived in the Video category.

Logos Bible Software pioneered the digital library concept. In these video clips, Bob describes the original vision for a "massive" 12-volume digital library, explains how new content and book-specific features drove platform redesign, and answers the commonly posed question, "Where did the name 'Libronix' come from?"

• Logos Library System 1.0 (1:12 | 2.28MB)
• A Digital Library System for 10,000 Books (3:18 | 6.22MB)
• Why "Libronix"? (00:25 | 850KB)

Note: All videos are in Windows Media format. Mac users may need to download the free Flip4Mac plugin for playback within QuickTime.

This is the third installment in a series of video blog posts (introduced here) sharing the story and culture of Logos Bible Software. Other posts in the series are archived in the Video category.

Hear about the move from New Jersey to Washington, developer meetings at Denny's restaurant, and see photos of the first Logos offices.

• Moving West (00:57 | 1.82MB)
• Life at the Office (circa early 90s) (3:33 | 6.74MB)
• From Oak Harbor to Bellingham (2002) (1:32 | 2.93MB)

Note: All videos are in Windows Media format. Mac users may need to download the free Flip4Mac plugin for playback within QuickTime.

This is the second installment in a series of video blog posts (introduced here), sharing the story and culture of Logos Bible Software.

In these four video clips, you'll hear Bob Pritchett talk about the initial goals of Logos, how early customer response helped enlarge the vision for what Bible software could do for people's Bible study, and how the whole Pritchett family got involved in the enterprise.

• Selling Enough to Pay the Bills (00:52 | 1.68MB)
• The Logos Vision Grows (1:15 | 2.37MB)
• From Hobby to Business (1:31 | 2.9MB)
• A Family Business (1:27 | 2.76MB)

Note: All videos are in Windows Media format. Mac users may need to download the free Flip4Mac plugin for playback within QuickTime.

Every culture tells stories about itself. Stories that give answers to the Big Questions: where did we come from, who are we, where are we going? Stories that inspire and motivate; stories that enslave and perpetuate harmful attitudes. Some would say that without shared stories there's really no "we" to talk about.

Bob Pritchett at one of his early computers.

Companies like Logos also tell culture-creating stories that define who we are and help delineate our collective purpose. But any period of rapid growth brings the attendant risk that the company's culture will be lost, or at least lost on the new hires. This risk is especially acute when the new hires will be working thousands of miles away from the home office.

Sharing the Logos Story

Since we won't be flying the new Field Sales team to Bellingham for every chili cookoff or field trip to the Dead Sea Scrolls—and it will be a little harder for Bob to take the new reps out for coffee—we are recording stories from various Logos team members to share with the new hires. My guess is that some of these stories will be new for many of us who work right here in Bellingham, too.

We'd also like to share some of these stories with you, so I'll be posting a series of video interviews over the coming weeks that help tell the Logos story.

Interview with Bob Pritchett

First up in the series is an interview with Bob Pritchett, Logos co-founder, president and CEO. We'll "begin at the beginning" with Bob answering a question about how he first got into computers and Bible software. You'll hear Bob describe what it was like to work with early electronic Bibles, how he swapped his first search engine for Bible texts, and more...

The interviewer is Scott Lindsey, director of ministry relations, and Dale Pritchett is behind the camera.

• Bob's Beginning in Bible Software (2:58 | 5.6MB)
• Working at Microsoft (3:00 | 5.69MB)

Note: All videos are in Windows Media format. Mac users may need to download the free Flip4Mac plugin for playback within QuickTime.

"It was a scorcher, but the training was fantastic." That seemed to sum up the views of those who attended National Camp Logos here in Bellingham in late July.

About 80 Logos users turned out for Morris Proctor's 2-day training seminar, held at a local church. They came from all over the U.S. (and Canada) to take their Bible software skills to the next level and to hang out with other Logos users. The temps reached the upper 80s on Friday, but that didn't seem to dry up the crowd's enthusiasm.

For many attendees, this was not their first Camp Logos experience. A handful of users come back every year. A common theme I heard when asking attendees what they get out of attending multiple times is that Camp shakes them out of a rut, pushes them to use more of the software's features, use it more effectively, and try new things.

