The democratic revolution that swept Classical Athens transformed the role of law in Athenian society. The legal process and the popular courts took on new and expanded roles in civic life. Although these changes occurred with the consent of the "people" (demos), Athenians were ambivalent about the spread of legal culture. In particular, they were aware that unscrupulous individuals might manipulate the laws and the legal process to serve their own purposes. Indeed, throughout the Classical Period, when Athenians gathered in public and private settings, they regularly discussed, debated, and complained about legal chicanery, or sukophantia. In The Litigious Athenian, Matthew Christ explores what this ancient discussion reveals about how Athenians conceived of and responded to problematic aspects of their collective legal experience. The transfer of significant judicial power from the elite Areopagus Council to the popular courts was a crucial step in the establishment of Athenian democracy, Christ notes, and Athenians took great pride in their legal system. They chose not to make significant changes to their legal institutions even though they could have done so at any time through a majority vote of the Assembly. Determining that the term sykophant was applied rhetorically rather than, as some have believed, to describe a specific subclass, Christ shows how the public debates over legal chicanery helped define the limits of ethical behavior under the law and in public life.
Are you a Christian who is wandering aimlessly, living a life with no meaning or direction? Do you want to learn what your purpose is and how to align yourself with God's plans for your life? Do you want to learn the keys to finding your purpose in life? Do you want to learn the secrets to living a fulfilled life as you walk out your destiny? You might be wondering about: The purpose of your life What concerns God in this world How to align your life with God's will for you and What Jesus says about your destiny. Let Matthew Robert Payne, a simple and humble servant of God, share with you how he serves God, how he found his purpose in life and how he lives it out each day. Glean from his life experience and wisdom in matters pertaining to life, purpose, career decisions and direction as you take the first step to turning your life around and to fulfilling your God-given destiny.
Athenians in the classical period (508–322 BC) were drawn to an image of themselves as a compassionate and generous people who rushed to the aid of others in distress, both at home and abroad. What relation does this image bear to actual Athenian behavior? This book argues that Athenians felt little pressure as individuals to help fellow citizens whom they did not know. Democratic ideology called on citizens to refrain from harming one another rather than to engage in mutual support, and emphasized the importance of the helping relationship between citizen and city rather than among individual citizens. If the obligation of Athenians to help fellow citizens was fairly tenuous, all the more so was their responsibility to intervene to assist the peoples of other states; a distinct pragmatism prevailed in the city's decisions concerning intervention abroad.
Matthew has been walking with the Lord Jesus for forty years as of publishing this book. From the age of eight Jesus has been speaking to him. Since the year 2000 Jesus has been visiting him on earth in visions as well as other saints from 2003. This book is the first book of interviews with saints. More interviews for the second book can be seen on Matthews YouTube channel.
The sacrifices that Jesus made in the name of His love for mankind were not confined to the cross. It started from the time He was born and continued in all the days that He lived life as a man; the loneliness of knowing but not being able to share that knowledge, the awareness of what He needs to go through and the ultimate gift of surrendering His life to save us. It is every Christian's dream to have a glimpse to the Kingdom of God and to understand God's purpose for our existence here on earth. In this book, Matthew will show Jesus, Bible verses, and some parables to us in a new light. He will reveal how we can be "Jesus" to other people at the times when they need it most. He will share simple prayers that will open up our hearts in communication with God, to be in His presence, rejoicing and thanking Him for being a part of our life. This book is written like a devotional, where each of the seventy seven nuggets in this book is aimed to help us be a better person, live an enriched life as we walk in God's grace and fulfill the overpowering need to serve Him in our own way, using the talents that He has given to us. With content that will be simple to mature believers, to content that is very rich, this book will be a delight to both new believers and those who are more advanced.
Do you feel that you need more help with grasping the fundamentals of the Christian faith and what you personally believe? Christ encourages us to take the gospel to the people of the world and also to disciple them in the ways and methods of the Christian faith. Matthew Robert Payne has written over thirty books now available on Amazon. In this book, hear what his mother, June Payne, says about the Christian faith, discipleship, and the fundamentals of the Word of God. You might have a strong understanding of the Christian faith. But others around you need to grow in their knowledge as they are immature in their relationship with the Lord. Christian Discipleship Made Simple lets you share basic principles of Christianity with them. You can go through the book page by page with them and expand upon any points in your own words as the Holy Spirit leads you. Anything in this book can be reprinted and used to help people develop their faith.
This book provides a fresh perspective on Athenian democracy by exploring bad citizenship, both as a reality and an idea, in classical Athens, from the late sixth century down to 322.
