Logos Bible Software

For the second half of September, get a free copy of Logos Free Book of the Month: Jeremy M. Kimble, How Can I Get More Out of My Bible Reading?  for your Logos Library.  Part of the 9Marks series, Kimble explains how the church acts as God’s school and offers biblical answers and practical applications that provide sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions.

The other “almost free” books in this promotion are pastoral and practical books from Crossway.

• Collin Hansen, Where Is God in a World with So Much Evil? (TGC Hard Questions; Crossway, 2025), $2.99
• David Powlison, God’s Grace in Your Suffering (Crossway, 2018), $3.99
• Wayne Grudem, C. John Collins, and Thomas Schreiner, Understanding Scripture: An Overview of the Bible’s Origin, Reliability, and Meaning (Crossway, 2011), $4.99
• David R. Helm, Expositional Preaching: How We Speak God’s Word Today (9Marks Building Healthy Churches Series; Crossway, 2014), $5.99
• Andreas J. Köstenberger and Michael J. Kruger, The Heresy of Orthodoxy: How Contemporary Culture’s Fascination with Diversity Has Reshaped Our Understanding of Early Christianity (Crossway, 2010), $6.99
• David L. Allen, 1–3 John—Fellowship in God’s Family (Preaching the Word; Crossway, 2013), $8.99
• Andrew David Naselli, Romans: A Concise Guide to the Greatest Letter Ever Written (Crossway, 2010), $9.99
• Richard B. Gaffin Jr., In the Fullness of Time: An Introduction to the Biblical Theology of Acts and Paul (Crossway, 2010), $11.99
• Bruce K. Waltke and Fred G. Zaspel, How to Read and Understand the Psalms (Crossway, 2010), $12.99
• Douglas Sean O’Donnell, Mark (Expository Reflections on the Gospels, vol. 3; Crossway, 2010), $11.99

Waltke and Fred G. Zaspel, How to Read and Understand the Psalms looks like my first pick, although I will probably get Naselli’s Romans Concise Guide to Romans as well. As always, subscribers save another 5%, so go ahead and buy them all. This Free Book goes away October 15…check back for a new deal then.

In October, Logos celebrates Pastor Appreciation Month. Save up to 50% off hundreds of resources for preaching, sermon prep, pastoral care, and leadership—then stack an extra 15% off orders of $50+ with code PASTORTHANKS through October 25. The 2026 Leader and Preacher Libraries are 25% off all month, and eight HCCP Preacher’s Commentary titles are 50% off October 5–18. You can also save 50% on the highly rated Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (BECNT) series, but only until October 15. Pick individual volumes or grab all 18 volumes. To celebrate their recent merger, you can also save big on Baker and Lexham books in October.

What is new in Logos 53? If you don’t already know, Logos recently moved to a subscription model. Rather than a major upgrade every couple of years, they roll out upgrades about every six weeks. Logos has been integrating more AI into the software for years (smart searches, fuzzy searches, etc.), but over the last year this has evolved into Study Assistant. This is a basic chat-style AI that uses only the books in your library. In Logos 53, when you highlight a few verses, you now have “Explain” and “Ask” in the context menu. The Study Assistant will then explain the text using commentaries from your library. Users can then ask further questions in a typical AI dialogue. The “Ask” option does just that; you ask a question about whatever you highlighted. For example, I highlighted “adverbial acc” in the Dictionary of Classical Hebrew. The Study Assistant gave me the definition from Dictionary of English Grammar for Students of Biblical Languages, plus additional information from Pocket Dictionary for the Study of Biblical Hebrew. It also gave an example from Joshua 7:25 and some examples from the New Testament (citing A.T. Robertson). All of these references include page numbers and links to the book, so I can open directly to the page and read the context of the citation.

I know many people who are concerned about AI in sermon preparation, and rightly so. Study Assistant will not write your sermon for you. I asked it, “Please write a sermon outline for Acts 20:1–6.” The response was, “I appreciate the request, but I’m not able to write sermons, outlines, or other long-form creative content. This falls outside my role as a study assistant.” Study Assistant is an amped up search engine that can do some amazing things, but it will not replace the Holy Spirit for pastors trying to write a sermon.

Should you subscribe to Logos? Some people just hate subscriptions. That’s OK. But if you’re the type to upgrade Logos every two years, you’d pay the same amount as you would for the subscription. I personally like the idea of getting smaller upgrades every six weeks rather than a massive dump of features every few years. I think I can use the newer features better when I get one or two at a time. I also think this system lets Logos be more flexible about what they choose to upgrade.

This Logos Free Book of the Month promotion runs through October 15. A new free book will be available on October 15 at 9:00 a.m. PST. As always, you can use the (free) basic edition or the inexpensive Fundamentals collection to access these free and discounted books. All the links are Logos Affiliate links. If you plan to buy Logos books, use this link to support Reading Acts.

