Posted in Church Life, Serving, Uncategorized, church, encouragement, following christ, hypocrisy, offense, understanding on May 31st, 2010
Man-pleasing? Or GOD-pleasing? “For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.” Gal.1:10 The following quote was accurately written by a “pastor” of a local “church” in this city, [...]
Posted in Church Life, Communion, Uncategorized, church, deception, discernment, encouragement, faith, false teachers, following christ, hearing, humanism, seeing, understanding on Apr 4th, 2010
In the last post the question was posed as to why there are so many different denominations and sects in the Christian Church?, and we left the answer till now. The Bible also asks the same question but states it this way, “is Christ divided?” or is, “Christ the author of confusion?” The obvious answer [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, apostacy, church, deception, discernment, encouragement, faith, false teachers, following christ, hearing, humanism, seeing, sin, understanding on Mar 28th, 2010
Today I received a letter from a friend who highlighted a conundrum that has been at the center of much of what I call the “organized Church.” “…As a part of my truth quest I began doing a lot of reading on the different “holiness” strains of Christendom to get a better handle on why [...]
Posted in adversity, discernment, encouragement, following christ, hearing, seeing, suffering, trials, troubles, understanding on Jan 29th, 2010
This is something I put together awhile back, but has never found its way into the mailbox. As I was sitting at my desk I pulled it up and read it. It spoke to me very loudly; I’m not sure why? I’m not going through any particularly trying times at the moment. So, maybe it [...]
Posted in Church Life, Serving, church, cross, discernment, encouragement, following christ, hearing, seeing, understanding on Jan 12th, 2010
The Mystery Revealed I would like you to consider with me the state of the church in this generation. This is a serious matter—I speak of the church that our Jesus died to present to Himself as “a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and without blemish,” “and [...]
Posted in Church Life, Serving, adversity, cross, discernment, encouragement, following christ, hearing, sacrifice, seeing, understanding on Dec 6th, 2009
I very much appreciate the replies I get on post here at Indy Watchman. Lately I have received replies that have confirmed that the Lord is indeed using this web site to minister to and encourage His children in this late hour. I too need encouragement, and the reciprocating effect of ministering to others is [...]
Posted in adversity, apostacy, church, cross, deception, encouragement, hearing, holidays, humanism, offense, sacrifice, seeing, suffering, trials, troubles, understanding on Nov 24th, 2009
This week is Thanksgiving and many of us will come together and give thanks to our Lord for the blessings he has blessed us throughout the year. I believe that, for most people, the “thank you “ part of Thanksgiving is the most boring part. It has been relegated to mere ritual, where the most [...]
Posted in Church Life, Serving, Uncategorized, church, encouragement, following christ, understanding on Jul 11th, 2009
But WITH Vision…!!! “Without Vision, the People cast off restraint.” Few expressions are as painful to ponder as this. The reality of watching this happen — visionless people throwing off Life and Reality — people who sell their dream, JESUS’ Dream is an unthinkable tragedy. And yet these wasted lives and potential, these wounds to [...]
Posted in Church Life, Uncategorized, adversity, cross, encouragement, suffering, trials, troubles, understanding on Jun 3rd, 2009
What does our physical circumstances have to do with the spiritual life of the child of God? Watchman Nee, in the sixth chapter of his book The Release of the Spirit, displays much spiritual wisdom in answering that question. The many grains of sand that make up the mountain of tribulations, that we very often [...]
Posted in Serving, Uncategorized, church, cross, encouragement, following christ, seeing, understanding on May 12th, 2009
A certain man placed a fountain by the wayside, and he hung up a cup near to it by a little chain. He was told some time after that an art-critic had found much fault with its design. “But,” said the man, “do many thirsty persons drink at it?” Then the people told him that [...]
