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The Normal Christian Life
by
Watchman Nee
Watchman Nee's great Christian classic tracing the steps along the pathway of faith and presenting the eternal purpose of God in simple terms. Its central theme: "Christ our Life.
Paperback, 286 pages
Published
June 28th 1979
by Christian Literature Crusade
(first published 1961)
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Extraordinarily detailed and scholarly writing by famed Chinese Christian of doctrines from the book of Romans. Due to the age of the text (approximately 80 years), the modern reader will need to re-read many passages to get the full value from the text. It's worth it. Modern writings seem like skimmed milk compared to the cream-rich writing of Watchman Nee.
Details what amount to good, better and best doctrines of the Christian's dying to sin and self.
Note to potential readers: this ebook editio...more
Details what amount to good, better and best doctrines of the Christian's dying to sin and self.
Note to potential readers: this ebook editio...more
Oct 10, 2011
Joe Dantona
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Watchman Nee had a profound understanding of the normal Christian life, which is wholly different from the 'average' Christian life. The normal Christian life consists of realizing and acknowledging the divine fact that Christians were (not will be) crucified with Christ in the first century A.D. In a way that we do not yet understand, God has included us in the death (and resurrection) of His only Son, and by doing has made many sons. The Christian life goes off-track when it forgets these fact...more
I am rather biased about this book because I read it during a cross-roads in my life and it influenced me in a way that has only brought joy and fulfillment.
Nee does an incredible job of exploring the scope of what Christ spiritually accomplished in His death, resurrection, and ascension. Having been raised Christian, I knew all the stories and could repeat what Jesus did for us, but most of that was conditioning and I had no personal identification with any of it. Through this book I was able...more
Nee does an incredible job of exploring the scope of what Christ spiritually accomplished in His death, resurrection, and ascension. Having been raised Christian, I knew all the stories and could repeat what Jesus did for us, but most of that was conditioning and I had no personal identification with any of it. Through this book I was able...more
A thoughtful, deep book written about the Christian living in Christ, as opposed to living in our own efforts. Heavy emphasis on Romans. Watchman Née was a Christian in China that spent the last twenty years (1950-1970) in prison. He died in prison for his Christian beliefs.
It was difficult to narrow the book down to just a few points. Here are my favorite quotes:
1. p5 - The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with where we are. The blood disposed of our sins, while the c...more
It was difficult to narrow the book down to just a few points. Here are my favorite quotes:
1. p5 - The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with where we are. The blood disposed of our sins, while the c...more
Nee talks about deliverance from sin rather than victory over it. Sin didn’t die – we did. But we need a revelation of this fact so we can reckon it so. Paul prayed for a spirit of wisdom and revelation to come to the Ephesians. We must pray the same. It’s hard to see how the death of Christ included me. The answer is: God said it did. He said that He was the propitiation for our sins and the sins of the whole world. (1John 2:2) That is, Adam’s entire race. You and I are included in Adam so we a...more
Jan 10, 2013
Ron
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Nee's classic study of the book of Romans.
Everything positive I wrote about the ebook edition of The Normal Christian Church Life applies to this edition.
This is a new experience for me. Having purchased and read the ebook version of The Normal Christian Church Life, I purchased the hard copy and read it as well. (I bought it because of the frustration trying to find passages for reference and quoting. Immediately, I noticed how much better this edition was. I haven't done a line for line compar...more
Everything positive I wrote about the ebook edition of The Normal Christian Church Life applies to this edition.
This is a new experience for me. Having purchased and read the ebook version of The Normal Christian Church Life, I purchased the hard copy and read it as well. (I bought it because of the frustration trying to find passages for reference and quoting. Immediately, I noticed how much better this edition was. I haven't done a line for line compar...more
Dec 05, 2011
Nicki M
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2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
theology lovers
This audio is definitely one of those you have to take slowly and dip into every now and then.
I remember starting the print version of this years and years and ago, and having to stop because there was so much to think about. I’ve had to do the same again with this audio as its too meaty, you really have to think and digest what you’re listening to. Sometimes going back to listen again if you haven’t got it first time round! It’s definitely value for money as it will last you a long time and it...more
I remember starting the print version of this years and years and ago, and having to stop because there was so much to think about. I’ve had to do the same again with this audio as its too meaty, you really have to think and digest what you’re listening to. Sometimes going back to listen again if you haven’t got it first time round! It’s definitely value for money as it will last you a long time and it...more
I read this many years ago and remember enjoying it. This time I have not only enjoyed it, but I have found it rather revolutionary.
