Adam B. ShaefferHave you ever set a reading goal for the new year, only to have it fizzle a few months in? I know I have. Here’s how Logos can help you stay on track with your reading and study goals in the new year. (Spoiler alert: It’s with the new Reading Plans...
So, your church has been live streaming for a while now, and you’re looking to step up your game. You’ve come to the right place. In this post, I’ll walk you through using overlays from Proclaim while live streaming. While Proclaim allows you to...
I love libraries, especially big ones like the Bill Bryson Library at my most recent university. Shelves and shelves of books spread across four floors. So much knowledge contained in one sprawling, beautiful building. But needing to visit a...
In Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Peter Scazzero lists 10 characteristics of emotionally unhealthy spirituality, including “Doing for God, instead of being with God.” The sad truth is that we often see good spiritual practices as just things we...
After church on Sunday, a man comes up to Pete and pours out the struggles in his marriage. Pete graciously listens for several minutes and suggests that the two of them get together later in the week to talk further while wondering, How can I give...
Have you ever run a Bible Search in Logos that returned hundreds of results spread across several pages? It’s hard to process! But with a single click, the Charts Tool in Logos 9* consolidates pages of results into one colorful visual. For example...
You’ve crafted your sermon and are ready to preach, but how do you get that sermon to the pulpit? Logos 9 takes you from prepping to preaching with a single tap. When you write your message in Sermon Builder, Logos makes it easy to format your...
As a busy pastor, you work hard at managing day-to-day demands and planning for the future. Even before Christmas arrives, you’re thinking about Easter—and how to plan and store sermons amid all the other demands can be challenging. But in just a...
How many memes have you seen that claim to be quotes from significant voices? C. S. Lewis and G. K. Chesterton seem to get lots of citations, and the appeal is obvious. They’re widely admired, wrote on many different subjects, and weren’t confined...
The 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...
Who were Daniel’s contemporaries? Did Habbakuk prophesy before or after Daniel? Our English Bibles are not arranged chronologically, so it can be difficult to keep track of which biblical characters were contemporaries or what events were...
The Gospels tell the rich story of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection from four different perspectives—but discovering the similarities and differences in the Gospel accounts can seem like a hefty task. With the Parallel Gospel Reader, you can...
Jacob bears the unique designation as the only person in the Bible who literally wrestled with God, and this encounter had a far-reaching impact on redemptive history. Most Bible readers know that what happens in Genesis lays the foundation for the...
Keeping an eye on the big picture of a biblical story is important when you are studying the individual parts of an extended narrative. For example, how do the twists and turns of the story of Jacob fit into redemptive history? Narrative...
By Chris Pennington If you’re like most people, you notice only things that are important to you and miss things that don’t resonate with your life experience. It’s only natural; humans are limited by their humanity, after all. But what happens when...
This is a time for lament. A time to stop and mourn with those who mourn, to stop and weep with those who weep. Lamentation is a well-attested biblical genre, an expression of anguish at the individual or communal level. From the prophets of Israel...
This may come as a surprise to some, but it’s possible to finish a seminary MA and a PhD in theology and not learn Greek, and I am living proof of this. My programs of study were specialized enough that the need never arose (and it was never...
It’s been said of C.S. Lewis that talking to him and reading his writings were remarkably similar experiences. When he spoke on topics he’d written on, he was so enthusiastic you’d think he was discovering them for the first time. The C...
Guest writer Adam B. Shaeffer holds an MA in Spiritual Formation from Talbot School of Theology and a PhD in Theology from Durham University. He is already a big fan of Logos 8. In my previous posts, I’ve highlighted some of the new features in...
In this post, I’ll be exploring one of the ways Logos can play a vital role in our spiritual formation. One of the primary aspects of how we change is establishing new habits, new ways of doing things, and new ways of engaging with the world around...
I love C.S. Lewis. I have read and reread his works more times than I can count. Whenever someone asks me which of his books is my favorite, I point to one that often garners puzzled looks: An Experiment in Criticism. It’s a brilliant little book...