Index of Bible Studies
Several weeks ago I started making an index of Bible studies in Logos: sermons, meditations, outlines, commentaries that are not marked as commentaries, etc. - anything that would not show up easily in the passage guide. The attached file can be compiled as a Personal Book in Logos. The aims are to help me when I prepare material on a given passage, but also to get to know some of the books in my library that I would otherwise not look it. The index is far from complete and is not perfect, but since others in the forum have mentioned they were thinking of doing something similar, I though I would share what I have done so far, so that we do not duplicate our efforts. Others can insert what I have done, just as I would be happy to included what others will do.
Naturally, an index like this depends upon your own library. I have listed books that I have (Platinum in Logos 4 and Logos 5, plus various extras from Logos and third parties), so you may find that some of the links lead to books you do not have.
As time permits, I will try to add more books to this index, and if so I will post updated copies later on.
Richard Wilson
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If you tell me the message you get after the regsvr32 command, maybe I could still help.
Richard Wilson
I was working from memory, but the memory wasn't good. Now that I have had an opportunity to check, I realised I gave you the wrong comand. You need to look for the file logoscom.exe. On my computer, it is in the c:\users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Logos\System\ folder. On your, it might be in the g:\logos\system\ folder, but it depends on how you managed to move your Logos installation to the G: drive. So the command to try is
regsvr32 path\to\folder\logoscom.exe
In your case, probably
regsvr32 G:\logos\system\logoscom.exe
but you need to check that the exe file is in fact in that folder.
Richard Wilson
I'm afraid I'm stuck. The problem is that Logos is not registered with Window, the cause is probably the customised installation, but I do not know how to fix the problem. Sorry.
Richard Wilson
I tried to load this as a personal book, but it wouldn't let me. Said it wasn't a true Word document. I guess maybe because there are links in it. I don't know much about this kind of stuff.
Larry,
are you sure you used the correct file? I'm attaching it (just downloaded from Richard Wilson's April 2015 post and built as bible commentary without issues save two warnings in the log), just in case:
Have joy in the Lord! 
If Logos says it was not a true Word document, the most likely cause is that there was a problem with the download that corrupted the file. Try downloading it again.
Richard Wilson
I have added another 2300 references to my Index of Bible Studies, from the books I have obtained in the last couple of years. The Index Bible Studies.docx file can be added to Logos as a personal book, or you can use the program in the MyIndex.zip file (unzip all the contents, both files are needed for the program to run) to create a personal copy of the index of Bible studies that contains only the books that you own. There are more instructions on using these two files in previous posts in this thread
Richard Wilson
Thank you Richard. This is my most used PB.
Thanks Much!
Thank you Richard. This is my most used PB.
I have to agree, that this Index is extremely useful, in many ways the MOST useful.
Build it as a Commentary and...
1. add it as a shortcut
2. add it to a Linkset (watch miracles happen)
3. add it to a passage Guide to make the Guide more useful yet (Create a tag or Collection of Indices) -- I don't prefer this method.
Thank you very much. A very helpful pb
I have added another 2300 references to my Index of Bible Studies, from the books I have obtained in the last couple of years. The Index Bible Studies.docx file can be added to Logos as a personal book, or you can use the program in the MyIndex.zip file (unzip all the contents, both files are needed for the program to run) to create a personal copy of the index of Bible studies that contains only the books that you own. There are more instructions on using these two files in previous posts in this thread
Dear Richard,
Thank you very much for your formidable job!!!! As other brothers already said, this is one of the most used PBB´s in my library. I have a bilingual library (English / Spanish) but so far I get the index only for the English resources. It will be possible to modify your routine to catch resources in other languages apart of the English one?
I understand that this is your personal project, but it will be great to have this fabulous index for all resources in all languages.
Thanks again for sharing it with all the community.
Blessings,
The problem is that I create the index manually - when I have a new book, I go through it to look for suitable references, and copy the bookmarks to my Word file. If I don't have the book in Logos, I can't create the bookmark that is necessary. And I don't have many Spanish books in my library. The only possibility would be if someone else who owns these books created the bookmarks and sent them to me, and then I could insert them into my Word file.
Richard Wilson
That's nice. Some intense work has gone into finding and compiling all these resources.
I have updated my Index of Bible Studies. This contains links to sermons, meditations, outlines, journal articles, and more that do not appear in the Passage Guide. (Exception: some sermons now appear in the Passage Guide, but did not when I started, and I thought I would not remove them.) It is useful especially when preparing Bible studies or sermons on a certain passage, to find more ideas on the passage from your library that you could use.
