
JudyN
- I wished I had not upgraded to Logos 8. Logos 7 was working just fine for me but I was tempted and bought. I dislike the way the prayer list works; the excerpts from my library are gone on the home page; and the home page is cluttered with junk I don't want and don't use, mostly ads to get me to spend more money. Very disappointed. I called about it and found that a updated version was coming out in mid-December. It helped only slightly. At first, I found the workflows interesting, but now I don't use them and went back to creating my own layouts.
- I have become uncomfortable with the selection of books being thrown at us in the pre-pub offers. I am beginning to see a tent that has become too wide. Today’s selection of Walter Brueggemann books is a case in point. I have looked at this author in the past and believed him to be a liberal theologian. So I have looked some more. I am not going to do an in depth analysis but rather for purposes of this review point out two major concerns. As far as I can tell in his writings on the internet, Dr. Brueggemann equivocates on whether the resurrection of Jesus was a real historical event. In addition, in the offered book, “Truth-Telling as Subversive Obedience,” on page 2, Brueggemann appears to affirm opinions by Krister Stendahl and E.P. Sanders, proponents of the New Perspectives on Paul, that the dichotomy of law and gospel needs to be re-examined. New Perspectives on Paul and Federal Vision have become huge issues in Reformed Theology and in my denomination, Presbyterian Church in America. Such teachers need to be called out, publicly. I am not a theologian or pastor but consider myself as a lay apologist. I have several books in my home that I consider as false teachings. Examples are The Book of Mormon, the Holy Bible (New World Translation), as well as writings by Rudolph Bultmann and Marcus Borg. Inside of each book, I have a warning sticker about the contents for the benefit of my descendants. With the Brueggemann collection, we are given no warning, but rather words of praise about this resource. When I began with Logos in 2006, I experienced the books to be true, conservative and evangelical. (Of course, I always try to be a Berean). This has changed in the last year, at least. If I am wrong about Dr. Brueggemann or about the type of books we are being offered, I hope another Logos user or Logos staff member can correct me.