The folks who attended also had an opportunity to interact with Bob and Dale Pritchett, dine together at a local restaurant, and tour the Logos facility. If you missed it, don't worry—we'll do another one next year. And in the meantime you can check the Camp Logos calendar for an event near you...without some of the fringe benefits of the "National" event but very worthwhile, nevertheless.

Click any of the photos on this page to see a larger version and be sure to check out the video to watch some Camp clips and brief interviews with Camp Logos attendees. As you'll see, everyone I talked to was very fired up about Logos 3 and Camp Logos!

Windows Media Video, 3:48, 4.3MB

Several readers have requested that we produce more examples of syntax searching. Your wish is my command — at least in this case. I made a video that shows how to make a syntax search to find all the places in the Hebrew Bible where an animal speaks, or more specifically, where a clause has a verb of speaking with a “creature” in the subject. The query uses the semantic categories present in the A-F markup to narrow the hits down to only verbs of speaking with “creature” subjects.

Rob works with Guillermo Powell, promoting our Spanish-language products. In this video interview you'll hear about some of the programs Rob works on, including the Spanish affiliate program.

Windows Media (1.7MB) | Quicktime (2.2MB)

In this video clip I turn the camera on Seth, who recently joined the marketing team at Logos and happens to be my office mate. For the record, we get along great.

Windows Media (1.6MB) | Quicktime (2.1MB)

Scott has probably accrued the most airline miles of any Logos employee. He's also been known to sell Logos Bible Software to his seatmate.

Windows Media (2.9MB) | Quicktime (3.8MB)

I visited the shipping department on a slow day, so Kimi was able to show me around a little. As you might imagine, the shipping department puts product together and gets all the orders out to our customers worldwide.

Windows Media (1.9MB) | Quicktime (2.5MB)

Guillermo Powell heads up the Spanish department at Logos, which is responsible for creating and promoting our Spanish language products to North America and the world. Guillermo was also the subject of a recent post about his trip to Perú.

Did you know that we offer a growing number of Spanish language collections, a Spanish toll-free order line -- (800) 570-5400, a Spanish website complete with product demos in Spanish, Spanish support articles and training articles? Well, now you know.

Windows Media (2.1MB) | Quicktime (2.8MB)

David works in software development, helping create and enhance Logos Bible Software.

Windows Media (1.9MB) | Quicktime (2.1MB)

As an academic sales manager for Logos, Dave works to get Logos Bible Software into the hands of college and seminary students around the world.

Windows Media (775KB) | Quicktime (1.5MB)

Tracy Geleynse, a book designer in our text processing department, talks about what goes into writing a book specification and how we create electronic Bibles.

Windows Media (2.9MB) | Quicktime (3.7MB)

John works in our Ministry Relations department and is affectionately known as the "demo monkey."

Actually, I made that up.

But he is the guy behind the 35 new training videos posted Monday...and you can be certain that you'll be hearing his voice more over the coming months.

Windows Media (1.7MB) | Quicktime (2.2MB)

James Van Noord, software developer (and long-time friend of the guy holding the camera), shares his special insight into what it's like to write code for Logos.

Windows Media (2.0MB) | Quicktime (2.3MB)

Fran would probably be the first person you'd meet if you walked into Logos...or called on the phone. As you'll see, she keeps very busy.

Windows Media (1.6MB) | Quicktime (1.6MB)

Long-time Logos users probably know Rordon from the newsgroups or from his days in tech support. This video clip will give you a glimpse of what goes into quality assurance (QA) testing Logos Bible Software.

Windows Media (2.4MB) | Quicktime (2.6MB)

Way back in April 2005, before the Logos blog, Bob kicked off a series of video posts on his personal blog, touring our building and introducing some of the fine folk who work for Logos.

Those posts can be found here...

• Part 1: Company Tour and Bob's Office
  
• Part 2: Design & Editorial
  
• Part 3: Logos Curry Day 2005

Bob's been after me for awhile to continue the series so I've been taking a few minutes here and there to interrupt my fellow employees and ask them what their role is at Logos. Most of them have taken it kindly enough.

To inaugurate the continuation of the video post series, let's start with the guy who keeps our computers running: Gabriel Powell.

Windows Media (1.9MB) | Quicktime (1.6MB)