This post on Renaissance humanism is by Jennifer Powell McNutt, excerpted from the Mobile Ed Course Milestones of the Protestant Reformation. *** One cannot explore the emergence of the Protestant Reformation without talking about the contribution...
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...
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...
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...
By Scott Gassoway When studying a biblical text, you often encounter words that prompt questions about their original meaning. For example, in 1 Peter 5:7, Peter exhorts his readers to be “sober-minded.” This is not a common phrase in our culture...
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...
By Scott Gassoway Have you ever made a search and wanted to keep the results highlighted to continue to see them in the future? For example, Jesus called his disciples to teach others to do everything he commanded them (Matt 28:19–20). How can you...
Logos saves you time and makes you more efficient by giving you quick access to the resources you use the most in your study. Here are four ways to quickly access your favorite resources: Drag an open resource to the top of the Toolbar. Learn more...
Logos Bible Software comes with all sorts of free training—from hundreds of help articles and training videos to handy tutorial cards that pop up in the desktop app. And then there’s in-depth training and workshops from Morris Proctor, where you...
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...
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...
A Logos user sent this question to me: I’m studying spiritual warfare in Ephesians 6. What’s the best way to find other places where Paul writes about this subject? I really like questions like this because it easily highlights a particular resource...
With the Topic Guide, you can quickly gather a wealth of information on any biblical topic that interests you. Since today is the feast day of Pentecost, you can learn more about what Pentecost is all about with just a few clicks. The Topic Guide...
A Logos user contacted me with this Bible study scenario: I’m studying the word “equip” in Ephesians 4:12. A commentary I’m using says this Greek word is related to the word “mending” in Matthew 4:21 and “restore” in Galatians 6:1. Is there a way to...
In the first chapter of the Gospel of John, the author refers to Jesus as “the Word” (ho logos). This formulation has resonances in the Hebrew Bible, Greek philosophy, and Hellenistic Jewish thought. But does this formulation appear anywhere else...
A 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...
Walking is a biblical metaphor for the way Christians are to live. However, walking was also the most common mode of travel in biblical times. That means if you search for “walk,” you will find all of these instances. But with the powerful search...
A few years ago, I wrote a few segments for a popular Bible study. I loved every little bit of the research and thinking and writing, but I was relying on a stack of books about half my height (which isn’t saying much—I’m not a tall...
Of all of the Logos 8 features, I probably receive more questions about the Notes database than any other. Here’s one I’ve received several times: When I anchor a note to a specific word in a specific Bible is it possible to display that note in...
Bible software has been so focused on morphological searching (which is a powerful and helpful tool in any Bible student’s arsenal) that many people think it can’t do anything more. But with Logos, you can do so much more than search morphology...
Buying a book in Logos isn’t just buying a book. It’s not even buying a “smart book.” It’s buying a supercharged book that links up to everything your Logos can do—like pull up a treasure trove of information using the Passage Guide in just a second...
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...
A Logos user sent me this inquiry: I’ve been studying Mark 10:15 in which Jesus says “Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” Numerous commentaries pointed out the presence of a double...
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...
The 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...
There’s a contemporary commentary series on wish lists galore—the NIV Application Commentary (NIVAC). Why is the NIV Application Commentary series so popular? Three particular reasons come to mind: NIVAC helps readers bring Scripture’s...
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...
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...