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    SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS & UPDATES ... and GETTING STARTED info ... Instructions for DOWNLOADING ... go to the Menu, and select Documents > Bible Study to get to the list, OR just paste "Documents - JimDean-StudyStuff - Faithlife" into the URL field. This Faithlife Group will have a wide variety of info ... but initially at least, most will relate to using organized Marking methods for various sets of study themes (Systematic Theology, Literary Types, Notable Grammar, etc). Each Theme will have highlighting color-Styles assigned to specific Categories ... those highlight-styles will be individually saved in a Notebook for that Category (that is, 27 Notebooks). ALL highlighting done for that Category should be one-click attached (as an implicit or explicit Note) to that Notebook. This allows future review of that Category as a marking-"Layer" on the Bible, which can be *** toggled on or off ***. One of the Attachments shows how I've set up those 27 Notebooks, so that they stay in the proper order, and are skinny-names so they don't take up much screen space. TWO NEW custom palettes have been added for download, and TWO PRIOR ones have been UPDATED. See attached list of downloads, and note the Dates ... if you've previously downloaded any that show a "broken link" symbol, that probably means your copy needs updating (or that it automatically did). The new palettes, and the modifications to existing ones, all are related to the Themes & Categories color-chart that is also attached ... this has been significantly expanded and polished since my prior post about it, and I firmly believe it is *finished* now. The palettes with names that begin "10 Theme..." relate to the second column of the chart, and the "27 Categ ..." palettes relate to the third column of the chart. The 10-Theme options provide background or underline or foreground-text coloring. The 27-Category options are background or underline ... no foreground text since the light shades would be too hard to read. Fwiw ... I like the underline options best for the 27-Category, since their style varies (solid, dash, dot) as well as the color. For completeness, I've also attached the snapshots of those new and edited lists ... plus all the prior ones so that this post can replace the earlier Pinned post for new folks who join. If you'd like to see a YouTube video that explains how the colors are used, go to www.youtube.com/@jimdean4jesus/podcasts and watch the first video of the "Topical-Chain: Humility (+Color-Theme Highlighting)" playlist. I explain the chart a bit, and show how various colors might be used in some of the verses that we cover in that session ... including WHY those colors are used in those places. That playlist is also attached to a podcast that will have new sessions added as the meetings continue. (There is no charge for any of this.)
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    Hi, all ... Presumably, everyone in here enjoys and values topical / theme study. If you do, this uploaded file might be interesting and helpful for you. PDF and Excel files are attached. I will be taking this project a lot farther, but this is a core starting point. CONTENTS: It lists 5-10 (usually 9-10) "Themes", tailored separately for each book of the Bible. Each book's set has unique one-letter codes for the one-word Theme names, and has a description of the theme. The lists are different for every book, since every book has its own special message and focus. APPLICATION: this is the cool part imo. As you read / study each book, you can assign highlight/underline colors to the themes. Then, mark the verse-numbers &/or words/phrases in each verse, to see just how and where those themes show up. FOR LOGOS: you can define custom palettes for each book, assigning highlight/underline colors or symbols to each theme, then applying them. You can then create Passage lists for each theme, do searches, etc. FOR PRINT BIBLES: I highly recommend Zebra Zensations 2.0mm mechanical refillable colored pencils for either highlighting or underlining ... fully eraseable, no smearing, no bleed. You can get inexpensive refills from TikPen. Assign colors to each book's theme letters, and highlight/circle verse numbers, &/or highlight/underline words or phrases, which line up with that book's Themes. Source: Many hours of work to create and check this, with the help of ChatGPT, based on the NASB95 text and no outside sources. It was created with tight constraints, based on summarized evaluations of what each book of the Bible says.

    1. Sir, I'm AMAZED you find the time (Your precious time) to do this for US. A BIG "THANK YOU"!!!!!

      1. I am most happy to. I've come up with an alternative to the Chronological BLB list that has the same chron order, but mixes OT & NT in a more orderly fashion ... 1 NT then 3 OT then 1 NT then 3 OT ... 1 NT. Let me know if that would be of use to you ... I haven't yet put it in Logos Reading Plan format, but I do have a docx with it, attached.

