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Here is Scott Lindsey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> Teenagers, today\u2014their whole life is digital.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> I mean, you hand a paper resource to any teenager today and they\u2019re going to look at you a little funny because that\u2019s not what their world is. So, it just makes me smile when I show this to teenagers, anywhere, in any context. They get excited about the Bible because it\u2019s the Bible on a computer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u00a0This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Monday, August 19<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. Scott Lindsey from Logos Bible Software joins us today to talk about how, not just the Bible\u2014but an entire theological reference library\u2014is finding its way to smart phones and tablets all around the world. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>And welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. Do you know why I\u2019m looking forward to today\u2019s program? We\u2019re going to be talking about one of those things\u2014this is one of those programs where you get to huddle up with all of your friends and you get to say, \u201cCan I show you something really cool?\u201d because I have been a user and a fan of Logos Bible Study Software for a long time. Anytime I\u2019m with somebody who really likes to study the Bible, and we get to talking about Logos or I get to showing them Logos, they get really excited about it. Our listeners are just kind of that group of friends that we\u2019re going to get huddled around us today and say, \u201cThis is really cool stuff!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You don\u2019t have to be a preacher\u2014you don\u2019t even have to be a teacher. You have to be, I think, just someone who wants to get to know God and find out more about Him. This software is fantastic, in terms of equipping you to better know God and to do it in a really efficient way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Our buddy, Scott Lindsey, is back from Logos\u2014all the way back from Seattle. He\u2019s wearing a Seattle shirt; wouldn\u2019t you say, Bob?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I\u2019d say that kind of has that Washington State look.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> He came up to me, and I thought he looked like a rock star from Nashville. [Laughter] Scott, welcome back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> It\u2019s good to be here! [Laughter]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019m sorry this is not TV\u2014so our listeners can\u2019t see what you\u2019re wearing. You and your wife have been married for 21 years; you have five children. I\u2019ve got to cut to the chase\u2014away from your Bible software\u2014and ask you about child number five. You adopted! Why?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> Yes. Last time I was here, I think we announced we were in the process. We adopted from China\u2014so, it\u2019s a very lengthy process. It took us about five years, but it\u2019s always been in my wife\u2019s heart. It was kind of a requirement to get her to say, \u201cI do.\u201d [Laughter] I knew part of the package deal was\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> So she was the one who was the one who\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> Oh, absolutely! But what a blessing! We got her about two years ago, now. She\u2019s three. Her name is Haven Song. She\u2019s just wonderful!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Is that it for you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> No, we\u2019re talking about adopting number six now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> So you\u2019re bullish on adoption?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> I\u2019m very bullish on adoption; yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> So are we!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>There are challenges with adoption; aren\u2019t there?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> Absolutely. I mean\u2014some developmental challenges\u2014so, we have her in speech therapy. But it\u2019s amazing! She keeps us young and on-the-go. My oldest is married. So, I tell people, \u201cI\u2019ve got a married daughter and one in diapers\u2014and thinking about adding number six.\u201d But, yes, what a gift!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I don\u2019t know how many of our listeners have Logos Bible Software on their computer. You said you\u2019ve got about a million-and-a-half people, worldwide, who are using Logos; right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> Yes, every day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>For those who don\u2019t know\u2014this is like a concordance with a theological library\u2014with maps, with audio sermons. It\u2019s <em>amazing<\/em> what all you put into the software.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It\u2019s on steroids, Bob.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Yes, it really is.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I mean\u2014it\u2019s really amazing!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> Yes, I tell people\u2014the word, \u201csoftware,\u201d is intimidating to some\u2014so, I try not to use that word a whole lot when I\u2019m talking about Logos. It really is a library. It\u2019s a library, though, that is accessible on your mobile device, on your tablet, on your computer. So, the beauty is\u2014wherever you are, there is your Bible and your library\u2014which is great for questions that are asked\u2014you\u2019re at Starbucks<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, in a difficult situation with somebody, <em>going<\/em> through something. I mean, we get answers immediately. That is one of the greatest benefits of Logos. Don\u2019t get intimidated by the word \u201csoftware\u201d. It\u2019s all the trusted resources and authors, that we have come to love over the years\u2014that are, literally, around your shoulder, helping you do Bible study.