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     Contents

Products

Articles

General

The Time Machine of the Nineties!

A New Generation of Software

A Feature List That Doesn't Quit!

Looking for Something?

Take a Note

What's Next?

System Requirements

Distribution

School's Around the World

Add-ons

It's Greek to Me...

TVM Module Opens a Window

Nave's Topical Bible

News

Logos History

Logos Relocates

Using Logos in Sunday School

Logos a Valuable Tool for Truck Ministry

Logos Research Systems to Update CD Word

Westminster Seminary finds Logos Bible Software a Good Fit

CedarNet Goes On-line with Logos Bible Software

Excitement Running High in Canada - High Hope Sales


   Logos Products

Click on any product to get an overview of it.  (The descriptions are the same descriptions on the back of our boxes.)

Base Packages

Logos Version 1.6 The Base Package

(see also - Logos v1.6 is a Significant Upgrade)

Dual Version Bases

Family Bible Software

Add-on Modules

English Bible Texts

New International Version

New Revised Standard Version

New King James Version

New Century Version

American Standard Version  - 1901

Revised Standard Version

Foreign Language Texts

Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia

Greek Four Pack

Nestle-Aland 26th Ed.(UBS 3rd)

Byzantine Majority Text

Textus Receptus - Scrivener's 1891

Textus Receptus - Stephen's 1550

(See Also - It's Greek to Me...)

Staten Vertaling  - Dutch

Reina Valera Actualizada  - Spanish

Reference Tools

Nave's Topical Bible

(See Also - Nave's Topical Bible is a Valuable Study Tool)

Tense, Voice, Mood

(See Also - TVM Opens a Window)

Companion Products

Logos Bible Crosswords

Logos Bible Atlas


Time Machine of the Nineties
Logos is the Time Machine of the Nineties!

Reclaim the time that defeats your best intentions. Apply advanced technology to research Bible texts more thoroughly in less time, with greater impact and more enjoyment. Earn the satisfaction that comes from careful study and thorough preparation.

Logos Bible Software Version 1.6 represents the present state-of-the-art in Bible study software! This is a brand new, high speed, written-for-Windows program that works with you all day.  KJV base package options include:

KJV

Strongs numbers

Strongs enhanced dictionary, (English definitions to Greek and Hebrew words)

500,000+ cross references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Optional dual version base adds the NIV, NKJV, NRSV, RSV, or the ASV at a special savings. Add-ons include:

Four Greek texts

BHS Hebrew

Naves Topical Bible

Tense, Voice, Mood (TVM) Verb parsing

New text and reference releases every month.

Related Articles

A New Generation of Software

A Feature List That Doesn't Quit!

Looking for Something?

Take a Note

What's Next?


A New Generation of Software

Logos Bible Software Version 1.6 for Microsoft Windows represents a new standard for a whole new generation of high performance Bible study tools designed to take full advantage of Microsoft Windows. More than an electronic Bible, Logos is a library of fully integrated Bible versions and reference works. Over the next year Logos plans to offer more than fifty new titles on both disk and CD-ROM as well as full integration of the famous, recently acquired, CD-WordLibrary. It is no wonder since its introduction in 1992, Logos Bible Software has become a standard in colleges, seminaries, and schools in both the United States and other countries. Logos is no-compromise software. English is selectively displayed as individual verses, paragraphs, or poetry. Greek and Hebrew are displayed in their native fonts with diacritical notation and vowel pointing. With powerful tools for the English Bible student as well as the scholar versed in original languages, Logos offers a seamless growth path that rewards the efforts of both the beginning student and the professional. Some have likened Logos to an onion that may be peeled back to show ever deeper layers. We call this design attribute, layered complexity. As the user grows in experience, it appears that the product grows also.


A Feature List that Doesn't Quit!
A Feature List that Doesnt Quit!

Logos Bible Software for Windows offers features you just wont find in any DOS-based application at any price. Windows opens up a new world of functionality and Logos takes full advantage of it. Display the text in any font, any size. Print to any printer, from dot [image] matrix to PostScript. Use Dynamic Data Exchange and Dynamic Verse Insertion to call Logos from any Windows word processor, desktop publisher or database. Specify a range of verses, and import the verses without leaving the application. Click on the Icon bar for instant access to most frequently used functions. Press the Help button for context-sensitive, hypertext help. Open more that a dozen passage windows at once. Link and synchronize multiple passage windows with a simple click and drag of the mouse. Double-click on a cross reference and jump to it. Double-click on a Strongs number for an instantaneous dictionary definition of the Greek or Hebrew. Organize verses, personal notes and references and print out complete ready to use reports without the need of a word processor.


Looking for Something?

Logos is the only Bible study software, on any platform, with three different search technologies. You cant study the text if you cant find it and with Logos you can find it fast. If you want to look for a single word, just type it in. Dont worry if youve forgotten [image] how to spell Zerubbabel give Logos Zorrobubble and it will find it. Need to search for a combination or set of words? Type Jesus or Christ within4 Paul and find every reference to the Savior within four verses of references to Paul. Simple [image] searches take only a AND, OR, ANDNOT, wildcard, proximity, and parenthetical precedence searching, its right there too.  You can even search for the Strongs numbers that are embedded in the KJV version of the text and view the results, in context, in any version. Searching in Greek? No problem. Type in logos and the program will tell you this is not a correct form, at the same time displaying suggested correct forms. Choose logo" and continue the search.  If youre looking for an exact phrase, use Logos fully case sensitive Phrase Search. And if you just cant seem to find what youre looking for, use the incredibly powerful Approximate search to find even the most vaguely recalled phrase. (Search for I press on towards the prizes and find Philippians 3:14: I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.)Of course, all of the different search types can be used together to find exactly what youre looking for. You can even search your own footnotes along with the text.


Take a Note

Do you write in the margin of your Bible? Do you use scraps of paper as bookmarks and cross references? Logos helps you keep it all on-line for ready access, quick lookup, and powerful exporting. Attach notes to individual verses, set cross references between verses, and maintain topical indices of related passages. Want to keep a finger in a page? Just click to set a bookmark and Logos will remember it.  Logos is designed to help you organize your Bible study. You can store any number of note files and topical indices, and Logos will quickly print them for you, with or without the associated text, in any version. Need to bring your work into your word processor? Logos integrates seamlessly with all popular Windows word processors with its exclusive DVI (Dynamic Verse Insertion.) Logos also includes DDE templates for Word for Windows and Ami Professional that allow you to specify and call up verses into your document without leaving the program. Use Logos powerful export feature to bring over large portions of text, topical indices, notes, or cross references.


System Requirements

Besides the type of processor you are using and what version of Windows you have, there are two major areas of concern.

The first is your system memory or "RAM", which stands for Random Access Memory.  These are chips that are installed in your computer that allow it to operate.  The more RAM you have the faster your computer will be.  Logos requires at least 2 Megabytes (as does Windows), but we recommend 4 Megabytes for smooth operation.

The second area is your hard drive space, or permanent storage.  The amount necessary depends on which Logos products you are installing.  See the list below for specific requirements.

IBM compatible 286 or better computer

At least two megabytes of RAM

Microsoft Windows 3.0 or higher or OS/2.

Hard Drive Requirements

Logos single version bases - 9 MB (megabytes)

Dual version bases - 12 MB

Full Bible Add-ons - about 3 MB

Greek New Testaments - 1 to 1.2 MB

Hebrew Old Testament - 2.2 MB

Nave's Topical Bible - 2.1 MB

TVM - 30 KB  (.3 MB)

Logos Bible Atlas - approx. 9 MB


Family Bible Software
Family Bible Software (Single Version Bases)

Logos Bible Software is available in a text-only package with your choice of:  KJV, NIV, NCV, and NRSV.  These packages will accept all Logos add-on modules including TVM (when upgraded to include the Expanded Dictionaries for the Old and New Testaments).


