As many have mentioned here, the best deals to expand your library are usually the base packages. And denominational base packages have been a way to add some good books, even if it isnβt your denomination. With the sale on Logos 7 packages at the end of this month, I want to recommend the following Starter level packages.
Logos 7 Anglican Starter includes NT Wrightβs conversational, New Testament for Everyone commentaries, as well as most of the Goldingay Old Testament volumes. While no commentary series is perfect, these volumes are quite good at bringing some important biblical commentators views to a non-technical audience. You may certainly have some differences from both of these authors, as do I, but to get these books in a starter package is a great deal, in my opinion.
Logos 7 Methodist and Wesleyan includes Socio-Rhetorical Commentary series, which covers most of the New Testament mostly with works by Ben Witherington III. While generally not full technical commentaries, they are much more in depth than the βfor Everyoneβ set. Again, getting a decent modern commentary set in a Starter package is almost self-recommending.
Tired of everything in your library kind of saying the same thing? Try Logos 7 Orthodox, which includes a lot of translations of Fathers who flourished here on earth over a thousand years ago, as well as a few modern works by those who endeavor to speak these Fatherβs wisdom to todayβs world. If for no other reasons, these writings are valuable because they have such different preconceptions than most of what is written today β and as CS Lewis pointed out, that is exceedingly valuable.
The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian body in the world β and quite likely the most polarizing. Verbum 7 Starter lets you see a bit of how they understand themselves. It includes how they have officially theologically defined themselves in the Denzinger, Vatican, and Vatican 2 documents, as well as how to teach it in Youcat and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It has one of the greatest theological systems of Christian history in Aquinasβs Summa, as well as some great devotional works in Classics of Western Spirituality editions. Add in Chestertonβs Orthodoxy, some recent papal encyclicals, some books of Benedict XVI teaching the faithβ¦ It adds up to a very good meal for us Christians for not too much money.
Logos 7 Reformed Starter includes the standard English translation of Calvinβs Institutes by Battles for less than half the price of it separately. So if you do not have it and expect to ever need/want it, pick it up.
Logos 7 Lutheran includes many good historical texts, as well as the student edition of Peopleβs History. It isnβt a bad deal, but I do like the Logos 8 version better since that one includes the one volume Luther Basic Writings, as well as all six volumes of The Annotated Luther instead of only the first two - the only ones available at the time.
