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.
Mental note: Just because I know something does not mean everyone knows it.
I was reminded of the above truth the other day when on Twitter someone mentioned that they had wanted to buy Logos Scholar's Library for awhile, but their budget never had room for the expense. I replied to the person saying, "Not sure if this helps, but we do have payment plans http://www.logos.com/paymentplan." The person responded a couple minutes later, very excited, thanking me and letting me know that this was just what they needed in order to be able to fit Logos into their budget.
The part of the story that surprised me was that the person had been thinking about buying Logos for a while now, but never knew we had the payment plan option. I followed up that Twitter conversation with a tweet to all our followers letting them know about our payment plan. I received numerous messages following that tweet with people thanking me and saying that they never knew this program existed.
Today I ran a quick search on our blog for "payment plan" and didn't come up with any hits. So, I decided I'd lay aside my assumption that you all know we have a payment plan available and say, "Hey, if you didn't already know, we offer payment plans for orders over $29.90."
To take advantage of the payment plan, simply select the payment plan option during the final step of checkout, enter your phone number, and select the number of payments you'd like to make. It is that simple.
You can get full program details here.
Our Logos—Facebook Photo Contest—especially the picture of Ryan all decked out—got people asking about Logos gear and how they can get some for themselves. You may never have seen it before, but we actually have a product category on Logos.com called Logos Merchandise that will show you all of the items that we currently have available.
Right now we have five items in stock:
And for a little bit longer, each item is on sale for only $1! But you need to act fast. We mentioned this special in our last Newswire, so our stock is going quickly.
To give everyone else a chance to get in on this special deal, please limit your orders to a quantity of one per item. You may order all five items, but just not more than one of each.
The discount is good through this Sunday, March 8, when you use coupon code LOGOSGEAR.
By the way, this is a good opportunity to remind you to make sure you’re subscribed to the Newswire email list. We regularly mention cool deals there, and many don’t make it to the blog. So be sure to sign up.
Our Logos–Facebook Photo Contest is off to a great start. We’ve made hundreds of new connections with Logos users around the world, and we’ve seen some really cool photos. If you haven’t yet entered any pictures of you and Logos, you still have a few more days left. But remember, the deadline for entering your photos is this coming Sunday, March 1, so don’t miss out. And don’t forget to tag both yourself and “Logos Bible Software” so we get notified and include you in the contest. See the previous post for all of the details.
If you’re looking for ideas of what to do, how about taking the “extreme ironing” approach. (Extreme ironing involves taking pictures of yourself ironing in some of the craziest conceivable locations, like on the top of a mountain, on the beach, under water, while skiing or jumping off a cliff, etc.)
Just grab your laptop, water bottle, coffee mug, or Logos t-shirt and head to a cool location, like . . .
If you live in a unique, beautiful, or famous area, you have the perfect opportunity to enter to win $100 worth of Logos books. Are you a missionary in a picturesque or notable location? Why not give your fellow Logos users a glimpse into your part of the world?
We’re looking forward to seeing what else you come up with!
As a hat-tip to all our loyal Logos blog readers, we wanted to let you know about our latest online project, Sermons.Logos.com (beta). While we aren't ready for a full-out release announcement, we thought it would be fun to let you guys and gals get the first chance to visit the site and "kick the tires."
Sermons.Logos.com is an online community built around user created sermons and illustrations and already hosts over 56,000 sermons and illustrations.
Along with the ability to search Sermons.Logos.com using the same powerful search engine that runs Bible.Logos.com, you can also rate sermons, subscribe to sermon RSS feeds, create links to sermons and illustrations you want to share with people, and even create your own user account to upload your sermons and illustrations to the site.
If you already have a Logos.com account, there is no need to create a new account to use the site. Your Logos.com username and password work on Sermons.Logos.com. Not only that, but you can also promote your church and your sermons by enhancing your profile with a picture, a link to your church, your title, organization, personal blog or website, denomination, and much more. To enhance your profile, just visit: https://www.logos.com/user/MyProfile.
If you're a Logos user and have the Sermon File Addin, contributing to Sermons.Logos.com is as easy as checking the "add my sermons to the Logos database" checkbox. Your sermons will automatically be added and, even more, when you edit them within Logos, your edits will appear on the site as well.
So, there you go. Remember, the site is in beta, so go check it out and let us know what you think.
Last week I wrote a post about my Logos epiphany; that moment when I realized I can have my entire theological library with me all the time. Over the week many users posted comments about the time when they had that same realization. Reading the comments, I was deeply encouraged to see how having a Logos library has helped men and women serve their churches, ministries, and communities. Since I know that a lot of people don't often go back and read comments on old posts, I thought I'd share a couple that really impressed and inspired me.
Mark said, "In the fall of 2005, I deployed to Iraq as a chaplain with my bible and Logos on my laptop. I was able to do full exegesis and exposition in my sermons thanks to Logos."
Mike shared that his epiphany came "while teaching a new group of believers the Bible in the remote villages of southern Siberia."Caroline, who serves in a ministry to senior citizens, said, "Having my Logos Library ready to answer questions is wonderful. It is difficult for a senior citizen to always have an immediate answer but my Logos gives a rapid response."