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I was raised in the church and have loved Jesus since age six. Nevertheless, I read this book in my mid-twenties and wondered how I had managed as a Christian before it. It's not that Nee is preaching a Gospel we've never heard; it's only that he is uncovering the depth of it in a way that our superficial and shallow culture today tends to neglect.
This is a study through the book of Romans. It is intense and will require slow and thoughtful reading to grasp and appreciate. One could say the mat...more
This is a study through the book of Romans. It is intense and will require slow and thoughtful reading to grasp and appreciate. One could say the mat...more
I have enjoyed reading this book several times. There is always something new to be learned. Another amazing book I recently finished is called, " The Power of a Virtuous Woman" by author Paula Penn-Nabrit. This a non-fiction book written for Christians, which explores Proverbs 31 and the issue of virtue for women with examples used from King David, Bathsheba and King Solomon. This book has a compelling discussion of virtue that extends beyond the sexual constraints of women, and honestly talks...more
This is a book that is in a handful of life-changers on my shelf. Watchman Nee so clearly communicates the Gospel message and the effect of Christ's atoning death on the Cross. Before reading, I wouldn't have been able to articulate the Gospel message effectively, but after, I finally felt I had something to stand on.
The book is timeless, a joy to read, easy to understand, and highly recommended to everyone, especially those new to the Christian faith.
I was also ecstatic when I found it for sale...more
The book is timeless, a joy to read, easy to understand, and highly recommended to everyone, especially those new to the Christian faith.
I was also ecstatic when I found it for sale...more
This book isn't actually written by Watchman Nee, but is a compiling of his sermons on the book of Romans. It does have a lot of great things to say to Christians on the importance of the cross and blood of Jesus. Go back to it when you need a refreshment of God's amazing love for us, and the life we can know we have through the cross.
Watchman was captured and put in prison in 1952 and died there in 1972, a man who had a lot of great things to say about living the normal Christian life. Even tho...more
Watchman was captured and put in prison in 1952 and died there in 1972, a man who had a lot of great things to say about living the normal Christian life. Even tho...more
This book is a must read for Christians. I'm not that informed on the life of Watchman Nee and I hear that he had a problem with Protestants and Catholics in his time and a few other strange things about him. But I've heard similar things about the late writings of Martin Luther. I will say that this book is uplifting and Nee does an amazing job of describing simply the complex mysteries of our faith. There were a few things that I didn't completely agree with him on but that's pretty much every...more
The Impact: The title of this book rightly identifies its content, but the depth to which Nee To-sheng delves, is astounding. God brought this book into my life when I needed it most. A number of sections made me pause and reflect, and confess to God that I indeed was depending on things in my life when I should have been depending more on my Lord and Savior. I have made decisions from reading this book that have already impacted my daily Christian walk—permanently.
The Content: Essentially, this...more
The Content: Essentially, this...more
The Normal Christian Life is, in my own words, about what God has for every person who chooses to follow Him. It isn't about, as Nee puts it, "the life of the average Christian." (1) It is about a life change that is so radical that we replace our lives with Christ's. Nee uses Romans as the basis for walking the reader through this. He talks big picture--sin, depravity, justification, atonement, etc.--and small picture--knowing and reckoning the truth of God so that it changes our daily lives.
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Oh. My. God. This is the best book I've ever read--and I absolutely mean that with all the sincerity that I can muster.
This book was so good, in fact, that it made me reevaluate how I rate books. There is absolutely nothing flawed in it. NOTHING. And Nee's message was poignant, timeless, and so powerful that it really affected my life. It changed me. I mean, it's almost unbelievable. His message of grace and of the blood, cross, and life of Christ is amazing. His message on the Holy Spirit--tho...more
This book was so good, in fact, that it made me reevaluate how I rate books. There is absolutely nothing flawed in it. NOTHING. And Nee's message was poignant, timeless, and so powerful that it really affected my life. It changed me. I mean, it's almost unbelievable. His message of grace and of the blood, cross, and life of Christ is amazing. His message on the Holy Spirit--tho...more
This author spoke to my heart in powerful words on Romans 6-8 and helped me to understand the strength I have in Christ is the source of conquering sin. To live a "normal Christian life" is to live in the Spirit and reckon myself dead to sin. "For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with..." Through the power of Christ I can live a righteous life in the Spirit!