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I was in a meeting, last night at church, and we were having a discussion about First Corinthians, Chapter 11, where it talks about those who are taking the Lord\u2019s Supper in an unworthy manner. We were talking about, \u201cWhat did that mean?\u201d Somebody said to me, \u201cI wish I knew the Greek on that.\u201d Well, I had my tablet. I hit Logos and said, \u201cOh, well, here\u2019s what the Greek is.\u201d I could just spill it out right there\u2014instant access to that kind of thing, in the middle of a meeting. It was amazing!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> That\u2019s really the goal\u2014is equipping people to give biblical answers. Not only personal Bible study\u2014I think everyone should invest in their study of Scripture\u2014but, again, we live in a world that has questions. I think the best place to get answers is the Bible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, one of the places where the questions come is at the family dinner table. One of the kids asks a question. I had this happen on numerous occasions: \u201cDad, what does that mean in the Bible? What\u2019s the background on that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Yes, but you\u2019re Dennis Rainey! So, you knew what it meant! [Laughter]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019d been to seminary, and I didn\u2019t know many of the answers to the questions that they asked. If I\u2019d had Logos Bible Software, at that point, you could easily click on it. Within a matter of seconds, you could have access to what numerous authors, throughout history, have taught on that passage, as well as just what the Bible says about it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>You guys have been doing some things, recently, that are connecting a whole new group of people to Logos. There are some free resources that you\u2019ve started to make available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> Yes, we\u2019re very passionate about the study of Scripture. So, we decided to create a new study Bible that\u2019s kind of built for the digital age. With digital, you\u2019re not limited. We hired the best people\u2014like Randy Alcorn, Tim Keller, McDowell, and Giessler\u2014literally, from the ground zero up, built what I feel is one of the most amazing study Bibles out there. We sent a film crew to Turkey, Israel, and Greece. We got stock video and photography of archaeological places and cities. It\u2019s this unbelievable, multimedia-rich experience <em>in<\/em> the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an app\u2014so, you download it to an Android<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> device or an iPhone<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> or iPad<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. The response we\u2019re seeing\u2014especially, from teenagers! They say, \u201cWow! I would study the Bible all day long!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>What version is it in?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> It can be any translation you want\u2014that\u2019s the other nice thing. If you\u2019re a King James\u2014it can be a King James Study Bible. If you\u2019re\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> ESV?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> ESV, NASB, and so on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>And the study notes for each verse have the opportunity to kind of expand out. If you want to go deeper, the study notes will take you deeper.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> Right. It\u2019s the limitation of paper\u2014is that simple little paragraph. With our study Bible, you\u2019ll see a little plus sign at the end of the paragraph. If you push it, more notes. The notes will change, depending on what translation you anchor the study notes to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>If folks are interested in finding out more about the Faith Life Study Bible, they can go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click on a link there. It will take you right to a page where you can find out how you can have this on your phone or on your tablet. Is it something you can do online, as well?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> Yes, you can access the notes. Let\u2019s say you drop your phone or you\u2019re out of range. You can get right on an internet website, log-in, and there you go!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Again, go to FamilyLifeToday.com. We\u2019ve got a link there that will take you to where you can find out how you can access the Faith Life Study Bible.<\/p>\n<p>What else? In addition to the Faith Life Study Bible, what other things are you doing for folks to get them engaged in the Bible?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> Well, we\u2019re very passionate about two primary things. One is Scripture\u2014getting people into Bible study. The other thing is\u2014it\u2019s very important that believers are in community\u2014around believers that believe in Scripture. We\u2019ve created a new social side to Logos called Faith Life. It\u2019s kind of, if you will, Facebook<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> for the church. You can share prayer requests\u2014you can do Bible study together\u2014but, again, creating a sense of community around the Bible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And this is important, I think, as couples start out their marriage\u2014to be surrounded by other people, who will encourage them to go the distance. Then, when they have children, they\u2019re going to need that same community to coach them and encourage them about how they raise the next generation; right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> Yes. As a matter of fact, I created our own family group in Faith Life\u2014actually, started a reading plan, at the beginning of the year\u2014that we\u2019re all participating in. I get to see who\u2019s slacking a little bit on their reading plan. We\u2019re able to share prayer requests.