Preparing a sermon with Logos
A number of people asked to see the process involved in preparing a sermon. This series of videos attempts to do just that. The videos work best in fullscreen mode. Just press play, then click the icon with four small arrows, next to the Vimeo logo.
Getting Started
http://www.vimeo.com/8269101Note-taking
http://www.vimeo.com/8312956Exegesis
http://www.vimeo.com/8320884Writing a sermon outline
http://www.vimeo.com/8324688Popularity: 4% [?]
Thanks so much for this Mark. I found it very helpful.
Just a question You showed a variety of collections you had created in the “cited by” tag. These were even categorised. I am not sure how you created that. Can you help? Thanks Richard
the more i watch the more things sink in. i may just about well have it right before L5 comes on the scene . . . lol. Seriously, tho, for me it is catching on to the little things: tips, organization, remembering what a new function can be useful for, etc, that is moving me forward. There ARE a lot of things “out there” that can make life easier and more interesting. Have you ever investigated mind mapping software? Also curious: do you use OneNote at all?
But what I am taking away this morning is a a firmer vision for how I can organize my notes within favorites. I saw that the other day, but it is sinking in more. In particular, breaking them down, for instance, as you did with one notefile for “initial thoughts”. I used to have that as a note within a note file. But it got unwieldy–you basically had to manage the whole notefile–this way, each notefile can be easily accessed/manipulate/copied/printed, whatever-but I still keep it organized together by subsetting it under the pericope title within favorites.
i know YOU know this, but another value of your videos is that you are not just isolating one trick or function, but we are seeing how several of them work together–even if the “trick” is not the main focus. The “deal” is that I have read many tricks and tips in the forums, but–i forget them, or i can’t find them, or i may not see how it relates to a larger process so well, and so, I forget or just don’t implement it right away. Putting them together as in your videos, I can more easily visualize the flow.
Mark,
I know you’re preaching this sermon tomorrow. I pray that the content of your labours in the study are as much a blessing to your people in Clydach as their method is too us.
Every blessing,
Matt
P.S. Could you share what’s pinned to your shortcuts bar please. Icons are too small for my old eyes…
Thanks so much for these. Have been struggling with Logos upgrade for a while and not sure where to start – this has helped heaps.
Blessings
Gary
Wonderful videos! They are very interesting to watch and most helpful. I enjoy the fact that they are not 30 seconds long but actually are full length tutorials! Great job and please continue to post more.
Thank you so much for your videos. I just started using logos again after graduating from seminary 10 years ago. The videos have been a blessing to get up and running again with the software. Thanks!
Is the final sermon available somewhere online?
found it at http://www.bethel-clydach.co.uk/sermons/
Thanks for this series. It has been instructive on several levels.
Great series! Thanks very much for your hard work.
Mark,
Being a new purchaser of Logos software and a Lay leader in my own church who has dabbled in leading home fellowships and filling in for the occasional empty pulpit (without any formal seminary training at all) it was a delight and a wonderful education at the same time watching your videos!
I would echo the sentiments of Mr. DeVilder in many ways, especially those in regards to seeing how someone uses all of the tools in a logical and meaningful way to pull together many different strings of information to wrestle a sermon out of the text to give to their congregation for exhortation and salvation.
It is one thing to tell us what each portion of the whole does, it is another thing entirely to see what happens when you take each part and make it a whole! You obviously have a gift for teaching!
PS – I listened to the first portion of your sermon on-line and was enchanted by the pictures of your congregation. You are a very blessed man.