Christianity
Symbol · Science & Alchemy
The Cross
The Intersection of Divine Grace and Human Suffering
An instrument of execution turned, in Christian reading, into the sign that love meets suffering.
What it meansA vertical meeting a horizontal: the divine axis crossing the human, with the intersection at the point of suffering. The Christian reading is that the instrument is not transcended but kept — the sign of the faith is the thing that killed its founder, left legible.
Scripture · The Gospels
God's Love For The World
John 3:16
— NLTFor this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
A verse underscoring God's immense love and the promise of eternal life through faith in Jesus.
The passageThe Greek houtōs means 'in this manner', not 'so much'. The verse is describing the way God loved rather than measuring the quantity — it points forward to the giving, not upward to an intensity. The most quoted sentence in the New Testament is usually quoted with its grammar reversed.
Scripture · Psalms
Divine Comfort and Protection
Psalm 23:4
— NLTEven when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.
A verse offering reassurance of God’s protection even when faced with adversity.
The passageThe psalm's grammar turns at exactly this verse. Until now God has been spoken about — he leads me, he restores me. In the valley he is spoken to: thou art with me. The tradition reads the darkest line as the one where the distance closes.
Passages 65
- A Lamp to Guide My FeetPsalms
- A New CommandmentThe Gospels
- A New HeartProphets
- A Ransom for ManyThe Gospels
- All Things are PossibleThe Gospels
- Ask, Seek, KnockThe Gospels
- Be still, and know that I am GodPsalms
- Create in me a clean heart, O GodPsalms
- Creation of the WorldTorah
- Divine Comfort and ProtectionPsalms
- Father, Forgive ThemThe Gospels
- Fear thou not; for I am with theeProphets
- For unto us a child is bornProphets
- God's Love For The WorldThe Gospels
- Here am I; send me.Prophets
- Higher Than Our WaysProphets
- Hope and FutureProphets
- I am fearfully and wonderfully madePsalms
- It Is FinishedThe Gospels
- Jesus Walking on the WaterThe Gospels
- Life in AbundanceThe Gospels
- Light of the WorldThe Gospels
- Living WaterThe Gospels
- Love Your NeighbourThe Gospels
- More Than ConquerorsEpistles
- Pierced for Our RebellionProphets
- Remarkable SecretsProphets
- Rest for the WearyThe Gospels
- Seek First the KingdomThe Gospels
- Strength Through ChristEpistles
- Take Up Your CrossThe Gospels
- Take Up Your Cross DailyThe Gospels
- The Armor of GodEpistles
- The BeatitudesThe Gospels
- The Fruit of the SpiritEpistles
- The Golden RuleThe Gospels
- The Golden RuleThe Gospels
- The Good SamaritanThe Gospels
- The Good ShepherdThe Gospels
- The Great CommissionThe Gospels
- The Greatest CommandmentThe Gospels
- The heavens declare the glory of GodPsalms
- The Hymn to LoveEpistles
- The Kingdom of GodThe Gospels
- The Light of the WorldThe Gospels
- The Lord is my light and my salvationPsalms
- The Lord is my shepherdPsalms
- The Lord's PrayerThe Gospels
- The NativityThe Gospels
- The Prodigal SonThe Gospels
- The Raising of LazarusThe Gospels
- The Resurrection and the LifeThe Gospels
- The Shelter of the Most HighPsalms
- The TransfigurationThe Gospels
- The Truth Will Set You FreeThe Gospels
- The Two PathsPsalms
- The Vine and the BranchesThe Gospels
- The Way, the Truth, the LifeThe Gospels
- The Wise Shall ShineProphets
- The Word Became FleshThe Gospels
- The Word Will Never FailThe Gospels
- To Seek and Save the LostThe Gospels
- Where My Help Comes FromPsalms
- Where Your Treasure IsThe Gospels
- Wings Like EaglesProphets
Books and texts 2
Teachings 12
- AtonementRites and Doctrine
- BaptismRites and Doctrine
- Holy CommunionRites and Doctrine
- Original SinRites and Doctrine
- PurgatoryRites and Doctrine
- The EucharistRites and Doctrine
- The Fall of ManRites and Doctrine
- The Holy SpiritRites and Doctrine
- The Holy TrinityRites and Doctrine
- The IncarnationRites and Doctrine
- The Last SupperRites and Doctrine
- The SacramentsRites and Doctrine