Karen EngleHow will you draw closer to Christ this Christmas? Guide your personal study, family study, or worship in your church with these books on Advent and Advent book collections. 1. Tidings of Comfort and Joy: 25 Devotions Leading to Christmas by...
Guest AuthorGiven that only two angels are explicitly named in Scripture (Michael and Gabriel), it is unsurprising that they have garnered a lot of attention, speculation, and reverence throughout the centuries—in both religious tradition and popular media.
Lexham PressToo often meaning can be lost in the busyness of the Christmas season. That’s why Mark Yarbrough wrote the advent devotional Tidings of Comfort and Joy: 25 Devotions Leading to Christmas—to remind us what Christmas is all about and why we celebrate...
Faithlife StaffWhat is Advent? The Advent season includes the four Sundays leading up to Christmas and begins this year on Sunday, November 28. It’s a time of expectancy and preparation for the celebration of Jesus’ birth. Each year as December draws near, many of...
Bible commentaries are one of the best ways to dive into the details of Scripture. But maybe you’ve been intimidated by the sheer number of sizes of commentaries (some are over a thousand pages). We’ve broken down the different kinds of commentaries...
Morris ProctorI received this question from a Logos user: I recently came across the book All the Questions in the Bible, which lists all questions in each book of the Bible. This got me to thinking: Is there a feature in the software which allows me to find the...
Jesus’ own townspeople in Nazareth mistook who he was, as did Herod, Mary Magdalene, and even Peter. But did John the Baptist misunderstand Jesus? In this excerpt adapted from the September/October 2021 issue of Bible Study Magazine, Joseph R...
Mark WardIf I thought I was a pretty scintillating Bible teacher, the kind that makes people sit on the edge of their seats, the kind that is also able to put the cookies on the lower shelf and interest even kids, that thought was shattered when my own kids...
Peter J. Leithart opens Reflecting on the Word: Video Devotionals (Year C) by exploring the Church calendar and why it’s valuable for believers. Video excerpt and transcript below. Human beings are temporal creatures, but this doesn’t simply mean...
The apostle Paul is arguably one of Christian history’s most formative thinkers and writers. Recently, Faithlife’s Daniel Motley spent some time chatting with Dr. Douglas Moo, one of the world’s leading Pauline scholars, about his landmark study: A...
Michael S. HeiserDr. Michael S. Heiser is the author of The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible and has taught many Mobile Ed courses, including Problems in Biblical Interpretation: Difficult Passages I. In the excerpt from his book...
Anglican theologian J. I. Packer (1926–2020), one of the twentieth century’s most widely respected Christian writers, dedicated himself to a lifetime of Christian ministry. His impact was immense—he was known for profound theological writing...
As you probably know, the Logos mobile app continues to expand in both power and popularity. Hopefully, you’re using it as a complement to desktop program. I continue to be impressed with all that we can do with our mobile devices when we’re away...
Typically when seminary students begin their theological education journey, they anticipate writing lots of papers, listening to long lectures, and digging into new, deep topics they may not have explored before. They don’t often consider their time...
Sometimes Jesus’ words are confusing—like when he told the thief on the cross, “Today you will be with Me in Paradise” in Luke 23:43. What did he mean? In Navigating Tough Texts: A Guide to Problem Passages in the New Testament, Murray J. Harris...
Throughout November, you can grab 2 FREE books, Making Sense of the Trinity: Three Crucial Questions by Millard J. Erickson and Scripture and Truth by D. A. Carson. (AND, for the first time ever, 24 other excellent resources are on sale! More on...
In this “Word Nerd: Language and the Bible” video on the word Jehovah in the Bible (full transcription below), Mark Ward (author of Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible) explores why God’s name is not Jehovah—and two excellent...
This excerpt on the return of Jesus is adapted from Dr. Heiser’s book I Dare You Not to Bore Me with the Bible (see all Dr. Heiser’s books). *** Few things in the Bible attract more attention than prophecies about the end times. Even people...
Perhaps you’ve encountered this scenario: A Bible Word Study report is generated for a Hebrew/Greek lemma appearing numerous times in the Bible. The Translation section shows various English translations, but there are small slivers of the ring...
Mary JahnkeOctober 31 marks a momentous day in Church history—its 504th anniversary, to be exact. Though eclipsed by other holidays, Reformation Day deserves an observance. How much do you know about it? Take this Reformation Day quiz and find out! Whether...
This excerpt on circumcision in the Bible is adapted from Dr. Heiser’s book I Dare You Not to Bore Me with the Bible (see all Dr. Heiser’s books). *** Circumcision is a topic mentioned nearly 100 times in the Bible. It is a central focus for...
Douglas Moo writes, “The apostle Paul has arguably had a greater impact than any figure other than Jesus Christ Himself.” Moo, a New Testament scholar and professor at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, has spent more than 30 years in intense...
For years we’ve had the pronunciation of Biblical People in the Factbook. Did you happen to notice that recently, pronunciation of Biblical Places and Biblical Things was added?* Check this out: Click the Factbook icon on the main Logos toolbar (A)...
Ryan HigginbottomLeading a group Bible study is deeply rewarding, but let’s be honest: it’s also a little terrifying. Once you begin a conversation, you give up a sense of control. You might travel from Exodus to the politics of Disney faster than you can say...
You know about Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Ulrich Zwingli. You may even know about Thomas Cranmer and John Knox. . . . But what do you know about the forerunners of the Protestant Reformation? Learn how one pre-Reformer set the stage for Martin...
Reformation Day is October 31. In remembrance, keep reading to explore with David P. Barshinger how the Reformers offer us a model for Bible study. (Or dig deeper into Reformation exegesis with Reading Scripture with the Reformers or The Martin...
Here’s a common question I receive from both new and seasoned Logos users: What are those hash marks on the right side of resource panels? Answering this question a few times recently indicated I may need to remind everyone what they are. Most of...
Bible commentaries are one of the best tools to have on hand when doing deeper Bible study, researching for a paper, or prepping for a sermon. They can bring clarity to language issues, affirm interpretation, bring deeper insight into what a book or...
Colossians 3:8 leaves many believers hesitant to merge the worlds of philosophy and Christianity: See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world...
Wrenching a Bible verse out of context isn’t the only bad Bible-quoting habit out there. There is a more subtle set of unfortunate customs we use in evangelical churches when we quote the Bible. Here’s an example: a relative of mine was reading to...