Saving Self-Produced Exegetical Outlines
I just posted this on a pastor's forum but thought I'd cross post it here for suggestions.
I have a very comfortable archiving system for sermons ... but not for my exegetical outlines (not sermon outlines) I produce during sermon prep. (They look more like abused sentence diagrams but are more at the clause level.) Up until now I've just tossed them ... because my sermon notes have been my valued product. But the older I get the more I wish I had kept many of them as a part of my exegetical analysis of the text. Do any of you keep some of your sermon prep electronically? Any digital tools you've found helpful for storing exegetical/propositional outlines in particular? (I know Logos has built-in propositional outlines that are similar but (1) I can't really follow them in a way that's helpful to me ... maybe I just don't get it, and (2) I like the exercise of doing them on my own.)
I guess what I'm looking for is something like a flowcharting software for clauses. I thought Logos has something like that years ago. I never used it then and may not even be thinking of (what I didn't use) correctly.
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The sentence diagrammer and/or canvas provide the tools for exegetical outlines. I personally still use the sentence diagrammer for this purpose. Both tools require a bit of patience to get the process down so one can do it quickly. Some old examples using the sentence diagrammer is found in TIP of the day: Plain meaning/ analytic reading - text flow diagrams - Faithlife Forums (logos.com) A less complete example using Canvas is found at SUGGESTION: Enable Canvas to work like Sentence Diagramming tool in "Text Flow Diagram" - Faithlife Forums (logos.com) and Canvas Tool - Faithlife Forums (logos.com).
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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That's what I'm looking for! Thank you!
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