The Confessions of St. Augustine

"The Confessions of Saint Augustine" by Saint Augustine is a deep dive into one man's journey from a life focused on earthly pleasures to a life of deep faith and spiritual understanding. Augustine, a philosopher and theologian, shares his personal story of wrestling with ideas about sin, forgiveness, and finding God, starting from his early questions about the world and his place in it. He thinks about his childhood, acknowledging that even from a young age, people are touched by sin, and how growing up and the people around him played a role in shaping who he became. This sets the stage for Augustine to seriously look at the battles between what people want and what God offers.