What are the March Madness "must haves?"

This one. It came out over the winter. Well organized and thorough.

https://www.logos.com/product/165272/discovering-the-new-testament-an-introduction-to-its-background-theology-and-themes

I was glad to see Motyer's Isaiah made the sale.  It has been on my list for a while.  D.A. Carson highly recommends him.

https://www.logos.com/product/601/the-prophecy-of-isaiah 

My wishlist is basically BestCommentaries.com or Tim Challies Recommended top 5 for each biblical book. These are the 5 that I lack that are on sale

IMO, if you don't already have them . . . 

• The NICOT or NICNT editions.
• The John Walton resources
• Some of the New Studies in Biblical Theology resources are great (I say some because there are several I haven't read, maybe all of them are great). 
• Harpers Bible Dictionary
• IVP Dictionaries (e.g., Old Testament: Pentateuch, Paul and His Letters)
• NIGTC
• Blomberg on the gospels
• Keener on Romans
• Schreiner on Paul
• Abasciano two volumes on Romans 9

(That's not to say I endorse all this stuff. I find Walton's scheme to be barely coherent, I think Abasciano is wrong, etc. But I've found these resources to be helpful or, at least, very influential and, therefore, worth being familiar with.)

I tried this and it didn't work.  I don't know if my coupon code didn't work, or not, but the 25% Lexham Book Coupon did not add to the discount.

Steven New said:

I tried this and it didn't work.  I don't know if my coupon code didn't work, or not, but the 25% Lexham Book Coupon did not add to the discount.

Where’s the coupon? I’ve been looking for it in my Connect account and nothing. The email they sent me at the beginning of the month didn’t have the coupon code for the 25% off either.

DAL

Thanks, Matillo! I found it. I bought the Osbourne Acts Commentary. I had a temporary license this month, but went ahead and made it permanent with the coupon 👍😁👌

Steven New said:

Dal if you just go to faithlifeconnect.com Then open apps button you can get to your coupon area under ebooks.

I got it coupon to work but didn't pull the trigger.  Man percent discounts are just not that great when the price is already low.  23.99 instead of 32.99 is a discount but I still couldn't pull the trigger with my budget.  Perhaps next year.  

Mine was $17 and change.

Yes, the Lexham coupon works.

1. Go to the link Mattillo provides above, then click on the ebooks tab, it's under Lexham Press.

2. Click on browse Lexham Press, use the search field to find your product, add to cart, paste the coupon and it will be applied. 

I tried this on Keown's intro to Gospels and Acts and it did show with the MM discount and the Connect discount was then applied on top of that. 

Rick Ausdahl said:

Graham Criddle said:

There is artwork - was there anything specific you would like checked?

Thank you, Graham!

I didn't have any specific artwork in mind--was just hoping it wasn't like some other resources I've read about on the forum where graphics were in the printed edition of a resource but not in the Logos edition.  I read one Amazon review on this resource in which the reviewer felt the graphics were an important component of this resource and in looking at sample pages on Amazon, I could see there was a lot of artwork in the print version, so I wanted to check on the Logos version before purchasing.

Thanks again for your help!

Rick,

Please be wary of this if/when you do purchase... I don't own the set but stuff like this is silly.  Either sell the resource as is or don't but to only get some images is an odd choice.  Maybe not FL's fault... who knows.

https://www.logos.com/product/138250/smyth-and-helwys-bible-commentary-collection

John Murray Epistle to the Romans is worth a look.

Beloved said:

John Murray Epistle to the Romans is worth a look.

Second this.

Can i make a suggestion to faithlife. If a individual book or books in a bundle is affected by the march madness, can faithlife reduce the cost of the bundle as well to reflect the discount for the individual book.

For example, i am lacking the 4 ivp dictionaries for the new testament which if purchased separately now will be less than the cost of the entire bundle. For your info i already have the 4 from the OT.

...

Rick Ausdahl said:

Mattillo said:

Rick Ausdahl said:

Graham Criddle said:

There is artwork - was there anything specific you would like checked?

Thank you, Graham!

I didn't have any specific artwork in mind--was just hoping it wasn't like some other resources I've read about on the forum where graphics were in the printed edition of a resource but not in the Logos edition.  I read one Amazon review on this resource in which the reviewer felt the graphics were an important component of this resource and in looking at sample pages on Amazon, I could see there was a lot of artwork in the print version, so I wanted to check on the Logos version before purchasing.

Thanks again for your help!