King James Version - Base Package
Logos Version 1.6 The Base Package

The King James Version, also known as the Authorized Version,  is still the most widely used text in the English language. The Logos KJV includes the Strongs Numbers which allow English readers to identify and search for underlying Greek and Hebrew words in the original text. Definitions are found in Strongs Expanded Dictionary which is based on the Thayer Greek Lexicon and the Brown, Driver, Briggs Hebrew Lexicon. To complete your study system add The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, one of the most comprehensive set of cross references ever compiled, consisting of over 572,000 entries.


Dual Version Bases

The Logos Base Package King James Version is available with additional English Bibles as a "dual version base."  Version 1.6 base packages include the King James Version, Strong's system with Enhanced Lexicon, and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.  Additional bibles available are:  NIV, NRSV, NKJV, NCV, RSV, and ASV.


American Standard Version
American Standard Version - 1901

The ASV 1901 has long been regarded by many scholars as the most literal English translation since the King James Version, maybe the most literal translation ever. This has made the translation very popular for careful English Bible study, but not for ease of reading. While the KJV was translated entirely from western manuscripts, the ASV 1901 was influenced also by the older eastern manuscripts that form the basis for most of our modern translations. Now very difficult to find in print, Logos is pleased to be able to preserve and distribute this significant work. This is an excellent choice for comparative English study.


Byzantine/Majority Text
Byzantine Majority Text

Coming from the western manuscript tradition, the Byzantine majority Greek text is a theoretical text. Put together from hundreds of fragments and pieces, it represents the text that agrees in the numerical majority with most, it not all, known western manuscripts and partial manuscripts. It is from this family of western or Byzantine texts that the King James Version and the Dutch Staten Vertaling came into being.

The New Testament in the Original Greek According to the Byzantine/Majority Textform Edited by Maurice A. Robinson and William Pierpont. Copyright 1991 The Original Word Ministries, Inc.


Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia

Often referred to as the Masoretic Text or simply BHS, this is the Hebrew text most widely used today. It is the basis for nearly every modern Bible translation. Containing both full diacritical annotation and vowel pointing, it is the text of choice in most seminaries, Bible colleges, and universities.

K. Elliger, Editor. A revision of Kittle, Biblia Hebraica, prepared by H. P. Ruger and other scholars on the basis of the Leningrad Public Library manuscript B 19A Copyright 1984 by the United Bible Societies. Used by permission.


Nestle Aland Greek Text
Nestle-Aland Greek Text

Sometimes referred to as the critical text or the eastern manuscript tradition, this is the Greek text most widely used today. It is the basis for nearly every modern Bible translation in the past one hundred years. It is the text of choice in most seminaries, Bible colleges, and universities. The Greek text is identical to that of the Nestle-Aland 26th edition.

The Greek New Testament Kurt Aland, Matthew Black, Carlo M. Martini, Bruce M. Metzger, Allen P. Wikgren, editors. UBS 3rd Edition (Corrected) Copyright 1966, 1968, 1975, 1983 by the United Bible Societies. Used by permission.


Nave's Topical Bible
Naves Topical Bible

Naves is the best known and most comprehensive topical Bible, containing over 20,000 topics and sub-topics with over 100,000 scripture references. Combined with Logos Bible software Naves becomes more useful than ever. Select a Naves topic and use the mouse cursor to click on any of the scripture topical references and Logos will immediately display the text in single or multiple Bible versions. With Logos Bible Software you can even use the Naves topic as a search parameter. For example, search for the word love within the verses associated with the Naves topic marriage. Copy search results to topic lists or word processor.


New International Version

The NIV has become the best selling English Version of the Bible since the King James Version. The NIV follows the principle of dynamic equivalence to insure crystal clear understandable English. The NIV may be the most readable English Bible ever produced.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, International Bible Society. All rights reserved.


New King James Version

The New King James Version is a total update of the 1611 King James Version. Every attempt has been made to maintain the beauty of the original version while updating the English and grammar to a contemporary and readable style. It is noteworthy that the NKJV is one of the few modern translations still based on the western or Byzantine manuscript tradition. The New King James Version is a valuable aid to comparative Bible study.

Copyright 1982 Thomas Nelson Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.


New Revised Standard Version

The original Revised Standard Version served as a standard for nearly forty years. The New Revised Standard Version maintains the traditions of the older version with fresh new vocabulary and modern English construction.

Bible Copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used under license authority of Thomas Nelson Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.


Revised Standard Version

The original Revised Standard Version has served for more than forty-five years. The standard English pew Bible for many denominations, the RSV has become a benchmark for comparison to other English Bibles.

Bible Copyright 1946, 1952, 1971, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. All rights reserved.


Reina Valera Actualizada
Reina-Valera Actualizada

The New Reina-Valera Bible (RVA) is the latest in the long line of revisions of the classic Casiodore de Reina Bible of 1569. This edition is based on the 1909 revision and uses the best Hebrew and Greek texts available today. The RVA uses a contemporary language that people can understand throughout the Spanish speaking world.

Copyright 1982, 1986, 1987, 1989 by editorial Mundo Hispano.


Greek Four Pack

All the Greek texts are available in our Greek Four Pack.  This includes the Nestle-Aland, Byzantine Majority, Stephen's, and Scrivener's texts.


Textus Receptus - Scrivener's 1891 (Greek)
Textus Receptus - Scriveners 1891 (Greek)

Coming from the western or Byzantine manuscript tradition, the Textus Receptus 1891 Greek text is the corresponding Greek text to the 1611 King James Version of the English Bible. The Scrivener text is a modified Stephens 1550 Textus Receptus in which changes have been inserted to represent the alternate majority readings chosen by the KJV translators.  The intention was to re-create a Greek text that exactly matched the translator modified 1550 text and the resulting English version. This is a valuable add-on to the Logos Bible software library and a useful text for comparison for those with proficiency in Greek.


Textus Receptus - Stephen's 1550 (Greek)
Textus Receptus - Stephens 1550 (Greek)

Coming from the western or Byzantine manuscripts tradition, the Textus Receptus 1550 Greek text is best known as the basis for the King James Version or Authorized Version of the English Bible completed in the year 1611. Today with most modern English translations based on the eastern manuscripts there is renewed curiosity and interest in the western text. This is a valuable add-on to the Logos Bible software library and a useful text for comparison for those with proficiency in Greek.


Staten Vertaling - SV-(Dutch)

The Staten Vertaling Dutch translation is a first cousin to the English King James Version (Authorized Version) and like the Authorized Version was completed in the early 1600s. Both the KJV and the SV shared common source materials. Like the KJV it is regarded as a classic work and is in use to this day.


TVM -Tense, Voice, Mood

TVM is a database of parsings for every verb in Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia Hebrew and Nestle-Aland, Byzantine- Majority, and Textus Receptus 1550 Greek texts. Verbs forms are assigned numbers like Strongs numbers. The parsings are based on two 19th century works edited by George V. Wigram, Analytical Greek Lexicon of the New Testament and Englishmans Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament. When the TVM function is enabled, TVM numbers are displayed side by side with Strongs numbers. Clicking on the first number displays the root form and meaning. The second number parses the verb.


New Century Version

The NCV, also published as the International Children's Bible, is a new translation from the Greek and Hebrew, whose primary objective is "language simplicity." The result is a trustworthy translation with enormous readability. This is a Bible that can be comprehended at a third grade instructional level. It is also the ideal translation for readers with English as their second language.

New Century Version, Copyright 1986, 1988 by Word Publishing. All rights reserved.


