Complete Index to Spurgeon's Sermons (Logos Edition)
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Mark,
Would you mind if I posted a modified version of your Spurgeon sermon index on my sermon indices page (retaining your credit in the file)? I've removed 2 of the sections to avoid redundant search results.
Thanks!
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Dave Moser said:
Would you mind if I posted a modified version of your Spurgeon sermon index on my sermon indices page (retaining your credit in the file)? I've removed 2 of the sections to avoid redundant search results.
That's absolutely fine.
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Finally got around to adding this now that I have Spurgeon's sermons. Thanks!
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Could one combine all the sermon indexes to include all the sermons by various authors and have it show you what you may have in your own library to use?
I've been working at one and it is tedious to try and keep all the scriptures together as they should be.
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The newish sermons section of the Passage Guide aims to do this in Logos 5 and 6. These indexes are less necessary now.
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Soon I hope. For Ps 23:1-6, The Sermon Starter Guide picks up 6 hits total, all from Spurgeon. My own index picks up 43, 16 from Spurgeon alone.
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Gao Lu said:
My own index picks up 43, 16 from Spurgeon alone.
My index (this one) picks up the same 6 Spurgeon ones as Logos. Where are your extra ones coming from?
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Closer analysis reveals...
In my Spurgeon Index I have 16 hits in 12 articles. 6 of those are index hits, pointing dutifully to the actual sermons.
It's beginning to look like Logos Index wins over the Spurgeon Index hands down.
But enter the Bible Study Index. It actually picks up 41 articles from my library. A few are repeats of Spurgeon and not a few devotionals. Maybe quality hits are a function of the definition of "sermon." When I want sermons I don't really want sparse outlines or devotionals or book chapters. My Index produces unwanted and "iffy" stuff."
Here's the good stuff my own index picked up:
- Several good devotionals that are relevant to sermons. A devotional collection would pick these up. Maybe they don't qualify as sermons.
- FB Meyer - "the Shepherd Lord" Heritage of Great Evangelical Teaching
- FB Meyer - "The Banquet" HGET
- Rufus Jones "He Babbled of Green Fields" The Treasury of Great Preaching
- Martin Luther "The Lord is..." HGET
- Chip Ingram "In Time of Crisis" Finding God when you need Him most (I think this qualifies as a sort of sermon)
- Muller "On the 23rd Psalm" Jehovah Magnified:Addresses (Sermon? or Address?)
- Nelson's Annual Preachers Sourcebook (more source material or outlines than sermon, but valuable)
- A few good book hits - arguably more book-ish than sermon-ish
Conclusion:
Logos Index is narrow and the quality of hits high. But for Ps 23, all I get is Spurgeon (who is very good!). My own Index is broader and produces quite a few "iffy" hits, but I also pick up some good stuff I wouldn't want to miss.
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Came across this today. Works great. Thank you, Mark.
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Another one to come across this in 2020
This is is massively helpful to me and will mean my consumption of Spurgeon sermons will go through the roof! Thanks, if you're still around"Your speech must always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person." - Colossians 4:6
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nl said:
Another one to come across this in 2020
This is is massively helpful to me and will mean my consumption of Spurgeon sermons will go through the roof! Thanks, if you're still aroundIm interested in how people read sermons. How do you work them into your reading agenda? Just pick a volume and read all the sermons? Pick a Bible book to go through and find the sermons on each pericope? I read sermons every now and then but I’d love to hear some practical Ways you all read them.
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Liam said:
Just pick a volume and read all the sermons?
Generally that's how I do it, either in Logos or with a physical book. Of course, I don't usually read all the sermons in a book. I might skip some or just dip in for a few. My sermon reading is irregular. I have a number or sermon books (in print) waiting for me to open them.
Pastor, North Park Baptist Church
Bridgeport, CT USA
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How to Read the Bible by Kallistos Ware gives a great description of how many Eastern Christians and some Western Christians read sermons ... in addition to the reading of them in the Office of the Readings from the Divine Office.
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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Mark, I have all pf Spugeon's works, but got them as an WordSearch user. Now that They have been migrated over to Logos, how can I get your resource to work with them??
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A very late reply, but I read sermons purely by scripture or topic that I'm interested in.Liam said:nl said:Another one to come across this in 2020
This is is massively helpful to me and will mean my consumption of Spurgeon sermons will go through the roof! Thanks, if you're still aroundIm interested in how people read sermons. How do you work them into your reading agenda? Just pick a volume and read all the sermons? Pick a Bible book to go through and find the sermons on each pericope? I read sermons every now and then but I’d love to hear some practical Ways you all read them.
I'll read a verse that I want to go deeper into and search for a Spurgeon sermon on that verse or the same topic.
Or also I've saved a bunch of sermons that interest me into favourites, and I'll scroll through and pick one that I'm interested in.
"Your speech must always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person." - Colossians 4:6
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Mark... Thank you! I have been using paper index lists, so your work is a huge improvement for me. My only issue while selecting a sermon is that Logos states "You don't have a license for this book" while providing a limited view of the specified sermon book.. But I do own the entire Spurgeon Sermon Series??? I added the Spurgeon series to my library long ago during the early Libronix age (late 80's?). Logos has since honored my early library purchases and upgraded all books to the current format as I use Logos 10. The Spurgeon series is currently in my library, but your wonderful index tool apparently is not permitted to access my Spurgeon files, requiring I note the book and sermon number and then select the appropriate Spurgeon book from my library. Certainly, as is, that is still a huge improvement, but I suspect your index tool is designed to directly open the appropriate Spurgeon book. Any thoughts? Thank you, Bill
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