Rick,

Please be wary of this if/when you do purchase... I don't own the set but stuff like this is silly.  Either sell the resource as is or don't but to only get some images is an odd choice.  Maybe not FL's fault... who knows.

https://www.logos.com/product/138250/smyth-and-helwys-bible-commentary-collection

Thanks, Mattillo.  Before posting, I looked for something (anything) along the lines of the digital rights restrictions notice like the one shown below the commentary set in your reply, and I didn't find anything like that on the Job commentary web page.  But ...neither did I see any artwork in any of the Logos sample pages for the commentary and it was that lack of art in the sample pages that made me wonder.  Hopefully, the page for the Job commentary would include such a notice if there were image restrictions as there are in your commentary set example.

I use my wishlist to track all the books I'll consider buying when on sale. So my 'must haves' are those in my wishlist. Apart from one commentary (which has only just been published) I was able to pick up all the other commentaries in my wishlist. Thank you Faithlife for changing the parameters of MM.

There are 2 other books in my wishlist that I'll probably pick up the end of the month. My main interest in my Faithlife library is resources for preaching. Anyone have thoughts on these 2 volumes by Sidney Greidanus

https://www.logos.com/product/50179/preaching-christ-from-genesis-foundations-for-expository-sermons

https://www.logos.com/product/50181/preaching-christ-from-daniel-foundations-for-expository-sermons

Tong Shin Kai Clarence said:

I will look at that thread but I feel that this is a little misleading on faithlife part. 

They haven't. They only said they'll break the book bundles. Faithlife Connect can be more afortable if you don't need a permanent copy of those Mobile Ed (redeem once every quarter, and each gives you 180-days of access.)

I picked up the Evangelical Press Study Commentary series. It's been in my wish list for a while. With so many of the commentaries included in the various March Madness bundles, it made the whole set 39% off:

https://www.logos.com/product/52892/evangelical-press-study-commentary

Josh said:

Mike Tourangeau said:

So there are quite a few deals, I know it is not done yet but what are some of the must have's (in your opinion) 

These three John Walton books are a must have:

https://www.logos.com/product/52907/the-lost-world-of-genesis-one-ancient-cosmology-and-the-origins-debate

https://www.logos.com/product/163459/the-lost-world-of-adam-and-eve-genesis-2-3-and-the-human-origins-debate

https://www.logos.com/product/153983/the-lost-world-of-the-flood-mythology-theology-and-the-deluge-debate

I saw these and was curious, but I already have Josh McDowell‘s mammoth work on “Evidence that Demands a Verdict,” Lee Stobel’s works, Ken Ham, etc.

Just curious what these bring to the table?  I’m highly intrigued, but don’t want to spring for something that I already have in principle.

Your thoughts?

J. Remington Bowling said:

Puddin’ said:

I saw these and was curious, but I already have Josh McDowell‘s mammoth work on “Evidence that Demands a Verdict,” Lee Stobel’s works, Ken Ham, etc.

Just curious what these bring to the table?  I’m highly intrigued, but don’t want to spring for something that I already have in principle.

Your thoughts?

Walton's work is nothing at all like the books you mentioned. You might think of John Walton's work as a sort of Old Testament version of N. T. Wright. He reads the Old Testament (e.g., creation narrative) through the lens of his patchwork of ancient near eastern literature. 

His basic idea for the creation narrative in Genesis, for instance, is that it teaches a "functional" creation: God assigned functions to already existing things. This reading allows him to say that Genesis and everything that modern science teaches are compatible, since Genesis isn't saying anything about how the universe or earth or biological life came about. (And this is one reason his books have become so popular.)

Thank you.  Quick question:  Does Walton take the view that meshes evolution w. Genesis?  

I have seen this trend in recent years and, IMO, this tact seems to attempt to pacify scientists while still retaining a biblical worldview concerning the origin of the universe.  

Of course, I could be seriosly misinformed, just curious about his view before I spring the pocketbook.

Puddin’ said:

Does Walton take the view that meshes evolution w. Genesis?

My answer to your question might be a little easier to grasp than JRB's-

  Yes.

One of my favorite excerpts from Walton's Lost World of Genesis One (which I highly recommend, especially at this price.) 

<<Q: Isn’t this just really a dodge to accommodate evolution?

  A: The interpretation set forth in this book arose out of my desire to fully understand the biblical text. Understanding evolution and its role is a much lower value. Evolution represents the current scientific consensus to explain the many observations that have been made in paleontology, genetics, zoology, biochemistry, ecology and so on. The question is how much of what is involved in biological evolution runs counter to what I understand to be biblical claims and theological realities. In the interpretation of the text that I have offered, very little found in evolutionary theory would be objectionable, though certainly some of the metaphysical claims of evolution remain unacceptable.

Q: Why don’t you want to just read the text literally?

A: I believe that this is a literal reading. A literal reading requires an understanding of the Hebrew language and the Israelite culture. I believe that the reading that I have offered is the most literal reading possible at this point. Someone who claims a “literal” reading based on their thinking about the English word “create” may not be reading the text literally at all, because the English word is of little significance in the discussion.>>