Morris ProctorA subscriber to mpseminars.com submitted the following scenario to me: I enjoy launching my Bible study from the Dashboard on the Home Page. Also, I work with the Factbook a great deal. I don’t, however, see a way to add the Factbook to the...
A Logos user contacted me with this question: I’m somewhat new to Logos so hopefully there’s a simple answer to what I’m asking and I’m just not sure where to find it. I use the NKJV, but I like the formatting of the NASB specifically the verses are...
Because of current events, I, like many others, have been reading Psalm 91. Verse 14 especially caught my eye: Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. (ESV) God says a righteous...
On the Tools menu is a feature called Information, which we normally use with interlinear Bibles. Simply by hovering on or clicking a word in the Bible, Information populates with tons of data about that word. This tool, however...
Logos StaffThe recent release of Logos 8.12 contains a subtle but very helpful tweak to Favorites. We can now create subfolders without dragging and dropping folders! If you use Favorites, then give this a go: Choose Tools | Library | Favorites (A) Click New...
With the somewhat new Logos Bible Software installation process, we now have the option of just downloading some of our resources during the initial installation. In light of that, I recently received this scenario from a fellow Logos user: Now that...
I recently received the following scenario from a fellow Logos user: I’m working on a project for school regarding lexicons and Genesis. Is there a way to highlight all the biblical references to Genesis in a lexicon such as BDB? Currently I’m...
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...
A semi-distressed Logos user contacted me with the following situation: I’ve accidently misfiled numerous notes in the wrong notebook. I know how to move one note at a time, but please tell me there’s a way to simultaneously move all of the misfiled...
This is the second part of a short blog series addressing this scenario presented to me by a fellow Logos user: The Seminary Guide released from Faithlife for 2020 has an article in it from Mark Ward in which he says Greek students should learn...
A fellow Logos user recently emailed me with basically this scenario: The Seminary Guide, released from Faithlife for 2020, has an article in it from Mark Ward in which he says Greek students should learn vocabulary words appearing more than 100...
As I was reading through 1 Peterin the ESV I paused at 1:2, which states: . . . according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and...
In keeping with the general theme of launching the new year with an emphasis on Bible reading, I want to remind you of a simple solution to a question I’m often asked: Since the Bible is not arranged in chronological order, how can I create a Bible...
With the dawn of a new year usually comes renewed resolve to read the Bible more. Along with the Bible, most Christians enjoy reading a daily calendar devotional like My Utmost for His Highest. If you fall into that category, then perhaps you...
Since finding information in our resources is so important, the Logos developers are constantly looking for ways to make searching easier for us, the users. A helpful feature in the recent release of Logos 8.10 is no exception. We can now quickly...
With the recent release of Logos 8.10, we can now link a Search panel to a resource and execute a search with a single click! Yes, you read that correctly. Let me show you how it works: Open any resource such as the Lexham English Bible (A) Navigate...
Whether you’re a preacher or not, you can benefit from the Sermon Starter Guide. For example, imagine during this Christmas season you’ve been asked to give a devotional about the birth of Jesus. You’re just not sure, however, where to start in...
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...
A Logos user contacted me with the following question: Recent scholarship continues to shed light on challenging passages of Scripture. Is there a way to display my commentaries according to their publication dates? I love questions like this...
Every six weeks or so, the developers of Logos update our software. Some of the changes are major, like the redesigned Context menu, while others are behind the scenes, like bug fixes. A case in point occurred in the recent 8.9 update. A small but...
Recently we’ve received several inquiries at MP Seminars asking about the possibility of organizing Documents and Saved Layouts into folders. Currently we can’t create a folder system on the menus, but we can in Favorites...
If you’re in the habit of posting images generated through the Logos Media tool to your My Faithlife page, then you may really enjoy this small but helpful tweak made to Logos in the recent 8.8 update. Take this out for a spin: Choose Tools |...
There are certain words I easily know how to spell, but I always seem to mistype them when searching in Logos. For example, I type: prasie for praise fiath for faith saerch for search Until I improve my typing, Logos...
Thinking Look up had been removed from the redesigned 8.7 Context menu, a fellow Logos user emailed me asking, What’s up with Look up? Actually Look up is still on the right-click menu, and it’s better than ever! Let me show you: Open an interlinear...
A small, but very helpful change appeared in the recent Logos 8.7 update: we can now drag and drop shortcut menu items to our desired order! Try this: Choose the Guides or Tools menu (A) Click and hold one of the shortcut icons at the top of the...
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...
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:...
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...