tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309335063285317001.post3211199942070878474..comments2023-04-10T04:31:13.824-07:00Comments on Metropuritan: St. AugustineMetropuritan Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03701098347633676801noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309335063285317001.post-26332246226976336542008-07-11T13:06:00.000-07:002008-07-11T13:06:00.000-07:00ed, I'll leave City of God for the next life. Mayb...ed, I'll leave City of God for the next life. Maybe then we can just have the conversation face to face and spare me the read (unless I get better reading comprehension in my fully redeemed state). You've been a model to me of the need to stay in touch with the older, smarter, more in love with Jesus guys who have gone b/f us.Metropuritan Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701098347633676801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309335063285317001.post-81005908080105338132008-07-10T21:55:00.000-07:002008-07-10T21:55:00.000-07:00Mark, I love that you are reading the Confessions....Mark, <BR/><BR/>I love that you are reading the Confessions. I've been thinking about a post on "books I wish I could make everyone read" - Confessions is in the top 3. It IS so much more accessible than say City of God - where the greatness of his mind is sometimes hard to hang with. Kind of like reading Plato. <BR/>Shalom, <BR/><BR/>EdEd Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946175857396743066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309335063285317001.post-28219250749755756032008-07-09T18:13:00.000-07:002008-07-09T18:13:00.000-07:00Todd, Augustine was a lot more accessible than I i...Todd, Augustine was a lot more accessible than I imagined. I really felt like it could've been written today. It filled me with a lot of hope in God's ability to save a wretch (like me). Amen for dead mentors. My friend once said, "When I was young I never trusted anyone over 30. Now that I'm over 30, I don't trust anyone under 300."Metropuritan Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701098347633676801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309335063285317001.post-9096666864052654712008-07-07T19:44:00.000-07:002008-07-07T19:44:00.000-07:00this sounds like some profound reading you have be...this sounds like some profound reading you have been doing lately my brother. the brief paragraph you shared from the series is quite compelling. thanks for sharing that information. i love dead mentors. they tend to be quite robust in their ability to teach both from a place of respectability and vulnerability. augustine was a man who loved God and yet he still was a sinner? unbelievable! :) there is perhaps hope for us all in that grace.toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813896428597457804noreply@blogger.com