Bible Study Magazine Cancelled?

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224013#Comment_1224013

Hi MJ,

I think this might be an old advertisement. When I follow the link that you posted, it has a ”Subscribe Now” button. When I click the button, it takes me to my cart with the book added at full price. There is no option to subscribe after clicking the subscribe now button and the book is full price (the coupon doesn’t work).

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224014#Comment_1224014

My guess is they're re-positioning the product. Maybe Lexham Press.

All the pages from the search engines fail.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224029#Comment_1224029

My guess is they're re-positioning the product. Maybe Lexham Press.

All the pages from the search engines fail.

I sure hope so. [:)]

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224039#Comment_1224039

Someone must have seen this thread. The web site is back up.

Ron Ferguson

When I click the link MJ provided it takes me to the Bible Study Magazine page, and says if you scribe you get a free book. So I click the subscribe button and it puts the free book in my cart. You can add the code they give you to get the book free BUT nowhere does it show or give a price for the magazine. I tried last week to subscribe and nothing worked. When I put BSM in the search it took me to buying the old BSM editions. Something is broke or it’s going away.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224084#Comment_1224084

Something is broke or it’s going away.

Agreed. Something is going on. I just visited the magazine’s web site again. There is no way to subscribe to it that I could find.

I just hope it is something like Denise suggested.

HansK

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224088#Comment_1224088

I noticed that Mark Ward is no longer with FL?

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224091#Comment_1224091

I noticed that Mark Ward is no longer with FL?

LinkedIn still has him as the full time editor of the Bible Study Magazine.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224092#Comment_1224092

LinkedIn still has him as the full time editor of the Bible Study Magazine.

Well, that's reassuring. We have an editor. Now to track down his magazine!

Ken McGuire

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224029#Comment_1224029

I have no inside information, nor a rational explanation of what they are thinking. But I will say that it has been my experience that in the past there can be some web page issues with Faithlife right before a major release...

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224141#Comment_1224141

in the past there can be some web page issues with Faithlife right before a major release...

That's for sure ... even into the release. But, we're weeks away from the new prognosticationism estimate. I'm thinking re-org.

But that said (and truly guessing), I've watched the ad pages and presumably revenue (don't know about subscriptions). And there's considerable more text (evangels), and Logos how-to. Either (a) they're running on empty, or more likely (b) they've re-purposed the magazine. Forcing a hard-copy for a long time seemed to be a marketing question (similar to their Amazon entries).

Robert M. Warren

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224151#Comment_1224151

I haven't paid much attention to BSM, but if they were still publishing a paper magazine, you know that's been a bleeder for a while.

Mattillo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224243#Comment_1224243

I have subscribed to BSM for a while. It could definitely be better. I like the articles and how they focus on a topic which is nice and whoever does the graphics and layouts are great. They usually have a how-to in there as well which can be a nice refresher on something.

What I don't like is:

Digital is terrible. They can never seem to keep up with getting digital issues out. Personally, if you subscribe to the paper, you should get the digital at a discount but you'll most likely be 6 months behind... if you are lucky. Currently, you pay full price for both if you do want them and the first 9-10 years have been in PrePub limbo for years.

In the past, the magazine had a special resource you could find if you looked hard enough and get a good discount. They stopped this and now just have a generic discount section that never seems to be worth the effort.

Doc B

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224243#Comment_1224243

if they were still publishing a paper magazine

Problem is, I can't leave a digital copy of a magazine in the student lounge, where dozens of non-Logos users read it.

I can (and do) do that with the paper copy.

Nathan Parker

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224338#Comment_1224338

I canceled all of my Faithlife subscriptions over the past year (Connect, Perks, BSM, MTM). I was interested in signing up for their journal, but I’m not even going to do that now. If they offer it to me free once I start teaching, I may go for it. Otherwise, I’m fine without it.

Looking at the direction Faithlife has been going, they just aren’t putting me in a frame of mind to want to subscribe to services.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224527#Comment_1224527

We are planning to let customers know via email and in the pages of Bible Study Magazine (which is in the final design stages) that this coming Nov/Dec issue will be the last for BSM. I, Mark Ward, am very much still with Faithlife—and am actually moving over to the Word by Word blog to do much the same thing I did for BSM, just more of it: soliciting, editing, and writing articles on Bible-focused topics. We’re making a major push to have more content on Word by Word, and you’ll recognize there some of your favorite columnists from BSM, especially Christa Threlfall (Moment with God), David Barshinger (Bible Study in Church History), and Peter Krol (Knowable Word). Our mission to help Christians dig deeper into Scripture will not change. We’re just moving into the digital medium. Soon, my LinkedIn profile will say “Senior Editor, Digital Content.”

