Of all of the new Logos 8 features, I’m continuing to get more questions about Notes than any other. Regardless of the specific question, the key to understanding Logos Notes is that it’s a single database rather than multiple files. Once that big...
As you well know, our Logos Bibles and books contain a lot of information. Fortunately, our software also comes with a powerful search engine allowing us to retrieve most any data we need. With the release of Logos 8, searching became easier with...
At the heart and core of Logos Bible Software reside the Bible Study Guides. Through their numerous sections, these personal research assistants provide a lot of “instant data” about passages, words, themes, and topics. Sometimes...
Questions regarding the new Logos 8 Notes tool continue to come in so I’ll use this weekly training blog to address some of them. Here’s a recent question: My Logos 7 Notes documents imported into Logos 8 as Notebooks. Is there a way to consolidate...
Arguably the most significant new Logos 8 feature is the Notes tool. I certainly have received more questions about it than any other feature. Once you understand how to save and retrieve notes you’ll develop your own organizing scheme. For...
Beginning in Genesis 6:14, God tells Noah to build a boat according to exact specifications: 300 cubits X 50 cubits X 30 cubits. I’m not sure about you, but I don’t normally speak in terms of cubits today. I understand feet and yards...
As I’ve talked to Christians throughout the years, I’ve often heard statements like: Theology is just for pastors. I’d like to study different doctrines in the Bible, but I don’t know where to start. Understanding doctrine is...
As you well know, words are the building blocks of Scripture. If we’re going to study or exegete a passage we have to examine words. Perhaps, in an ideal world, we would thoroughly explore every word in the text. If, however, we’re only...
As you begin working with Logos 8, you’ll discover many panels now contain a sidebar populated with filters or facets to help us locate pertinent information in that panel. Arguably the most helpful new sidebar is the one that resides in the...
Usually when we’re studying a passage we like to explore cross-references related to that passage. For example, imagine we’re camped out in Luke 4:1 which states Jesus was full of the Holy Spirit, led by the Holy Spirit, and tempted by...
The makers of our Logos Bible Software have labeled all sorts of information in the Bible. Each group of tags or labels is called a dataset. Recently, I’ve received several questions about explanations for specific datasets: What does this label...
Sometimes an easy-to-use, helpful feature gets overlooked. For example, here’s a non-Logos, simple trick I learned recently from my elderly mother. I was trying to tear a piece of aluminum foil, but the entire roll kept following out of the box...
A Logos user recently contacted me with the following scenario: I know the Logos developers have tagged the biblical text with all sorts of labels or datasets. Normally I right click on words and scroll through the menu to see these tags. Is there...
In response to a recent blog about locating where Jesus speaks about the kingdom, a Logos user emailed me the following power-user tip that I wanted to pass along to you: I create a Passage List of verses with Jesus as the Speaker in Reported Speech...
As you well know, within our Logos Bible Software we have scores of resources ready to yield valuable information related to the passage or subject we’re studying. Perhaps, however, you’re not aware that the makers of Logos have also curated online...
A Logos user contacted me with the following scenario: I’m studying Matthew 4:17 where Jesus says “the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” How can I locate other verses where Jesus is speaking about the kingdom? One answer to the question is to...
A Logos user recently emailed me several questions related to searching journals. One of his questions, in essence, was this: Is there a way to create a collection of journals based on publication date so that I can focus on recent scholarship...
I recently received the following email: Maybe I’m missing something, but I need a quick way to get the number of occurrences of a phrase by book. Another very practical question from a Logos user! Even though different ways exist to accomplish the...
You’ve probably noticed in the sidebar of the Home Page links to the expanding Faithlife family of websites. (A) If they’re not visible: Open the Home Page Click the Customize icon in the upper right of the Home Page (B) Select Faithlife Websites in...
In previous blogs, I’ve written about “managing” mobile resources from the Logos desktop app. In response to one of the blogs, a user posted this question: I have had several phones and iPads since using Logos. How do I delete, or remove, the...
While working in Hebrews 10:24, a foundational but very important principle of biblical interpretation struck me again: words have usages, not meanings. In other words, the same Hebrew or Greek word does not mean the same thing every time it’s used...
In response to a question from a Logos user, I explained in a previous blog how to download resources to a mobile device from the main Logos desktop program. Now in today’s blog, I’ll address the user’s specific question which is how to see in the...
A Logos user emailed me the following question: Is there a way to find all the books in my library that I have synced for offline use to mobile devices (doing so from the Logos desktop app)? The answer is yes and it brings up an important Logos...
In a previous blog, I showed how to search our Sermon Editor documents by venue. In this blog, we’ll focus on searching them by topic and biblical reference. In other words, we want to locate messages we’ve delivered on the subject of Grace or the...
A Logos user presented the following scenario to me: I’m a traveling itinerate preacher speaking in various churches, but do revisit the same churches periodically. If I start using the Sermon Editor to archive my messages, is there a way to search...
A fellow Logos user recently emailed me an excellent question: Is there a way to find the words in a particular NT book (e.g. Philippians) that are unique to it? In other words, they are not used elsewhere in the NT? Even though at first glance the...
I’m often asked how to easily locate Old Testament passages quoted in the New Testament. I’ve written about this before, but in this blog, I’ll show you yet another way to read OT sources right along with NT passages. Open any Bible Type Old...
Through the years as I’ve taught discipleship and spiritual formation classes, I’ve encouraged people to pray Paul’s prayers for others and themselves. For example, Ephesians 3:14-19 is one of my favorites in which Paul prays that Christ will dwell...
In a previous blog post I showed how to use the reverse interlinear to identify the μέν – δέ construction in the New Testament. Please review that post to fully understand the significance of this discourse feature that Faithlife scholar-in...
I was recently studying 1 Peter 3:18 which in the ESV ends with: being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit Using the inline interlinear feature I observed at the beginning of the first clause was a Greek word (μέν or men) that...