Morris ProctorA friend and fellow Logos user sent this question to me: I have a question I hope you can help me with. I’m doing a radio show in two weeks about “Left and Right in the Bible. “ However, when I do a search for “left“ or “right“ they have multiple...
Here’s a situation-specific question from a Logos user, but thought you may find it interesting: I speak in various churches which of course have their preferred Bibles. As I prepare my sermons with Logos I like to use the Bible of choice for the...
Adam B. ShaefferThe Counseling Guide arrived on the scene in Logos 9.0. With this tool, we can investigate over 300 themes or topics to assist us with our people-helping skills. Since its addition to the software, it has continued to expand—and the improvements in...
Imagine this scenario: As you’re embarking on a study of Acts, you want to survey your Acts commentaries. So as a dutiful Logos user you execute a library search for those resources discovering you have several. One by one you open them...
As you may know, our Logos Bible Software updates about every six weeks. The next version, Logos 9.5, is scheduled to release tomorrow, May 25. Among its many new improvements is an easier way to start a Reading Plan for any resource in your library...
The subject of this week’s blog features another practical question from a new Logos user who submitted this question: I’m new to Logos and was watching your recent webinar about the Sermon Starter Guide. I noticed you moved through a resource...
As I’ve said before, I enjoy questions from fellow Logos users because features and frustrations are referenced that I may not think to include in a blog. Here’s a case in point: I’m working in 2 Timothy 1:9 where Paul says we’re not saved because...
The makers of our Logos Bible Software have identified 230 popular preaching themes, such as Atonement and Baptism—and 228 more! Then they labeled passages in the Bible pertaining to each theme so we could easily access them with the Sermon Starter...
I really enjoy receiving straightforward Logos questions. Even more so, I enjoy being able to provide straightforward Logos answers! Here’s a case in point regarding a Logos inquiry: With all of the power of Logos, is there a quick way to discover...
As I was working on a sermon from Joshua 1, I wanted to refresh my memory on key passages about the relationship between Moses and Joshua. So I executed a Bible search for the person Joshua and then added selected search results to a Passage List...
A common question I’m often asked related to journals goes something like this: What’s the difference between a Bible reference search executed with the Guide section as opposed to a Basic search? The short answer is this: The Guide section finds...
A fellow Logos user recently contacted me with a straightforward question: Is it possible to display journal article footnotes at the bottom of the page? The answer is yes! Although there is a small caveat I’ll mention below: Open any journal...
If you’re like I am, you use the Logos desktop app for primary study but use the mobile app for reading books (although the mobile app is much more than an ebook reader!). The mobile app has a Read Later list that contains books you anticipate...
Hopefully, you’ve already discovered the new Today in Christian History card in the Explore section on the Home Page. By default, to use this Logos 9.2 feature, just open the Home Page and you’ll see a Christian history event for today’s date. ...
As we read passages in the Bible, we’re accustomed to working with cross-references embedded in the text, usually through superscript letters. For example, in the ESV a superscript “n” appears next to the word power in Acts 1:8. Hovering over the...
With the recent release of Logos 9.2, we can now drag and drop images right into our Notes! Adding images has never been easier.
If you’re new to Logos Bible Software, you may be wondering where to start your Bible study. With all of the possibilities, should you start with the Home Page? A Guide? A Workflow? I suggest starting with the Factbook, which quickly...
As I was reading through 1 Corinthians, I came to 2:7, which states in the ESV: But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. With a little investigation, I discovered the word translated hidden is...
Our Logos libraries contain a lot of “normal” books (monographs) that we want to read chapter by chapter. In previous versions of Logos, creating reading plans that divided up the sessions into chapters was somewhat challenging. In Logos 9, however...
If you’re using the Sermon Builder to create your sermons/lessons (which I hope you are), then you’ll really appreciate this new Logos 9.1 feature: a Home Page Dashboard Sermon Card to quickly access your upcoming sermon(s). Let’s quickly check out...
With all of the big new features in Logos—like Sermon Manager and the expanded Factbook—it’s easy to overlook some small but important improvements. One such unheralded feature is the Before and After: Biblical Sites interactive which received...
Based on user feedback, one of the most helpful Logos 9 new features is the expanded Commentaries Guide Section, which appears by default in the Passage Guide or can be opened by itself from the Guides menu. In the recently released 9.1 update, this...
For years we’ve been able to gather our Logos research into notes. That research, though, has always consisted of text—until now! With the recent release of Logos 9, we can now insert images into our notes! In this blog, I want briefly to show you a...
The recently released Logos 9 contains numerous new features, but none more practical than the redesigned Commentaries guide section. With this makeover, we can now display our commentaries in various ways, including the denominational bent of the...
Sometimes in Bible study, we want to investigate a passage in great detail and we have a lot of Logos tools to accomplish this task: Passage Guide, Exegetical Guide, Bible Word Study, and more! At other times, however, we want a birds-eye view of a...
Datasets exist all throughout Logos Bible Software. These sets of “labels,” such as Promises in the Bible, Questions in the Bible, Speech Acts, Preaching Themes, and a host of others, all help us conduct biblical research. However, what exactly are...
As 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...
A Logos user submitted this question to me: I was reading in a commentary in which the author stated there were over 600 commands in the Old Testament, some negative and some positive. Is there a way in Logos to locate those commands and if so can...
A subscriber to mpseminars.com submitted this question to our help desk: I’m reading Wayne Grudem’s systematic theology book. There are a lot of footnotes throughout the book which are indicated by superscript numbers. I would like to be...
We often speak of studying passages in context. Likewise, we need to study events in context. For example, imagine we’re studying events surrounding Jesus’ arrest and trials. A lot was happening on the eve of his crucifixion, and keeping those...