Would it be possible to have notes in a tab? Also it would be nice to know when you created a note so you can reference back when you created it for reference. It would be nice to have the note with the date on the side of the note. Other than that this app surpasses every other bible App in the App Store when it comes to bible study and accessing a huge library of resources.
Nothing else has the tremendous amount of resources as Logos does. You have to try it to believe it. The Logos team just keep out doing themselves. The app keeps getting better with every release. Do not hesitate to get this app. I'm glad you like the app! You may be pleasantly surprised at some changes to notes coming this year :.
This is really a wonderful app that has helped me organize my Bible studying and even do some inductive Bible study.
I have one critique though, well two, and I think they could really make the app better. It has to do with the notes feature.
I love that you can make notebooks and see all of the highlights and notes you have done in one place. I wish though that it would display the text that was highlighted their in the notes section, or at least the reference. This would really make the notes feature more useful, to go back and see what was highlighted quickly and find what you were looking for or catch themes or similarities easier. Right now you have to open the note and click them then it opens the chapter were it is, this is nice but cumbersome if you are looking for something or trying to study a theme with this tool.
For example, a place to make everything in pink highlighter pin could automatically go into a notebook called resurrection. This would really aid in topical study. Just a few hopefully helpful suggestions, thank you. The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:. The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:.
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Moody Bible Commentary. Some of the upgraded reading plan features show up in the desktop app. But the most noticeable improvements are in the Logos mobile app. It might give me a 3-verse chunk, followed by a 7-verse chunk, followed by a chapter chunk, and so on.
My Logos reading plan handles this sort of plan and any sort of plan, really very, very well. I read most often on an iPad, and here is a sample screen shot. A very simple interface, with only the portion of text I want at the moment. Those buttons at the bottom allow me to move to the next text assignment or previous one with a tap. The new text will then replace the current text on the screen. I adjust that setting one time, and it applies to all passages I read from that Bible in this case, the ESV until I choose to add them back in.
Give me the text; just the text. Finally, do you see the speaker icon in the top right? When the audio begins each verse, a pulsating golden circle appears around the first word of that verse in the text and flashes for a second. That way, if my eyes drift from alignment with the audio, I can realign them at the start of the next verse and every subsequent verse. When a portion of Scripture is longer than a single screen, the text automatically shifts almost like a page flip when the audio advances past the visible page.
It requires very little manual tapping and scrolling, and gives me a sustained audio feed with associated visual stimuli to follow along with. I just wanted to rave about one more reason to consider looking into Logos 9.
For more than 4 years now, I have used Logos Bible Software nearly every day, without regret. My only potential for regret has to do with having gone without Logos for the prior 17 years of ministry.
Logos 9 still functions basically like a Bible analysis program crossed with a research library. Especially see the first two reviews, were I explain how it works generally, and how it can help with your personal Bible study. I can generate, in seconds, an exhaustive list of repeated words in the book of Acts, as I prepare to begin preaching through it. I can click on one of those words anywhere in Acts, and have all instances of it instantly highlighted for visual referencing.
I can write my sermons in Logos, integrating it directly with the Bible passage without having to keep switching between programs. I can take courses on various topics or books of the Bible. Logos 9 makes it easier to create reading plans for any Christian book. I buy almost all my Christian books in Logos, so that they will directly interface with the Scripture.
And while I could do this roughly in Logos 8, it now is streamlined for a better reading experience. The auto-generated reading plans used to end abruptly in the middle of a sentence or paragraph, and now they are better organized around chapter divisions.
Logos 9 now has a pretty amazing way to visualize charts. Then with a single click, I can turn it into a bar chart to visualize how frequently Peter pops up over the course of the book. Of course, we could identify that shift in focus by simply reading the book over and over. But in seconds, Logos gives me precise data, in a variety of attractive formats, and without having to count these observations myself. Logos 9 has a wonderful new tool called the Bible Books Explorer, which gives me quite a bit of data at a glance.
Timelines, author and audience info, major themes, etc. But what I love the most in this new tool is a quick way to visualize connections between Old and New Testaments. For example, here is a diagram showing which OT books Luke directly quotes in either his gospel or the book of Acts. And I could click on any of the specific books to generate either a list of which verses in Luke-Acts quote the OT, or a list of which OT verses are being quoted.
While those features and many others I could list for you are pretty cool and really useful to my study, the biggest new features have more to do with providing a place to manage my ministry.
Logos 8 introduced the sermon editor , which basically added a word processor that was interconnected with the Bible. But in Logos 9, the sermon editor has morphed into a sermon manager. It still has the full word processing capabilities and interconnectivity. But now it also has a place for me to map out an entire sermon series like a set of lesson plans.
I can sort sermons by series, venue, or date. This manager is a one-stop shop for planning out an entire teaching ministry. This is simply wonderful. Logos 9 has a similar new feature for a counseling or discipleship ministry.
It has a Counseling Guide which can quickly suggest resources and Scripture passages on hundreds of topics, along with a place to keep track of and organize private notes. With Logos 9, this software now does much to assist not only your personal Bible study but also your teaching or leadership of others in Bible study. I am delighted to commend it for your consideration. Keep in mind, though, that if you are already a commentary junkie , Logos might only accelerate your journey toward overdose.
But if you have disciplined yourself to love and study the biblical text itself, inviting outside resources to join you as conversation partners and not personal trainers , Logos will serve you exceptionally well. But my review here is thoroughly honest. While my upgrades have come to me at no cost, I have deposited large amounts of money into shaping my Logos research library into just what I want it to be.
