Why you should look at the Logos 7 denominational Starter packages

Ken McGuire
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edited November 2024 in English Forum

As many have mentioned here, the best deals to expand your library are usually the base packages. And denominational base packages have been a way to add some good books, even if it isn’t your denomination. With the sale on Logos 7 packages at the end of this month, I want to recommend the following Starter level packages.

Logos 7 Anglican Starter includes NT Wright’s conversational, New Testament for Everyone commentaries, as well as most of the Goldingay Old Testament volumes. While no commentary series is perfect, these volumes are quite good at bringing some important biblical commentators views to a non-technical audience. You may certainly have some differences from both of these authors, as do I, but to get these books in a starter package is a great deal, in my opinion.

Logos 7 Methodist and Wesleyan includes Socio-Rhetorical Commentary series, which covers most of the New Testament mostly with works by Ben Witherington III. While generally not full technical commentaries, they are much more in depth than the “for Everyone” set. Again, getting a decent modern commentary set in a Starter package is almost self-recommending.

Tired of everything in your library kind of saying the same thing? Try Logos 7 Orthodox, which includes a lot of translations of Fathers who flourished here on earth over a thousand years ago, as well as a few modern works by those who endeavor to speak these Father’s wisdom to today’s world. If for no other reasons, these writings are valuable because they have such different preconceptions than most of what is written today – and as CS Lewis pointed out, that is exceedingly valuable.

The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian body in the world – and quite likely the most polarizing. Verbum 7 Starter lets you see a bit of how they understand themselves. It includes how they have officially theologically defined themselves in the Denzinger, Vatican, and Vatican 2 documents, as well as how to teach it in Youcat and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It has one of the greatest theological systems of Christian history in Aquinas’s Summa, as well as some great devotional works in Classics of Western Spirituality editions. Add in Chesterton’s Orthodoxy, some recent papal encyclicals, some books of Benedict XVI teaching the faith… It adds up to a very good meal for us Christians for not too much money.

Logos 7 Reformed Starter includes the standard English translation of Calvin’s Institutes by Battles for less than half the price of it separately. So if you do not have it and expect to ever need/want it, pick it up.

Logos 7 Lutheran includes many good historical texts, as well as the student edition of People’s History. It isn’t a bad deal, but I do like the Logos 8 version better since that one includes the one volume Luther Basic Writings, as well as all six volumes of The Annotated Luther instead of only the first two - the only ones available at the time.

The Gospel is not ... a "new law," on the contrary, ... a "new life." - William Julius Mann

L8 Anglican, Lutheran and Orthodox Silver, Reformed Starter, Academic Essentials

L7 Lutheran Gold, Anglican Bronze

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