<\/p>\n<p>You can create a group that\u2019s open to anybody. You can create a group that is invite only. You can create a group like, \u201cMy Family\u201d\u2014that\u2019s just for us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 It makes it easier for a father and a mother to truly lead their family, spiritually. I\u2019m thinking about our family. Our children are grown\u2014they\u2019re out of the house. They\u2019re scattered from, almost, one end of America to the other. This would be a great way for families to connect, and to stay connected around Bible study, regardless of where they live.<\/p>\n<p>Scott, you\u2019re actually producing a magazine that is kind of the old-fashioned way? It\u2019s made out of paper?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Do you even read it because it\u2019s on paper\u2014 you, yourself, I mean?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I heard you speak kind of disparagingly of paper, Scott.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> It\u2019s the <em>only <\/em>paper-thing I read. That\u2019s it. [Laughter]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>He\u2019s a company man, ladies and gentlemen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> The newspaper in Seattle?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> Nope! It\u2019s only on my iPad. [Laughter]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Share with our listeners about this. This is a bi-monthly periodical. Earlier in the year, you had one that was on a friend of ours, Joni Eareckson Tada. She was on the cover\u2014it talks about how she studies the Bible and encouraging people to do that.<\/p>\n<p>Explain the purpose of this magazine, though.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> About three years ago, our CEO called us into a meeting and said, \u201cI want to create a magazine.\u201d\u00a0 We were looking at him like, \u201cWe\u2019re a digital company.\u201d But, again, our goal is better Bible study. We understand there are people who will never boot a computer to dive into God\u2019s Word. How do we serve them? So, we created <em>Bible Study<\/em> <em>Magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, we scanned everything out there. There was not a single publication, solely-focused on Bible study. So, we created <em>Bible Study Magazine<\/em>. We\u2019ve had Nancy Leigh DeMoss on the cover\u2014we\u2019ve had Randy Alcorn\u2014Josh McDowell. The <em>entire<\/em> magazine is about Bible study, word studies. We always feature a prominent ministry leader: \u201cHow does Bible study affect them in their daily lives?\u201d \u201cWhat are their methods of Bible study?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We get testimonials from families who kind of fight over the mailbox when <em>Bible Study Magazine<\/em> shows up because teens love it\u2014moms, dads. I just think it\u2019s an <em>amazing<\/em> resource.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, this is what <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>is all about. We try to bring people back to what the Scriptures say about our relationship with God, our relationship with our spouse, and, ultimately, if God blesses, our children. If you want to be successful in life\u2019s most important relationships, you\u2019ve got to get in the Book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> Right!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s why we\u2019re passionate about what you\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019m really interested. You\u2019ve seen these statistics, too, that, among evangelicals, in America\u2014where we have more access to Bibles and to Bible study materials than we\u2019ve ever had\u2014it\u2019s pretty thin\u2014pretty shallow\u2014how many folks are spending any time in the Scriptures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> I\u2019ve been with Logos, now, going on 16 years. I work with most of the major denominations and ministries. The <em>saddest<\/em> statistic, in my opinion, today, is where Bible study is in our country. Ask anybody, and it\u2019s on the decline. When we ask people, \u201cWhy aren\u2019t you studying the Bible?\u201d\u2014the way we know we should be\u2014the number one excuse that we all give, at one time or another\u2014is time. It\u2019s a time-management problem. That\u2019s the beauty of Logos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That was where I wanted to take you. I heard you say, earlier, in a conversation, that up to 90 percent of all Bible study is spent trying to fish around and find the resources to look into to ultimately study what the Scriptures are saying. You say that Logos Bible Software helps the Bible student get to the truth quicker than ever before.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> Yes. Literally, all you need to do to use Logos is type in a topic: \u201cmarriage\u201d, \u201ctabernacle\u201d, \u201cbaptism\u201d, or the verse: \u201cRomans 8\u201d, \u201cPsalm 23\u201d. You type topic or verse, and click one button\u2014the \u201cGo\u201d button.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> My computer\u2019s on, here. I\u2019m just going to do that. Give me something, Bob, to look up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Why don\u2019t you look up\u2014let\u2019s see, we\u2019ll do something on marriage and family. Why don\u2019t you look up Matthew 19; okay? Because Jesus was talking about marriage in Matthew 19; okay? I\u2019m going to type it into mine, too: \u201cMatthew 19\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You\u2019re kind of slow; I\u2019ve already got it. [Laughter]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019ve got it! Matthew 19. Now, what do we do after we type that into the search window here\u2014Scott.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> I did it, as well:\u00a0 Matthew 19. Click \u201cGo\u201d. Within seconds, Logos is\u2014right now\u2014doing about 50 to 60 hours\u2019 worth of Bible study in a matter of seconds. I\u2019m, now, looking at the screen. I\u2019ve got my commentaries, cross-references, parallel passages, \u201cDoes this story show up in Mark and Luke?