For a class that I will be taking in a few months, I am required to purchase the WORDsearch Preaching Library. Seeing as I already have Logos, this is a little upsetting to have to go a step down (from what I hear), and possibly have duplicates of material. Does anyone have experience with both the Preaching Library and Logos that would be able to tell me if a) there is a way to import the WORDsearch materials into Logos or b) if there is a package within Logos that is the equivalent of the Preaching Library. I would hate to drop another $200+ on something that could be done for a lot less with Logos.
Drew,
I have the WORDSearch Preaching Library I'd be willing to sell you, for cheaper than you can get it from their website.
Please send me an email at 4nbwalburn at gmail dot com.
Drew Sartorius:would be able to tell me if a) there is a way to import the WORDsearch materials into Logos
I dont have any experience with WORDsearch, so I cant be of much help. The only way to import materials is through the "personal book builder" tool, which "compiles" Microsoft word docs (in the .docx format) and turns them into resources you can use in Logos. IF there were a way to take the WORDsearch resources and put them into Word, you would be able to import them into Logos. I cant tell you if that is possible (or legal). NOTE: In all likelihood, you would lose things such as page numbers and hyperlinks, although you could add them in manually (which would be very time consuming). Scripture would automatically be hyperlinked though.
Drew Sartorius:b) if there is a package within Logos that is the equivalent of the Preaching Library.
Do you have a list of resources you could copy & paste? PDF?
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Here is what is included in the Preacher's Library:52 New Testament Sermon Starters A Complete Guide to Sermon Delivery A Minister's Treasury of Funeral & Memorial Messages A Treasury of Great Preaching A Treatise on the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons An All-Round Ministry Anointed Expository Preaching Barbed Arrows Bible Illustrations Series Criswell's Guidebook for Pastors Encyclopedia of 15,000 Illustrations Expository Preaching Feathers for Arrows For the Work of the Ministry Fresh Illustrations Handbook of Contemporary Preaching How to Prepare Sermons and Gospel Addresses Lectures on Preaching Lectures on the History of Preaching Lectures to my Students Letters to Timothy My Sermon Notes Preaching From Paul Principle Preaching Sermon Illustrations from the Bible Sermons & Addresses Sound Biblical Preaching Spurgeon's Farm Sermons Spurgeon's Sermons Standard Sermon Starters Steps to the Sermon The Art of Alliterated Sermons The Making of the Sermon The Pastor's Wedding Manual The Sermon The Star Book for Ministers The Vance Havner Sermon Sparklers Till He Come Bible Humor Top Seven Lists Cantrell's Concepts - Practical Preaching Preparation Cantrell's Splendid Sermon Starters Funeral Sermons and Outlines Homiletical Handbook Lord Teach Us to Pray New Cyclopaedia of Prose Illustrations Pearls for Practical Preaching Preaching Illustrations Vol.1 Today's Best Illustrations Today's Best Illustrations Toolbox for [Busy] Pastors Vance Havner Notebook Vance Havner Quotebook English Standard Version GOD'S Word Translation (GWT) Holman Christian Standard Bible King James Version La Biblia de las Américas Moffatt's New Testament (MOF) New American Standard Bible New International Version (NIV) 2011 New Living Translation New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Revised Standard Version Bible (RSV) The American Standard Version The Amplified Bible The Message The New Testament in Modern English Weymouth's New Testament (WEY) Young's Literal Translation (YLT) An Expositon of the Sermon on the Mount Bible Biography Series: Joseph Edersheim's Life and Times of Jesus Expository Survey of the Scriptures Figures of Speech Used in the Bible Hebrew Syntax Syntax of Moods and Tenses in New Testament Greek Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon The Life of Christ Topics Bundle Was Christ Born in Bethlehem? Thompson Chain-Reference Study Bible Adam Clarke Commentary An Exposition of Hebrews Analytical Bible Expositor Barnes' Notes on the Old Testament Barnes Notes: New Testament Bible Background Commentary Bible Background New Testament Commentary Bible Exposition New Testament Commentary Bible Exposition Old Testament Commentary Bible History: Old Testament Bible Knowledge Commentary Bible Reader's Companion Bullinger's Commentary on Revelation Commentary on Matthew Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans Commentary on St. Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians Explore Biblical Geneologies Exposition of the Epistle to the Romans Expository Pulpit Series - Romans Gleanings in Exodus Gleanings in Genesis Gleanings in Joshua Gleanings in the Godhead Handfuls on Purpose Hard Sayings of the Bible Hitchcock's Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible Hodge's Commentary on 1 Corinthians Hodge's Commentary on 2 Corinthians Hodge's Commentary on Ephesians Hodge's Commentary on Romans Matthew Henry Concise Bible Commentary Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's Commentary John Wesley's Commentary Key Word Commentary Luther's Commentary on Galatians Matthew Poole's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible Practical Illustrations Practical Illustrations Practical Illustrations Practical Illustrations Preacher's Outline and Sermon Bible Commentary: Romans The Apocalypse The Expositor's Dictionary of Texts The Teacher's Commentary Training of the Twelve Treasures from Judges Treasury Of David Ultimate Bible Outline Book Wiersbe's Expository Outlines on the NT Wiersbe's Expository Outlines on the OT Word Pictures in the New Testament Word Pictures in the New Testament: Concise Edition International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Theological Dictionary of the New Testament Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary Figures of Speech Used in the Bible Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary Nave's Topics Practical Word Studies in the New Testament Smith's Bible Dictionary Strong's Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary Synonyms of the New Testament Synonyms of the Old Testament The New Topical Textbook Vincent's Word Study in the New Testament What Does the Bible Say About.. Around the Wicket Gate The Soul Winner A Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament American Quotations/Great American Documents AMG's Encyclopedia of Bible Facts Bible Lands Map Set Dore's Woodcuts Draper's Book of Quotations for the Christian World Encyclopedia of Jesus' Life & Time Encyclopedia of World Religions, Cults & the Occult Historical Geography of the Holy Land Manners and Customs of Bible Lands Photographs of Israel, the Holy Land The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Thompson Chain-Ref Bible Companion Thompson Chain-Reference Bible Photo Library Where'd That Come From? Practical Wisdom For Pastors Answers to Pastor's FAQs Commenting and Commentaries The Minirth Guide For Christian Counselors What the Bible Says to the Minister All of Grace Complete Works of Arminius Creeds of Christendom Dark Night of the Soul Finney's Systematic Theology Grace Holiness Institutes of the Christian Religion Know What You Believe Know Who You Believe Know Why You Believe Luther's 95 Theses Luther's Larger and Smaller Catechism Major Bible Themes Orthodoxy Prepared Defense Sketches of Jewish Social Life St. Paul the Traveler and Roman Citizen Systematic Theology The Existence and Attributes of God The Fundamentals The Great Doctrines of the Bible The History of the Christian Church The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia The Temple The Works of Philo A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life Be A Motivational Leader Be A People Person Be All You Can Be Be The Leader You Were Meant To Be Complete Book of Everyday Christianity Complete Works of EM Bounds on Prayer Complete Works of Josephus Confessions of St Augustine Disciplemaker's Handbook Enchiridion on Faith Hope and Love Foxe's Book of Martyrs Grace Abounding to the Chief of All Sinners How to Apply the Bible How To Pray Humility Imago Christi In His Steps John Ploughman's Talks Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Pilgrim's Progress Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God's Agenda The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life The God of All Comfort The Holy War The Imitation of Christ The Practice of the Presence of God YFC's Practical Christianity A Handbook for Engaged Couples A Handbook for Married Couples When the Vow Breaks Butler's Daily Bible Reading Facts of the Matter From Generation to Generation Lectionary Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Streams in the Desert Two Thousand and Ten Choice Quotations in Poetry and Prose 12 Essential Skills for Great Preaching Engaging Exposition A Primer on Biblical Preaching
I have WORDsearch. There is no comparison to Logos when it comes to functionality. If you buy the books in WORDsearch, you will have little more than the equivalent of PDF copies. You will be able to read the books and make a few notes and conduct a basic search, but compared to the power of the Logos platform it is extremely limited.
I don't know how costs compares or if Logos has all of the books you need, but if you already use Logos, I would highly recommend that you purchase the books in Logos, even if they cost you more. That is just my opinion, from someone who has both.
Drew - Unfortunately, I saw a number of resources which aren't in any of the cheaper base packages, and a few that Logos doesn't even offer.
Have you spoken with your prof to see if there are any exemptions?
