Author - Jonathan Watson

For the past few weeks, I’ve shared how to organize your library, ways to use the guides, and how to utilize word lists and visual filters.  Now, it’s time to work on a sentence diagram. Logos makes this easy with its Sentence Diagramming Tool:...

Finding repeated terms Many of you have utilized Documents.Logos.com to download my Greek Discourse markup. But what if your school/professor requires a different system? Or what if you want to create your own system entirely? Today, we are going to...

It’s clear that fall has come and that means school is definitely upon us! Fortunately, Logos saves incredible amounts of time when studying Scripture. If you missed my first post on setting up your library, be sure to check that out as well. As I...

It seems like only yesterday the semester was beginning. But September is over and the semester is bustling along. Many of us invested in commentaries, ancient language works, and reference sources from the Back-to-School sale. How do we use those...

If you’re a pastor or professor, chances are you were trained in a specific field. Perhaps you studied Old Testament interpretation or Pauline literature, but when the demands of your ministry (personal or professional) call for knowledge from...

Some books are devotional and some are academic commentary, but it is rare to find a helpful combination of both. Theological Commentary: Evangelical Perspectives deftly walks that line. It never sacrifices its academic rigor, yet the theological...

Sense: church n. — an orderly congregation specifically of those who trust in Jesus as the Messiah (or those who compose it). Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches (ἐκκλησία). Rev 3:13 New Testament authors...

Sense: to hope (in someone) v. — to have trust or confidence in someone; especially as regards the future. For to this end we toil and struggle, because we have our hope set (ἐλπίζω) on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of...

Sense:to govern <=> judge v. — to govern, understood in terms of the ruler’s role of judging his people. No such passover had been kept since the days of the judges who judged (שׁפט) Israel, even during all the days of the kings of Israel and...

Sense: to rule <=> shepherd v. — to rule over a group of people, conceived of as tending sheep or goats. And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule (ποιμαίνω) all the nations with a rod of iron. But her child was snatched away...

Many readers will remember Francis Ford Coppola’s classic, The Godfather. The movie is vaguely reminiscent of the narrative in 1 Kings 2. An aging patriarch explains to his son the steps he must take to solidify a new regime. In the movie, Michael...

Sense: anger <=> spirit n. — anger that is directed at a real or supposed grievance. A fool gives full vent to anger (רוּחַ), but the wise quietly holds it back. Pr 29:11 (NRSV) Translations of Proverbs 29:11 vary significantly. The NRSV and...

Sense: to be broken (spirit) v. — to be weakened or destroyed in spirit. My spirit is broken (חבל), my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me. Job 17:1 (NRSV) One of the main metaphors for despondency in the Bible is brokenness, whether of the...

Sense: overseer (church) n. — a leader who watches over, directs, cares, and is accountable for an assembly of believers. Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers (ἐπίσκοπος), to care...

Sense: to teach divergently v. — to teach doctrines contrary to an accepted standard. If anyone teaches a different doctrine (ἑτεροδιδασκαλέω) and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with...

Sense: cross <=> tree n. — a cross understood especially from its origin and the material that composes it. He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross (ξύλον), so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you...

Sense: spiritual adj. — concerning the immaterial and supernatural aspect of reality; especially as of human souls and other supernatural entities. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities...

Sense: grace (outworking) n. — the resulting activity that is a necessary consequence of genuine, beneficent goodwill; especially used of the outworking of God’s goodwill. And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the...

Sense: brotherly love n. — the affection naturally befitting the relationship between siblings; especially as the affection of those who are now siblings in God’s family. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor...

Today’s guest post is from Dr. Donald Hagner, George Eldon Ladd Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. This week we celebrate the 103rd anniversary of George Ladd’s birth. When I first walked into his classroom as...

Sense: to forgive <=> lift up v. — to forgive, conceived of as lifting up (or perhaps removing) something. And now forgive my sin surely this time, and pray to Yahweh your God so that he may only remove from me this death. Ex 10:17 Among the...

Sense: to cause to sin v. — tocause to violate a divine law. They will not live in your land, lest they cause you to sin against me when you serve their gods, for it will be a snare to you. Ex 23:33 In Exodus 23, God is giving a warning to his...

Sense: to offer (worship) v. — to present as an act of worship; often in the form of a sacrifice. Command the Israelites and say to them, “You will be careful to present my offering, my food of my offerings made by fire, of a fragrance of...

Sense: to show glory v. — to display one’s glory or make one’s glory known. Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done it; shout, O depths of the earth; break forth into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the LORD has redeemed...

Sense: to reconsider (repent) v. — to have a change of self (heart and mind) that abandons former dispositions and results in a new self, new behavior, and regret over former behavior and dispositions. Repent (μετανοέω) therefore, and turn to God so...

Sense: lawyer n. — a professional person authorized to practice law; especially expected to have significant rhetorical abilities. Five days later the high priest Ananias went down to Caesarea with some of the elders and a lawyer (ῥήτωρ) named...

Sense: to teach v. — to impart skills or knowledge to. But I have this against you: you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet and is teaching (διδάσκω) and beguiling my servants to practice fornication and to eat food sacrificed...

Sense: to be foolish v. — to be or become devoid of good sense or judgment. Claiming to be wise, they became fools (μωραίνομαι); and they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling a mortal human being or birds or four-footed...