SUGGESTION: Expansion of basic (Concordia LCMS) Lutheran resources and access

There is a suggestion on FeedBear for a collection of resources: The Essential Lutheran Library - Ultimate Package from Concordia Publishing House | Faithlife This requests the following resources:

The Lutheran Study Bible The Lutheran Study Bible | Logos Bible Software
Lutheran Service Book which includes the hymnal
Luther's Small Catechism
Treasury of Daily Prayer
The Lutheran Book of Prayer
Reading the Psalms with Luther
Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions | Logos Bible Software
Law and Gospel: How to Read and Apply the Bible Law and Gospel: How to Read and Apply the Bible | Logos Bible Software
The Lutheran Difference

Note that this includes a service book for the order of service, a catechism, a prayer of the hours, confessions/statement of faith i.e. all the expected pieces of a liturgical church. As such, I believe the Lutherans to provide a pattern for those churches that fall somewhere on the continuum between the strict rituals of the Catholic/Orthodox (Verbum) sphere and the create it yourself "rituals" of the Evangelical (Logos) sphere.

A simple practice that Concordia Publishing supports but Logos does not is a study of hymns. See Quick and Easy Bible Studies on 600+ Hymns - Concordia Publishing House (cph.org)

A simple layout that should be available (as it is in Verbum for Catholics) is one that presents for a day: the readings from the lectionary, the service book entry, the Treasury of Prayer (prayer of the hours) entry, and the household prayers, if available.

Reading plans for the communal study of the confessions and catechisms should be available for laity.

I am interested in what users who fall on the continuum e.g. Methodist, Anglican, Lutheran . . . would like to see added or enhanced to Logos to meet their needs.

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Rosie Perera

A simple practice that Concordia Publishing supports but Logos does not is a study of hymns. See Quick and Easy Bible Studies on 600+ Hymns - Concordia Publishing House (cph.org)

Ooh, I would love to have that in Logos! I have added a suggestion for it:

https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-book-requests/posts/quick-and-easy-bible-studies-on-600-hymns

I'm surprised that Concordia is still selling that as a CD-ROM instead of a downloadable item. Such antiquated technology! Virtually no computers come with CD/DVD drives anymore.

Mal Walker

Those are some good suggestions MJ, I'd be keen to see something similar made available from an Anglican perspective. The 1662 Book of Common Prayer is the current standard for the Church of England and is is accepted for liturgical use pretty much everywhere, it should form the basis of any Anglican layout. https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/book-common-prayer

Daily readings from the Lectionary (Table of Lessons)

Sunday Readings
Psalm Readings

Morning, Evening and Night Prayers
Readings from the 39 Articles
Additionally, reading plans for the Book of Homilies.
Catechisms (a recent addition is called 'To Be a Christian' which has one entry per day for an entire year).

I have previously suggested that the 1662 BCP be added to Logos as a lectionary using its Morning and Evening prayers. https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-book-requests/posts/church-of-england-lectionary

Rosie Perera

There is a suggestion on FeedBear for a collection of resources: The Essential Lutheran Library - Ultimate Package from Concordia Publishing House | Faithlife This requests the following resources:

The Lutheran Study Bible The Lutheran Study Bible | Logos Bible Software

Lutheran Service Book which includes the hymnal

Luther's Small Catechism

Treasury of Daily Prayer

The Lutheran Book of Prayer

Reading the Psalms with Luther

Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions | Logos Bible Software

Law and Gospel: How to Read and Apply the Bible Law and Gospel: How to Read and Apply the Bible | Logos Bible Software

The Lutheran Difference

I would also like to see it include the Concordia Commentary. Or have that included in a Lutheran base package. That is a hugely expensive commentary set, and I've wanted to get it for some time, but would only be able to justify it if the price were drastically reduced by being included in a larger bundle. I've never seen it included in a base package, and I wonder why.

MJ. Smith

The 1662 Book of Common Prayer is the current standard for the Church of England and is is accepted for liturgical use pretty much everywhere

Thank you for giving the Anglican perspective rather than my having to play at being Anglican. I'd love to hear from users of other liturgical or quasi-liturgical traditions.