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FAQ:
- Software: Logos 4 or higher
- Resources: Recommend Bronze or higher (other editions are welcomed, we'll recommend substitute resources when applicable)
- Skill Level: This training is for new users or experienced users of Logos Bible Software
- Save Time: Regardless of your background and training, this online workshop series will help you go deeper into God's Word, make better use of your Logos Bible Software, and save you time and make Bible study tasks easier.
GENERAL TRAINING DETAILS:
Expository and Topical Sermons Training
SESSION 1 (2 Hours, 20 Minutes)- Prayer/Outlining with Q&A
- Overview:
- Learn Key features in Logos Bible Software to complete this step in the sermon process
- Leverage Logos for the Spirit's Illuminating Work in You and your Audience
- Discover the Biblical Outline in Minutes, not Hours or Days
- Identify the Point of the Passage in your first hour of study, not at the end of the Sermon Process
- Identify and leverage key resources related to prayer
- Avoid the key pitfalls in praying weekly for the sermon process
- Create a custom layout
- Logos Resources will be recommended for this step
- Q&A
SESSION 2 (2 Hours, 18 Minutes) - Word Studies - Overview:
- Learn Key features in Logos Bible Software to complete this step in the sermon process
- Identify the key words to look up
- Learn how to integrate your word studies into your sermon to engage and grow your audience
- Discover illustrations to make the word studies come alive for the audience
- Identify and leverage key resources related to Word Studies
- Avoid the key pitfalls in word studies
- Create a custom layout
- Learn special search strategies
- Selected participants historical and theological notes reviewed
- Logos Resources will be recommended for this step
- Q&A
SESSION 3 - Week 3 (1 Hour, 41 Minutes) - Historical Background / Theological Background
- Overview:
- Learn Key features in Logos Bible Software to complete this step in the sermon process
- Learn to Identify the significant Historical References related to your passage
- Learn to identify the key theological theme of any passage
- Identify and leverage key resources related to historical and theological background
- Avoid the key pitfalls in the historical and theological background research for your audience
- Create a custom layout
- Learn special search strategies
- Selected participants cross references reviewed
- Logos Resources will be recommended for this step
- Q&A
SESSION 4 - Week 4 (1 Hour, 43 Minutes) - Cross Referencing / Notes
- Overview:
- Learn Key features in Logos Bible Software to complete this step in the sermon process
- How to Use the Whole Counsel of the Word
- Discover, Select, and Place the Best Possible Cross References in your Sermon
- Identify and leverage key resources related to cross referencing
- Avoid the key pitfalls in cross referencing and taking notes
- Strategies for Note taking "in and out" of the Logos program.
- Create a custom layout
- Learn special search strategies
- Selected participants Prayer examples reviewed
- Logos Resources will be recommended for this step
- Q&A
SESSION 5 Week 5 (1 Hour, 48 Minutes) - Illustrations/Applications - Overview:
- Learn Key features in Logos Bible Software to complete this step in the sermon process
- Identify visually and emotionally powerful Illustrations and applications with Logos
- Learn about story placement for effectively communicating God's Word
- Identify and leverage key resources related to illustrations/applications
- Avoid the key pitfalls in selecting and presenting illustrations and applications
- Create a custom layout
- Learn special search strategies
- Selected participants word studies sermon integration reviewed
- Logos Resources will be recommended for this step
- Q&A
SESSION 6 (1 Hour, 39 Minutes) - Putting the Sermon Together - Overview:
- Learn Key features in Logos Bible Software to complete this step in the sermon process
- Getting the Proposition/Thesis Statement/Big Idea Right
- Moving from research to presentation
- Finalizing the Outline: Checking the outline and alliterating the outline
- Avoid the key pitfalls in sermon presentation
- Learn presentation structures for properly opening and closing a sermon
- Create a custom layout
- Learn special search strategies
- Selected participants illustrations and applications reviewed
- Logos Resources will be recommended for this step
- Q&A
SESSION 7 (1 Hour, 45 Minutes) - Topical Sermon: Identifying the Topic and Subtopic - Overview:
- Learn Key features in Logos Bible Software to complete this step in the sermon process
- Learn how to determine the key topic of any passage
- Learn how to identify the related subtopics to your key topic
- Learn how to organize the information for a sermon
- Learn to avoid the key pitfalls of the topical sermon
- Learn to integrate the key theological point in a topical sermon
- Selected participants propositions reviewed
- Logos Resources will be recommended for this step
- Q&A
SESSION 8 (1 Hour, 43 Minutes) - Issues: Working with OT Narrative, OT Prayer, OT Wisdom, and OT Prophetic Passages
- Overview:
- Learn Key features in Logos Bible Software to complete this step in the sermon process
- Learn how to preach these passages in light of NT truths
- Learn to shape your sermon to reflect the genre of the passage
- Selected participants topic and subtopics reviewed
- Logos Resources will be recommended for this step
- Q&A
SESSION 9 (1 Hour, 16 Minutes) - Issues: Working with NT Narrative, NT Epistle, NT Prophetic,
- Overview:
- Learn Key features in Logos Bible Software to complete this step in the sermon process
- Learn how to preach these passages in light of OT truths
- Learn to shape your sermon to reflect the genre of the passage
- Logos Resources will be recommended for this step
- Q&A
SESSION 10 (1 Hour, 54 Minutes) - Dealing with Difficult Passages / Sermon Planning / Wrapping It Up
- Overview:
- Learn Key features in Logos Bible Software to complete this step in the sermon process
- Steps and strategies to resolve difficult passages
- Sermon Planning Strategies
- Logos Resources will be recommended for this step
- Q&A
Your Trainer: John Fallahee, MBA, MDiv.
Adjunct Faculty: Master's Seminary, Knox Seminary, TN Temple University, Expositor's Seminary
18+ Years of Logos Experience
Biography
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Preparing sermons with Logos 
