John DyerAs AI enables more devices to become more capable, I'm led to reconsider another favorite question that I often ask Christian audiences: What technology do you think will—or won’t—be in heaven? More specifically, why (or why not) would there be...
Michael F. BirdIs Christianity a servile and womanish religion? It is somewhat ironic that today people sometimes dismiss Christianity as too patriarchal, whereas the ancient Romans reviled the churches as too womanish. They accused Christianity of being for the...
Sandra GlahnIn Acts 19:35, the Ephesus city clerk refers to an image that fell from heaven. What was this image that fell from heaven?
Elyse FitzpatrickMy hope is that this short article will pique your interest and invite you to see how women were indeed integral to the founding of the church—and so are integral in the flourishing of yours.
Logos StaffSteven Wedgeworth is the rector of Christ Church Anglican in South Bend, Indiana. He has written for Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, The Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, The Anglican Way, and Mere Orthodoxy; he served as a founding...
Wyatt GrahamWhy does so much evil exist in the world? Why do men murder? Why do countries go to war? Why do people exploit others? Why do we live in a world marked by human evil? Foundational to answering these questions is the doctrine of original sin...
Recently, Kristen Tetteh sat down with Bill McCarthy, our new CEO, to interview him about his life, work experience, and what drew him to Logos. Watch or read the short interview below! Kristen Tetteh: So, who is Bill McCarthy? Bill McCarthy: Oh...
Joel BiermannAdmittedly, this is not one of the first questions people ask. Much more common is the question, Why do bad things happen to good people? For Christians, though, an equally disturbing question is: Why do good people do bad things? It is a...
Joseph DodsonI recently heard about a hiker who came across another hiker with her two dogs. As they chatted, the dog owner unleashed her pets so that they could frolic among the flowers and the trees. The dogs could not contain their excitement as they felt...
Matthew StanleyBy the numbers, Christianity has been a predominantly Catholic and European religion for over a millennium, but the future of Christianity has come to look increasingly Protestant and African. The Center for the Study of Global Christianity...
Jeffrey Wiesner“Am I sinning?” This is an inevitable question those in ministry will be asked. Christians want to know whether or not particular thoughts, words, and deeds are sinful. A glance at recent Google monthly search metrics reveals how anxious people are...
Editor’s note: The resources recommended in our On the Shelf series are the opinions of the featured individuals, not those of Logos. We are publishing a breadth of voices to reflect varying perspectives within the church. Sean McGever (PhD...
Ingrid FaroEvil is the corruption of creational and relational goodness. Evil consists of thoughts, actions, or forces that diminish life. Evil takes what God planned for the good of all his creation and distorts or defiles it. This essay addresses many of the...
Matt BarriosHere at Logos, we’re always looking to improve—from little bug fixes to big improvements and new features, too. Over the last few weeks, our team built, refined, and shipped these updates with care. We hope you enjoy them and that they empower...
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 past Logos packages—the...
Mitch ChaseWatching a professing Christian apostatize a great tragedy to witness. The details aren’t always the same in each case, but the outcome is the same: a forsaken faith. As the The Eerdmans Bible Dictionary explains, apostasy is a term designating the...
Chapter after chapter in the book of Exodus relays in painstaking detail the tabernacle’s plan and construction. The entire last half of Exodus narrates the building of the tabernacle (Exod 25–40). Following this, the setting for the entire book of...
Jamey BennettWhat is the Orthodox Church? And how do Orthodox Christians approach the study of Scripture? For many believers outside of Orthodoxy, Orthodox Christianity seems exotic and foreign. But for believers inside her communion, she is sometimes called the...
Joe HeschmeyerAs a Catholic, I’m delighted when non-Catholic Christians ask me about what Catholics believe and why. I find that many of those questions involve the relationship of the Catholic Church to the Bible. There are many misconceptions and caricatures...
Our Western world is Christian enough to grasp that words like sin, repentance, and redemption are technical Christian terms. But it is post-Christian enough to not understand what those words mean within the storyline of Scripture or within a...
Brett McCrackenRecent advances in highly sophisticated, generative AI technologies have made headlines and sparked countless hot takes. These headlines and hot takes—on the novelty of ChatGPT, AI-generated deepfakes, and so forth—will appear antiquated in just a...
James HamiltonI offer a controversial claim: Baptizing babies by sprinkling or pouring does not comport with the typological function of the floodwaters of God’s judgment in the Old Testament. Rather, I contend that, by understanding typology and this...
Editor’s note: The resources recommended in our On the Shelf series are the opinions of the featured individuals, not those of Logos. We are publishing a breadth of voices to reflect varying perspectives within the church. Robert Elmer has written...
We asked a few of your favorite Word by Word writers what they're looking forward to reading this summer, and they did not disappoint. It's a well-rounded mix. We debated only sharing the items we carry in our store, but the fact that our writers...
What do we see when we read the book of Job? Several things, no doubt. We see a man undergoing terrible emotional and physical suffering. We find the surprise of a spouse who tells him to turn from God. We encounter friends who counsel him with...
Daniel R. HydeWhat does it mean to be Reformed? What even is Reformed theology? Spend any amount of time in Christian spaces on social media, and you'll soon see that confusion and caricatures abound. Many who presume to speak authoritatively about Reformed...
Portia CollinsI vividly remember the days of my youth living in Mississippi. On bright summers days, my friends and I spent a lot of time outside. We’d compare our shadows as the blazing sun hit our backs. We’d run, jump, and flail our arms, watching our shadows...
Editor’s note: The resources recommended in our On the Shelf series are the opinions of the featured individuals, not those of Logos. We are publishing a breadth of voices to reflect varying perspectives within the church. Mark Brians is the rector...
Christopher KouChekov's gun is a rule of stage drama named after the Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov. The rule states that if a gun appears in the first act, it must be fired by the end of the final act.
Alastair RobertsTo read any book well, we need a “read” upon the sort of text that the book is. For example, while both could be purchased in the typical bookstore, a recipe book must be “read” very differently from a Shakespearean play. The recipe book invites its...