What's Next?
Whats next?

The Logos plan is to develop a Microsoft Windows based library of research materials

representing a broad range of Bible texts in both original languages and modern languages, and a reference library including the Church Fathers, The Reformers, English and American Puritans, eighteenth and nineteenth century commentaries as well as contemporary licensed works.  The product line also includes a family title, Logos Bible Crosswords, and will be expanding into multimedia in the future.  Logos has an ambitious plan to release new product add-ons every month. Call to check on current offerings and new releases.


School's Around the World
Logos Bible Software is the Choice Around the World...

Bryan College  -  TN Cedarville College  -  OH Covenant Seminary  -  MO Dallas Theological Seminary  -  TX Eastern Pentecostal - Canada Institute of Biblical Studies  -  NJ Master's Seminary  -  CA  New Brunswick Theological Seminary  -  NJ Northwestern College  -  WI PCB (Philadelphia College of Bible)  -  PA Regent University - College of Admin/Mgt.  -  VA Regent University - School of Divinity  -  VA Westminster Theological Seminary  -  PA Asbury Theological Seminary  -  KY Communication Center  -  NC	Discipleship Center  -  ID Emmanuel School of Religion - TN Faulkner University  -  AL Florida College  -  FL Knox Theological Seminary  -  CO L.I.F.E. Bible College  -  CA Lincoln Christian College  -  IL Milligan College  -  TN New Beginnings Bible College  -  WA Pacific Christian College - CA Revealed Truth Bible Institute  -  DE Southern Evangelical Seminary - NC Tyndale Theological Seminary  -  TX Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary  -  WI
...and many more!

Logos Research Systems has the most aggressive academic site licensing program in the industry. We are committed to education and believe that students should have full access to the best tools for Bible study. Let us know if there are any schools in your area that would be interested.  Please call for more information.


Nave's Topical Bible -- Article
Nave's Topical Bible is a Valuable Study Tool

What is a topical Bible? Yes, I have been asked this very question.  I was surprised to find that many people are not familiar with topical Bibles. A topical Bible is one of the most useful tools ever compiled for Bible study. The idea is quite simple. You can create your own topical Bible. Its that easy. This is what you do. Think of a subject that the Bible deals with, any subject, like for example prayer. Write the word prayer at the top of a clean sheet of paper. Now read through the Bible, Genesis to Revelation, and copy every verse or passage that deals with prayer onto your paper. Make sure you keep the verses in canonical order. (the order of the books in the Bible) Now repeat the procedure for the next 2,000 topics that come to mind. Ask your friends to help and maybe you can think of more than 2,000 topics. When you have completed all your topics, arrange them in alphabetical order. Now all you have to do is find a publisher. Another good idea would be to make several copies of your work, each done with a different modern Bible version for the Bible text. This way you can satisfy everybody.  A topical Bible is nothing more than lists of verses by subject. Topical Bibles are based on the principle that scripture interprets scripture. Topical Bibles contain little or no commentary. They just let the scripture speak for itself. Where interpretation creeps in is in the choice of verses. Two different topical Bibles on the same subject may have different lists of verses. Thats also a good reason to obtain more than one. Topical Bibles are great time savers. Their even better on computers.  On a computer the topical Bible is more useful than was ever possible in print. A computerized topical Bible like the Logos module Naves Topical Bible has all the verse references without being tied to a particular text. You chose the text version when you look up the references. You can even show multiple texts, side by  side for comparison as you scan verses for your chosen topic. This is a clear case of the computer adding power to familiar tools. With Logos you can also use the chosen topic as a search delimiter. For example, you could ask for all occurrences of the name Peter within five verses of the names Jesus or Christ among the verses listed under the Naves topic prayer. Try that without a computer. At Logos we are so pleased with the usefulness of Naves that we are going to go ahead and publish at least two additional sets of Topics, R. A. Torreys New Topical Textbook, and the original Thompson's Chain reference. These additions, combined with Naves will give unparalleled search power for topical study.  The Logos version of Naves Topical Bible preserves all the original text of the Book, not just the Bible references. The underlined text represents hypertext links to Bible verses and other Naves topics.


Logos Distribution
Logos Bible Software International Distribution

Canada High Hope Sales PO Box 1599 Assiniboia, Saskatchewan Canada  S0H 0B0 (306) 642-3520	Sweden Vision Data Systems Östra Vintergatan 6702 24 Örebro, Sweden Voice: (46) 019 101014 Fax: (46) 019 106363
Europe (English Versions Only) Hodder & Headline Publishers 47 Bedford Suare London, WC1B3DP England Voice: (44) 071 636 9851 Fax: (44) 071 631 5248	Australia The Bible Society in Australia, Inc. Locked Bag 3 Ingleburn, NSW 2565 Australia Voice: (02) 605 7822 Fax: (02) 605 1010
New Zealand Barbian Enterprises 26 Covil Avenue  Auckland 1208 New Zealand (64) 9 834 5028

...and worldwide.  For more information on international distribution of the Logos Bible Software family of products, please contact:

Logos Research Systems, Inc.

2117 200th Ave. West

Oak Harbor, WA 98277-4049

(Contracts are pending for distribution in Germany, Korea, and the Netherlands.)


TVM Opens a Window
TVM Module Opens a Window

In recent months Logos TVM has become a best seller. Despite that success many people are confused by the name and the significance of this program. TVM stands for Tense, Voice, Mood. Yes this is just like the tense, voice and mood of your forgotten English grammar except that in this case there is an unusual twist. In this case you are reading an English Bible version to obtain a Greek or Hebrew verb parsing.

Without ever learning Greek or Hebrew you can not only name the Greek or Hebrew word underlying the English word, but you can accurately determine its tense voice and mood. Whats more, you can check the current passage for other occurrences of the same combination of tense voice and mood. See patterns in the text that only Greek and Hebrew scholars had access to in the past. This may be the most powerful grammatical study tool ever offered to the English Bible student and its easy to use!

TVM works exactly like Strongs numbers. Turn on Strongs numbers and then select TVM numbers from your menu. Strongs numbers will appear in brackets like <03542>. TVM numbers will appear beside each Strongs number that represents a verb.

TVM numbers are in square brackets like this [7765]. Double click on the Strongs number to identify the verb and the TVM number to parse the verb. TVM even include a short grammatical description of each tense, voice and mood.

TVM numbers are completely searchable, too. The TVM search dialog even allows you to search with wildcards; it is possible, for example, to search for every occurrence of a given tense and voice with any mood.

TVM opens up entire new opportunities in Bible study. Like all Logos products, TVM is offered with a thirty day money back guarantee.


It's Greek to me...
It's Greek to Me....

Why does Logos offer four different Greek texts? The reasons may or may not be familiar to you. It all revolves around the issue of the missing Autographs.

The Mystery of the Missing Autographs!

The mystery of the missing autographs may not be a mystery at all. By autograph we mean the original manuscript written by the original author, for example, Pauls letter to the Romans written and hand signed by Paul. This document was probably passed around so many times and copied so many times that it finally fell apart or got lost among its own copies. The point is, we dont have any known autographs, just copies and copies of copies and the copy machines in those days had legs and could walk.

The Apostle Got in His Boat and Sailed Off in all Directions...

The manuscripts and their copies spread throughout the entire known world. Those manuscripts that went north and west became known as Byzantine or western texts. Those that traveled south and east became known as Alexandrian or eastern texts. These are the two basic text families.