To install the Index, download the Index Bible Studies.docx file, then use the Personal Books tool of Logos to create a new personal book. You can use whatever title you like, but it is best to set the type to "Bible commentary". On page 3 of this thread you can find a book cover that you can optionally use.
The index contains the books in my Logos library – there is a list at the end of the Index Bible Studies.docx file. Naturally, I can not include books that are in your library but not in my. However, it is possible to exclude books that are in my library but not in yours, which makes the resulting personal book easier to use. But only in Windows; the Mac version of Logos does not allow it. To do this, download and unzip the MyIndex.zip file. There should then be two files in a directory. Start the Index Bible Studies.exe program, which will open Logos (if it is not already open), read the names of all the books in your library, and then create a file My Index Bible Studies.rtf in your Documents directory. Open that file in Word or another word processor, and then save it as a docx file. Then create a personal book from that docx file.
This new version of the file has about 54,000 links to resources, about 7,000 more than the previous version at the beginning of the year. These are mainly from the Platinum library, which could be used freely for a few weeks recently, and a few other resources, mostly the free and heavily discounted ones.
Richard Wilson
Richard
Thank you for keeping up with this index. It's a great tool.
God bless you.
Richard
Thank you very much!
God bless
David
I have updated my Index of Bible Studies
I cannot tell you how thankful I am for this. It is one of the most useful tools I have in Logos and just today I logged on wondering when it was last updated. What a huge surprise to see that you have just updated it. Thanks so much
Thanks! I agree this is quite useful.
I echo these sentiments. This is a marvelous resource. I am quite grateful that you would go to the trouble to package it in such a manner that we can all benefit!
Start the Index Bible Studies.exe program, which will open Logos (if it is not already open), read the names of all the books in your library, and then create a file My Index Bible Studies.rtf in your Documents directory. Open that file in Word or another word processor, and then save it as a docx file. Then create a personal book from that docx file.
This is great, thanks. Super helpful. Now I need to find a Windows machine somewhere to generate an index for my own library...
Richard Wilson, thank you for this amazing resource!!!
Here is another update to the Index. It contains another 1,500 links, mainly to the journals that are in Portfolio (thanks to a Connect trial), and free or very cheap books in the past six months. Read my message at the bottom of the previous page of this thread for instructions on how to use it.
Richard Wilson
Thanks again, Richard.
I am getting an error in compiling.
Getting the books in your library runs fine.
Creating your index of Bible Study is when the error appears. The message states:
Error finding your books. Probably Logos was closed. Please restart the program and do not close Logos.
Logos is not and does not close, so I am unsure what is causing the problem. I tried 3 times.
Any suggestions?
Richard. This is a real gift. Thanks for your generosity
I get the same error when I run your exe file. I tried erasing the previous index file I created last time and got the same error. It seems to work through all my collection and then gives the error. Following that it did indicate it was indexing but the index file was the old one.
Here is another update to the Index. It contains another 1,500 links
Thanks!
Have joy in the Lord!
Sorry about that! There was one extra space in the file, that the MyIndex program could not cope with. Here are the corrected versions.
Richard Wilson
Thanks Richard, but I am still getting the same error
Thanks Richard, but I am still getting the same error
I don't know, it is working for me now. Are you sure you are running the new version? The program "Index Bible Studies.exe" should be dated June 9 at 0.27am. (Although I'm not sure if the date and time get translated in a different time zone, but in any case the minutes should still be 27. The previous version has 53 minutes in its time stamp.)
Richard Wilson
Yes I downloaded the latest and ran that one. I wonder if there is a cache that I need to clean out or something. I note that I tried the old version that worked a year ago and got the same error yesterday. So that might indicate that some cache might need to be cleaned out.
Richard, this really is an incredible help.
Just for the fun of it, I ran a Logos concordance against my compiled PB and found you now include 56,875 references - for some reasons, the concordance only assigns 54,685 of those to the 1,689 books indexed. I do wonder if it is possible to build a collection of those books, also to find books that are not yet in the index and maybe create supplemental information to it.
Incidentally, I saw that I don't own the book with the most number of references in the index (one homily for a verse from every chapter of the bible), which reads like a great resource and goes for only $18:
Have joy in the Lord!
So I identified the problem. Once I disabled bitdefender antivirus, the program compiled correctly. Thanks again Richard for keeping this updated.