For the second half of September, get a free copy of Jeffery Smith, The Rich Man and Lazarus: The Plain Truth about Life after Death (Evangelical Press, 2019) for your Logos Library. Jeff Smith is a pastor at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Coconut Creek, Florida, and an instructor at Reformed Baptist Seminary. Using the story of Lazarus in Luke 16, Smith explores issues of life, death, and the afterlife.

There are quite “almost free” books in the Logos FBOTM Promotion:

• Terry L. Johnson, Reformed Worship: Worship That Is According to Scripture, $2.99
• Earl M. Blackburn, John Chrysostom (Bitesize Biographies), $3.99
• Derek W. H. Thomas, God Strengthens: Ezekiel Simply Explained (Welwyn Commentary Series), $7.77
• David Jeremiah, Colossians and Philemon: The Lordship of Jesus (Jeremiah Bible Study Series), $5.99
• Jonty Rhodes, Man of Sorrows, King of Glory: What the Humiliation and Exaltation of Jesus Mean for Us, $6.99
• Michael Bentley, Luke : Saving a Fallen World (Welwyn Commentary Series). $7.99
• John Blanchard, Major Points from the Minor Prophets, $8.99
• Arnold Dallimore, A Heart Set Free: The Life of Charles Wesley (A Welwyn Biography), $10.99
• Grant R. Osborne, George Guthrie, Hebrews Verse by Verse, $11.99 (Reviewed Here)
• Gareth Crossley, The Old Testament: Explained and Applied, $22.99

As always, subscribers save another 5%.

What is new in Logos 53? For those who do not already know, Logos recently moved to a subscription model. Rather than a major upgrade every couple of years, upgrades are rolled out about every six weeks. Logos has been integrating more AI into the software for years (smart searches, fuzzy searches, etc.), but over the last year this has evolved into Study Assistant. This is a basic chat-style AI that uses only the books in your library. In Logos 53, when you highlight a few verses, you now have “explain” and “ask” on the context menu. The Study Assistant will then explain the text using commentaries from your library. Users can then ask further questions in a typical AI dialogue. The “Ask” option does just that; you ask a question about whatever you highlighted. For example, I highlighted “adverbial acc” in the Dictionary of Classical Hebrew. The Study Assistant gave me the definition from Dictionary of English Grammar for Students of Biblical Languages, plus additional information from Pocket Dictionary for the Study of Biblical Hebrew. It also gave an example from Joshua 7:25 and some examples from the New Testament (citing A.T. Robertson). All of these references include page numbers and links to the book, so I can open directly to the page and read the context of the citation.

I know many people who are concerned about AI in sermon preparation, and rightly so. Study Assistant will not write your sermon for you. I asked it, “Please write a sermon outline for Acts 20:1–6.” The response was, “I appreciate the request, but I’m not able to write sermons, outlines, or other long-form creative content. This falls outside my role as a study assistant.” Study Assistant is an amped up search engine that can do some amazing things, but it will not replace the Holy Spirit for pastors trying to write a sermon.

Should you subscribe to Logos? Some people just hate subscriptions. That’s OK. But if you’re the type to upgrade Logos every two years, you’d pay the same amount as you would for the subscription. I personally like the idea of getting smaller upgrades every six weeks rather than a massive dump of features every few years. I think I can use the newer features better when I get one or two at a time. I also think this system lets Logos be more flexible about what they choose to upgrade.

If you do subscribe in September, you get a free Bronze library. Click through to get the details. Even if you do not want to subscribe, you can get a Topical Library for 25% off.

This Logos Free Book of the Month promotion runs through September 30. A new free book will be available on September 15 at 9:00 a.m. PST. As always, you can use the (free) basic edition or the inexpensive Fundamentals collection to access these free and discounted books. All the links are Logos Affiliate links. If you plan to buy Logos books, use this link to support Reading Acts.

Every few years, Logos Bible Software re-shuffles its library options. These are curated libraries that customize your library for your personal needs. Some are “standard” (gold, platinum, diamond). Others are theological traditions (Baptist, Reformed, Charismatic, Messianic Jew, SDA, and many more). This time around, Logos has added four new categories: learner, leader, preacher, and researcher. These new libraries can be purchased at various levels (bronze, gold, etc.) to better fit your budget. Based on what you have purchased in the past, you might find the cost to upgrade is not as high as you thought. With the discounts, you might be able to add books for just a few dollars each, compared to buying them individually at full price. Why buy a 2026 Library if you have a 2020 library? I find this is a great time to expand my library and take full advantage of discounts and previous purchases. Logos is constantly adding new material from a wide range of publishers. This is a chance to catch up on the latest and take advantage of some good discounts.

