I'm researching a sermon on "dreaming for the future". What is the best way to start in Logos? I thought about topic guide but it deals with biblical dreams like an actual dream. Any suggestions?
Hi Timothy:
I would start to look at resources that touch on dreams, to enlarge the conceptual framework.
https://www.logos.com/search?query=dreams&sortBy=Relevance&limit=60&page=1&ownership=all&geographicAvailability=availableToMe
By reading the information in the products pages you will probably find key words, concepts, areas that may relate to your intended message.
To my understanding, there are human dreams, and pious dreams (inspired by God), big difference, usually Pious dreams are way too big to handle, and maybe that is how God wants it to be, because that way when the dream is manifested in reality, all the glory goes to Him.
You can also look for key concepts in your library to see what comes up:
Long time ago I read that one's noticing of the possibility of a better reality in a given area, is related to the mission one has, and the possible pious dream God gives one to help change that situation to align better with God's intended state of affairs in that area.
Very interesting topic, but you must find for yourself the area that God wants you to get involved in, to align it better with His Kingdom and His intent for that area.
Hope this helps.
Try running a Topic Guide on "Desire" and look at the section in that guide for "Bible Sense Lexicon".
This will give you a whole bunch of synonyms for the word desire.
Why desire? The first thing I thought of was the question "What do you do when you dream of/for something?".
You desire it, so I searched for Desire. Might not be the right path for you to research but it is at least an idea.
I would do a topic search on hope.
Thesaurus Hope
Thesaurus Dream
[13th century. Origin ?] -dream·ful, adjective
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