I think that Bible Works is a lot easier to work with in the text alone. And I think that price is a big factor. However, Logos is not merely for preachers who are “lazy” or want “other people’s opinion on the text.” Logos is a very effective software program that allows for exegesis AND for the study of other people’s work about the text.

When exegeting a text of scripture, I first read the scripture in one Bible alone. That can be done with BibleWorks, but it feels more like a book in Logos. I then read it in multiple versions. BibleWorks does this pretty well, but Logos has this very neat comparison windown that color codes differences between the versions. Here we can compare and contrast the differences. Yes you can do that in BibleWorks, but Logos’ view is very nice and compact.

Logos gets you started on word studies with its exegetical helper report.

In short, Logos is not simply something for those who do not wish to do solid exegetical work with the text alone. I do think that BibleWorks is quicker and feels sleeker for text based exegesis, but Logos does have some tools that can aid in that endevor as well.

It is not as if Logos forces you to even use the commentaries. You can set up workspaces that allows you to do what you wish to do. I do think that bibleWorks allows more complex searches in the original languages, but I am not sure about that…

Logos is a bit pricey..and perhaps BibleWorks is cheaper for the materials it gives, but neither program can be called cheap. If we are looking for inexpensive, then we should be talking about E-Sword or BibleGateway on the web.

at any rate, some people who know the languages choose BibleWorks…and some choose Logos. Not sure how many choose each, but the question is not who wants to use the languages or who wants to do solid biblical exegesis. The question is how much of your library do you want on your computer and how much do you want on your shelf. you probably have a bible dictionary and some commentaries and some other books. Do you want it in your software in a neatly searchable version, or do you want to leave it on your shelf? If you want to add a library search to your Bible software then there is really no comparison. Logos wins hands down. If you wish to leave much (not all) of your library on the shelf and not have it accessible, then BibleWorks is probably the winner in that case.

Do you want your library in your bible software is the question…Another question is the price you are willing to pay. But the question is not whether you want to do solid Biblical Exegesis or if you are lazy…The lazy preacher can find reason to be lazy with or without a software program and solid Biblical exegesis can be done in both (assuming that you have the original Bible Languages addon to Logos)

As for Bible work, I find that I have Bibleworks up and have done my work and closed before libronix even starts up. When I get ready to preach a sermon, I usually let Libronix find everything related and in the meantime, I start to work in the Bible on Bibleworks…

God bless and thanks for the post…