You do not need to subscribe to the new version of Logos (although they really want you to). If you purchased Logos 8, 9, or 10 in the past, all these books are still available to you and are “yours forever.” Some Logos users are deadset against paying for a subscription, and that is OK. It seems like all software has turned to the subscription model, and it is annoying. I have been subscribing since they began to offer the model, and I do see the advantages for the Faithlife company. They get a steady income stream rather than a bunch of upgrades every two years. But there are tangible benefits for the end user in subscribing. Rather than waiting two years for a batch of cool new features, there are smaller upgrades and new features added every six weeks. These are not bug fixes or patches (you still get those, too), but real feature upgrades that (in the past) waited until Logos rolled out a new version. If you do the math, it does not cost any more than upgrading every few years. There are a slew of other benefits for subscribers, including additional free books and discounts.

Logos offers three subscription levels based on your needs, and you do not need to upgrade to a subscription package or upgrade your library if you do not want to. Resist consumerism!  Or indulge your book-buying demons. Whichever works out best for you.

For some users, the “new features” might not be very attractive. One of the latest add-ins is an AI Study Assistant. This is an upgrade to the already AI-enabled smart search. I have been using it for a little while now, and I am glad it is minimally invasive and can be easily turned off. It is not as though Logos requires you to embrace the AI overlords. If you think of Study Assistant as an interactive search engine for just the books you own in Logos, it works well. I have used it to discover resources I own. Here is my review of Logos 46. Since I wrote that, Logos has been updated several times (I now use Logos 48), and the Study Assistant has steadily improved, and new features have been added. One of the AI features I use the most is the translate tool, both on my laptop and my iPad. When a commentary slips in a German or French commentary, I can highlight the text and get a quick translation within the Logos reading environment. I have used the Study Assistant to create bibliographies from essay collections.

Here are some tips for navigating the library page. First, when browsing the bundles, be sure to click the “hide books I own” option, so you see only the new-to-you books in the library. There is a menu across the top for the Standard, Traditions, Learner, Leader, Pastor, and Researcher. Once there, you can choose between small, medium, and large collections. If you already own the book, you will not be charged again. Logos calls this “dynamic pricing,” and the result is a lower cost for a bundle.  If you bought a Gold library ten years ago, you still own those books, and they are removed from the cost of a new bundle in whatever flavor you choose.

There is always something on sale at Logos. For the first half of February 2026, you can add Justo L. González, Knowing Our Faith: A Guide for Believers, Seekers, and Christian Communities (Eerdmans 2019) to your Logos Library for free. There are some great deals on the free book of the month from Eerdmans, so go load up before you spend too much money on a new Logos Library. This link will get you some great deals on books published by Bloomsbury and IVP USA

If the big bundles are too overwhelming, try a mini bundle. These are curated commentary sets that might just scratch the itch.

All the links are Logos Affiliate links. If you are indulging your book-buying demons, use this link to support Reading Acts. In fact, try the code SAVEMORE at checkout and save more.

For the second half of January 2026, you can add Simon Austen, Introducing Ephesians: A Book for Today, to your Logos Library for free.  Austen published this book with Christian Focus in 2012.

Logos has an eclectic mix of other deals for the second half of December:

• Anxiety: Calming the Fearful Heart (Keys for Living Library), $3.99
• Rupert Shortt, Does Religion do More Harm than Good?, $4.99
• Christopher Ash, Teaching Ruth and Esther: From Text to Message (Teaching the Bible Series), $5.99
• Derek Wilson, The Philosopher and the Gospels: Jesus Through the Lens of Philosophy, $6.99
• James D. G. Dunn, Did the First Christians Worship Jesus? The New Testament Evidence, $7.99
• Paul J. Loth, Teaching Adults with Confidence: A Four-Session Program Seminar for Training Teachers, $8.99
• 9Marks Journal, Spring–Fall, Special Edition 2018, $9.99
• Caleb S. Lewis, Through the Waters: A Biblical Theology of the Book of Genesis, $10.99
• Conrad Cherry, God’s New Israel: Religious Interpretations of American Destiny, $11.99
• Peter S. Williams, A Faithful Guide to Philosophy: A Christian Introduction to the Love of Wisdom, $12.99

This is an interesting mix of practical theology and biblical theology. The highlight to my eye is James D. G. Dunn, Did the First Christians Worship Jesus? The New Testament Evidence (WJKP, 2010). Conrad Cherry, God’s New Israel: Religious Interpretations of American Destiny  (University of North Carolina, 1998) is a new edition of a book originally written in 1971. The updated edition adds some essays on more relevant historical figures (relevant in 1998 at least). The book collects the words of such prominent and diverse Americans related to religion. Fromthe blurb: “Neither a history of American religious denominations nor a history of American theology, this book is instead an illuminating look at how religion has helped shape Americans’ understanding of themselves as a people.”