\u201d and so on. I\u2019ve got maps, genealogies, and info graphics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You can find out at what point in Jesus\u2019 ministry this occurred\u2014kind of the context of what He was teaching here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> Right. And word studies\u2014we\u2019re very passionate about helping the Church study Greek and Hebrew. Some of you, listening, might be going: \u201cOh, I could never do that. I didn\u2019t go to seminary.\u201d But, literally, the ability to simply float on a word, in your English Bible, and Logos does all of the word studies in a matter of seconds. It defines the word, shows you how to pronounce the word, \u201cWhat does the word mean in the Greek?\u201d and so on\u2014again, by simply floating on the word in an English Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s another thing. Teenagers today\u2014their whole life is digital. It just makes me smile when I show this to teenagers, anywhere, in any context. They get excited about the Bible because it\u2019s the Bible on a computer. I mean, you hand a paper resource to any teenager today, and they\u2019re going to look at you a little funny because that\u2019s not what their world is. So, introducing them to Bible study in Logos excites them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>I know what you\u2019re talking about because, in our garage, I have a stack of <em>World Book Encyclopedias<\/em>. I spent a bunch of money, years ago, so I would have the <em>World Book<\/em>\u2014<em>the authority<\/em> on whatever I would need. It\u2019s in the garage. Nobody\u2019s looked at them in 15 years. I hate to get rid of them, but nobody\u2019s looking at them! If you want to know something about anything, you go to your computer\u2014you go online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You want the latest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>As you just said\u2014to have a library of selected books that you\u2019re looking at\u2014that\u2019s huge!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Scott, you train people from all walks of life in how to study the Bible, using this software. Undoubtedly, you\u2019ve got a favorite story of a person who really wasn\u2019t a student of the Bible. There are probably a lot of people\u2014listening to this broadcast\u2014who are going, \u201cWhy are you guys talking about this?\u201d Is there a favorite story that you recall of someone who grabbed hold of this and they went: \u201cWow! All the books of the Bible are in harmony with one another. This whole thing does fit together!\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> I have numerous stories. One of my favorites: A few years back, a mom called me\u2014who had attended an event that I was speaking at\u2014purchased Logos for the family and called me a couple of weeks later to \u201ccomplain\u201d. She said she called up for dinner, to the teenage boys, up in a bedroom. She called the first time with no response. She called the second time; no response. By the third time, she was marching up the stairs\u2014probably, some steam coming out of the ears\u2014bursts into the room. They\u2019re doing Bible study in Logos. That\u2019s why they didn\u2019t want to come to dinner. She called to thank me that for the first time <em>ever <\/em>she had to kick her boys off the computer because they were doing\u2014God forbid\u2014Bible study.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And she wanted to complain about that!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> She, then, wanted to hug me through the phone. [Laughter]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> With a grin!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> She said, \u201cScott, this is the problem every parent in America would love to have!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes, right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes. Undoubtedly, there are a number of parents who need to have this \u201cproblem\u201d in their own lives. They need to get in the Book and the Book needs to be in them so they can pass it on to their kids. That\u2019s why we\u2019re really pounding the table about this today because illiteracy in the Bible, I believe, has led to the breakdown of marriage and family, among Christians.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes. And I think a lot of people are put-off or intimidated. They read the Bible and think: \u201cThat\u2019s confusing. I\u2019m not exactly sure how to understand it. I need some help. I need some guidance.\u201d Well, when you have what amounts to a theological library and a research assistant doing the research for you, all of a sudden, what was intimidating is no longer intimidating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> Not only that\u2014the way that we visualize what you\u2019re learning. I made the point this morning\u2014in working with some of your staff\u2014that we live in a 3-D culture. The way that we are used to receiving information today is through video, and graphics, and charts, and things. That\u2019s what we\u2019re doing for the Bible. If you\u2019re studying Noah and the Ark, we\u2019re going to show you how big that was\u2014we are going to compare it to the Titanic. I mean, we\u2019re really going to <em>visualize<\/em> the Bible and bring you back to the time of the Bible\u2014walk you through the streets of Philippi\u2014show you pictures. We kind of dare people: \u201cBible study is not boring! Bible study is awesome!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes. You actually showed us a picture of the Ark. How many sheep-sized animals did you say the Ark would house?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> Yes, one of the info graphics actually states that 125,000 sheep-sized animals would fit on this boat called the Ark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes; I wouldn\u2019t want to have to do the clean-up duty on it; you know? [Laughter] Forty days! Whew!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> No doubt.