More Scribes Prefer the Northwest

The manuscripts that propagated in the north and west were copied extensively as Christianity spread throughout Europe. The manuscripts in the south on the other hand were copied infrequently and spent centuries in storage. As a result there are many recent (middle ages) manuscripts in the west and a few ancient (third or fourth century) manuscripts in the east. These eastern manuscripts were re-discovered in the 1 800s with the result that nearly every Bible translated since that time has been based on the older eastern manuscripts to the near total abandonment of the western manuscripts of the middle ages. Many manuscripts make one text. Collections of manuscripts and manuscript fragments are necessary to put together whole testaments and whole Bibles. It takes a complete collection to make a text. The best known western text is the Textus Receptus. The best known eastern text is called the Critical Text. It is also known by the names of the scholars who have worked on the text, including Wescott and Hort, Nestle-Aland and Metzger. The Textus Receptus is the basis for the King James Bible and the Critical Text is the basis for virtually every Bible translation in the last 100 years since the eastern manuscripts were rediscovered.

Which Text is the Correct Text?

Let us be perfectly clear. We dont know! There are many books written on the subject of which family of texts more accurately reflects the original autographs. We do not take a position as a tool provider. We do know this. It is easier to study the issue with a full set of tools. Thats why we provide the two principle texts plus the theoretical Byzantine Majority text and the Scriveners Textus Receptus. These are described below.  The New Testament In the Original Greek According to the Byzantine/Majority Textform- Edited by Maurice A. Robinson and William Pierpont. Copyright 1991 The Original Word Ministries, Inc. Coming from the western manuscript tradition, the Byzantine majority Greek text is a theoretical text.  Put together from hundreds of fragments and pieces, it represents the text that agrees in the numerical majority with most, it not all, known western manuscripts and partial manuscripts. It is from this family of western or Byzantine texts that the King James Version and the Dutch Staten Vertaling came into being.  The Greek New Testament- Kurt Aland, Matthew Black, Carlo M. Martini, Bruce M. Metzger, Allen P. Wikgren, editors. UBS 3rd Edition (Corrected) Copyright 1966, 1968, 1975, 1983 by the United Bible Societies. Used by permission. Sometimes referred to as the critical text or the eastern manuscript tradition, this is the Greek text most widely used today. It is the basis for nearly every modern Bible translation in the past one hundred years. It is the text of choice in most seminaries, Bible colleges, and universities. The Greek text is identical to that of the Nestle-Aland 26th edition.  Textus Receptus -Stephens 1550 (Greek)Coming from the western or Byzantine manuscript tradition, the Textus Receptus 1550 Greek text is best known as the basis for the King James Version or Authorized Version of the English Bible completed in the year 1611. Today with most modern English translations based on the eastern manuscripts there is renewed curiosity and interest in the western text. This is a valuable add-on to the Logos Bible software library and a useful text for comparison for those with proficiency in Greek.  Textus Receptus -Scriveners 1891 (Greek)Coming from the western or Byzantine manuscript tradition, the Textus Receptus 1891 Greek text is the corresponding Greek text to the 1611 King James Version of the English Bible. The Scrivener text is a modified Stephens 1550 Textus Receptus in which changes have been inserted to represent the alternate majority readings chosen by the KJV translators. The intention was to re-create a Greek text that exactly matched the translator modified 1550 text and the resulting English version. This is a valuable add-on to the Logos Bible software library and a useful text for comparison for those with proficiency in Greek.


Using Logos in Sunday School

When we travel to conferences and shows we usually bring along our overhead projector and VGA computer projection panel. The panel which looks like a picture frame with thick glass rests on the overhead where a transparency would normally be placed. Liquid crystal embedded in the glass panel functions as a VGA monitor through which the light passes with the result, an eight to ten foot computer screen projected on the wall or screen. With a P. A. system we have demonstrated to as many as 150 to two hundred people at one time.  Following along this idea I decided to use the projection panel to do real live Bible teaching with audience participation. The result was that I taught a quarter of Sunday School using the computer and allowing group participation. This gave me some real first-hand experience using the tool in public. These are my results:  1. The group loves to work with the computer program.  2. The group can use the computer to chase rabbits and get off the subject.  3. As we used reference works like the Hebrew/English Dictionary, Strongs numbers and Naves Topical Bible I became aware that this was a first time experience for many people who never had bothered to learn how to use these books effectively.  4. We found that group-based note taking is a very effective tool for keeping people together in synchronization.  5. We found that most people never stray from their favorite text and the experience was great for exposing them to various texts. Logos encouraged a new interest in comparative study.  6. We found the entire exercise gave people a new respect for the Word of God.  7. We found that it takes a different kind of preparation to be able handle the rapid give and take and not to loose sight of the lesson plan.  8. We found the response very enthusiastic and a general desire to continue.  Dale Pritchett is Logos VP for sales and marketing.


Logos to Update CD WordLibrary
Logos Research to Update CD WordLibrary

DALLAS, TX  Logos Research Systems, Inc. CDWordSoftware, Inc., and Dallas Theological Seminary have announced a working agreement whereby Logos Research Systems will upgrade the highly acclaimed Bible study software program CD WordLibrary for compatibility with Microsoft Windows (TM) 3.1.  Logos and CDWord Software will upgrade CD WordLibrary to work with all future versions of Windows, and will also enhance the product by adding more Bible texts and reference works, such as the morphological Hebrew text developed by Westminster Theological Seminary. The combined efforts of Logos Research Systems and CDWord Software will provide an on-going development team to create a single Windows 3.1 interface for many different Bible study programs. We see Logos Bible Software and CD WordLibrary as a single program with an accompanying upgrade path, said Dale Pritchett, vice president of sales and marketing for Logos. The user of a Logos program will be able to move right into the CD WordLibrary program on a single learning curve because the program will be the same. All that will change is that there will be more text available to study, Pritchett said.  Mr. Jim Bolton, president of CDWord Software, in announcing the agreement, said that Logos Bible Software for Microsoft Windows (TM) represents a new standard for a whole new generation of high-performance Bible study tools, designed to take full advantage of the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface. We believe the Logos software system will become a standard in the Bible software field and we are pleased and excited to make this announcement., Bolton said.  This strategy reflects the common vision shared by Logos, CDWord Software, and Dallas Theological Seminary of a family of Bible study applications, fulfilling the needs of all Bible students from the novice to the most advanced scholar. CD WordLibrary and Logos Bible Software, both designed with the same objective and goal of being state-of-the-art computer Bible study tools, have been critically acclaimed in the Bible software market. The combination of the two systems will produce a great interactive Bible study system in a category by itself, Bolton explained.  Dallas Theological Seminary supports the Windows 3.1 upgrade. Using the Logos system puts us on the way to making CD WordLibrary the program we envisioned several years ago, said Dr. Darrell Bock, professor of New Testament at the Seminary.

Software Upgrade Policy

Logos and CD WordLibrary will upgrade for free all customers who purchase CD WordLibrary from either Logos Research Systems or CD Word Software after July 1, 1992. Moreover, Logos will have an upgrade program for all users of Logos Bible Software when the new version is made available.

Logos Research Systems, Inc.

Logos Research Systems, Inc. develops and markets Logos Bible Software, a high-performance Bible study program for the Microsoft Windows (TM) operating system. It brings the latest technologies in computer software to the age-old principles of Bible study. Logos features powerful searching, printing, and export capabilities along with the ability to take notes, set and follow cross-references, build topical indices, as well as the Strongs Enhanced Lexicon and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge cross references.

CD WordLibary Features:

Hypertext from any word in any text to any other references of this word in any other work, including maps and charts. Automatically parse any Greek word in the Greek New Testament and Septuagint. Access hundreds of detailed maps, charts, illustrations, graphics, and diagrams. View and compare two or more Bible texts and commentaries at the same time and scroll them simultaneously. Search and view dozens of new texts not included in the original release.  The package will be a merger of CD WordLibrary and Logos Bible Software, providing users with a flexible, expandable system and allowing Logos Research Systems to release enhancements and new texts on a much more rapid time table then ever before.  The dynamic indexing scheme allows new texts to be added to the hard drive and smoothly integrated with CD-ROM based materials, improving CD Word-Librarys speed and flexibility.

