Faithlife StaffOur 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...
In his book Living With Other Creatures, Richard Bauckham devotes an entire chapter to exploring Jesus’ relationship with animals as recorded in the gospels. Perhaps, Bauckham suggests, Jesus’ interactions with animals can provide insight into the...
Image courtesy of Faithlife Media We’re celebrating Get to Know Your Customers Day, and we want to hear from you! We love serving you and helping you explore God’s Word more deeply, and we’d like to spend today listening to you. Come on over to...
Today’s the day! The day that changed everything. As we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus today, pause with me and consider what the resurrection shows us. In his thoughtful reflection on the meaning of the cross and resurrection, God with...
There’s no shortage of hot-takes on the coronavirus, especially as it relates to our faith and churches all over the world. But even in a society overturned by the coronavirus, the Bible brings truth and light. As John Piper says, “This is a...
This post is excerpted from Who God Is: Meditations on the Character of Our God by Ben Witherington III. *** Something has bothered me for a long time. I’m referring to the fact that even devout Christians seem to place far more emphasis on the...
You can set Logos to remind you to read any resource in your library. Generate a custom reading plan from the Docs menu to get started. Choose from a predefined plan, generate a scheduled plan for a given text, or fully customize your own plan...
In this post, excerpted from the March/April 2017 edition of Bible Study Magazine, John D. Barry discusses the prologue to the passion of Jesus—his anguish in the garden—by considering what the Gospels collectively say about it. By doing so, he...
The recent release of Logos 8.12 contains a subtle but very helpful tweak to Favorites. We can now create subfolders without dragging and dropping folders! If you use Favorites, then give this a go: Choose Tools | Library | Favorites (A) Click New...
You can’t turn on the news or scroll through social media without seeing coronavirus updates or jokes about being stuck at home. With COVID-19’s escalation and social distancing amid this unprecedented situation, that means it’s the perfect...
There’s a contemporary commentary series on wish lists galore—the NIV Application Commentary (NIVAC). Why is the NIV Application Commentary series so popular? Three particular reasons come to mind: NIVAC helps readers bring Scripture’s...
Majority world missionaries serve in countries throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin America, accomplishing much of global missions work. But these missionaries often lack the support and training they need to best reach others around them. In the...