There is a link on the Free Book page to an additional free book for Logos subscribers, currently N. T. Wright, Interpreting Paul: Essays on the Apostle and His Letters (Zondervan, 2020), and a link to the Verbum Free Book (Catholic resources).

The Logos New Year’s Sale runs until February 1. Good deals on Bible Translations and other important resources. Check it out, buy yourself something nice to make up for the lousy start to 2026.

What’s new with Logos? Starting with Logos 46, there is an AI assistant called Study Assistant. Before you think this is a Satanically inspired plot to ruin sermon preparation, read my review. It is really pretty good, and will refuse to write your sermon for you.

This Logos Free Book of the Month promotion runs through January 31. A new free book will be available on February 1 at 9:00 a.m. PST. As always, you can use the (free) basic edition or the inexpensive Fundamentals collection to use these free and discounted books.

All the links are Logos Affiliate links. If you plan to buy Logos books, use this link to support Reading Acts.

For the second half of December 2025, you can add Bearing God’s Name by  Carmen Joy Imes to your Logos Library for free.  Published by IVP Academic (2019), Imes takes readers back to Sinai, the ancient mountain where Israel met their God, and explains the meaning of events there. She argues that we’ve misunderstood the command about “taking the Lord’s name in vain.” Instead, Imes says that this command is about “bearing God’s name,” a theme that continues throughout the rest of Scripture. Readers will revisit the story of Israel as they trudge through the wilderness from a grueling past to a promising future. The story of Israel turns out to be our story too, and you’ll discover why Sinai still matters as you follow Jesus today.

You can also add her book, The Image of God, for $6.99

Logos has an eclectic mix of other deals for the second half of December:

• Michael Bentley and Simon Robinson, Face2Face with David, vol. 1: Encountering the Man after God’s Heart, $3.99
• The Book of Common Prayer, 1662: Psalter, $4.99
• Joanna Kimbrel and Courtney Doctor, Behold and Believe: A Bible Study on the I Am Statements of Jesus (TGCW Bible Study), $5.99
• Carmen Joy Imes, Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters, $6.99
• James Burton Coffman, Coffman Commentary: Matthew (1894), $7.99
• Thomas O. Summers, Commentaries on Matthew, Mark, and Luke (3 vols., 1869-72), $8.99
• Bryan D. Estelle, Echoes of Exodus: Tracing a Biblical Motif, $11.99
• J. P. Moreland; William Lane Craig, Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview, 2nd ed., $12.99
• R. E. Neighbour, Wells of Living Water (14 vols., 1940), $13.99
• Kirsopp Lake; F. J. Foakes-Jackson; Henry J. Cadbury; J. H. Ropes, The Beginnings of Christianity: The Acts of the Apostles (5 vols.), $15.99

Notice the Imes, Being God’s Image, and Bryan Estelle’s Echoes of Exodus; both are excellent. Although it is older, The Beginnings of Christianity: The Acts of the Apostles is still oft-cited and worth owning (especially at $16)

Kirsopp Lake was a monumental scholar in both New Testament and church history. He brought his expertise in both of these areas together in a 20 year long collaborative effort with F.J. Foakes-Jackson, Henry J. Cadbury, and many others to examine Acts and its relation to the earliest history of the church. The result was the present five volume work: The Beginnings of Christianity: The Acts of the Apostles. William Baird called it “the most extensive investigation of a NT book by English-speaking scholarship.” Included are two volumes of background study ranging from the background of Jewish history to the rise of Gentile Christianity. Volume three provides an extensive survey of the textual evidence for Acts by James Hardy Ropes. The last two volumes give in-depth commentary on the text of Acts.

Here is a list of the “best books” in 2025, as in, best-selling for Logos. But as implied by that graphic, you can get BDAG on sale (which is rare). HALOT is also there. If you are looking for a professional lexicon for Greek and Hebrew, now is the time. There is quite a bit of variety on this sale, so check it out.

Logos is running a Christmas sale. Some good books to stuff in your own stocking. Because if you don’t, who will? If you run up a serious tab, try the code CHRISTMASJOY at check out for $25 Off $200+

What’s new with Logos? Starting with Logos 46, there is an AI assistant called Study Assistant. Before you think this is a Satanically inspired plot to ruin sermon preparation, read my review. It is really pretty good, and will refuse to write your sermon for you.

This Logos Free Book of the Month promotion runs through December 31. A new free book will be available on January 1 at 9:00 a.m. PST. As always, you can use the (free) basic edition or the inexpensive Fundamentals collection to use these free and discounted books.

All the links are Logos Affiliate links. If you plan to buy Logos books, use this link to support Reading Acts.