<\/p>\n<p>I go all the way back to, I guess, the first person who really interested me in Bible study\u2014Dr. Howard Hendricks. Of course, he got his graduation papers, earlier this year, to get to heaven. Yet, he taught me to have a hunger and a thirst for the Scriptures\u2014not to just casually get into them and nibble at the edges\u2014but to take a dive and get into it! Let the Bible come alive!<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, I think if anything, you\u2019ve really helped to take some of the boredom\u2014the tough stuff of Bible study\u2014some of the hard work\u2014you\u2019ve taken some of that away so that it is really easier to be able to glean what it\u2019s teaching.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> And not just Bible study per se. One of the great tools in Logos is also to search on topics. So, for example, I just went in here and typed the word, \u201canxiety\u201d. I\u2019m getting Bible dictionary articles on anxiety; verses, like Matthew 6:25: \u201cDo not be anxious about your life\u2026.\u201d and Philippians 4:6: \u201cDon\u2019t be anxious about anything.\u201d But then, Logos also relates anxiety to insecurity, pressure, and worry. It really thinks through the theological issues here. Again, I don\u2019t know what I would find if I typed that in Google<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott:<\/strong> I need the Bible. I need biblical answers. It\u2019s interesting you mentioned Dr. Hendricks. When I present, at a conference, I always close with Dr. Hendricks\u2019 quote: \u201cWe know enough to own the Bible, but not enough for the Bible to own us.\u201d That\u2019s really our passion at Logos\u2014we want you so on-fire excited about Scripture that it starts changing you, your marriage, and your kids\u2014everything!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes. Who was it that said, \u201cGod didn\u2019t give us the Bible to make us intelligent sinners, but to transform our lives and make us saints\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>And I\u2019m thinking about the families who are about to send a student back to college, or off to college for the first time, or those families who have Bible as a part of their homeschool curriculum. A tool like Logos Bible Study Software on your home computer\u2014on your laptop, on your smart phone, on your tablet\u2014this is an invaluable resource. It\u2019s something that is open, on my computer, all the time.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, our friends at Logos Bibles Study Software have put together an offer for <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>listeners. If you go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click on the link for Logos Bible Study Software, you can browse through the different libraries that are available and find the one that\u2019s right for you. Because you are a <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>listener, if you order this week, you will save 20 percent off the regular price of the software.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a special offer\u2014good this week only. You\u2019ve got to go to: FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link you find there to take advantage of this special offer for <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>listeners. Again, the website is FamilyLifeToday.com. It\u2019s a 20 percent savings, but you\u2019ve got to place your order by Saturday. Go to: FamilyLifeToday.com and click on the link you find available there.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a free download available of the Faith Life Study Bible that the folks at Logos have put together. You can have that on your smart phone, on your tablet, or on your computer. Again, all of the details are available at FamilyLifeToday.com.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, we want to make sure we say a big, \u201cThank you,\u201d to those of you, who are regular listeners to <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>and who, from time to time, will get in touch with us to help support this ministry. During the summer, as you may be aware, ministries, like ours, often see a decline in donations\u2014in financial support. That has been the case for us this summer. Things are a little slower than they are during the rest of the year.<\/p>\n<p>So, if it\u2019s possible for you, today, to go to FamilyLifeToday.com and help us with a donation, it would be <em>greatly<\/em> appreciated. Our website, again, is FamilyLifeToday.com. All you have to do is click on the link that says, \u201cI CARE\u201d, to make an online donation. If you do that, we\u2019re going to send you a two-CD set that features a conversation we had with Dr. Steve Farrar about what a dad can do to anchor his family in Christ\u2014not just in this generation\u2014but in the generations to come. That\u2019s our thank-you gift, this month, when you support the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can also make a donation by calling 1-800-FL-TODAY. If you do that, just ask for the CDs with Steve Farrar when you make a donation over the phone. And if you\u2019d prefer to mail your donation, our address is: <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, P.O. Box 7111, Little Rock, Arkansas. Our zip code is 72223. Again, it\u2019s P.O. Box 7111, Little Rock, Arkansas\u2014Arkansas is \u201cA-R\u201d. The zip is 72223. Be sure to ask for the CDs, with Steve Farrar, when you mail in a donation. Thanks for your support of the ministry. We really do appreciate you!<\/p>\n<p>We hope you can join us back tomorrow. We\u2019re going to introduce you to a mom who raised five kids. Along the way, she and her husband took in more than 20 foster care kids and had an impact in their lives. You may have heard of her. She is a Congresswoman from Minnesota, who ran for President a couple of years ago. Her name is Michele Bachmann. She joins us tomorrow. I hope you can join us back for that.<\/p>\n<p>I want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We will see you back tomorrow for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>Help for today. Hope for tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>We are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. 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