Morris ProctorIf 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...
Logos 9 released 6 weeks ago bringing with it a new and expanded Factbook, allowing us to study more topics, themes, and texts. In the continued effort to improve this tool, Logos 9.1 contains even more Factbook...
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...
Here’s a question I’m often asked at Camp Logos: I highlight various verses in the Bible with boxes, underlines, or colors. Then in a few weeks, I forget what those specific highlighting styles represent. Is there a way to create a “legend” for...
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...
During a recent Zoom meeting with Adam at Faithlife, I noticed an icon on his Shortcuts bar that reminded me of a power-user trick in which you may be interested: we can change the global text size of our resources, Guides, and Tools with the click...
Over the past few weeks, I’ve answered the same question several times, so I thought I’d make it the subject of this short blog. The question goes something like this: Within Logos, we have both Clippings and Notes. Should I use both? If so, when...
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...
A fellow Logos user contacted me with this question: I’m studying the word “note” in Romans 16:17 in my preferred Bible, which is the NKJV. How can I see how the underlying Greek word is translated in other Bibles? This is a great Bible study...
Perhaps like a lot of Logos users, you use your software on multiple computers such as a desktop and laptop. Did you know you can open Logos on one the way you closed it on another? Let’s take a look at a common scenario: Imagine you primarily study...
As I was recently studying for an upcoming sermon, I came across a misspelled word in a commentary. I quickly reported the typo to the Logos team and resumed my research. A few minutes later, it occurred to me that perhaps some Logos users may not...
A subscriber to mpseminars.com submitted this question to us: I have purchased numerous Mobile Ed courses. How can I see the various subjects covered in the videos? First, congratulations and thank you to the Logos user for acquiring numerous...
A Logos user contacted me with this scenario: I have changed the Content Scaling to 140% but the text size in NASB is unchanged. Why? His good observation brings up an important distinction regarding text size in resources: a global setting versus a...
A subscriber to mpseminars.com recently submitted this question: I like opening the Passage Study Layout from the Go box. The Exegetical Guide, however, is not included in the Layout, so I have to manually open it. Is there a way to include...
I received this question from a MP Seminars subscriber: I want to use the notes tool as a personal journal. Is there a way to anchor the daily note to the date? I really like this question because it shows he’s thinking outside the box and...
Today’s blog focuses on a question I answer frequently. I’ve written about it before, but I thought a quick reminder would be helpful—especially if you’re new to Logos. After all, Paul said, to write the same things to you is no trouble to me. :-)...
A question I’ve answered several times recently goes something like this: A Senses ring appears in the Guide, Bible Word Study. What are the numbers to the right of the senses underneath the ring? First, we need to generate a Bible Word...
I was recently assisting a Logos user with his sermon preparation for Luke 19:11–19. The research included examining the Greek lemma sozo in verse 19 and discerning whether it refers to physical or spiritual healing. Locating all occurrences of sozo...
Please read carefully the following sets of sentences. First these: I like spaghetti. I love pizza. Now these: Even though I like spaghetti. I love pizza. Did you notice the difference? Both sets communicate the same facts: Moe likes spaghetti and...
Here’s a question often presented to me: I highlight text in my Bibles and books. I then copy/paste the text into a Word doc, but the highlights don’t come over. How can I maintain the highlights in the Word doc? The official answer has a lot of...