No crowd ever chanted "Augustine! Augustine!" No king or queen summoned him to sit and feast at their table. No royal fleet voyaged to carry his name across the seas. But bow down on their knees and lament did those whose eyes passed over the truth-filled pages of Augustine's Confessions. Tales of spiritual revelation, personal freedom, and selfless faith definte Augustine's road to Christ and provide a pathway for the modern reader to search within himself so that God may detract the scandals that lie within every heart.
Every human is born a sinner and dies a sinner. What, then, is man's ultimate end if there is no hope for these criminal patterns? As a boy in Thagaste, Augustine plotted out every way to defy the strict laws of Christianity. As a teenager, he furthered this pattern by indulging in carnal pleasures. In Confessions, Augustine tears down the curtain that cloaks the deceiving lies hissed into man's ears. He allows readers time to reflect on their own life and realize the need to repair the shattered pieces and turn to the One Savior for redemption. Never once does Augustine boast about himself, or repent in order to receive pity from others, or deny that Christ alone offered him His hand through the miry clay. Instead, through his explanation of personal and theological struggles, Augustine uses Confessions to identify with nearly every stage of man's distress and seeks to guide his audience toward the Truth of God.
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