On Driving Home the Faith, Dr. Ken Craycraft welcomes Mike Aquilina, executive vice president of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and author of more than 60 books, to reflect on the life and legacy of St. Augustine, whose feast day is celebrated on August 28.

Ken and Mike begin with Augustine's early life in Roman North Africa, exploring his roots in what is now Algeria and Tunisia and the profound influence of African Christianity on the development of Western Christian thought and literature.

The conversation focuses especially on Augustine's famous Confessions, one of the great works of world literature and a book that has led many readers—including converts to Catholicism—to a deeper encounter with Christ. Mike explains Augustine's description of the human heart as “restless” until it rests in God and how Augustine's lifelong search through academics, friendship, pleasure, and other pursuits ultimately left him longing for something more.

Ken and Mike also discuss Augustine's remarkable honesty about his sins and past, including his sexual relationships and the birth of his son, and how Augustine's reflection on his own life offers a powerful model for examining our own lives in light of God's providence.

The conversation concludes by looking at Augustine's profound reflections on beauty, conversion, and the search for God, with a preview of a discussion about his monumental work The City of God.