My Thoughts on The New Logos 9 Bible Software

Today Logos Bible Software released the newest version: Logos 9. I've been using Logos for around eight years and I'm very impressed with this software in almost every way. Most of the time I've been pleased with the updates and new features that are added. The same goes for Logos 9. This truly is a …

Principles for Productive Word Study (Walton)

 Word studies are a helpful tool in the exegetical toolbox.  There is a lot more to studying Scripture than doing word studies, to be sure, but word studies are helpful in determining the meaning of a text or texts.  Now there are wrong ways to do word studies.  There are exegetical fallacies that are quite …

For Greek Junkies: BDAG and the Apostolic Fathers

For you fellow Greek junkies out there, though I may be preaching to the choir, don't forget to use BDAG (A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature) to find word parallels between the NT and the early church fathers.  Below is an example from a brief word study on 1 …