Tweet In book 6 of Augustine’s Confessions, Augustine tells of how all of his pursuits were not bringing him any closer to happiness. He tells a story of a particular time he was preparing a speech that was going to include a series of lies about the emperor and how those lies would be applauded. […]
Tweet Augustine moves to Carthage and encounters “A hissing cauldron of lust.” He details how he chased after love and sexuality, entertainment through the theater, and intellectual (as well as occupational) success, and love of money all held sway over him in some shape or form. These aims and ambitions led him away from God. […]