Logos For Mac - A Review

1. The first thing I love about Logos is the simple fact that I can take thousands of resources with me on my laptop when I am on the go. Since I am a church planter with no official office space I often head to the library or coffee shop to study for a message or do some research. Not having to haul a suitcase full of books with me every time I want to get some work done is extremely handy. Some say they could never go exclusively digital with their theological development. I would agree. I do love having something tactile in my hand that doesn’t require batteries. Most likely I would never choose to read a whole book on my laptop but that said, having the ability to reference a short article from a theological dictionary without having to haul around 800 pages is truly a technological gift. I’ll always buy hard copy books and I’ll always be adding to my Logos library.

2. Whenever I make a significant technological purchase one of my primary concerns is technical support. Will I have to sit on hold for hours? Will they be helpful? Will problems be resolved with ease? I have called Logos tech support a couple of times now and both times have been great experiences. They displayed a knowledge of the product and quickly and easily solved the issue I was having. This always makes me feel more secure when spending a decent amount of money on a product.

3. I have found that the basic interface is rather easy to navigate. I have not yet delved that deeply into the program and how powerful I know that it can be but the ways I currently use it suit me fine. I usually navigate through my library for the resources that I know I need and open them and start reading. I am clearly still a novice but this fact leads to another great thing about Logos...

4. Logos provides different ways for you to explore how deep Logos really is and they provide many ways to develop in your understanding of how to use the program. I subscribe to the Logos training blog and I know there are many online tutorials that are very helpful. They even offer weekend training courses for more in depth learning.  Check out the youtube site as well.

5. Logos provides a wide variety of auxiliary resources that you purchase to increase the breadth of your library. I have made use of many of these different add ons. I purchased the Pillar New Testament Commentary series, the Baker New Testament Commentary series, Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology, and a few other theological dictionaries and encyclopedias. To purchase all these books I simply sold many of the hard copies of the same books that I had already on the shelf and used that money to buy the digital copies.

6.  Logos has made it really easy for you to access most of your resources on your iPad or iPhone.

7.  If you are a Mac user, Logos just released their newest version for Mac and you can get it for 20% off.  Check it out here.

In sum, get Logos if you are a serious student of the Bible.  You won't be sorry.