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Watchman Nee

The Life, Suffering, and Spiritual Vision of a Chinese Servant of Christ

Watchman Nee · 1903–1972

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A Christian biography of Watchman Nee (1903–1972), the Chinese church leader and devotional teacher behind The Normal Christian Life and Sit, Walk, Stand. It places his teaching inside his life — conversion, the little flock, the breaking of the outer man, and twenty years in a Communist prison — weighing his insight and his controversies under Scripture. Written with gratitude but not hagiography; all Scripture from the public-domain ASV (1901).

Watchman Nee entered the world in 1903, at a moment when China was passing through one of the great upheavals of its long history. The old imperial order was nearing its end. Western powers had forced their way into Chinese ports and politics.
From A Life Given to Christ

Contents

  1. 1 Preface 4 min
  2. 2 Introduction: The Watchman and His Century 8 min
  3. 3 A Life Given to Christ 16 min
  4. 4 The Conversion of Watchman Nee 15 min
  5. 5 Learning to Walk by Faith 16 min
  6. 6 The Young Preacher and the Little Flock 23 min
  7. 7 The Normal Christian Life 22 min
  8. 8 Sit: Our Position in Christ 22 min
  9. 9 Walk: Christ Lived Through Us 21 min
  10. 10 Stand: Spiritual Warfare and Victory 21 min
  11. 11 The Breaking of the Outer Man 22 min
  12. 12 Spirit, Soul, and Body 18 min
  13. 13 The Church and the Body of Christ 18 min
  14. 14 Faith, Prayer, and the Life of Dependence 17 min
  15. 15 Revolution, Persecution, and the Cost of Discipleship 17 min
  16. 16 Twenty Years in Chains 15 min
  17. 17 The Legacy of Watchman Nee 19 min
  18. 18 Appendix a: Twenty-Five Core Teachings of Watchman Nee 21 min
  19. 19 Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide 12 min
  20. 20 Appendix C: Chronology of the Life and Times of Watchman Nee 8 min
  21. 21 Appendix D: Notes on Historical Method and Sources 4 min

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