For current BSM subscribers: you’ll get refund and other subscription details in that email. Just hang tight! And make sure you’re subscribed to Word by Word!

Tony Walker

So thankful for you being—and still remaining— a part of the company.

Brad

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224527#Comment_1224527

Thank you for the updates, Mark. I'm thankful that you are still part of the Faithlife Team.

Mattillo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224527#Comment_1224527

We are planning to let customers know via email and in the pages of Bible Study Magazine (which is in the final design stages) that this coming Nov/Dec issue will be the last for BSM. I, Mark Ward, am very much still with Faithlife—and am actually moving over to the Word by Word blog to do much the same thing I did for BSM, just more of it: soliciting, editing, and writing articles on Bible-focused topics. We’re making a major push to have more content on Word by Word, and you’ll recognize there some of your favorite columnists from BSM, especially Christa Threlfall (Moment with God), David Barshinger (Bible Study in Church History), and Peter Krol (Knowable Word). Our mission to help Christians dig deeper into Scripture will not change. We’re just moving into the digital medium. Soon, my LinkedIn profile will say “Senior Editor, Digital Content.”

For current BSM subscribers: you’ll get refund and other subscription details in that email. Just hang tight! And make sure you’re subscribed to Word by Word!

Well that stinks but thank you for the update sir. I'll miss it

Where do we sign up for Word by Word? I'm familiar with it from the magazine but not the digital

Alan Monroe

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224592#Comment_1224592

Will the Bible Study Magazine podcasts continue or will there not be any more of them released after the first of the year?

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224619#Comment_1224619

I should have thought to mention this: the Bible Study Magazine Podcast will not continue, but the kinds of interviews I was doing for it will appear now on Logos Live. I'm not the only host for Logos Live, but I've got interviews planned with Joel Beeke and others—look for it on our social channels, especially Facebook!

I'll make a more personal note in the actual pages of the final BSM, but I'll say here that it's been a real privilege to serve Christ's body through the magazine.

Ben

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224641#Comment_1224641

Glad to see you still here Mark!

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224378#Comment_1224378

Looking at the direction Faithlife has been going, they just aren’t putting me in a frame of mind to want to subscribe to services.

Maybe their new mystery subsidiary will put you in a better frame of mind. FL seems to enjoy rug-pulling.

SineNomine

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224641#Comment_1224641

Will any of these developments affect the BSM stuff in Pre-Pub by any chance?

HansK

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224700#Comment_1224700

Mark, glad to read you a still with FL.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224700#Comment_1224700

Recent BSM issues that were slated for inclusion in Logos are still on that pathway. At this date, I have received no indication from other Faithlife departments that the 20008–2017 BSM collection on Pre-Pub will be at all affected by the closure of the print magazine.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224705#Comment_1224705

HansK, thank you for the kind word!

Ted Weis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224527#Comment_1224527

Word by Word

What is this? Where is this?

NB.Mick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1225064#Comment_1225064

Word by Word

What is this? Where is this?

This is the Logos blog, found under https://www.logos.com/grow/

Mattillo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224527#Comment_1224527

Anyone seen anything about the cancellation or get their refund yet?

Nathan Parker

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1224530#Comment_1224530

I know I’ve sounded a bit negative in my previous posts, so I’ll make a positive contribution in this one.

One feature I did enjoy in BSM when I had it was how BSM interviewed pastors on Bible study and provided some overall useful insights on the current state of the church. This is an area I feel that since COVID, I’ve been a bit “out of touch” with the current state of the church. If Faithlife could offer occasional blog posts where they interview a pastor on Bible study or just provide a n update on the current state of the church, it would be informative to me and make a solid contribution.

It wouldn’t need to be often (once a month or every other month, similar to BSM) would be sufficient, and if there’s a way to pipe such emails into the Faithlife newsletters, great.

Dorothy Pollock

I too was looking and saw this page: https://www.logos.com/grow/bible-study-magazine/