David is experiencing the difference in travel now that he has Logos. "Traveling between the US and India during the early 1990's to teach in a theological college for a few month meant carrying half of my luggage allowance in books. So about 70 pounds of books went with me. Currently I'm in India again; I brought a few books that are not in Libronix data, but much of what I need is on this notebook computer."
Eric, a missionary currently traveling around the country, said, "There is no way I could carry my "other" library around the country while I raise my support."
Sam said, "I realized this when I spent last summer helping plant a church in Northern China. I never could have carried enough books to do good study for preaching and teaching every week with me. Libronix made it possible for me to do a lot of study without luggage overcharges or lack of space in the apartment. And also saved me so much time giving me more to use teaching instead of studying."
Comments and stories like these remind me why Logos is such a special company and product. Logos is helping people to do in-depth study of the Bible and share its message around the world.
QUICK NOTE - Speaking of around the world, Dan just pointed me to a post from about 2 1/2 years ago that shows the shipping costs to send the print equivalent of a Logos library overseas. The crazy thing to note is that the shipping costs in the 2006 post were as much as $6,650. Since then, the USPS has increased international shipping costs by 13.8% in 2007 and plans to increase it another 8.4% in 2009. At those prices, shipping books overseas does not make sense. For that kind of money you could double or triple your Logos library!
Now, you don't have to be in a foreign country to appreciate Logos. Maybe you're like Caroline and ministering in your community, or like me and just doing Bible study on a bus. No matter what you do or where you are, having (and growing) a Logos library simply makes in-depth Bible study easier and more convenient.
As I was riding the bus to work last week, I was reading 1 Peter 1:3-5 on my Beta copy of Logos for Mac (part Bible study, part Beta testing). I sat there thinking about all the great promises of God within this text and thought, "I wonder what Dr. K. has to say about this." So, I hit apple+L (that's control+L for you windows users) and opened my library. At that moment I had an epiphany. Now, if you've been a Logos users for a while, you've probably already had this epiphany. For some of you, this epiphany is the reason you bought the software in the first place. For me, it was a new thought... I have a library on my computer.
Now, sure, everyone who has a Logos base package knows that he or she has a library on his or her computer, but this day was different. As I opened Kistamaker's commentary, I thought about how big the print edition of this book would be. I own a couple hard copies from Baker's New Testament Commentary Series and these are big, heavy, hardcover books. I chuckled as I thought about how funny it would look if I were on the bus trying to read my Bible and this commentary. It just wouldn't work out too well.
Then I opened my Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary to see what it had to say about hope and remembered from my seminary days how incredibly large this book would be if I had it in my lap right now. I clicked more and more resources. As I opened the ESV English-Greek Reverse Interlinear of the NT and my Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament to study the original language in a little more detail, it just got funnier. By this point I probably had 5 or 6 books open, in my lap, on a crowded and bouncy bus. This kind of study would simply be impossible with the print equivalent.
The bus rounded the corner and I saw my stop approaching. I quickly closed my computer and tossed it in my bag. As I stepped off the bus and started walking towards Logos, I thought back to my campus ministry days. OH, how I wish I had Logos back then! I constantly battled between having my library at the church office or my home office. I was continually toting books back and forth. Then there were my trips to study on campus. Between these three places it was inevitable that I would want or need one of the books that weren't where I was at the moment. How easily this could have all been solved if I only had Logos back then.
So, what about you? When did you have this epiphany? Where do you find yourself saying, "I could never do this if it weren't for Logos?" Drop a comment below and share your story.
If you've watched our company video or talked with us on the phone multiple times, you're probably aware of the various ways we pronounce our name. Some say Lŏgŏs, others say Lōgōs, and a few say Lōgŏs.
Which is it? As Eli so aptly put it, "It doesn't matter how you say it. It's Lōgōs, Lŏgŏs, Lōgŏs. It's all good."
Take the poll and let us know how you say it.
There are two other variations of our name that I've come across several times lately—not in pronunciation, but in spelling: Logo's Bible Software and Logo Bible Software. Both of these assume that the first word in our name has something to do with a logo (i.e., "a symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an institution or other entity").
It's easy to understand why people would think this since logo is a very common English word, and our name comes from a Greek word that may be unfamiliar to many.
If it's still Greek to you, then now's your chance to learn a little about the Greek word λόγος (i.e., logos)—and the meaning behind our name.
Λόγος is a noun that occurs 330 times in the Greek New Testament. It's most basic meaning is "word," "speech," "utterance," or "message." It's used of Jesus as the Word (i.e., Jn 1:1, 14; Rev 19:13). It's also used to refer to the Bible or some portion of the Bible as the Word of God (e.g., Mt 15:6; Lk 5:1; 8:21; 11:28; Jn 10:35-36; Ac 6:2, 7; Heb 13:7). Commonly it has specifically in view the preeminent word or message from God, namely the gospel (e.g., 1 Thes 1:5-6, 8).
So that's what the Logos in Logos Bible Software is all about—the Word of God.
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