exist for him." The self-tormentor completely forgets today in anxious concern for the next day. This section is reminiscent of The Concept of Anxiety Kierkegaard's seventh discourse deals with making the choice to be or not to be a Christian. No one can serve two masters – the pagans seek all these things Matthew 6:24. The bird seems to have no will of its own but the pagan and the Christian each have two wills. The pagan is "a mind in rebellion" and wants to "get rid of the thought of God." "The Christian denies himself in such a way that this is identical with obeying God." Part Two: States of Mind in the Strife of Suffering Part II deals with hardships and sufferings that paradoxically bring joy to the striving Christian. Michael Strawser, says the book might have been called “The Joy of Christian Irony,”’ for all seven chapters." The Christian has to learn to look at everything turned around. Adversity is prosperity. Suffering is victory. Hardship brings hope. You become rich by becoming poor and strong through your own weakness. (Sounds like Nineteen Eighty-Four). Kierkegaard says, "the upbuilding discourse is a good in itself" (p. 95) and should not be taken in vain, but before the upbuilding comes the "terrifying".(p. 95-96) Suffering comes but it is a transition to something that lasts forever. Even if it lasted all your life it is nothing in comparison with eternity. Hardship is not something to be feared and is difficult for the lower nature while it is in its sleeping state. But the sleeper must awaken and continue into adulthood. (p. 108) His second discourse says "hope recruits hope." Thomas Croxall said this discourse merits more than a passing reference. Striving is determined effort in the anticipation of eternal bliss which must come about through a personal decision. His third discourse deals with material and spiritual goods. Karl Marx published his Communist Manifesto February 29, 1848 and Kierkegaard his Christian Discourses April 26, 1848. The first deals with the material world exclusive of the world of the spirit and the second does the same but reverses it and deals with the world of the spirit. Marx says the economic world order is the highest. Kierkegaard is concerned with the religious so he nudges the individual toward the development of spiritual goods. Spiritual goods are easier to share than the material goods