Faithlife StaffToday is Pastor Appreciation Day, a special reminder to encourage and pray for your pastor. We’ve pulled together eight prayers from Scripture and respected pastors to guide your intercession. Feel free to use them as-is, drop in your pastor’s name...
Thank you, pastors, for all you do. You probably don’t hear that enough. As you continue feeding your flock, may these three simple tips to help you lighten your load and powerfully share the gospel. *** 1. It doesn’t all depend on you...
The Logos catalog of titles is growing! We’re proud to announce that Wordsearch Bible is transitioning to Logos and that Wordsearch users are currently being migrated to the Logos platform. As a result, we’ll be able to add thousands of Wordsearch...
Christianity Today calls it “a roaring success.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society says, “It is the kind of commentary that should be in all church libraries as well as in homes of persons who care to understand the Bible beyond...
Hezekiah’s tunnel, where archaeologists found an inscription describing the completion of the tunnel (source: commons.wikimedia.org) The work of archaeologists often overlaps with places, people, and events we read about in the Bible. Some of...
Paul David Tripp says justice “is close to the heart of our Savior-King.” The concept permeates the Bible, verses about justice appearing as early as Genesis and culminating with God’s “true and just judgments” in Revelation that lead to the wedding...
God’s view of injustice is clear: he hates and renounces it because injustice perverts his world. Yet injustice—the unjustified ill-treatment of others through false accusations or unnecessarily inflicting pain or punishment—can be found in...
By Scott Gassoway Bible translators make different decisions when it comes to translating the original languages. That is why comparing translations is a valuable step in good Bible study. Logos makes it easy to spot these differences between...
Today, J. I. Packer entered glory at age 93. Born in England in 1926, his life was not without difficulty, beginning with an accident that left him with a hole in his skull. After coming to faith in college, he dedicated his life to Christian...
In the Bible, dreams are sources of divine revelation that indicate what someone should do, reveal what is going to happen, or explain current events. The Bible uses different Hebrew and Greek words when it talks about dreams and visions. Hebrew...
In Matthew 6:13 Jesus teaches his disciples to pray, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Wait a second—what’s God’s relationship to temptation we face? In this excerpt adapted from Navigating Tough Texts: A Guide to Problem...
Our family has made several major transitions in the past few months—from our home in the Middle East to Europe briefly and then to the United States—while also considering new options abroad for the near future. There has been so much change that...
3 Cities, 2 Battles, 1 Rallying Cry. Biblical archaeology and geography have much to teach us. David fought many battles, but there is one that stands out in the memory of the Israelites. After David was anointed king and he conquered Jerusalem and...
Sometimes the best way to understand a passage is to illustrate it. With Canvas, you can drag words or phrases where you want them to create a visual outline of a passage or use a library of shapes to emphasize important aspects. Is there a...
In this excerpt from Dr. Walter R. Strickland II’s Mobile Ed course, he offers guidance for shepherding your church on race. *** It is always difficult to shepherd people but especially shepherding in the aftermath of a highly racialized event...
Logos Bible Software comes with all sorts of free training—from hundreds of help articles and training videos to handy tutorial cards that pop up in the desktop app. And then there’s in-depth training and workshops from Morris Proctor, where you...
Those last words of Matthew 11:29 offer a promise for every Christian. Yet, so often, we find ourselves dried up or burnt out, with soul rest seemingly unreachable. How can we put our hope in that promise? Through great grief, Curtis Zackery...
People talk about adjusting to the “new normal” caused by coronavirus like it’s all bad—and maybe it is. It’s hard to tell at this point. But there’s also good. Bibles are flying off shelves and trending in Google searches. People are aware of their...
Shiloh, an ancient city in Samaria, was the major Israelite place of worship before the First Temple was built in Jerusalem. By Scott Stripling The ruins of ancient Shiloh, first identified by the American explorer Edward Robinson in 1838, lie 18...
Image courtesy of Faithlife Media. First Thessalonians beckons us to pray without ceasing. As we think of those who’ve given their lives for our country and those they’ve left behind, we sense the need for prayer more deeply. These five Memorial Day...
Sometimes ministry burnout crashes into a life like a meteor, impossible to ignore. Other times, it creeps up day by day until we think the exhaustion and imbalance are normal. Find out whether you have burnout—and what you can start doing today to...
Walking is a biblical metaphor for the way Christians are to live. However, walking was also the most common mode of travel in biblical times. That means if you search for “walk,” you will find all of these instances. But with the powerful search...
Bible software has been so focused on morphological searching (which is a powerful and helpful tool in any Bible student’s arsenal) that many people think it can’t do anything more. But with Logos, you can do so much more than search morphology...
Image courtesy of Faithlife Media. From Timothy (2 Tim 1:5) to Augustine to John and Charles Wesley and many, many more, God has used mothers to bring people to faith—and to set them afire for the gospel. To that number, we’ll add Faithlife’s...
Buying a book in Logos isn’t just buying a book. It’s not even buying a “smart book.” It’s buying a supercharged book that links up to everything your Logos can do—like pull up a treasure trove of information using the Passage Guide in just a second...
One of the most tangible benefits of a digital library is the ability to quickly search and find whatever you need with a couple clicks. No matter what you’re looking for, Logos has a way to search for it. The Selection menu runs the most...
In the much-anticipated CSB Tony Evans Study Bible Notes (now available!), one of today’s most influential church leaders presents biblical truth in a way that reaches through the screen and grabs hold. In his notes on Philippians 4:6–13, for...
Paul is by far one of the most important figures in the New Testament. His influence has spanned the course of time and has brought much richness and instruction to the lives of God’s people. It’s obvious why every Christian should study...
You can mark up any resource in Logos to emphasize important or especially relevant words or phrases. Any notes or highlights you add are easily searchable and can be toggled on or off with Visual Filters. While you can access default...
By Robert Kinney Though often passed over as short and insignificant, Paul’s letter to Philemon might actually be the perfect message for a moment in history consumed with questions of identity and self-realization, social justice, the assertion of...