Availability

The new CD WordLibrary / Logos v2.0 project will ship by the end of this year. According to Bob Pritchett, president of Logos Research Systems, Weve increased the development staff by 150% and are focusing all our efforts on getting CD WordLibrary out the door. Were taking care to develop a solid, flexible platform for the future, and we believe that the extra time we take now will pay off in the future.


Logos History
Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why

A Brief History of Logos

Logos Research Systems, Inc. was founded in the summer of 1991 by Bob Pritchett and Kiernon Reiniger. Bob and Kiernon were introduced to each other at church by someone who knew they both worked at Microsoft. They became good friends, shared a common interest in the Bible, and at some point decided to create a Bible software program for Microsoft Windows in their spare time. They promptly signed a moonlighting agreement with Microsoft and worked on the software more or less as a hobby on their own time.  The original version of Logos Bible Software was developed in the Spring and Summer of 1991. By Fall of 91 they began to sense that they might have a commercially viable program. Further investigation lead them to think their technology was ahead of most of the long-term players in the field who had not switched to Windows. Sensing a window (no pun intended) of opportunity, they asked Dale Pritchett to join them to take over sales and marketing. The product went on the market just before Christmas in 1991. Logos Research Systems, Inc. was incorporated in the beginning of January 1992. By mid January, Bob and Kiernon both decided to leave Microsoft to work on Logos full time. In that first year Logos released two major upgrades and secured a position as the Windows technology leader for Bible software products.

A direct hit!

According to Dale Pritchett, Vice President for Sales and Marketing, Our software must have hit a bulls eye because we entered a crowded market with over thirty established products none of which performed just the way we thought things should work. Apparently there were a lot of people out there who agreed with our vision and were just waiting for a product. We finished the year with the bills paid and no long term debt. Logos had a great first year and it looks like an even more promising second year.

Logos is an Automated Library With a Master Control!

Logos is a library of totally integrated Bible study tools written for Microsoft Windows. Logos Bible Software represents a learning system revolving around a core retrieval and display engine. From the users standpoint, the Bible with its organization of books, chapters, and verses becomes an index almost like a Dewey Decimal System to the entire world of Bible related materials, religious and non-religious. So Logos becomes a master control, or switch board, to Bible Dictionaries, word studies, commentaries, historical maps, atlases, anthropology, archaeology, historical works, art, music, and even satellite photography. There is no end to the growth potential. So many fields of endeavor and so much literature over the past two thousand years has referenced the Bible. Every one of these intersects creates a product opportunity for Logos. The core material itself is voluminous. There are so many Bible versions in so many languages including original languages like Hebrew and Greek. We want to publish as many as possible. Already we have four Greek texts and one Hebrew text. The beauty of Windows is that we can display Greek as Greek and Hebrew as Hebrew and Korean as Korean etc. We can write and display left to right and right to left. We can display all these different languages simultaneously for comparative and linguistic study. We find the user is most satisfied when he can find what he is looking for. We assist user queries with both spelling aid as well as phonetic sounds like technology. We can animate maps and graphs. We can play music. We can show clips from TV and film. We can do things we havent even realized yet. But we do know this, Logos is the first company to build such a Bible centered study system. We have just released our third version of Logos. Each successive version adds more pieces of the vision.

Logos Continues to Grow!

Recently we acquired CD-WordLibrary. CD-Word-Library, as the name suggests, is a CD-ROM containing a library of hundreds of megabytes of Bible research material. Developed at a cost of nearly two million dollars, in 1990, CD-WordLibrary was a product ahead of its time. It came to market when CD players cost a thousand dollars and a good computer cost four to five thousand dollars. Now CD players are as low as $198 and compatible computers can be bought for $700. By late fall we hope to release a new multimedia version of Logos on CD incorporating all the CD-WordLibrary data. We believe that with the addition of CD-WordLibrary to our present store of copyrighted and non-copyrighted materials, we will offer the single largest collection of Bible study materials ever assembled for the PC.

Logos Begins Where Others Leave Off!

We begin where others end. For the past ten years there has been an endless succession of DOS based Bible concordance programs for Bible verse searching. This concordance feature while serving as the single unifying function in all Bible software, delineates the departure point to the next generation of software We are passing out of the novelty or  toy phase into the tool phase. Here are a few examples: We now have the potential to search and display any Bible text, partial or whole, in any language, with or without Apocrypha, with or without notes, cross references, or translators comments, left to right format or right to left format. We use full Boolean and proximity operators. (AND OR XOR ANDNOT WITHIN#) We employ a tagging system that allows English users to parse Greek and Hebrew words underlying the English text. We use both spell checking and phonetic algorithms to assist in searches in all languages.

Spend Your Time Learning the Bible, Not the software!

As to the human factor, we offer a seamless learning curve and ease of use. Like a good restaurant, we want grade school children and post-grad scholars, old and young to feel confident. We do not produce simple products. We stress layered complexity.  Peel back the layers like an onion and grow with the product. This approach allows us to develop, at the one end of the spectrum, Bible crossword puzzles and games, and at the other end, morphological textual analysis for scholars and linguists.

Logos Takes Care to Offer Quality Source Materials!

We pursue academic creditability. Our software has found acceptance among liberals and conservative, Catholics and Protestants. We are accepted at leading schools and seminaries because we take the subject seriously and use unaltered texts and manuscripts in the form the publishers intended. We invite scholarly review and criticism. We support original text languages such as Greek and Hebrew. We not only display Greek and Hebrew accurately in correct TrueType and Adobe Type fonts (which we include), but we license the precise texts, reference works, and cartography most demanded by scholars. We allow users to import and export multi-lingual texts to their word processors and desk top publishing systems. This makes us very popular with religious writers.

Who is the Target Audience for Logos?

The target audience for Logos is all people of all ages who share an interest in Biblical studies. This would include a broad spectrum similar to the spectrum of people who like to fly airplanes or fly in airplanes. Some, like pilots and aircraft designers, might be considered professionals while others just take the ride for necessity, curiosity, or real pleasure. In the analogy the clergy and academic types might represent the professionals and everyone else may be lumped together as the passengers, but Bible enthusiasts like passengers come from all walks of life and every imaginable background. We sell to Doctors, Dentists, school teachers, plumbers, mechanics, linguists, writers, professors, clergy and students. About half of our customers have some full or part-time vocational connection to a church, youth organization, mission, school, or library. The balance of our customers transcend all efforts at description. There are religious and non-religious buyers. There are archaeologists, historians, writers, researchers and curiosity seekers. At Logos, we welcome them all because we believe that through the Bible, God speaks to mankind, corporately and personally. Our task is to draw men to His Word.


Logos used in Truck Ministry
Logos a Valuable Tool for Truck Ministry

Deliverance Ministries Fellowship is a Centralia, Illinois-based ministry to truck drivers. Robert A. Wright, the founder and overseer of the ministry, uses Logos to quickly find Biblical material for use in teaching and answering students questions.  "Ministering to drivers in truck stops across America brings us in contact with persons of various religious backgrounds, requiring us to have a vast resource and support system available as the proverbial cloud of witnesses right at our fingertips during our teaching sessions.  "It is our earnest commitment to provide precise, accurate and timely information to our students. By having at our fingertips complete and cross-referenced information we no longer have to have delays. This benefits the student in that his or her spiritual questions and needs can be met now when it is needed the most. The trucking students are in transit which generally may cause delay and it is difficult in many cases to communicate back and forth regarding their questions. Logos was designed so well to meet ministry needs and has been a true blessing.


