One of the most significant changes in the recently released 8.7 update is a redesigned Context (right-click) menu. If you use this menu, you’re going to thoroughly enjoy the improvements. If you’ve yet to discover the power of the right-click menu...
Regardless of how you access it, I think you can see this feature is a very fast way of seeing relationships between OT and NT passages! The Concordance Guide section can be opened individually as we’ve done in this example or it can be added to...
During a recent Camp Logos, I was showing both the power and simplicity of Logos 8 Bible Search templates. Once results were generated, one of the students asked: Can we make that Search an Inline Search? As a matter of fact we can and here’s...
If you’ve been to Camp Logos before, you may recall we discussed a powerful search query that located synonyms occurring close to one another. For example, imagine we want to find where our resources mention the topic, the purpose of suffering...
For years we’ve been able to quickly open the Library in its own floating window with a simple keystroke: PC: Ctrl + L Mac: Cmd + L This works great if you want the Library in a floating window. Imagine, however, this scenario:...
The recently released Logos 8.6 contains some exciting new time-saving shortcuts: double and triple shortcut click action. For years we’ve been able to double click a word in a resource to execute a Look Up Search, but in 8.6, the double click...
A fellow Logos user contacted me with a question I wanted to pass along to you: I’m doing a search for Moses on the Timeline which says I have 29 hits. But I can’t see them. I have to move through the Timeline to find them and I’m not sure I’m...
A Logos user sent in this question to us: Under the new Logos 8, I can’t find how to scroll through notes in biblical order. My notes are tied to verses and I used to be able to scroll from verse 1 to 2 to 3, etc. Now I have the verse I am...
In a recent blog, I discussed sharing documents with our Faithlife Groups. Now we turn our attention to downloading documents fellow group members have made available to us. Let’s imagine a member of one your Faithlife Groups shared a Sermon...
I hope you’re enjoying the new Logos 8 Notes tool as much as I am. I know it was a big transition from 7 to 8 Notes, but if you’re not quite there yet, please keep going. The new Notes database really is remarkable. And it seems with each new update...
Our Logos Bible Software continues to expand and improve. Often it’s a small improvement that creates a big impact. Case in point is a recent 8.5 tweak: Notebooks and Collections were added as Filters on the Docs menu. Take a look at this: Choose...
So here’s an observant question from a Logos user: “I’m really enjoying the Faithlife Study Bible but noticed a Bible selector on its toolbar. What’s that all about?” That’s a good eye and it provides me an opportunity...
As you well know, Logos has a powerful search engine that allows us to find almost anything we need in our books and Bibles. Sometimes, however, we just don’t need all that power. For example, let’s say we’re reading in 1 Timothy. We know somewhere...
If we ask 10 Logos users, “What’s the most significant addition to Logos 8?” half will probably say the new Notes tool, and the other half, Workflows. Logos workflows are literally step-by-step suggested methodologies for biblical...
Perhaps the greatest addition to Logos 8 is the new Notes tool. Understandably then, the makers of our software continue to tweak and enhance this incredible database. The recent release of 8.4 brought several such improvements, so in this blog...
I hope you’re making use of Guides and Workflows for your biblical research. Also, as you uncover insights about passages or topics, I trust you’re saving them in Notes. These tools are great for our study, but as you’ve probably discovered, Guides...
A popular way of studying the Bible is through cross-references. Perhaps you enjoy reading a passage and then tracking down verses somehow related to your passage. If so, this blog is for you! I want to show you a little trick that will produce...
The recently released Logos 8.4 contains numerous tweaks providing enhancements designed hopefully to make our Bible study a little more powerful or enjoyable. One such change is: with the simple addition of the word “study” in the Go box we can...
I recently received the following scenario from a fellow Logos user: Normally I study passages so I open my preferred Bible to a specific text to exegete. Inevitably during my research, I leave the passage to look up cross-references. Is there a...
A college student contacted me with the following scenario: I’m taking a homiletics course and need to find the Greek words translated “preach” in the New Testament. How can this be accomplished in Logos? I love questions like this because the...
If you’re a preacher, teacher, or small group leader, there’s a good chance this scenario has happened to you: You’re reading in a commentary, study guide, book of outlines, or journal where you come across a list of Scripture verses the author...
In response to a recent blog about Highlighting, a fellow Logos user posted this question: Is there a way search just for a particular color of highlight, like if you use different colors for each topic or subject in a book? That would be so very...
Housed on the Docs menu are various types of files we can create in Logos such as Prayer List, Passage List, Word List, Reading Plan, and more. Once created, to delete one of these files we simply return to the Docs menu, right-click on its name...
Hopefully, you’ve already seen two of the most exciting new Logos 8 features: Workflows and Notes. Workflows walk you through a Bible study task allowing you to record your insights along the way. Your recorded observations are then housed as Notes...
Digital resources offer many advantages over their print counterparts— portability, accessibility, and exportability to name a few. Another rather obvious plus? Electronic resources use no paper! With print books, publishers have to concern...
I recently received this question from a fellow Logos user: How do you read just the passages in a book that you have highlighted? I like to review my highlights but cannot find that option in Logos 8. This is a great question. And once I point out...
PLEASE NOTE THIS VERY IMPORTANT EXPLANATION: Power Lookup is going to your preferred list of resources in the Library and displaying the versified resources (containing your passage) in the order you prioritized them. This means if you’ve...
Knowing the geographical context of a passage certainly aids in our understanding of that passage. To assist with the discovery of that context, Logos provides us with the Atlas loaded with dozens of biblical maps. There are numerous ways to access...
One of our best friends in Logos is the Factbook. With it, we can research people, places, things, events, and a lot more. Perhaps as we’re studying a passage we open the Factbook alongside our Bible and type subjects from the passage into the...