Bible Study Workbook - Verbum/Logos or iBooks?

I'm pretty new to Verbum and only just bought the Starter package. However, I've had the Ignatius Bible and Commentary for a few months prior to that and have been just reading through the Bible with the Commentary scrolling in tandem. So far so good.

I'm in a Protestant small men's group and we're about to start Forgotten God by Francis Chan. During our last study I was using the Goodnotes app on my iPad with my Apple Pencil to take notes and answer end of chapter questions with the text in a companion window in iBooks (side by side windows, Goodnotes in one and iBooks in another, which you can do in iOS 11 with the iPad Pro).

I was about to buy Forgotten God and it's accompanying study guide in iBooks when it occurred to me I might be able to buy this on the Protestant Logos site and use it in Verbum. And sure enough both are available at Logos.

I can cut and paste out of iBooks into the Goodnotes app on the iPad and use the Apple Pencil to write out answers to the workbook questions. I know I can't use the Apple Pencil to write anything inside the Verbum iPad app. (Except for using it as a pointer for the keyboard.) Would I be able to cut and paste sections out of the book's text in the Verbum app and into Goodnotes? Or is there a better way to utilize the workbook all inside the Verbum iPad app?

Just trying to figure out the best way to do this and which "ecosystem" to buy the book/workbook in.

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Graham Criddle

Would I be able to cut and paste sections out of the book's text in the Verbum app and into Goodnotes?

Technically you can do this - there may be copyright questions.

Or is there a better way to utilize the workbook all inside the Verbum iPad app?

I don't have the workbook so don't know exactly how it is structured but you could look at having the book and the workbook in split-screen mode so that both are visible at the same time. You could - presumably - then type into the workbook while still being able to see the original text.

And for Bible references you could have another panel which you could easily switch between.

Does this help at all.

And any reason why you are using Verbum as opposed to the Logos app? It doesn't really affect this question but just interested!

Patrick Fleischmann

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/973484#Comment_973484

I'm going to have to look at the functions more. I didn't realize that I could type in the actual workbook. I just thought it would be a static book of text like the Bible or any Commentary.

Book, Workbook and Bible in 3 different panels would be difficult on a 9.7" iPad Pro. While the desktop version of Verbum is much more conducive to such a setup I'm mostly doing things on the iPad app - it's just a lot more portable.

I'm using Verbum because that is what I started with - I'm Catholic and that's really the FaithLife application geared towards Catholics. I just happen to be involved in a Protestant men's study group and we're doing a Protestant book. I don't think the functionality is that different to warrant having BOTH the Logos app AND the Verbum app loaded on either my desktop or my iPad. That would also result in a lot of resource duplication - 2 copies of my Bibles and so forth. I think FaithLife has their applications built so that various faiths can pull down resources from other faiths and all those resources are seamless across all the FaithLife applications. I don't think there would be much IF ANY benefit to looking at Forgotten God in Logos instead of Verbum.

SineNomine

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/973494#Comment_973494

I don't think there would be much IF ANY benefit to looking at Forgotten God in Logos instead of Verbum.

You're right.

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/973494#Comment_973494

I'm using Verbum because that is what I started with - I'm Catholic and that's really the FaithLife application geared towards Catholics. I just happen to be involved in a Protestant men's study group and we're doing a Protestant book.

That makes total sense - thanks for indulging my curiosity.

to warrant having BOTH the Logos app AND the Verbum app loaded on either my desktop or my iPad

Agree about the desktop but I find it useful having both on my iPad. I tend to use the Verbum app at the moment for devotional reading and the Logos app for other types of study. It just helps me keep things slightly separate

Book, Workbook and Bible in 3 different panels would be difficult on a 9.7" iPad Pro. While the desktop version of Verbum is much more conducive to such a setup I'm mostly doing things on the iPad app - it's just a lot more portable.

Agree - but you could probably get away with having the book and the workbook on a "split pane" so you can see them both at the same time.