Christian discourses: the crisis and a crisis in the life of an actress

Content: Historical IntroductionPt. 1The Cares of the Pagans3Introduction9IThe Care of Poverty13IIThe Care of Abundance23IIIThe Care of Lowliness37IVThe Care of Loftiness48VThe Care of Presumptuousness60VIThe Care of Self-Torment70VIIThe Care of Indecisiveness, Vacillation, and Disconsolateness81Pt. 2States of Mind in the Strife of Suffering93IThe Joy of It: That One Suffers Only Once But Is Victorious Eternally95IIThe Joy of It: That Hardship Does Not Take Away But Procures Hope106IIIThe Joy of It: That the Poorer You Become the Richer You Are Able to Make Others114IVThe Joy of It: That the Weaker You Become the Stronger God Becomes in You124VThe Joy of It: That What You Lose Temporally You Gain Eternally134VIThe Joy of It: That When I \"Gain Everything\" I Lose Nothing at All144VIIThe Joy of It: That Adversity Is Prosperity150Pt. 3Thoughts That Wound from Behind - for Upbuilding161IWatch Your Step When You Go to the House of the Lord163II\"See, We Have Left Everything and Followed You
 What Shall We Have?\" (Matthew 19:27) - and What Shall We Have?176IIIAll Things Must Serve Us for Good - When We Love God188IVThere Will Be the Resurrection of the Dead, of the Righteous - and of the Unrighteous202VWe Are Closer to Salvation Now - Than When We Became Believers214VIBut It Is Blessed - to Suffer Mockery for a Good Cause222VIIHe Was Believed in the World234Pt. 4Discourses at the Communion on Fridays247Preface249ILuke 22:15251IIMatthew 11:28262IIIJohn 10:27268IVI Corinthians 11:23275VII Timothy 2:12-13282VII John 3:20289VIILuke 24:51296The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress301Addendum: Phister as Captain Scipio327Supplement345Editorial Appendix429Notes439Bibliographical Note467Index469