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Vyrso Is Now Faithlife Ebooks


Faithlife’s Vyrso Ebooks has changed its name to Faithlife Ebooks.

Effective February 1, the change makes it even easier to identify with the larger company and our broader mission—using technology to equip the Church to grow in the light of the Bible.

We’re also expanding the Faithlife Ebooks catalog with even more original content from Lexham and Kirkdale Press, including fiction and non-fiction from trusted Christian authors.

Faithlife began in 1992 with a computer program for searching the King James Bible in plain text. That soon morphed into Logos Bible Software, with mobile and desktop applications used by pastors, church workers, academics, and Bible students worldwide.

Today the Faithlife family includes everything from Logos Bible Software to Faithlife Proclaim (church presentation software), Faithlife TV (family-friendly video), Logos Mobile Education (theological education), and more.

Learn more about the new Faithlife EBooks now.

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How To Brag on God & Feel Good About It

This guest post by Elizabeth Vince is excerpted from Moment with God: A Devotional on Every Biblical Book.

Childhood lessons about the consequences of bragging have stuck with me. As I learned about humility and modesty, I became afraid of being seen as conceited. When presenting myself at a job interview, I was hesitant to speak of my successes. I was especially careful when I talked about my faith or told people about God. I didn’t want to offend their beliefs. I didn’t want to come across as a know-it-all Christian.

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Merry Christmas from All of Us at Faithlife

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Till, ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

And in despair I bowed my head;
“There is no peace on earth,” I said:
“For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!”

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead; nor doth he sleep!
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men!”

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What to Watch with the Family this Christmas

Ready to lounge around with the family this Christmas?

Here are some family-friendly movies, shows, and series you can stream free all week long—all available with a free 30-day trial of Faithlife TV Plus.

God Came Near
Let Max Lucado prepare your family’s heart for Christmas in these six messages based on his bestselling book God Came Near. Filmed at a beautiful church in Blockley, England, it features engaging stories about Simeon, Joseph and Mary, the real Saint Nicholas, and more.

Charting Christmas
Why do we celebrate Christmas on December 25? How did Saint Nicholas become Santa Claus? Why do we have Christmas trees? Charting Christmas provides answers to these questions and many more as it explores the history of the holiday.

The Birth of Jesus
Draw your children into the biblical story of Jesus’ birth. Based on J. L. Hurlbut’s Story of the Bible, this short film features lovely animation and engaging storytelling that will capture the heart and imagination of any child.

The Ride
It’s Christmas Eve in the suburbs of Chicago, and a tired taxi driver reluctantly accepts one more passenger. He soon suspects that the man has dangerous plans to harm himself. As he intervenes to help, grace intervenes in the life of both men in this Dallas Jenkins film.

Storm
When his father is arrested for printing a forbidden letter written by controversial reformer Martin Luther, 12-year-old Storm escapes with the original. On the run from authorities, Storm finds unexpected help in his bold fight for freedom.

Get these movies and hundreds more with a free 30-day trial of Faithlife TV Plus—a premier Christian video library for students, families, and Bible enthusiasts.

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Anticipate Christ’s Birth, the Light in the Darkness

For a limited time, everyone in the Logos Bible Software Faithlife group can access Rick Brannan’s Anticipating His Arrival: A Family Guide Through Advent.

Just follow the Logos Bible Software Faithlife group to get full access to the book through December 31. When you click “Follow,” the book will be automatically added to your library.
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Introducing the New Faithlife Study Bible App


When you’re reading Scripture, sometimes you want a clean, undistracted look at God’s Word.

Other times, you need to go a level deeper: glance at a commentary, do a word study, compare biblical passages, or even dig into the Greek or Hebrew.

Now you can do either—or both—right on your phone or tablet.

Introducing the newest version of the Faithlife Study Bible app. It’s been completely refreshed to make it simple to go as deep as you want, whenever you want.

Whether you need to answer a question on the fly during small group or are squeezing in some personal study on your lunch break, the intuitive new interface makes switching between distraction-free Bible reading and in-depth Bible study faster and easier than ever.

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Join us for Advent 2017!

For a limited time, everyone in the Logos Bible Software Faithlife group can get a free copy of Rick Brannan’s Anticipating His Arrival: A Family Guide Through Advent.

Just follow the Logos Bible Software Faithlife group to get full access to the book through December 31. When you click “Follow,” the book will be automatically added to your library.

And if you’d like to read along with the group, just join the reading plan that appears in the feed right after you begin following.

This devotional provides daily Scripture readings along with discussion questions—and answers. This is key: many Christian parents who have run family devotions know the experience of dutifully asking prescribed questions in a devotional but not quite knowing what the author was getting at. Brannan leads the reader along.

The readings in Anticipating His Arrival are brief, manageable for busy families. Rick tells a few relatable stories—like the time his family anticipated his own father’s arrival back from a military deployment—but he keeps the focus on the Bible, reading it and then understanding it.​

Through the month of December, get access to this insightful advent resource for free! Just visit the Logos Bible Software Faithlife group and select “Follow.”

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Relive the Rise of the Young, Restless, and Reformed

Calvinism has made a comeback in recent decades. In fact, in certain church circles it’s become the new cool.

Calvinist, the much-anticipated documentary from Les Lanphere (whose Kickstarter for the film met its goal in three days and surpassed it by more than double), tells the remarkable story of how this came to be.

Mixing live interviews and animation, Calvinist describes how changes in American Christianity over the past several decades set the stage for Calvinism to find new roots. Featuring R.C. Sproul, Paul Washer, Shai Linne, Tim Challies, and other Christian leaders and teachers, it explains what Calvinists believe, why it matters, and where the movement is going.

Watch the trailer.

Buy Calvinist now for unlimited streaming on Faithlife TV. Faithlife TV is free for anyone, and Calvinist is just $19.95.

Calvinist is perfect for individual viewing or small group discussion, since it digs into the nature of salvation and our role in it. Not everyone may agree, but everyone will be challenged to think and dig deeper for answers in Scripture.

However you watch it, Calvinist is sure to captivate you and make you look with fresh eyes at Calvin’s 500-year-old legacy.

Buy Calvinist now through Faithlife TV for unlimited viewing.