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Following is an excerpt:
(Faithlife is the parent company of Logos Bible Software, Verbum Bible Software, Lexham Press and other subsidiaries.)
Faithlife’s Mission Statement is: “We use technology to equip the Church to grow in the light of the Bible.”
Yet their digital shelves are filled with works that would damn anyone who believes the doctrines they promote.
Logos has risen to the top of the Bible software heap by means of crafty positioning that allows them to present themselves as promoting the word of God, while selling the most grotesque forms of Bible criticism and heresy. Like a chameleon, they have the ability to quickly change appearance as needed to avoid criticism on a number of fronts.
We understand, of course, that there are just some things a real Christian could never do. He would never give someone materials that would hurt him spiritually. It would be anathema to a man who’s been converted to Christ to lead someone astray or encourage them in their error.
But the business model that Logos has adopted allows them to play both sides against the middle. They sell material for cults, the Roman Catholic Church, and shamelessly endorse the grossest apostasy of the Jesus Seminar. And yet, they use phraseology about themselves that would lead people to think that they are evangelical Christians who are promoting the gospel through their endeavors.
They were early in figuring out how to digitize and monetize the Bible. That monetization seems to have driven them beyond their original intentions and their evangelical position, as money often does.
They have now gone into Bible publication, book and magazine publication, video production, presentation software for church production and have also become very influential.
Logos has defined themselves in such a way so that they do not take responsibility for the materials they offer. “Logos is a technology company and bookstore that serves churches, pastors, academics, and laity, but Logos is not a church, charity, ministry, or nonprofit.”
When you go to their website, you get to ‘shop by tradition’ so that you will be offered materials that you are comfortable with and that suits your belief system.
The offerings include: Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Charismatic, Lutheran, Messianic Jewish, Orthodox, Reformed, Seventh Day Adventist and Wesleyan.
If you criticize Faithlife/Logos for publishing modernism, heresy or materials that appeal to the cults, their carefully worded answer makes it appear as if they only have these materials for academic purposes and that the buyer should beware.
They want to claim neutrality when it suits them, but the reality is that they make spiritual decisions all the time. At first, they did not include Romanism in their offerings, but somewhere along the line, the temptation of such a large market apparently became too great to resist. Their filter changed.
In refusing responsibility for the materials they offer, they act is if they are a library, but the fact is they are a bookstore that makes a profit when you buy these materials, which are offered, not only without warning, but with positive recommendations, no matter how dangerous they might be.
In 2011, Logos released an entire version of their software for Roman Catholics, Verbum, which represents a massive segment of the religious market.
They claim that you must use your own discernment when choosing material, and then turn around and wholehearted endorse and promote the wicked dogmas and doctrines of Rome.
Logos boasts that the “Bible has been the heart and soul of our company for over 30 years.” Yet, Galatians 1:8,9 tells us in no uncertain language that a curse rests on those who preach or promote false gospels, which Faithlife clearly does.
The Deceptive Dangers of Logos Bible Software deals with the following:
Michael Heiser
John Piper
Kevin Bauder and Central Baptist Theological Seminary
Mark Ward and the King James Bible Seventh-day Adventism Pornography Transgender Issues Faithlife Streaming Craig Evans
The Deceptive Dangers of Logos Bible Software by Brian Snider is available for free at
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