Augustine
Lauren Winner joins host Karen Wright Marsh to take a fresh look at the story of Augustine and the promise of his faith for today.
You’ve probably heard of Augustine (354-430) -- but if you’d met him as a college freshman, you wouldn’t have considered him to be saint material. Smart and ambitious, he’d rejected his mother’s faith in Jesus in favor of sex and high living. So how did Augustine become one of the world’s best known Christians?
Lauren Winner is an author, historian, Episcopal priest and Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality at Duke Divinity School. She writes and lectures on Christian practice, the history of Christianity in America, and Jewish–Christian relations. Lauren has appeared on PBS’s “Religion & Ethics Newsweekly” and NPR’s “All Things Considered.” She has written for The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Book World, Publishers Weekly, and Christianity Today.
Philip Yancey is an award-winning writer who addresses tough questions and explores central issues of the Christian faith. Philip has a heart for those who suffer. His honest reflections resonate deeply with people who find themselves, as Philip says, living on the borderlands of faith. He feels tremendous gratitude to make his living speaking and writing about the concerns and topics that most interest him.
To explore more, Karen recommends:
A Passion for God: The Spiritual Journey of A. W. Tozer a biography by Lyle Dorsett (Moody)
A website dedicated to Tozer: https://awtozer.com/
“The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing” in Christianity Today
A. W. Tozer: Three Spiritual Classics in One Volume: The Knowledge of the Holy, The Pursuit of God, and God's Pursuit of Man (Moody)
“A.W. Tozer: Author Portrait” a 5 minute documentary
Books by Philip Yancey: (link: https://philipyancey.com/books)
Vanishing Grace: Bringing Good News to a Deeply Divided World
Disappointment with God
Where is God When it Hurts?
The Jesus I Never Knew
Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?
Philip Yancey’s monthly blog: https://philipyancey.com/
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