Ok. I did some of the work for you. Some of the resources are available in Logos but not all of them. Below are some links to some of them in Logos but I did not go through each and every resource you listed. You may want to ask what resources are essential to your class and see if Logos has them.
http://www.logos.com/product/16055/the-12-essential-skills-for-great-preaching
http://www.logos.com/product/3799/streams-in-the-desert
http://www.logos.com/product/377/morning-and-evening-daily-readings
http://www.logos.com/products/search?q=Lectionary+
http://www.logos.com/products/search?q=%22Butler%27s+Daily+Bible+Reading%22
http://www.logos.com/product/6977/when-the-vow-breaks-a-survival-and-recovery-guide-for-christians-facing-divorce
http://www.logos.com/product/7994/the-practice-of-the-presence-of-god
http://www.logos.com/product/215/the-imitation-of-christ
http://www.logos.com/product/210/the-holy-war
http://www.logos.com/product/329/paradise-lost
http://www.logos.com/product/4284/john-ploughmans-pictures-more-of-his-talk
http://www.logos.com/product/1115/in-his-steps
http://www.logos.com/product/7423/a-complete-guide-to-sermon-delivery
I have tried contacting the school as a whole, but I haven't got a reply yet. I won't know who the instructor is until a few days before the class starts and I would prefer to not wait that long. Seeing as the class is an intro to homiletics class, I highly doubt 90% of the books included will be used. I think my best bet might be finding a few that overlap between Logos and WORDsearch and buying the Logos version individually. Thanks for the help!
Hey Drew, what school are you attending? Just curious...
Drew:
It's possible to convert WorsSearch format to Logos by way of a PDF to Docx. I've done it on a few resources from WordSearch's little brother, BibleExplorer. But that resource list would take you 300 million years and, as alabama24 (RTR!) said, you would not have a lot of Logos functionality.
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Why the rush? Is there any reason to figure it out right now? I would wait until you can contact the instructor to find out exactly which books you need.
I am attending Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. The only reason I am so rushed to get this done is because the assignment that would be due at the end of the class (preaching and recording a sermon) will have to be done by week 3 since I already have a preaching date scheduled. I have about 8 weeks until I preach, so I would like to get the resources ASAP and basically start my class early on my own.
I see.
Usually for those kind of classes, it's not a requirement to have the sermon preached at a church service, i.e. you could simply preach it in a classroom on a Saturday afternoon with a handful of people in attendance. I would recommend doing your sermon towards the end of the term. I think it kind of defeats the purpose of learning in the class and integrating it into your preaching if your final project is complete by week three of a sixteen week semester. You'll probably get a better grade too.
Drew Sartorius:I am attending Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
I would guess that the requirement for WORDsearch is due to its built in comprehensive sermon organizer and word processor. The word processor generates html flies which are portable and easily submitted for grading.
"As any translator will attest, a literal translation is no translation at all."
Paul Golder:The word processor generates html flies which are portable and easily submitted for grading.
Can't you do the same with Microsoft Word?
Kevin Maples: Paul Golder:The word processor generates html flies which are portable and easily submitted for grading. Can't you do the same with Microsoft Word?
Obviously you can, hence the design philosophy of Logos.
Although one does gain an interactive relationship using the internal WS word processor that would be harder to achieve with Word.
Paul Golder: Kevin Maples: Paul Golder:The word processor generates html flies which are portable and easily submitted for grading. Can't you do the same with Microsoft Word? Obviously you can, hence the design philosophy of Logos. Although one does gain an interactive relationship using the internal WS word processor that would be harder to achieve with Word.
What does the underscore mean? You lost me on that one....
Paul Golder:Obviously you can, hence the design philosophy of Logos.
Good point about the differing philosophies of WORDsearch and Logos.
Paul Golder:Although one does gain an interactive relationship using the internal WS word processor that would be harder to achieve with Word.
I haven't used that feature in WORDsearch, so I don't really know how interactive it is. I doubt that it would be enough to justify using WORDsearch instead of Logos.
Kevin Maples: Paul Golder:Obviously you can, hence the design philosophy of Logos. Good point about the differing philosophies of WORDsearch and Logos. Paul Golder:Although one does gain an interactive relationship using the internal WS word processor that would be harder to achieve with Word. I haven't used that feature in WORDsearch, so I don't really know how interactive it is. I doubt that it would be enough to justify using WORDsearch instead of Logos.
If you have never used it how do you know? isn't that like saying "I don't like corvettes because they handle terribly, but I have never driven one." - ?
[where's LaRosa?, he needs to comment here...........]
Room4more:If you have never used it how do you know?
I just haven't been impressed at all with WORDsearch. So I'm not interested in trying anything else in it. I'm sticking with Logos.
BTW: How did you know I've never driven a corvette?