Exploring God’s Attributes with Logos: A Practical Guide from Dr. John Fallahee’s Webinar

Introduction

Dr. John Fallahee’s Logos webinar, “The Attributes of God: A Logos Deep Dive,” offers a hands-on approach to studying God’s character using Logos Bible Software. The goal is to help students organize their research and deepen their understanding of Scripture. This article walks through the key tools and methods shared in the first 20 minutes of the training, with practical tips you can apply today.

Why Study God’s Attributes?

Jeremiah‑9:23-24 reminds us that true wisdom is knowing God, not relying on human achievements. Recognizing God’s attributes—His eternal nature, holiness, love, and more—shifts our perspective from self-sufficiency to reliance on Him. As you study, keep this focus: know God through His Word.

Organizing Your Study in Logos

Dr. Fallahee demonstrates a simple workflow for creating a personal study system:

• Create a Notebook: Go to Tools ∙ Notes, click the notebook icon, and add a new notebook named “Attributes of God (Webinar)”. Alphabetical sorting makes it easy to find later.
• Add Notes (Paper): Click New Note, type the attribute title in ALL CAPS and bold (e.g., HOLY). This makes headings stand out and improves searchability.
• Insert Verses: Type a reference (e.g., Exodus 15:11). Logos auto-links it, so you don’t need to copy the full verse. Hover to preview the passage.
• Mass-Copy Verses: Use Documents ∙ New ∙ Passage List to gather verses for a single attribute. This saves time compared to manual entry.
• Select and Copy Text: Click and drag, or use Shift to select from start to end. Then choose Add ∙ Selected Text to create a clean, ordered list.
• Remove Duplicates: Click Sort in the Passage List to alphabetize and eliminate repeats. A tidy list makes study more efficient.
• Reorder Passages: Drag verses to adjust their sequence within the list. This allows flexible organization without rebuilding the list.
• Linking for Quick Access: After pasting a Passage List into a note, click the chain-link icon to create a clickable link. Now you can jump directly from a note to the full list of verses.

Specialized Collections for Focused Searches

To avoid information overload, Dr. Fallahee shows how to download and use free guide collections from Logos’ “07” series (e.g., 07 Theology All, 07 Systematic Theology). These collections narrow your search to theological works, avoiding unrelated devotional books. After downloading, use Tools ∙ Update/Revise to keep them current.

Using the Bible Browser and Fact Book

The Bible Browser (found under Tools) lets you explore tags related to specific attributes. For example, typing “omniscience” reveals categorized results such as “promises” and “preaching themes.” You can also combine tags—like “omniscience near Psalms”—to limit results to specific books, yielding far fewer but more relevant hits.

The Fact Book (the book with a checkmark icon) is another powerful tool. Clicking “show all” displays a list of theological themes tied to God’s attributes, such as “God’s wrath” or “God’s grace.” You can then search for a specific theme, like “God’s attributes theological theme,” to pull relevant resources automatically.

Highlighting and Labels for Tagging

Dr. Fallahee introduces Logos’ highlighting and labeling features as a way to tag key concepts. Here’s how to set it up:

1. Open the Highlighting tool and create a new palette named “Attributes of God.”
2. Add a new style, name it “Attributes of God,” and choose magenta as the color.
3. Enable the capsule and label options. In the label settings, select “Attributes List” and check “Prompt to Enter Attributes.” This lets you pick from a preloaded list (e.g., omniscience, omnipresence).
4. When highlighting a verse (e.g., Psalm 139:4), select the “Attributes of God” palette. A pop-up will ask you to choose the specific attribute—click omniscience and confirm.
5. The highlighted text is now searchable by label, letting you find all verses tagged with “omniscience” instantly.

Linking Notebooks for Systematic Study

After tagging text, Dr. Fallahee links the highlight to a notebook. This creates a central hub where all your attribute notes, verses, and reflections live. To search, use the Notes search tool (Tools ∙ Notes ∙ Notebook icon) and type “attribute of God”. The results will show every passage you’ve tagged, making it easy to review the full scope of a theme.

The Logos AI Study Assistant

The built-in Study Assistant is a helpful companion for exploring attributes. Try these prompts:

• “What are the attributes of God?”: Returns core terms like eternality, immutability, omnipresence, plus communicable traits such as love and grace.
• “List key passages on God’s attribute of omniscience.”: Generates verses like Psalm 139 and Hebrews 4:13.
• “Related topics to God’s omniscience?”: Highlights related themes such as divine foreknowledge and human freedom.

While the AI is useful for generating outlines (e.g., export a list of attributes to a Word document), always verify its content against trusted commentaries or original language texts.

Practical Tips and Next Steps

• Expect information overload. The notebook and Passage List system keeps your study manageable.
• Always sort Passage Lists to remove duplicates after mass-copying.
• Remember that new verses are added at the end of a Passage List; reorder as needed using drag-and-drop.
• Regularly update your downloaded collections via the Tools menu to maintain accuracy.
• Use highlighting and labels to make your study searchable and organized.

Conclusion

By combining notebooks, Passage Lists, highlighting with labels, and Logos’ AI tools, you can create a robust, searchable system for studying God’s attributes. This structured approach helps you move beyond surface reading to a deeper, more personal engagement with Scripture. Explore the tools at your own pace, and let each verse draw you closer to the living God.

Further Resources

For deeper study, consider resources mentioned in the webinar: Stephen Charnock’s Discourses Upon the Existence and Attributes of God, Robert Morey’s The Attributes of God, and John Feinberg’s Foundations of Evangelical Theology. These works complement your Logos study and provide rich theological insights.