And if I could go back to the beginning of my ministry knowing what I know now, I would absolutely have sought to raise the additional funds to provide myself with this inestimable tool. They have made it easier than ever to benefit from this powerful software regardless of the size of your budget. Take your pick, or find something in between. Check out Logos 9. I use Logos Bible software every day. I am impressed by the sheer power of what it can do. It does for my Bible study what an automobile does for my personal transportation: It gets me where I want to go, when I need to go, by whatever route makes most sense at the time.
With Logos installed on my laptop, my iPad, and my smart phone, the only time I use a physical Bible any more is when I want to sit and read at length. The good people at Faithlife gave me a complimentary upgrade to Logos 8 in exchange for an honest review. So this review will focus on the new features in this version of the software.
The biggest and best improvement is the speed of the software. Logos has typically been slow and ponderous, like an obese Moabite king oppressing the people of Benjamin. They claim Logos 8 is 10 times faster than Logos 7. But it does make it such that I no longer have to find something else to do between the time when I click to open Logos and the time when I can get down to business. You can color-code repeated words. You can move clauses around to visualize sentence structure.
You can underline, circle, draw arrows or insert graphics. I used to look things up myself, find the right Scripture and supplemental resources, record my notes haphazardly, and move toward a finished product on my own. But now, I can set up a workflow to capture all the steps I always try to follow. Logos then takes me through the template, step by step, each time I come to a new passage. Logos 8 comes with quite a few built-in workflows, including basic Bible study, character study, word study, topic study, passage exegesis, and expository sermon preparation.
I find these built-in templates to show off the power of what Logos 8 and its workflows can do. But I also find these built-in templates rather un helpful for the proposed tasks. The biggest issue is that the built-in workflows are doing a great job showing off all Logos 8 can do! In the process, they take you far and away from the text and into the bowels of research and commentary about the text. But have no fear, Logos 8 enables me to create a custom workflow that does what I want it to do.
If you decide to use Logos 8, you can find my workflow here to try out for yourself. If I knew 20 years ago what I know today, I would have acquired Logos Bible software at the start of my career as a missionary and preacher. This exceptional tool has proven to be a faithful companion and a valued guide.
Perhaps it can serve this role for you as well. Here is a link if you would like more information. For the month of October, Logos Bible Software would like to honor pastors who work hard and serve well to care for the flock of God. They invite people to publicly thank their pastors for their labors.
And, by thanking your pastor, you will enter both yourself and your pastor to win a free copy of Logos 7 Gold. Logos 7 is an amazing bit of software, which I use extensively every day.
I recommend it highly. Click to see my review. Or, go thank your pastor and enter to win a Gold package for free.
Check it out! To get information for an English word relative to a specific Bible translation e. Click on the section heading to Expand or Collapse this section. Hover your mouse over the section heading and click on Settings. The drop down menu will allow you to select an alternative collection of your bible dictionaries.
These are resources e. If you hover your mouse over a resource link, a pop-up window will appear with the article from that resource. If you click on the resource link it will open that resource in another tab. Hebrew words section This section will show you Hebrew words that can be translated into your English study word. You can use the ring to view scripture in which your study word was translated from a Hebrew word.
This is the Bible version from which your study word was referenced. This graph shows you: The number on the left is the number of times that your study word is found as translated from Hebrew in the Bible version you used. If you hover your mouse slowly over the graph it will show you the word count per book of the Bible. If you click on the graph, Logos will open a new tab with a graph of count per book. If you click on your study word Logos will show all scripture references in which your study word is found when translated from Hebrew.
These are shown under the ring graphic. To hide the scripture reference, click on your study word. The words around the outside of the ring are Hebrew words which your study word was translated from.
Notice that the ring has colored segments next to each Hebrew word. These are scriptures for your study word which used this Hebrew word. To the right is the number of scriptures found for this Hebrew word when it was translated to your study word. If you click on the segment in the ring again, it will hide the scripture references under the ring and move the segment back into the ring. If you right click on the ring graphic, a drop down menu will appear.
You can click on one of the entries to export the graphic image per the clicked item. If you have scripture showing under the ring, then it will be included in the graphic. You can change the Bible version used by the Hebrew section. Hover you mouse over the section heading and notice that Settings appears; click on Settings and a drop down list appears: Default Bible is the version used to create this BWS.
Choose a Bible version from the list. Greek words section This section will show you Greek words that can be translated into your English study word.
You can use the ring to view scripture in which your study word was translated from a Greek word. This graph shows you: The number on the left is the number of times that your study word is found as translated from Greek in the Bible version you used.
If you click on your study word, Logos will show all scripture references in which your study word is found when translated from Greek. The words around the outside of the ring are Greek words which your study word was translated from.
The segments in the ring function as in the Hebrew words section. You can change the Bible version used by the Greek section. Hover you mouse over the section heading and notice that Settings appears, click on Settings and a drop down list appears. Default Bible is the version used to create this BWS. Textual search section Eng This section will show you the hit count for your study word in different Bible translations.
This can be useful in seeing how frequent or infrequent your study word is used. Bibles under here are those in which your study word occurs in your top 5 Prioritized Bibles. If you click on one of these links, Logos will use Search to find your study word.
These show the hit count for your study word. Using Original language words The Bible Word Study guide will allow you to study the Lemma form of an original language word from your Bible i.
Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. The Lemma is the base word that would be looked up in a dictionary or lexicon, whilst the word that appears in the original language text is referred to as the Manuscript word. Most of the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, whilst some parts of a few books were written in Aramaic see the resource A General Introduction to the Bible.
The New Testament was written in Greek. See Opening from the right click menu on how to open the BWS to an original language word from one of your Bibles using the right click menu saves you from having to type in an original language word.
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