Confessions traces a pilgrimage of unbounded grace, passionately wrestling with the spiritual questions that have engaged thoughtful minds since we first began to see ourselves in the light of our own actions. It is Augustines utter candor about his own sin and his struggle to reconcile his mind and soul to Gods holy character that made Confessions the classic that it has been for fifteen centuries, and it is that same candor that still makes it compelling to readers today. Written in 400 AD, less than a decade after his ordination to the priesthood, a mere four years after becoming bishop of Hippo, Confessions is the self-revelation of a man looking back over his life and looking forward into his future.