I read this a few years back and remember how freeing it was then, and recently decided to pick it up again. Let me say that it surely rekindled that freedom and brought even more revelation. Nee is easy to read but he packs a lot in each punch. Throughout this book, he unpacks the freedom we have through the grace of Christ and the glorious power of the Holy Spirit. This is a book every believer needs to read.
This book is almost too good. It is not an easy read by any means. I usually can only read a paragraph or two before I have to stop and reflect. Watchman Nee was an amazing man as well, as I learned reading a biography. He never answered any of his critics even when they told outright lies about him. He was always confident that God would vindicate him.
Give this book a shot.
Give this book a shot.
This is a very important book for the Christian churches of America. I have read a lot of Nee and most of what is in here can be found in his other writings. However, in this book he very forcefully and concisely lays out the scriptural guidelines for how the men and women that were working with him were instructed to found and instruct churches. It is particularly pointed away from traditional western church organization and toward a scriptural understanding of church with the tradition strippe...more
This is one of the few books that tell new believers to read, not just once but over and over again.
Now I agree with every thing that Nee teaches, however, this book is one of his best works about the faith and what the christian can exspect in his life as well as what happen at the moment of salvation.
Now I agree with every thing that Nee teaches, however, this book is one of his best works about the faith and what the christian can exspect in his life as well as what happen at the moment of salvation.
Feb 20, 2013
Daniel
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The Fundamentals of Christianity are dealt with in this book. Salvation, Justification, Sanctification, Glorification.. death to sin, living in freedom, sonship.. knowing who you are in Christ and your position in Christ. Living a life of victory over condemnation, sin. Living a life wholly abandoned to Him.
This is the first Watchman Nee book I've read, but I'm guessing it's the most basic. He explains salvation in the first half, and the second is where the meat can be found. Can individualism be a sin? What does the Gospel say about God's people being useful? Why is it so hard to be a good Christian? Since this was based on talks he gave, it's pretty easy to read and though it gets repetitive in places Nee drives the points home and encourages some worthwhile examination in the last half.
Can't believe I haven't read this before; it's a great classic! Nee understands my condition perfectly, as he bases his book on Romans, and Paul knew the human condition real well. Good for understanding life after conversion, and dying to self, bearing one's cross, etc. A must-read for all Christians.
I wrote to Joyce Meyer years ago and she recommended this book (and all books by Watchman Nee). I devoured his writings. If you want to sit at the feet of a great disciple and just absorb from their experience, read this book...and everything by Watchman Nee!
Oct 20, 2011
Susan Mansfield
marked it as to-read
Nick finished reading this last night. He kept saying 'You've got to read this' or if he wasn't saying that to me, he was reading several pages out loud to me! Eventually I shall read it myself...but oh I've got about eight other books to read before I catch him up!
Wow. Impossible to read this book in one sitting, you have to stop at the end of each paragraph to pray and think. Encouraging, challenging, inspiring. A must-read for every Christian who aspires to go deeper with God.
This book is very deep, and touches on many aspects of the Christian life that Christians today need to hear about. The Lord Jesus can work mightily through this book, if one's heart is open.
Quickly became one of my favorites - strengthened my faith - my favorite part was Nee's explanation of what it means to be "in Adam" and "in Christ." That info alone was worth the whole read.
Indepth look at Justification and Sanctification through the death of Jesus on the cross and his resurrection. Elma H.'s palanca gift to us - tough study, lots to think about. HEAVY
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Watchman Nee (Chinese: 倪柝聲; pinyin: Ní Tuòshēng; Foochow Romanized: Ngà̤ Táuk-sĭng; 1903–1972) was a Chinese Christian author and church leader during the early 20th century. He spent the last 20 years of his life in prison and was severely persecuted by the Communists in China. Together with Wangzai, Zhou-An Lee, Shang-Jie Song, and others, Nee founded The Church Assembly Hall, later which would...more
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