Read with care
Scripture is the source. Nēr is a study aid.
Nēr helps people bring real circumstances to Scripture, understand what it teaches, and consider their next faithful step with Jesus. Read the passage for yourself and bring important questions to trusted people in your church.
Our Christian foundation
Nēr is being built to glorify Jesus Christ and share the gospel. Its guiding conviction is that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:6). The app points toward Christ through Scripture and supports the life of the church.
Nurture means meeting people in their circumstances. Equip means helping them understand and apply Scripture. Remain means encouraging abiding in Christ, obedience, prayer, and life with His people. Continued app use is not a measure of faithfulness.
The name and the Light
Nēr (Ner), נֵר, means “lamp.” Psalm 119:105 supplies the picture of God’s Word lighting a person’s path. In John 1:1–18, life and light are connected to Christ. Nēr is a tool pointing toward Him, not a source of revelation. The biblical picture is not an explanation of the physics of light.
Where the words come from
Bible text is fetched from the Free Use Bible API and checked for the requested translation, book, chapter, and verse range. Saved source copies support reliable reading. Source links, dates, and translation attribution let you inspect what is being quoted.
The new guides use the public-domain Berean Standard Bible. Quoted Bible text is separate from context explanations, reflection questions, applications, and suggested prayers. Those surrounding words are editorial work and can be mistaken.
Current review status
Awaiting human theological review. The new guides were prepared with AI assistance. No named human theological reviewer has approved them yet. We show this status on each guide and retain the draft labels on reading journeys.
Technical checks verify that a passage exists and matches its saved source. They do not establish that an interpretation is correct. We do not describe an automated source check as pastoral or theological approval.
How a guide should be reviewed
- Read the full passage and its surrounding argument, genre, and audience.
- Check each explanatory claim against the text; distinguish direct teaching from a suggested application.
- Consider the wider witness of Scripture and identify meaningful interpretive disagreement.
- Check that the guidance does not promise hidden knowledge, minimize harm, or substitute for needed pastoral or professional care.
- Record the reviewer’s name, qualifications, date, and exact content version before labeling a guide reviewed.
This describes the intended process. Appointing reviewers and completing these reviews remain unfinished. Christians differ on some interpretations; a brief guide should name a relevant difference rather than claim to be entirely unbiased or replace your church’s counsel.
AI and private writing
Public guides are prepared content, not live answers generated from your question. No free-text question box is presented as a working guidance tool on the homepage. The optional AI companion, when enabled, has separate consent and limitations. Never treat an app response as God’s undisclosed plan for your life.
Your check-in words and scores do not become public guide content. Sharing a guide sends only its public link. The service is not end-to-end encrypted; see the privacy notice for storage, provider access, and intentional sharing.
Question an explanation or flag an error
Include the guide’s public link, the verse reference, the sentence you question, and why you think it needs correction. You do not need to include your private journal, prayer requests, or another person’s story.
A monitored public correction inbox has not been configured yet. For now, share the guide link and your concern with the person who invited you to Nēr, and ask them to pass it to the project owner. The guide’s draft status remains visible while this review process is being established.
If an explanation seems wrong, return to the passage and seek wise counsel. You are welcome to question the study aid.