If you are meant to be using Logos, God will make a way. In less than five minutes my friend had his bank send me a check for the full amount. I mentioned it to my friend because I was really taken with Logos but frazzled and exhausted trying to find the means to do it. I plunged ahead and went for the payment plan that Logos has. I practically stood on my head doing tricks to raise money for Scholar. Yes I like eSword, yes I still have books I treasure and use, yes, it's expensive, but nothing will transform your study like Logos. Instead of hopping from program to program, and running back and forth to the bookshelf, I have a solid core of resources that I can pull up for study. I realize it's some serious dollars to do it, but I went for Scholar and then shortly thereafter plunged in for Platinum. Here was a program that not only had all the essential resources, but it put everything forward in a more usable way. I liked it, but when I tried L4Mac in beta, the lights came on. However, I too wound up with the MacArthur library disc. I still have some of the others, including eSword for a few resources. I bought several inexpensive software programs, added some freeware programs like eSword, and switched back forth initially. Please Note: If this post is thought of to violate the intent of any rules or is deemed harsh please let me know within the time allotted to delete a post and I will do so. So, when money and valuable notes and study time are at risk, at this current snapshot in history, Logos is the only one that I feel that I can depend on to either (a) be here in five years and still operating on my current system or (b) not have a lopsided group of availability due to theological leanings. However, if this is true, and I want to study preterism, will there be any current resources available for me through them? I don't know, but since there has been no clarification I am now kind of leery to invest to much into the program since I am unclear of their direction at this point. I have no way of confirming this so it is only what others are saying on the forums. Some concerns raised about Lifeway acquiring Wordsearch is that Lifeway may not be willing to publish resources that are not in line with their theology, which would severely hamper the number of resources available to me. Wordsearch is my second Bible software that I use regularly. They are now a part of Lifeway Christian Resources. Finally, Wordsearch itself has new owners. Wordsearch has said it intends to update all of the QV resources for free and I have no doubt that they are sincere in this effort but how long will it take? Will QV users have to wait quite some time to get their resources upgraded to Wordsearch once a new operating system is installed? I have no idea to this answer, I just hope for all of the QV users out there that this will be a very expedient process and they don't have to do without while waiting. Quickverse has been bought by Wordsearch so their program will be obsolete very soon. According to their forums there is no communication happening about the status of updates and that makes me very afraid to purchase. One of which I see in Bible bookstores very frequently (PC Study Bible) has not been updated in at least a couple of years that I know of and has some bugs. As far as paid programs, for Windows, I can think of three other fairly popular programs. The next time you upgrade your computer to a new operating system, the program may never be compatible and any notes and such will simply no longer be available. With the free programs, you never know when the person(s) who create it are no longer going to support it for whatever reason. It is intended with Christian love mixed with human thought. I think that right now, competition and demand are vital for the companies involved. We are living in a time of economical uncertainty (at least in my house) and businesses are taking the steps necessary to provide quality products. They are not intended to be degrading towards any company or employees of those companies. Please note: What I am about to type are my thoughts and only thoughts. The other, and probably my biggest, concern is consumer confidence. One reason is as Thomas mentioned, it is nice to have everything in one program and as I have become more and more comfortable/confident with Logos 4 it has slowly become my program of choice. I used to use three or four programs butĪm now down to Logos and one other competitor. I have asked myself the same question in the past but am slowlyĬonverting to only using Logos.
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