Making The Most Of Your Bible Study - A Commercial

Today we pause The Venture to bring you a word from a potential sponsor.

Before coming to seminary I was introduced to a bible study software package called Logos. After checking out some of the videos on their website (http://www.logos.com/) I was immediately sold on the product and knew I had to have it for seminary and beyond. After saving up my pennies for over 6 months, I purchased the Scholar's Library:Gold edition. I've had the software for a little over a month now, and I'm realizing that I've only just scratched the surface of what this software can do. The user interface is designed to feel like you are working off a website - you can simply type in a passage, word, or topic that you want to study and the software goes to work researching your electronic library of books for information about your entry. I would encourage you to visit their website and take 5 minutes to view the demo ... it would give me a serious case of carpal tunnel to type out all of the information they provide in just seconds!

A few features that I really love are:

• I can copy and paste information directly from an electronic resource to my word processor, and the software automatically generates a footnote for me! This is the feature that stole the show for me.
• I can pull up my Greek New Testament, and by simply mousing over a word, the software will pull up all of the lexical information about that word in a bubble. It will give me the part of speech, the root word, the lexical form, etc. And just by selecting an option, I can have a separate window bring up the full lexicon entry (including the scope of meanings the word has). So for all of the stuff I have to memorize in my Greek class now - this software will give it to me just by mousing over a word! Simply incredible.
• You can even create your own parallel Bible with the versions you choose. It will highlight the differences for easy comparison.
• You can expand your digital library over time.

So what does this mean for you? The potential for learning here is almost unlimited. By having the ability to access the original Greek and Hebrew, you can make your own personal Bible study as indepth as you want. With all of the resources at your fingertips (including info on Biblical people, commentaries, maps, and illustrations just to name a few) you not only will feel better about your study, but you'll gain confidence in your ability to lead a Bible study and share what you have learned with others.

So what does this mean for me? Well as I already said, this tool will help me not only survive seminary, but it will help me to thrive in my studies ... and as I get older, I need all the help I can get. But also, Logos has teamed up with http://www.seminaryscholarship.com/ to offer folks like me (and possibily you too) a seminary scholarship with an added incentive to promote their website on my blog. Please feel free to check out their site for more information.

The preceding was an unpaid advertisement for Logos Bible software and www.seminaryscholarship.com. We will now resume with our regularly scheduled programming.