Links are the best option imo. This also helps you to learn new things and a link is a note itself so that means you don't need a starting point,

please get rid of the music....sad....

I use color pencils, instead of highlighters. They never bleed or dry out of ink. 😆

thank you, very useful

Thanks for the insights. Instead of Obsidian I use Logseq along with Logos. I am grateful Logos does not use markdown - I find markdown code very annoying. Using tags and the various search functionality you generally can find notes you want. Using the "Your Content" feature and syncing it to your Bible, your notes follow your navigation thru the Bible. In Logos, I generally take bulleted notes and my only major wishes are (1) zooming into a bullet point's children, (2) folding outline levels, and (3) block-level linking to items within a note vs the whole note. I use Logseq for outlining and structuring as you show at 13:30 - then paste that into Logos notes. I would really like to see your use of both apps in a real-world Bible study of a passage.

Wow, he wrote a lot of notes. Thank you for sharing this! I hope you go on more adventures for those of us who are overseas. Prayers and blessings from the Fiji Islands 🇫🇯

Excellent stuff, Praise God...

I teach theology and use both. I have a large collection of ebooks in Logos. The frustration is getting my notes and highlights out of Logos and into Obsidian. I can export all but not the metadata (not even the title of the resource, nor the page number). It should be a LOT easier - at least as easy as getting notes into Obsidian from Kindle. I think this is a major drawback of Logos but I am too committed to go back.

Thanks for sharing this wonderful information. May God bless because you are helping building His Kingdom. God bless you and your family.

In the video you mention a css snipet that makes the verse presentation a little nicer. I can not find it here, in the kits or on GITHUB. Where can I find it? Thanks.

Excellent video and plugin BUT it assumes that I have in place a markdown version of the Bible. Pardon an Obsidian newbie question but but where and how do I put that in place? Thanks.

thanks this really helped me to get an idea of where to use tags and links appropriately.

Funny thing... I just started using Obsidian for a few days without looking for others. But I organized my folders precisely like you-journal in one folder and people in the other.

Analog for the win

Why do you have background music? Can you get rid of it? Thanks...

So true! Now it's exciting in a way that I push myself to read a bit more to get ahead. I just started but I'm really enjoying it, so far I'm a day ahead.

`|` is a bar or pipe

Please get rid of the obnoxious music background

Hi Chris, came across this as a fairly new user of Logos with a huge library getting ready to start in master's work that might be multidimensional-- some practical/counseling, some theology, etc. I love research but have organizational issues. Someone recommended Zettelkasten Method as she is working on her PhD. I am not super tech oriented. Do you think I could manage lots of connections between material/ideas within Logos for longer term research? Does it have a way to work with bringing in articles? She also mentioned Zotero. She helped me identify that I have a research type personality that sees a lot of connections... but the issue is I also see A LOT of connections and sometimes have trouble categorizing information or being fearful I won't be able to remember where it is to retrieve it. My desktop both physical and computer is a mess. TIA for any input.

Thanks for this. I might try and reach out to Josh because, try as I might, I just can't understand how to use the script in order to download the CSB bible. I don't have one of those brains, I guess, and goodness knows I've tried. But I do thank you for getting me started.

Thanks for your videos 😎

Awesome video, I've started using Obsidian a few weeks ago and consciously stopped importing my notes from Notion and Evernote because I was confused as to which was the best way to organize them. So many videos on KZbin about Zettelkasten, PARA, MOCs, but I've struggled to find a concise enough video explaining in detail when to use links, tags and folders. I'm very grateful you made this video as it now allows me to confidently import thousands of notes taken from years of work and reading, and knowing that I won't have to waste days and weeks of my life trying to re-organize notes because I started making connections between notes the wrong way (using tags instead of links because I saw a video showing claiming it was superior). I think that this tool is very subjective, and can be adapted to fit different personalities and workflows, but the learning curve is quite high and most of the content requires understanding a lot of concepts before knowing which system of organization works for you. Thanks for your help, and keep up the great work!

I think that using obsidian to study religious scripture is one of the best use cases for it and I believe it will further the religious studies. Especially with linking notes or verses and looking at graph view

This is great. I am muslim and I have the exact same issue of citing the scripture. Religious People have common interests 😀

There is a free LOGOS starter version.

awful music, awful sound

Thanks. I got a lot of good ideas. One request : you are a personable guy but I can barely see text on the monitor when you split the screen between you talking and the monitor. I have to move closer to my screen and squint.

Thanks

Incredible, this is how I am taking my bible notes from now on

Fantastic!!! Exactly what I was hoping to find, thanks brother

Thank you!!!!

I'm so scared to move away from folders for categorising my ideas and moving to a new system without folders and just relying on links and tags. Have you any advice for me.

Thanks this was quick and helpful!

how do I do this with learning Greek? Fully mobile? S Pen capable?

What I really want is an Android equivalent to Pencil Bible. Logos puts their tech behind a massive paywall that only mega Church pastors can afford because of Church budgets. I do not want a pdf equivalent because it is limited given my desire to continue to learn the original languages. Thoughts?

The biggest advantage of a digital Bible vs a paper Bible is I carry around my iPad and it has ALL my resources and access to the entire internet of resources within an easily carried unit. No bulky resource books. No stuffed pencil bag. The biggest advantage of a digital Bible vs an E-BOOK BIBLE is the ability to add pages, write directly on the page, and add decorations if you like to Bible "journal". I solved the problem of finding a version by making my own. Yes, it took me a while and, in truth, I’m still tweaking it, but it is serving my needs. I can do portrait, landscape, landscape with 2 pages so I can read on one side and make notes on the other. I can have a reference resource on one side and the Bible on the other.

I love this video! Seeing how you document your entire thought process is so helpful for me because I tend to hold it all in my mind, which gets hard to maintain over time. Thanks!

How did you get those little gray link squares with the numbers in them around the 2:26 mark? They just popped up but no explanation. Seems really helpful.

Hi Chris, thank you so much for this video, I'm just starting out with Obsidian for my digital Bible study notes, how do I get the little annotations to show the notes you've made that link to that verse? I don't have seem to have any such option?

Amazing breakdown!

Thanks for this video Chris! I was just thinking this morning what if I applied my Zettelkasten system to bible reading and you popped up! Thanks for the insights & inspiration.

Great video! The NIV is my favourite translation, I like how easy it is to understand, and it has a good balance between formal and dynamic equivalence.

No need for music. Very difficult to hear you over the music

All bibles have been magically changed and none of them are still trustworthy.

Honestly, I can't understand how the application can add anything to Logos. If I already have Logos, with all the features integrated, why would I need another application to try to do something that Logo already does? I can't understand how Obsidian can be useful if I already have Logos?

Thank you for all your videos; I greatly benefited from them. As a theological student, could you help me by teaching me how to convert Obsidian notes to an assignment?

Have you ever thought of spending some time studying the Quran like this? Or the Bhagavad Gita?

I'm a very new Obsidian user. After watching this I made a rule: a note can't go in a folder unless it has a link both in and out. Otherwise it stays in the inbox.

Thanks for sharing! What do you mean by notes on people?

Hi may I know where to get a copy of the markdown version of the ESV?