What happens when one of the most brilliant minds in history confronts his own brokenness — and finds God waiting?
In this powerful episode, we step inside The Confessions of Saint Augustine, one of the greatest spiritual autobiographies ever written — a raw, searing, and deeply human account of sin, redemption, and the restless heart that can only find rest in God.
Saint Augustine bares his soul with brutal honesty, tracing his journey from pride, ambition, lust, and worldly success to the quiet triumph of surrendering to divine grace.
Discover:
How Augustine’s restless search for truth led him through philosophy, pleasure, and ambition — yet left him empty.
The moving story of a mother’s relentless prayers (Saint Monica) and the invisible thread of grace that never let him go.
The intellectual battles, inner wars, and deep desires that shaped one of Christianity’s greatest thinkers.
Why Augustine’s famous prayer, “Grant me chastity — but not yet,” still resonates with every heart torn between the world and God.
How confession becomes not just admission of guilt — but an anthem of hope.
Augustine’s journey is not merely personal; it is universal.
He wrestles with temptation, suffers under the chains of habit, battles despair, and yearns for meaning — only to find that the soul was made for God, and it is restless until it rests in Him.
In this episode, you will walk through:
Augustine’s passionate yet misguided youth, filled with ambitions and wanderings.
His encounter with philosophy and his struggles with the question of evil.
His ultimate conversion under the preaching of Saint Ambrose and the reading of Scripture.
His reflections on memory, time, creation, and the mystery of God.
More than a historical text, The Confessions is a love song — a man speaking to his Creator, seeking to understand himself and glorify the One who loved him through all his rebellion.
It is the story of every soul that has wandered far, and the God who never stopped calling it home.
If you’ve ever wrestled with temptation, regret, longing, doubt, or hope — this story will reach across the centuries to touch your heart.
If you have ever sought forgiveness, meaning, and healing — Augustine’s voice will feel like your own.
Join us as we journey through the valleys of sin, the deserts of confusion, and the mountain peaks of surrender — guided by the man who prayed, “You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in You.”
This is not just Augustine’s confession.
It is every soul’s confession.
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