What are your favorite Logos resources for sermon preparation and planning? I'm thinking Logos has more potential in this regard than I may have given it credit in the past.
Thanks,
DB
Some resources you may not have thought about other than lectionaries and the typical preaching plans...
The Summarized Bible by Keith Brooks
A Visual Survey of the Bible
Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
Christian Theology by Millard Erickson
Also, Nelson's OT & NT surveys are excellent material to work through. They are succinct but still meaty enough to be worthwhile to a busy pastor. I have found this and the above resources very helpful in terms of looking at the "big picture" and where to zero in on my study.
As for sermon preparation, I use Logos every single week for that. Of course, commentaries are the backbone of this, but the original language tools in Logos are extremely helpful and time saving for me. The commentaries that I have personally found most useful in sermon preparation are...
The New American Commentary
The Word Bibical Commentary
UBS Bible Handbook Series
The Expositor's Bible Commentary
The Tyndale Bible Commentaries
The Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary
Also, I would add that two Bible encyclopedias have proven invaluable to me in sermon preparation...
The Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
There are the most helpful resources to me as I prepare sermons weekly. Hope this helps. Keep studying!
Thank you! These titles are a good start.
I'd also like to hear however, about the best lectionaries and preaching plans that are the most appealing within Logos.
While not a preacher, I am from a tradition that uses a Lectionary. Most Lectionaries in Logos are derivative of the 3 year Post-Vatican 2 Roman Catholic Lectionary. There are some small differences between various versions, but they are the same quite often. Probably the most used one (outside of Roman Catholicism that is) is the "Revised Common Lectionary". There are two major variants of it, and they vary in the Old Testament lesson used about half the year. One picks OT lessons to match the Gospel reading, and the other tries to let the OT speak more in its own voice.
And while I am used to using lectionaries, they are advantages and disadvantages. But the great advantage is that they take your through a great deal of scripture... Take a look to see how it works, and feel free to ask questions.
SDG
Ken McGuire
David, I am not from a tradition that uses Lectionaries (I am Southern Baptist) so I really don't have first hand experience there. I typically preach expositionally through either a chapter or an entire book of the Bible - building sermon series around chapters and paragraphs of scripture, so I don't use some of the preaching plans. That said, I don't believe there is anything wrong with doing so, but rather it's just not my practice. Keep studying!
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