A Profitable Relationship
"A Profitable Relationship"

Westminster Seminary Finds Logos Bible Software a Good Fit

by Jeanne Reppert

(PHILADEPHIA)

In 1929 in the midst of the modernist religious movement in the United States Westminster Seminary was formed by four men who were determined to maintain Biblical study and scholarship at its highest level of integrity.  In the ensuing years Westminster developed a reputation among seminaries and scholars as a leader in Biblical studies with a particular emphasis on the study of the original Greek and Hebrew languages.  Finally, in 1983, computer technology was introduced to the great Biblical tradition of Westminster Seminary.

Logos software is profitable investment for campus bookstore

Computer technology and in particular the Logos software has become an integral component of the learning process at Westminster Seminary in several ways. Westminster students, most of whom arrive at Seminary equipped with a computer, utilize Biblical software to enhance and augment their studies in a number of different subjects.  For many students, Logos has become the software of choice. In the Campus Bookstores first few months of selling the Logos product, this program has sold to the tune of $10,000.00 in retail sales to about 40 students and other members of the Westminster community.

How computers are helping students

Logos English Bible software with its various concordancing tools helps students to do word studies and cross references for Biblical-theological papers. The product also saves the student hours of tedious copying of the Hebrew and Greek text for homework and translation assignments by printing the text in select passages and customized formats through a resident word processing program.  Most importantly, for students who in the past have spent hours searching for Greek or Hebrew words in lexicons, Logos offers a tense/voice/mood module which helps the student to discern the particular grammatical form of each words.  As students hone their translating skills with the assistance of the Logos program, they not only alleviate the stress of Bible translation, but they also are introduced to a valuable exegetical tool.  This tool will be one that they take with them to their future pulpits and teaching experiences in the pastoral ministries for which they are preparing.

Westminster Bible scholars provide intense research

It has not only been Westminster that has benefited from the Logos software.  Because of the high regard for scripture shared by Logos and Westminster, there has been stimulating interchange between Logos and Westminster Seminary.   It began in 1983 when Professor J. Alan Groves, Director of Academic Computing at Westminster, undertook a project to edit the machine-readable texts of the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia encoded by the University of Michigan and the Claremont Institute of Christian Antiquities.  After four years and 20,000 corrected errors Professor Groves with his staff at Westminster completed the edited version of the electronic Hebrew Bible.  This data was the data that Logos was able to incorporate into their own Bible software programs, thus producing the BHS module of Logos Biblical Software.  The next step in this process for Westminster began in 1987 and was again under the direction of Professor Groves.  This time he and his staff began to develop a morphological text for the electronic Hebrew Bible, providing morphological identification of every Hebrew word.  This project was completed in another four years and will soon be incorporated into the Logos product lineup.

Future plans for the Westminster Computer Center

Presently Professor Groves is developing data for a syntactical analysis of the Hebrew Bible.  This work has launched Westminster from its original project oriented approach to a vision of an expanded center for computerized Biblical studies with an international array of participants.  This project will incorporate the study of the Bible on computer with current scholarship in hermeneutical fields of study such as discourse analysis and linguistics.

An ongoing relationship

Hopefully, the combined efforts of Westminster and Logos have chipped away what is only the tip of the iceberg in the study and application of technology to Biblical studies and theology.  Westminster Seminary looks forward to a long and profitable relationship with this cutting edge software company.  Westminster Seminary - Church Road & Willow Grove Avenue - Glenside, PA 19038 - (215) 887-5511


CedarNet Goes Online
CedarNet Goes On-line With Logos Bible Software

Students take their seats, pulling notebooks from backpacks. The professor steps up to the overhead projector, and class begins. But in this classroom, the overheads are on computer, and the LCD projector is plugged into a network connector in the wall. This professor is using the latest high- tech instructional equipment to show students how to do their own research with state-of-the-art software. A graduate course in physics? A special seminar for engineering majors? Note this is a first-year course at Cedarville College called Introduction to Bible Study. The software is Logos.

When the administration at Cedarville College invested in a campus wide computer network, they had in mind much more than a few PCs placed around campus for the pocket-protector crowd. They realized that the best way to move Cedarvilles quality curriculum into the twenty-first century would be to completely integrate computers into all areas of instruction. The first phase of CedarNet, a truly campus wide network, was installed for the fall 1992 term, linking 300 dormitory rooms with the college computer center, library, classrooms, faculty offices, and computer labs. By the fall of 1993, approximately two- thirds of on- campus students will have network workstations in their rooms, and the rest of Cedarvilles 2,200 students will have access to computers in easily accessible labs.  At a college where high-tech programs like nursing or engineering often get much of the attention, one of the first departments to come on- line was the Department of Biblical Education. In a special chapel service in May 1992, one of two academic departments showing students the benefits of network software was the Bible department, using Logos. All the Bible faculty have 486 computers in their offices with access to laser printers and a color printer, matching the best equipment on campus. And some faculty are developing hypermedia to use as on-line textbooks for general education Bible courses.

Cedarville College has always offered a strong Bible major and requires a Bible minor for all students. This years theme for the college, An Unchanging Christ for a Changing World, underscores why the school believes that students should learn to study the Bible for themselves. The faculty has designed the required Bible courses to give students the tools they need, especially as more and more students are leaving high school without a good understanding of Bible basics.

Introduction to Bible Study (IBS) is either the first or second Bible course a Cedarville student takes the other being The Christian Life. In IBS, students must write an inductive Bible study paper. A similar paper is then required in each of the succeeding four required courses: Old Testament Survey, New Testament Survey, God and History, and God and the Church. The lessons of IBS are designed to provide the basis not only for the rest of the curriculum, but for the students entire Christian life.

IBS teacher Chris Miller says Logos is an ideal tool for inductive Bible study. In Introduction to Bible Study, we teach students to do word studies using Strongs Concordance. Logos takes a lot of the pain out of those assignments. In Logos, clicking the # icon displays the Strongs numbers next to each word in the text. Double-clicking on that number opens the Strongs entry in a new window. Miller continues, Part of the Strongs entry is a cross-reference with the numbering system of the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament or the Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. Logos gives the volume and page number for a student to check the expanded information in one of those references.

Miller also teaches students to compare translations by opening more than one window in Logos; for example, looking at the King James Version and the Revised Standard Version simultaneously. Logos also adds the ability to view the text in paragraph, poetic, or traditional verse form, he adds. And he can honestly tell the students that these features are useful at any level of Bible study. Miller uses the same methods every day as he works on his doctoral dissertation.

Cedarville chose Logos because it is fully compatible with the most advanced other software available for the campus wide network. Cedarville and IBM are showcase partners in the effort, and the college is trying to give students access to the best software available, including Windows 3.1. Logos works especially well with Windows word processors.

Rich Blumenstock, another IBS instructor, also teaches his students to do word studies in Logos, and then bring the text into Word Perfect for Windows to be manipulated. The dynamic verse insertion feature in Logos creates a menu item in the word processor so the user can pull Bible text right into the word processing document without using the clipboard. The user simply opens both Logos and WordPerfect for Windows and lets them run concurrently.

Dr. David Drullinger, another Cedarville Bible professor, uses the Logos English and Greek texts as well as Strongs in his research for the upper division classes he teaches in Romans and Galatians. He uses these same Logos functions as he prepares for regular preaching responsibilities at a church in nearby Dayton, Ohio.