In addition, Richard, I had no problems with this latest version. Thanks again!!
Thanks Richard !
Incidentally, I saw that I don't own the book with the most number of references in the index (one homily for a verse from every chapter of the bible), which reads like a great resource and goes for only $18:
Our Daily Homily is an important book in the Index, as it means that there is at least one link for every chapter, and so I can put a milestone tag for every chapter. There are still some chapters with only one link in them, for example Leviticus 27, Numbers 18, and 2Chronicles 4.
Richard Wilson
Richard, this updated file does look amazing and I look forward to using it. Thanks.
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Thanks Richard for your excellent work..! [Y]
Wow!! Thanks, Richard. This is a work of art! I appreciate the extraordinary amount of time you took to compile the data.
My log file showed:
[Error] Font 'Cambria' is not a valid font for use in resources.
[Warning] Unknown data type in use: topic+topics
I'm not sure that this is a serious thing, but just wanted to let you know.
thanX!! again
{charley|
Logos Max on HP Elite Tower 600 G9 x64 Desktop PC 32 GB Windows 11.
[Error] Font 'Cambria' is not a valid font for use in resources.
[Warning] Unknown data type in use: topic+topics
The first one started turning up in all Personal Books last December. Nobody knows why, but it is harmless. See
https://community.logos.com/forums/t/154964.aspx
https://community.logos.com/forums/t/155354.aspx
https://community.logos.com/forums/t/157141.aspx
The second, according to https://wiki.logos.com/PB_%E2%80%93_Warnings_$26_Errors#Unknown_Datatype , is because the Personal Book links to books that you do not have. If you want to avoid this error, you can create a personal Index of Bible Studies that contains only the books you own. The previous messages in this thread explain how to do that.
Richard Wilson
Thanks, Richard! Now that you mention it I remember the font issue. And no problem on the personal index.
{charley}
Logos Max on HP Elite Tower 600 G9 x64 Desktop PC 32 GB Windows 11.
Yes, this adds inestimable value to any library. It should be 'sticky'd' to the top of the Files forum for new users to see and for everyone to be reminded to rerun after every base package/bundle purchase.
macOS (Logos Pro - Beta) | Android 13 (Logos Stable)
Thanks again Richard!
Logos should use your work and index all these resources!
Or maybe just hire you!
I agree
Here is an update to my Index of Bible Studies, with the addition of the contents of a couple of Logos 8 packages and a few other books I have added to my library. I will repeat here the instructions to use it:
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This file contains links to sermons, meditations, outlines, journal articles, Bible study guides, and more that do not appear in the Passage Guide. (Exception: some sermons now appear in the Passage Guide, but did not when I started, and I thought I would not remove them.) It is useful especially when preparing Bible studies or sermons on a certain passage, to find more ideas on the passage from your library that you could use.
To install the Index, download the Index Bible Studies.docx file, then use the Personal Books tool of Logos to create a new personal book. You can use whatever title you like, but it is best to set the type to "Bible commentary". On page 3 of this thread you can find a book cover that you can optionally use.
The index contains the books in my Logos library – there is a list of the included books at the end of the Index Bible Studies.docx file. Naturally, I can not include books that are in your library but not in mine. However, it is possible to exclude books that are in my library but not in yours, which makes the resulting personal book easier to use. This is possible only in Windows; the Mac version of Logos does not allow it. To do this, download and unzip the MyIndex.zip file. There should then be two files in a directory. Start the Index Bible Studies.exe program, which will open Logos (if it is not already open), read the names of all the books in your library, and then create a file My Index Bible Studies.rtf in your Documents directory. Open that file in Word or another word processor, and then save it as a docx file. Then create a personal book from that docx file.
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A few statistics: there are now 1730 Logos resources included and almost 60,000 links, with more than 3,000 new links since the previous version in June. Most of these new links come from one resource, Handfuls on Purpose, which now has the record of being the most linked resource (1791 links). Second with 1189 links is Our Daily Homily, then the Keller Sermon Archive with 1179. The Spurgeon Sermon Collection actually has more links (3667), but in Logos they are divided between 63 different resources.
Richard Wilson
Here is an update to my Index of Bible Studies, with the addition of the contents of a couple of Logos 8 packages and a few other books I have added to my library (...) there are now 1730 Logos resources included and almost 60,000 links
Thanks a lot!
My L8 concordance even claims it's 1742 works with over 60k references. This work is a great gift to our community! Thank you for updating it.
Have joy in the Lord!