Bible Study Builder--So Much Potential

Having tried for years to force myself to like and use the sermon builder, I gave up.

But I want to say that the Bible Study Builder is already quickly becoming my new favorite tool and it has SO MUCH potential to be awesome.

What I like...

Integrated into Logos
Can duplicate previous document so that I can create within a template of sorts.
Blocks are easy to use and move around
Questions are numbered and include notes for me--which are a lot easier to use than PPT notes

What I would like...

Option to create slides
Option to create custom template (rather than using "duplicate" work around)
Option to better manage documents/group into folders
Quotation block
Ability to duplicate block
Ability to create fill-in-the-blank printouts
Ability to export "notes visible" document (ideally with notes displaying in red or bold, etc.)
Pre-loaded questions to relevant to only entered passage (I'm currently getting a pretty wide range)

What I am neutral on...

AI questions...could take them or leave them

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Comments

cshover8669

I second everything you listed.

I would also like for it to see the questions in my Notes. I know I can manually enter them.

I would like to be able to do fill in the blanks, matching, multiple choice, etc.

Thanks for an awesome tool.

Mattillo

Agreed. A few other suggestions I saw around the forums are:

1) Ability to make questions on none bible resources. e.g. a book.

a) Suggested work around is to upload a chunk of the book to sermon builder and use AI to generate questions.

2) More/Better books added and/or the ability to pull questions from non-owned books.

a) Mack's Bible Discussion Guide

b) Thomas Nelson's The Bible Study Bible

3) Bible Study Builder on systematic theology or other topics. There is/was a junior lessonmaker where questions were broken up by subject. e.g. atonement.

Ralph Wood

I too am a real admirer of the new Bible Study Builder. I have seen some posters note that the resources that the feature pulls from are those that only have certain characteristics. I'm sure that I am not the only one that has thought of this, but we can also use Smart Search to come up with questions. My adult Bible Study class is currently studying the Gospel of John using Warren Wiersbe's Bible Exposition Commentary. Here is an example that I just executed for this week:

Question: Using Warren Wiersbe's Bible Exposition Commentary, produce 5 discussion questions for John 4 emphasizing the important truths in the chapter.

Logos Smart Search Answer: Based on Warren Wiersbe's Bible Exposition Commentary, here are five discussion questions for John 4 emphasizing important truths in the chapter:

1. How does Jesus' interaction with the Samaritan woman at the well demonstrate God's desire to reveal Himself to all people, regardless of their background or social status?

2. In what ways does Jesus' offer of "living water" symbolize the spiritual truth He came to share, and how does this relate to our understanding of God as "light" who reveals Himself to humanity?

3. How does the conversation about true worship in "spirit and truth" (John 4:24) challenge our preconceptions about where and how we should worship God?

4. What can we learn from Jesus' approach to evangelism in this chapter, particularly in how He engages with the Samaritan woman's personal life and cultural context?

5. How does the Samaritan woman's transformation from an outcast to an evangelist in her community illustrate the power of encountering Jesus? What implications does this have for our own witness?

These questions aim to explore the chapter's themes of God's self-revelation, spiritual transformation, and the nature of true worship, as highlighted in Wiersbe's commentary.

Kyle G. Anderson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1321439#Comment_1321439

3) Bible Study Builder on systematic theology or other topics. There is/was a junior lessonmaker where questions were broken up by subject. e.g. atonement.

We're working on this right now. It's trickier to accurately associate questions with a topic than it is a Bible reference.

Mattillo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1321490#Comment_1321490

Thanks Kyle and Ralph!

Antony Brennan

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1321103#Comment_1321103

I second everything you listed.

Here’s a link to the resources included for questions in the Builder https://community.logos.com/forums/p/225255/1321605.aspx#1321605