Other members of the college family are also learning to apply Logos powerful functions to areas outside the classroom. I use it sometimes for personal study, says Christine Timmer, nursing sophomore from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Nothing bigjust taking advantage of Strongs Enhanced Lexicon. Lee Webb, residence director of Lawlor Hall, shares, I have used Logos software several times for personal Bible study as well as for preparing for devotionals and have found it to be very helpful. Pamela Rutledge, an elementary education sophomore from Rochester Hills, Michigan, simply says of Logos, I love it.

Although the college did not offer formal training in the software, students from various majors have learned it on their own or with the help of lab assistants. Phase Two of CedarNet, to be in place for the fall 1993 term, will include increased opportunities for students to learn Logos and other software in classroom settings, and the Bible faculty also plan to offer more instruction in Logos in their classes. Through these efforts, the college hopes that these testimonials will be repeated by the great majority of Cedarville students.

For some students, using Logos has enhanced their ability to minister to Christian friends and encourage fellow students. Engineering freshman Jason Macfarlane from McKinney, Texas, says I use it [Logos] when I am writing a letter of Biblical ideas or encouragement. It has a nice concordance system, and the Strongs interpretations really help as well. It is fast and easy to use.

Once I wanted to find some verses to send to a friend on the subject of prayer, so I did a word search, says Tanya Nicholson, a freshman from Delran, New Jersey. Another time I used it during my devotions.

Brian Blackburn, senior marketing major from Westerville, Ohio, used Logos during premarital counseling. I used it to do a concordance study on the word grace for myself and on the word trust for my fiancee, he says.  "I used it [Logos] to prepare for a sermon I preached in the student fellowship on Lamentations, chapter 3, Daniel Treier, computer information systems senior of Bloomdale, Ohio, shares. I kept some personal notes in it, as well as using the Strongs and concordance features. Logos was very helpful and has a good user interface. Other students have found Logos to be helpful in preparing for ministry off-campus. Cedarville students volunteer over 70,000 hours in community service annually, and several gospel teams travel to approximately 480 churches each year. In 1993, over 100 students will serve in Missionary Internship Service around the world.

With the Logos software program there is no longer a need to have numerous concordances and dictionaries. All you need is the Logos software program, says freshman Kevin Kuczynski, Church Education/ Youth major from North Tonawanda, New York. Other than class assignments, I mainly use Logos for my devotions. I think its important for the Bible to be incorporated into computer use. I quite often find myself going to Logos when I prepare a message when I speak at the Cincinnati Gospel Mission.

A senior marketing major from Belmont, Michigan, Scott Bowman lives off-campus, but he does have access to the network through the campus labs. I primarily use Logos if I am preparing to preach or need to look up something for a lesson plan.

Junior Christopher Robertson from Adrian, Michigan, says, I have found the Logos Bible software very useful in preparing Sunday school lessons. When I use such things as the phrase search, word definition, and cross references, I see that Logos is time-saving and more effective than Strongs Concordance and a cross reference Bible. A computer information systems major, Christopher states, I plan to continue using Logos or a similar program and to study some kind of Bible education so that I can use computers and the Bible on the mission field.

A favorite saying of Dr. Paul Dixon, Cedarvilles president, is We will never reach the world from the pulpit alone, we must reach it from the pew. Cedarville College wants all of its students to have a thorough understanding of how to study the Bible so they can minister effectively as pastors, teachers, engineers, social workers, accountants, or in a host of other professions. The students are seeing how Logos can help.

Cedarville College offers over 75 programs of study and serves approximately 2,200 students from around the world. Cedarville strives to promote an atmosphere which encourages both  rigorous academic study and spiritual growth. For information or an application, call Admissions at 1-800-777-2211 or write Cedarville College Admissions, P.O. Box 601, Cedarville, OH 45314-0601.


Logos Bible Crosswords

Logos Research Systems has released Logos Bible Crosswords for Windows, the first multimedia Windows Bible crossword program on the market. Logos Bible Crosswords is an exciting and challenging computerized crossword puzzle program which contains 200 fascinating puzzles, supplied by Tyndale House Publishers, with religious or biblical themes. Logos Bible Crosswords combines graphics, sound, crosswords, and the Bible to create a very enjoyable and educational crossword game.

This product represents an expansion of the Logos software family beyond traditional Bible software, says Kiernon Reiniger, Vice President of Logos Research Systems. There are lots of people who would love to play Bible-oriented games, but most of these types of games on the market focus on the fun factor and not the educational possibilities these games afford. We wanted to create a game which would teach as well as entertain.

The shipping box contains the Bible crossword program, 200 crossword puzzles from Tyndale House Publishers, a font called Scribbles (in TrueType and Adobe Type Manager formats) which can be used within any Windows program, and the Logos screen saver, which displays several Bible verses on the screen while the system is idle.

Previously, all software programs released by Logos Research Systems have been add-on modules for Logos Bible Software. Logos Bible Crosswords is unique in that it is a stand-alone application as well as an add-on. Users dont have to purchase Logos Bible Software in order to play Bible crosswords. If they dont have Logos Bible Software, everything in the program will work quite well, but no Scripture Hints (Bible verses associated with crossword clues) will be available for reading. Adding Logos Bible Software to the system transforms Logos Bible Crosswords into a combination Bible trivia-and-crossword game, which effortlessly leads people into studying the Bible. If you have Logos Bible Software installed, simply double-click on a crossword clue with a Bible verse in it to view that Bible verse. You can even control how this program interacts with Logos Bible Software. Moreover, when you correctly solve a crossword clue with a Scripture hint in it, the Bible verse will be shown in the status bar below the puzzle.

The 200 Tyndale puzzles in this first volume of Logos Bible Crosswords have been created by expert crossword designer and Christian book author Terry Hall. It is a lot of work creating these crossword puzzles. Hall says that on the average it takes about 1 day to create an original crossword puzzle. The puzzles in Logos Bible Crosswords are in all sizes, ranging from 9 by 9 to the Sunday-sized 21 by 21. Like all Logos software products, this product is expandable, and more crossword puzzle volumes will be available in the future.

Even though Logos Bible Crosswords is extremely easy to play, it is a highly customizable program. You can change the look and feel, the color, the sounds, the fonts, and the skill level. Change the look and feel through the Preferences dialog box. Choose your favorite color scheme in the Colors dialog box. Choose your fonts through the Fonts dialog box. Challenge yourself by choosing one of three different skill levels on the Skill menu.

When you run Logos Bible Crosswords, the programs voice  which is the voice of Lisa Zullo, Kiernon Reinigers fiancee  narrates the program. For example, the program says, Welcome to Logos Bible Crosswords! When you correctly guess a word, the program says, Great Job! If you finish a puzzle, the program says, Congratulations! Youre done! Logos Bible Crosswords also has several musical sound bites which are used throughout the program, as well as a MIDI introduction song, which will be played if you have a MIDI-compatible sound card installed and configured in your system. All of these sounds can be turned on or off through the Preferences dialog box.

Logos Bible Crosswords is currently available and has a suggested retail price of $39.95. To purchase a copy, please contact your nearest Logos dealer, or call Logos Research Systems, Inc.


High Hope Sales - Canada
High Hope Sales Named Canadian Distributor

Q  What has it been like for you to be involved with the firm appointed as the Canadian distributor for Logos Bible Software?

A  It is an ongoing thrill, specifically, to be involved in promoting Gods Word in such an easy form to study, because it removes many hindrances to effective, intensive Bible study.

Q  When was High Hope Sales appointed as the Canadian distributor?

A  In March of 1993.

Q  How did this come to pass?

A   And it came to pass in those days, that wise men from the east (New Jersey) moved   to Washington state and made arrangements for myself, the general manager of High Hope Sales, to join them to consider the possibility of High Hope Sales being appointed the Logos distributor for Canada, having been a dealer up to that point. Frankly, I was very impressed with the people at Logos Research Systems. Each staff member I spoke with has a great love for Gods Word and are high quality, qualified people. Logos has a vision for the future which stimulates their ongoing aggressive development of Bible study aids. It is truly a line up for the user to grow with.