This work by Bolton is a divine encouragement to the needy Christian soul, and a means of drawing in the unbelieving soul to the love of Jesus Christ. His text is Song of Songs 4:9, “Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse: thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes; with one chain about thy neck.” This text is something, as he says, which after we have been some while in heaven, we shall be able to understand. Certainly, no one can speak fully understand this text, except those who have the full enjoyments of Christ’s love. Bolton looks to help cast us into its depth, and let it comprehend us. He is very successful in this endeavor. His doctrine is that the heart of Jesus Christ is exceedingly taken with his church and people. In fact, as the text shows, Christ is ravished by his bride. This comes to be a refreshing encouragement as well as a sober and solemn call to consider this Christ who loves his people so much. The person with the least grace in his church greatly takes his heart and moves him towards an inexpressible love for them, that, as Bolton explains, would sink us down forever in our contemplation of it, being without words, and most astonishing. Is this the way that you think about Jesus Christ and his eye towards you? Is he captivated by you, ravished by you, and in turn, are you then ravished back? This work will raise your soul to gain you a further love of the Savior who loves his people so much that he came and died for them, gave them all things, and has them forever on his mind and heart, for he is ravished with them in expressible love. This work is not a scan or facsimile, has been carefully transcribed by hand being made easy to read in modern English, and has an active table of contents for electronic versions.
Have you ever pondered life beyond the one that we live on this earth? What does living for eternity mean for you as a Christian? Is there more to it than just existing for a short time and then dying? These are questions that must have entered everyone's mind at one time or another, but being so busy with the challenges of life, it is often relegated to the shelf, to be looked at and evaluated at a much later time. The dilemma is determining how much time we have. The ultimate aim for Christians is to get to Heaven and be in the presence of our God Almighty for all eternity, but not everyone is granted a pass into the Kingdom. We need to begin sowing treasures in Heaven by living a life on earth that is befitting of a Christian. This is simpler than most of us imagine. We do not have to be rich or famous. We only need to bear in mind that we will not get to Heaven by our works here on earth but by putting out trust in the finished works of Jesus. In this book, Matthew provides us with simple ways on how to prepare for our life in eternity. He reminds us that God's grace is a favor that He bestowed on us at salvation, therefore, we are to release it to others as well. How do we put this into practice? We need to learn how to consistently be Christ to others and to tell people about Heaven's perfect love story. Living with eternity in mind is the way we are meant to live. It will change our outlook about almost everything. We can see the impact that we can make if we think beyond ourselves and live a day to day life that represents Christ to those who do not know Him.
Search Within is a book filled with wonderful, inspirational, and sometimes humorous poetry. It is a book composed of poetry written over the last three decades. This poetry will inspire you and touch your heart just as it has touched the hearts and lives of those who have read Rev. Crandles poetry over the years.
We read in the scriptures that Moses and Elijah came to visit Jesus and encouraged him before his death on the cross. When Christ resurrected, we also hear of saints coming out of their graves and appearing in the holy city to people living there. (See Matthew 17:1-13 and Matthew 27:52.) We are now entering a new phase on earth where people that live in heaven are visiting people on earth and mentoring them and teaching them spiritual principles. Justin Abraham, Ian Clayton, Shawn Bolz, and other Christian ministers are reporting these unique visitations, and soon many people on earth will be encountering saints from heaven. In this book, Matthew Robert Payne interviews some of God's generals: John G. Lake, Kathryn Kuhlman, Charles Finney, and Smith Wigglesworth. They each answered several questions, such as: -What is important to God -What they like about heaven -A message for this generation and -Important keys for the Christian life. Let God's generals speak to you in simple English, infused with their wisdom from heaven and their experience on earth so that they can lead you into a type of life that will see you achieve everything that you were born to do. This book provides practical advice and actionable steps that you can use as a tool to thrust you into a successful Christian life.
We are living in strange times when life on earth is growing darker and darker, according to Isaiah 60:1. Often, we hear of terror attacks on the news, and we see that mankind is turning away in large numbers from the message of Christ and Christianity. Some years ago, in 2014, Matthew interviewed nineteen saints, which included an interview with Elijah and Enoch, the two witnesses in Revelation 11. Today, so that people don't miss what they have said, Matthew has republished their interviews in this small book. This book will tell you: * What these two men say is important to God * What the future of the earth will look like * The importance of building your life on the rock and * Insight into the thoughts of these two men who will judge the world. In this updated and edited version of the interviews from Great Cloud of Witnesses Speak, you will also be directed to other important books that will teach you how to be a light of Jesus to the world, how to find your purpose on earth, and what the two witnesses will do when they come to earth. In this book, I endeavor to share the hearts and minds of the two witnesses. However, this book is not about what they will actually do on earth. For more information on what the two witnesses will do on earth, read Matthew's book, Optimistic Visions of Revelation.
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