      2. AWESOME

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      Read the Bible in a Year ... Chronologically! (using BlueLetterBible reading plan, in Logos) (note: you do need to be a "follower" of this group, to access the download Logos Reading Plan file) I've uploaded the "BLB Chron, OT/NT Mix" Custom Reading Plan that is available for you to download from the Menu > Content > Files area. This is based on the attachments described below. However, I *changed the order*, so that the chronological NT is interspersed with the chronological OT. There are always 1-2 NT readings in every 7-day week ... and they are "grouped" to maintain continuity. This has been done to help maintain "interest" as the year progresses. If you prefer to use the standard I've attached two files to this post also ... the first is a PDF with the BLB reading plan as shown on its website. The second is a Spreadsheet that I (laboriously) created from an OCR and hand-checking of that PDF. The spreadsheet has three tabs ... the first is sorted just like the BLB order, doing all the OT before any of the NT. The second tab mixes NT & OT chronologically, alternating 1 NT day, 3 OT days, 1 NT day, 3 OT days ... 1 NT day. The third tab is sorted in the order of the Custom Reading Plan uses (described above). NOTE: on any tab you can type in any date in Cell F1, and the 365-day Plan will Auto-Start on the NEXT day. Enjoy!

      1. Hi, y'all! I hope you've been enjoying the Custom Palettes! I've been using the 27-Categ Mixed-Underline palette on a daily basis for several months now, and have discovered the "ideal" Logos Layout to use for that purpose. I've created a 16-min How-To video on my JimDean4Jesus YouTube channel (free, no ads) ... here's the link ... let me know what you think! https://youtu.be/tXxCd_W06jI

        1. #HowToDownloadToMobile I’ve seen several posts in the past for folks asking whether and how to download their books to their Mobile devices (it’s automatic for PC/Mac). It is SMART to download everything, as long as you have available memory, so you have it accessible when not in WiFi. Also, things run faster that way. I’ve put my entire library on both my iPhone and iPad (~64GB for 14k books, but much smaller for most people). Most devices have 256GB, and at least 64GB. Check in your Settings to see how much you have free. A very rough estimate is about 4GB per 1,000 books, plus about 5-10GB for the program itself. To download all your books and journals (same for both devices, probably similar for Android): 1. Open library 2. Open filters 3. Choose “not downloaded” filter 4. Clear any leftover search strings 5. Tap blue check-circle (top right) 6. Tap Select All (top left) 7. Tap bottom right triple dots 8. Tap Download 9. If prompt appears re >100, tap OK 10. Wait & watch progress bar Note - some resources such as foreign Bibles or special freebee books might refuse to download. Sometimes it gets partway through then stops - blip in internet or whatever. If so, just repeat the steps.

          1. Mr Dean. Sir, Just wanted to say.: Thank You. EVERY TIME I highlight something in LOGOS, I thank you for providing us with such a GREAT TOOL(s) to facilitate that process!!!

            1. Wonderful to hear! Thanks for the encouragement!

          2. UPDATE to the 27 Categ MxdUndLn Palette: I have increased the thickness of the 9 dotted-line styles by one "notch". It was difficult sometimes to determine the color, with the smaller sized dots. Now, it's readily apparent. IF you have been USING the copy of the Palette that you downloaded, then all the places that you used those 9 styles will *automatically* change to the bigger dots. But if you made a *copy* of the downloaded Custom Palette, and used the styles in that copy, they will not automatically be affected. I'd recommend you make the changes yourself, in that case.

            1. Mr.Dean, Sir Thanks Again!!! You make Highlighting SOoooo Much FUN NOW. Bless You!!!

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            Heads-up to folks who have downloaded all the Custom Palettes: I've done a bit of fine-tuning to the style names of the "Palette with 27 Categ MxdUndLn (LmBkg)". If you've downloaded it and not Duplicated it to make a personal/editable copy, then those changes are supposed to automatically appear from the sync to the cloud, in your downloaded copy. THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF MAJOR HOW-TO VIDEOS APPEARING ON FRIDAY/SATURDAY ... I'll post links here, when available. Here is a snapshot of the updated Palette ... the video will mention the nature of the label-name changes to some Styles. ALSO, in preparation for what the upcoming videos will cover, I'm attaching a snapshot of the 27 Notebooks that are "highly adviseable companions" when using that template ... video will explain. Finally ... in general, I'm doing a LOT of video creations that USE this method, and explain how it's applied, in both once a day and once a weel video posts ... if you'd like to "keep up" with that, you can subscribe to the channel I've created. It's free, no ads (at least I tried to turn them all off). I get zero compensation for this stuff ... it's all just ministry output for God to use as He sees fit. So, if you check it out and consider it worthwhile, please prayerfully consider telling friends about it. Thanks! www.youtube.com/@jimdean4jesus/podcasts

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              , what option is it not giving you? I suppose maybe custom palettes / styles might be a feature that requires the full feature set (Gold base package or higher). Click on right downarrow of Palette name to create a Style. Then click on right downarrow of the Style to get to this menu.

