I like being able to get past my first year Greek and into the grammer where the real sermon gold is found. I bought the Logos 4 Languages base package three weeks ago and have found it to be very helpful for getting insights in to the text. BibleWorks has less clutter, but similarly, why would I need all the manuscripts, translations, etc on a regular basis (if ever)? Perhaps the lexical/grammatical references would be useful? I’m not a mac guy, so I don’t care about accordance much (although their atlas looks cool). I’m sure there are other commentaries in there that would be useful though. I hope ESV does HebrewTools online sometime too, but there are also sites like .įrom my brief research, Logos appears to have tons and tons of resources that I would never use (aka clutter), and some public-domain commentaries and Bible translations, etc are freely available online. I have no budget for this expensive software.Ĭan anyone tell me the advantages of these tools over the multitude of free/cheap resources online? so far I’ve primarily used the site, with study bible features and GreekTools (cheap! powerful!). I’ve just started my ministry training and theological studies (church-based seminary-alternative), headed toward pastoral ministry. For those who have experience of any of these, I’m sure others would appreciate your comments. For that reason I am thankful that the gap between free and expensive is not as big a gulf as it would be in most purchases. I suppose Accordance would argue: what is the point of emulating a PC on a Mac? If you have a Mac, you know how it works, and so do the Accordance folks as they’ve always designed their software for this platform.įor many, these software options represent a luxury that is simply out of reach financially. Users I know seem to delight in it, primarily for its intuitive Bible-handling interface, but it also has Logos-like collections of resources that can be added at a cost. Accordance is the Mac based Bible software. I can’t speak for this one as I haven’t gone there. If you don’t use Greek and Hebrew, then Bibleworks will still prove very helpful, but you may find the cost prohibitive (as with all three). I would say that people with any original language knowledge probably need something beyond the free options, and this is definitely one to consider for PC folks. Truth is that Bibleworks is probably capable of much that you will never use. It is a PC based software (although some do run it on an emulator on the Mac, I haven’t gone down that route). If you want to work with the text itself rather than commentaries, especially in the original languages, then Bibleworks is fantastic. In simplistic terms, if you want lots of books, go to Logos. there are plenty of resources on Logos that you shouldn’t feel bad about ignoring – it’s still worth the price for the quality ones!) My suggestion is to prioritize the quality commentaries and resources so that they are the ones that you automatically go to when you are looking at a passage (i.e. Where Logos seems to stand alone is in the array of commentaries and research materials you can get on it. But it seems to me that Logos is improving and at least catching up in terms of exegetical function. I’ll be honest, I’m still getting used to the pure Bible functions of Logos, as I have been a Bibleworks user for so long (and still reach for it on my netbook at times). Feel free to add your experience with any of these, or others you’d care to mention too.Īvailable on PC and Mac, Logos offers an impressive array of content. There are three “big boys” that I’ll mention. If you are in a position to invest financially in software, then Bible software is well worth considering. I shared a free option on Monday, and others have followed in the comments. This post isn’t a fair comparison of Bible software, but it is a suggestion that you look into the value of something beyond the free options.
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