What are the differences among the 3 SDA base packages? A brief description
Here is a quick summary of the 3 new SDA base packages, so you can get a summary grasp of the main differences among them. (For a itemized description, view the complete list that accompanies each product page for SDA Starter, Bronze and Silver.
SDA Starter
SDA Starter offers a basic package that combines top-rated Logos Bible software with a world class SDA library. For busy pastors and elders, the Sermon Starter feature unlocks scores of research and reference tools for any topic or text. Practical resources for church life include cutting-edge materials for young adult retention and ministry. For small group outreach, Lifting Up Jesus study guides help seekers discover God’s grace and truth. Among historic SDA documents is the 1919 Bible Conference Collection, never before published in entirety. Familiar SDA books gain new functionality in the Logos library, becoming searchable in user-defined collections with Google-like specificity. You’ll get 304 resources worth over $3,000.
SDA Bronze
SDA Bronze builds upon the Starter package with additional tools for Biblical research and analysis, plus an expanded SDA library. You’ll get the much-requested DARCOM series, that 7 volume classic from the Daniel and Revelation Committee. Bronze also has Logos’ unique Phrase Concordance, plus 6 extra data sets. Collections from AdventSource add resources for congregational nurture and community health outreach. A trove from Andrews University Press includes the best works of Adventists’ finest theologians, such as Hans K LaRondelle—including his landmark dissertation on perfectionism. Ellen White researchers will appreciate two of her favorite resources, the Alfred Edersheim Collection (4 vols.) and Life and Epistles of St. Paul. All told, Bronze provides you 560 resources worth $7,200.
SDA Silver
SDA Silver offers powerful, precise tools for Bible research plus a treasury of 131 SDA-specific books and documents. Beyond everything in the SDA Bronze package, Silver adds the New American Commentary and advanced original language resources. Among 3 unique data sets is Clause Search, which tracks the multiple ways in which a person or place is named (e.g., Jesus, Desire of Nations, Son of Man, Son of God, He, Him). SDA theological heavyweights include the 3-volume Systematic Theology by Norman Gulley and the Sabbath Studies Collection from Andrews University Press. Among unique historical resources are the earliest SDA Mission Quarterlies (1912–1920), providing fascinating insights into the Adventist world a century ago. All told, SDA Silver enriches you with a library of 744 resources worth $12,500.