Augustine the Truth Seeker

Augustine lived in troubled times near the end of the Roman Empire. Barbarians fought with Romans, and Christianity struggled against the worship of the old gods, and new cults. There were plenty of thrills for ambitious young men who did not care about following God's laws, and Augustine made sure that he had his fill - despite the upset and shame it would bring to his godly mother.

Monica longed for her son to trust in Jesus. But he decided to make his own way in the world and totally abandoned Christianity. He even lived with a woman who was not his wife and had a child with her, bringing his mother to heartache.

Would Monica ever see her son return to the truth? At the time, she must have wondered if that was possible. But it was, and today the Christian church has the proof in Augustine's life and writings that God can bring the greatest, most stubborn, sinner to himself.

Augustine did eventually come to Jesus Christ and today is one of the Christian Church's most famous thinkers and writers.