Sermon Starter problems

I've watched the video for the new "Sermon Starter" feature on Logos 5, but I can't seem to get it to work properly.

When I type in "Faith" or "Forgiveness", it simply selects Scripture references about those topics in the search box, so that I don't get results for the word "Faith", but only for pre-determined Scriptures about faith. So it's really no different than searching for results on a specific Scripture reference.

I have upgraded to Bronze, but I had the Leader's version of Logos 4 (with even a few leftover books brought over from a really old Nelson's Bible Reference software I previously owned). I can't imagine that I don't have enough books in my Logos library to actually look up a topic!

Am I doing something wrong?

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Mark Smith

Timothy, welcome to the forums.

Is indexing currently going on?

Here's what you should see (something like this anyway):

Bob Turner

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/423888#Comment_423888

Mark, I am assuming you are correct on his issue. When I first upgraded, Logos was still indexing & it did the same thing to me for the Sermon Starter. Timothy, once Logos is done downloading all resources, & indexing, it works great!

Timothy Yates

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/423888#Comment_423888

There is no indexing going on at the moment. In fact, I've had Logos 5 for a few days now... most updates/downloads/indexing has been done already and I have no notices from Logos in my taskbar or in the program that it is at work in any way.

Yet here is what I see in mine:

There's nothing wrong with those results, but with nothing but Scripture references, it's not different from a normal Scripture search. And, of course, the results I am offered in all of my resources are based on a particular text, rather than a topic... not nearly as handy as what's intended by this feature.

This is one of the features that put me over the line to purchase an upgrade to Logos 5! Hope I can get it working soon!

Tim

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/424242#Comment_424242

This is one of the features that put me over the line to purchase an upgrade to Logos 5! Hope I can get it working soon!

Tim – I would contact Logos by phone if possible. I am not sure if your results are to be expected with your resources or not… hopefully they could clear things up for you.

Matthew Stoll

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/423888#Comment_423888

I have this exact same problem, what resources are necessary for the topic search?

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/486243#Comment_486243

Welcome to the forums, Matthew! Sorry you are having troubles.

I have this exact same problem, what resources are necessary for the topic search?

I believe that you will need the L5 minimal cross grade, or the L5 "bronze" package. Which one do you have?

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/486254#Comment_486254

Matthew & Timothy

I think you are missing dataset(s). Try the command Update Resources (in the Command box at the top).

Mark Barnes

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/486292#Comment_486292

I think you are missing dataset(s).

I'm sure Dave is right. If you click on the help icon and choose 'About Logos Bible Software' you should get a list of all your datasets. If you scroll down you should see a section like this:

Sermon Starter Guide

DB:PREACHINGTHEMES
2013-02-22T17:40:33Z
PreachingThemes.lbsptd

DB:THEMATIC-OUTLINES
2013-02-22T17:48:51Z
ThematicOutlines.lbstod

If yours is different or missing, that would explain your problem. Typing update resources in the command bar, as Dave suggested, should get them downloaded. Note that this can take a long time - several minutes, at least. If you're in a hurry update now is quicker, but update resources is more thorough. Once they're downloaded, restart Logos, and let indexing complete.