Q   How are you marketing Logos in Canada?

A   Our approach to the Canadian market is through bookstores and software retailers, so our times is focused on assisting our dealer network in various ways. We provide them with Canadianized sales aids, training and technical support. Our toll free order line is 1-800-567-1144. Canadian technical support can be reached at (306) 642-3520.

Q  Is there any one thing that stands our as you plan for the future of High Hope Sales?

A  We have just finished a site license program for colleges, universities, liberal arts schools, Bible schools, and seminaries which allows registered institutions to install the King James Version, New King James Version, Byzantine/Majority Textform Greek, Reina-Valera Actualizada (Spanish), Strongs Numbers and Enhanced Dictionary, Tense/Voice/Mood (a parsing tool), Naves Topical Bible and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Cross References on all institution owned computers. This will allow the students, faculty, and staff to benefit from the best Bible study software tools available.

Q  What about people already using other Bible programs? Can existing Bible programs run in the Logos format?

A  No, Im sorry to say that they cant, but we, at High Hope Sales, are considering offering a competitive upgrade program which will allow users of other commercially produced Bible software to trade in their existing line on Logos. This would, of course, be done directly with High Hope Sales, but would bring many people back into the marketplace for our dealers add on module market.

Q  How does it benefit Canadians to support you, as the Canadian distributor?

A  In order for us to provide the kind of service we feel Canadians deserve in the areas of technical support, product availability, and advertising we need the support of Canadians. As the Canadian distributor of Logos, it is our hope to provide many of Canadas language groups with Bible texts in their own language. I recognize that Canadian prices appear higher than American prices, and this is the result of a lower valued Canadian dollar when compared to its US counterpart.

Q  What is your desire for Canada?

A  Frankly, my desire for Canada is revival...that our citizens individually, and our nation as a whole, would bend its knee before God. I believe that Logos will play a role in revitalizing the ministry and spiritual life of many people.

Excitement running high in Saskatchewan

Logos Research Systems, Inc., is based in the United States, so what do you do if you live in the beauteous country just to the north? Who are you to call if you live in Canada? Why, the Canadian distributor, of course!  High Hope Sales is among Logos recently set up distributorships. Located in the plains of Saskatchewan, it is, at times, difficult to keep table and desk space as uncluttered as the beautiful land outside our door with the great demand for Logos. A typical day in the offices of High Hope Sales starts at 7:00 am and often does not end until well into the evening. Why the long hours? you may ask. It certainly is not because the prairie air makes the employees here tireless, only because they never tire of giving to people what they consider to be important  the tools for effective Bible study, and service with a smile.

Darcy is involved with telemarketing. His excited voice is one of those you might hear inviting you to become a member of the quickly growing Logos family. Rick, immersed in the area of technical support, also fins plenty of time to be involved in telephone marketing. With an ever increasing amount of dealers in each province, expansion is happening more rapidly than we thought possible to hope for. Dave, general manager of High Hope Sales is, at times, so busy that he cannot sit down. (Or is that because he is so very excited about this product?) He has been overheard, on a number of occasions, to say If you are excited about Gods Word and about Bible study, then Logos is the product for you. Leila can often be found patiently wading through the many papers that get pushed here way, simply because they fall into her important department of accounts. Each person on staff here has an extremely different personality, but it is great to see the way each complements the others so well, creating a team bonded by a zealous love for Gods Word.

Some of the exciting things planned by High Hope Sales for Canada include a site license program for colleges, universities, and seminaries , allowing faculty, staff and students the benefit of having Logos on all institution owned computers. We will be in attendance at the Association of Canadian Bible Colleges development conference presenting the site license program to the Association membership.  You may ask, Does High Hope Sales have a mission? Yes  our primary goal is to place powerful tools within the reach of every man and woman engaged in the study of Gods Words. The Logos product is designed for the laity, students, writers, teachers, and pastors. It is based on a layers of complexity concept. As the user grows, the program keeps pace, handling both the simple and the complex demands. The Logos tools are designed to be natural and intuitive, an extension of the study process that prompts thoroughness and attention to detail.


Logos Relocates
Logos Relocates to Whidbey Island, WA

\Logos Research Systems, Inc., was founded in the summer of 1991 in a Seattle, Washington, suburb. Within a few months a sales, marketing and production office was opened in Marlton, New Jersey, where the senior vice president for sales and marketing was located. A year later, as the strain of a 3,000 mile gulf between the two offices worsened, the decision to relocate was made, and everyone moved  to the middle of the Puget Sound.  Oak Harbor, Washington, is about a two hour drive north of Seattle, and the largest town on Whidbey Island one of the largest islands in the United States. The town of nearly 20,000 people is a major summer tourism destination as well as being host to the Whidbey Naval Air Station, where US Navy pilots train for carrier missions with A-6 low-level bombers.  People often ask how Logos Research Systems chose Oak Harbor. The answer is simple: In choosing to relocate the company was trying to get away from heavy suburban traffic and settle in a comfortable, quiet community. Of all the areas considered, Whidbey Island is the most idyllic  and Oak Harbor is the only place on the island with any significant business infrastructure.  The new offices are located in whats known (appropriately enough for a Bible software company) as the old Feed & Seed building. The rough timbers the frame the building add a welcome, rustic touch to our high-tech operations. The view isnt bad either  the building is two blocks away from the harbor and on a clear day you can see both the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges as well as the dramatic Mt. Rainier, more than 150 miles south.  Already the advantages of consolidating operations is being felt, and, with the arrival of the manufacturing and shipping department on July 16th, Logos Research Systems looks forward to improved efficiency and better service for its customers.


Logos Bible Atlas

The Logos Bible Atlas is the most powerful and useful electronic Bible atlas available. It includes more than ninety colorful, hand-drawn subject maps depicting Biblical events taken from Lion Publishings Bible Mapbook. The maps are organized by time period and accompanied by written descriptions and overviews.

The Palestine and Mediterranean site maps are derived from satellite data to ensure accurate geographic representation. The maps can be customized for display with more than 1000 cities and locations (over multiple time periods!), elevation contours, major and minor rivers, modern political boundaries, and more. Information on each location (from the New Bible Dictionary and other sources) is also available at the touch of a button.

 All of the maps in the Logos Bible Atlas are vector based  that means that every map scales and prints smoothly, with no jagged edges. The atlas comes with a limited license to print and export the maps for use in teaching, study, etc. Logos Bible Atlas is also designed to work closely with Logos Bible Software (and even Parsons Technologys QuickVerse for Windows) so you can look up sites from the Bible or Bible verses from the map descriptions and site information.

Complete, Accurate Site Data

Logos Bible Atlas is more than a collection of colorful maps  its a serious tool for geographic Bible study. Each of the more than 1,000 sites have been carefully researched to ensure accuracy of placement as well as description. Sites and maps are aligned by latitude and longitude to ensure accurate placement at any scale. Most of the articles come from Inter-Varsity Press New Bible Dictionary, and all are presented in their complete form  the article on Jerusalem is more than 3,500 words long!

The articles are cross referenced to each other, feature pop-up glossaries of abbreviated terms, and have bibliographies. Bible references are tagged so Bible software users can jump directly to appropriate passages from the site descriptions.

3-D Topographical Map

The 3-D topographical map provides an interactive model of Palestine that can be rotated and examined in any direction  great for getting a perspective on the terrain surrounding cities. You can view the map from eight preset positions or rotate it freely with the arrow-button controls. Any city found on the site maps can also be plotted on the 3-D map.