Faithlife StaffMore than the name of this blog and our Bible study software, logos (which we pronounce LOW-goess . . . and LAH-gahss) is an important Greek word in biblical and theological studies. “Logos is arguably the most debated and most discussed word in...
There are lots of different resources to help you study the Bible, from commentaries and concordances to devotionals and dictionaries. But by far the most powerful is Bible software. Wouldn’t it be great if you could get a free Bible software...
Karen EngleWhether you already have thousands of books in your Logos library or are just getting started with Logos for the first time, it’s worth taking a look at Logos Legacy Libraries. Legacy Libraries are the library portion of Logos 8 packages—all of the...
Morris ProctorAs you’ve probably heard by now, Logos 9 is here! This latest release is full of new features and enhancements, including the already popular Logos Shortcut folders. In this blog, I’ll introduce you to this space-saving feature. If you’re like most...
Adam B. ShaefferThe biblical authors frequently point to other parts of Scripture through carefully chosen phrases and figures of speech. For example, Jonah 1:3 tells us Jonah fled “from the presence of the Lord.” At first glance, it appears Jonah is running from...
A Logos user contacted me with the following inquiry: I’m in the process of tagging my resources. Since I’m not familiar with some of them, I’m not sure what tags to assign. Is there some assistance available in the software to help me? I really...
A Logos user contacted me with this question: I’m somewhat new to Logos 8, but I remember in previous versions I could get family trees for people in the Bible. How do I find them now? There are several ways to locate what he wants, which is...
As the Christmas season is upon us you’ll no doubt be reading, studying, and/or teaching passages such as Matthew 2 and Luke 2. In light of that, I want to encourage you to use several resources you most likely own: Faithlife Study Bible Lexham...
This post on Renaissance humanism is by Jennifer Powell McNutt, excerpted from CH221 Milestones of the Protestant Reformation. One cannot explore the emergence of the Protestant Reformation without talking about the contribution of Renaissance...
The recent Logos 8.7 update contained a small, but potentially important tweak to the software that I want to make sure you’re aware of. In a Basic or Bible Search, we can now enable match case and match all word forms at the same time! For example...
A Logos Partner is someone who can tell others about Logos while helping their own cause (because we share the same cause!). Specifically, you: Have a fairly sizeable audience Align with Faithlife’s mission to “use technology to equip the Church 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...
The lauded International Critical Commentary Series (ICC) (62 vols.) is 40% off in May. As one of the most thorough critical commentaries around, this is a stellar deal. Here’s what serious students of Scripture like you say about this renowned...
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...
Matthew BoffeyWith collected works in Logos, you bring renowned Christian theologians right into your studies. It’s like having them next to you to say, “Psst, if you don’t mind, I have a thought on that.” For example, let’s say you’re preparing a sermon on...
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...
This brief reference, which comes around 1,500 pages after Balthasar’s primary discussion of the topic, clarifies and places boundaries on what he writes of the senses elsewhere. You might get the impression from his other writings that the...
On November 7, 2018, we will deploy a security update to our servers to ensure compliance with current industry standards. This will impact users who have not gotten the free update to Logos 7. If you are running Logos 4, 5, or 6, update to Logos 7...
What kind of preaching pleases God? That’s what Dr. Kent Hughes, esteemed preacher, professor, and editor of the Preaching the Word Commentary Series discusses in the excerpt below. *** A Word to Those Who Preach the Word There are times when I am...
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...
Mark WardI was looking for a Mother’s Day gift and I stumbled across a quotation on the website of a local massage therapist: I’m a huge Lewis fan, and I immediately said to myself, C.S. Lewis never said that. I just knew. First a techie lesson on how I...
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...
Logos Bible Software provides a wide array of efficient and comprehensive research tools in one place so you can get the most out of your study. And for a limited time, you can expand and deepen your Logos library even more while saving 20–50% in...
Commentaries are one of the best ways to dive into the details of Scripture. But maybe you’ve been intimidated by the sheer number or sizes of commentaries (some are over a thousand pages). What’s a commentary? Commentaries contain observations and...
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...
Why dictionaries and encyclopedias? There are a few reasons dictionaries and encyclopedias are critical to all students of the Bible—and why they’re especially useful in Logos. They provide a wider scope of knowledge than you’d get in a commentary...
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...
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...
Last week we looked at how the biblical authors used the same terms repeatedly in different passages to indicate emphasis. This week we will reuse the Word List tool to find repeated terms in a single passage—we’ll discover a second use of the...