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We Have Unprecedented Bible Access but Rarely Read It. Does It Matter?

Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years.
—Charles Spurgeon

The Bible is the book of my life. It’s the book I live with,
the book I live by, the book I want to die by.
—N. T. Wright

As Christians, the Bible is the most sacred book we have. However, one of the biggest issues today’s churches face is biblical illiteracy. 

Although many people in the United States have access to the Bible, few actually read it on a daily basis. In fact, one study shows that nearly 90% of households in the United States own a Bible,1 according to research from the Barna Group in partnership with the Assemblies of God. (more…)

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More Than a ChMS: Why Your Church Needs an Integrated Ministry Platform

Working in church tech—can you relate?

I’ve been working in church tech since 2015, and I have a confession to make: It’s really easy to lose sight of the Church in my day-to-day work. I have to continually remind myself amid writing copy, thinking up campaign strategies, and sitting through planning meetings that I’m here to serve the Church. This isn’t just a marketing job. What we are doing is empowering churches everywhere to fulfill the Great Commission in the digital age better. Sure, we’re a business. But as a Christian, I recognize this is serious business. [Read more…]

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A Little Word with Big Implications for Bible Study

Dr. Steve Runge explains what to do when you see “for” in the Bible (0:10), and the Logos Pro team shows you how to create custom study Bibles in Logos (3:15).

Keep learning how language works with Dr. Runge

Our understanding of the Greek New Testament is based almost entirely on English translations, but how would our understanding of the Greek text change if we read it for what it is—as Greek?  With the Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament Datasets, we can now get behind the words of the New Testament writers and discover the particular linguistic tasks that inform translation and interpretation.

The Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament Datasets identify discourse markers and perform complex discourse analysis of the entire New Testament quickly, easily, and accurately, which makes them one of the most advanced tools for studying the Greek text of the New Testament. [Read more…]