Everything in the Faith corner
One map of the whole section — every part, one level deep, all linked. Free, private, no account; the understanding runs in your browser and nothing you type is uploaded. New here? Start with Why Ruth? (2 min). Each area has its own guide; this is the table of contents.
✝️ Ask Ruth — the Message Gleaner
Search the whole Bible — and a library of Christian classics — by meaning, in your own words.
- Ask plainly in any of 11 languages — and across them (ask in English, read in Chinese)
- Generous with references — abbreviations, typos ("Pslam 23 → did you mean Psalms?"), out-of-range asks all resolve
- Three scopes: Bible only · Bible + Christian classics · Bible + commentary (Matthew Henry)
- On every passage: 🔖 save · ⊕ context · 🔗 related (cross-references) · ⇄ parallel translation · listen (read-aloud) · share · whole chapter
- 📅 Verse of the day, your recent searches, and a question journal that re-checks itself as the library grows
- In heavy moments — grief, fear, crisis — she sets search aside for comfort passages and real help
- Works fully offline once you tap ⬇ Keep Ruth offline
📖 Bible Study
Two ways in: every book of the Bible with the commentators beside it, and guided inductive studies. Free, private, works offline.
- All 66 books, chapter by chapter and verse by verse — 1,189 chapters, each with its own page
- Seven voices, every one named and dated: Matthew Henry (1714) · Adam Clarke (1832) · Keil & Delitzsch (1870s) · Catena Aurea, the Church Fathers (1260s) · Spurgeon (1885) · Abbott (1878) · Scofield (1909), plus contemporary translation notes
- The verse's own words — the Greek and Hebrew word by word, with parsing, dictionary form and the full Liddell-Scott-Jones lexicon a tap away
- Who and where — the people and places named in each chapter, with a map, and the artwork the passage has inspired
- Cross-references, and our own note where a reading is disputed rather than settled
- Guided studies too: John · Ruth · Psalms · Mark · Acts · Romans · Philippians · James · Genesis 1–11 · The Parables of Jesus · Proverbs, plus six topics — bilingual, progress stays on your device
🌅 Daily with Ruth
A 5–15 minute rhythm: Pause → Word → Reflect → Pray. Grace over streaks — missed days never scold.
- Morning, Night (an Examen), and a true Rest session for Sabbath
- Reading plans: John in 40 days · 30 days in the Psalms · Proverbs in a month — numbered, never dated, so "behind" doesn't exist
📚 Ruth's Library
Every text behind her, introduced — with how she uses each, and the four gates by which they're chosen.
- The Bible in 11 languages, 11 trusted translations
- 21 Christian classics across 17 centuries — Augustine, à Kempis, Calvin, Bunyan, Edwards, Chesterton, Baxter, Pascal, and the 1640 Chinese 輕世金書
- The creeds & Westminster catechisms — her doctrinal touchstone
- Matthew Henry's commentary · Nave's Topical Bible + Easton's Dictionary · three centuries of cross-references
🕮 The Reading Corner
Read the whole books — beautiful typography, sepia/paper/dark themes, deep-linkable chapters, read-aloud, tap-to-read, and in-book search.
- The study shelf — everything Ruth searches, now readable end to end (🌾 "Searchable with Ruth")
- The story shelf — great Christian literature: Ben-Hur, MacDonald, Pilgrim's Progress, and more
- 天路歷程 in Chinese — Bunyan's pilgrim in Burns' 1865 Mandarin, in three registers, paired with the English original
- The Bible's own reader — 11 translations, chapter by chapter, verse by verse
Also in Faith: the Sacred Art gallery and hymns. Behind everything: Sources & licenses and who writes what — every Scripture verbatim, every book publicly licensed, our own words labeled and carrying no authority.
🌾 A wide field, freely given — come glean.