            3. I have the gold package, but it does not give me the "choose a file" option. Maybe once every 20 or 30 times it will show up, but then the next time I go into create a new style it is not there. That's why I think it might be a software glitch.

            4. ... ah that does sound odd. As I mentioned, I don't use symbols etc so I haven't encountered this. Maybe the prompt would appear if you scroll down? Or make the Logos window full-screen? Or if you just closed the Style editor and re-opened? Many glitches have work-arounds. Be sure to report this.

          4. I finally got around to completing a video that is focused solely on the use of the 9-Theme, 27-Category Color chart that I've posted about earlier ... also, several of the uploaded custom highlighting palettes are set up just for this use. In the video, I explain all the colors and categories in detail, and mention a lot of examples of how they would be used. https://youtu.be/bdN2PJyQPvE Separately from this forum, I am regularly posting playlist / podcast type teaching videos that USE THIS METHOD, with Logos on the screen. Once a week on Mondays, the live Topical Bible Study (currently studying Humility) is recorded and uploaded to YouTube ... the colors are applied during the meeting, so you can watch the mechanics of that process. Additionally, as of January 1st (today!), I'm undertaking to post one video per day, typically 5-10 min long, that covers one chapter of the New Testament, or (on some days) a comparable amount from Psalms. This follows the M'Cheyne plan ... and if it goes well, I might continue at the same pace, over the following two years, to cover the OT. I have purposefully chosen the NET Bible for this ... partly since it's accurate, partly since it's not as familiar, and partly since (afaik) there are currently no live human narrations of it. The recordings I'm making are for teaching and testimony purposes, and will never be sold ... they are freely available to anyone. Anyways ... those one-chapter-a-day NET Bible recordings, starting in Acts, will show the Bible text on the screen, scrolling occasionally ... WITH THE COLOR UNDERLINES ALREADY DONE, pretty extensively.
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            Color Key Introduction: 9-Themes, 27-Categories
            I've spent the better part of a year designing a method for highlighting or underlining scripture, to single out the words or phrases or verses that deal wit...
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              FEEDBACK Requested ... what have I missed? ... how can this be expanded/improved within the same basic paradigm? I'm setting up searchable flags to include in my electronic-Journal Notes which are flexible enough to cover most everything I plan to document. The method is to use short, unique, memorable flag-strings, usually at the beginning of the note, which can be Searched either individually, as a specific-sequence combo, or as a random mix. Syntax: Each flag that has some ID-text after it will be of the form F^text, where F is one of several capital letters Each flag that is a standalone "attribute" will be of the form A` (where ` is backwards-apostrophe), with no text attached Any note can have none, one or more of either #1 &/or #2 I've currently got two "hierarchical" text-flag tiers in mind: ... Theme/Category/Subcategory/Point ... T^w, C^x, S^y, P^z ... FromSrc/TopicID#/TopicName/Mention ... F^a, I^b, N^c, M^d And I've got some non-text classifications in mind: ... oBservation= B`, inTerpretation= T`, Doctrine=D`, Opinion= O`, Application= A`, praYer= Y`, thanKs= K`, Worship= W`, Goal= G`, conFession= F` The 9-Theme & 27-Category (3/theme) hierarchy is the color chart I posted earlier ... some of the SubCat's might be the words used in the wide description column (ideally with unique short codes). The "Topic" hierarchy is based on the Thompson Chain idea ... TCR would be one of the "FromSrc" ID's, along with Naves, MacA, Jim, etc. Each FromSrc has its own topic# set, but the TopicName might be found in more than one FromSrc list. The "Mention" (I was running out of unique single letters) is the "sub-topic" that is often found in really big TCR topics such as "God". These will be used in Logos Notes (across all NoteBooks). As you probably know, Search queries and Visual Filters can be set up to extract / identify any combination of these flags. And fwiw, I've created 27 dedicated NoteBooks to act as "bins" to hold all 27 of the Category colors (from the Theme/Category chart).