Explain why the Bible is easily the greatest work of literature the world has ever known and Saint Augustine, one of the most influential Church fathers. Augustine, through his example, calls us to confess our sins and receive Christ as our Lord. His explicit descriptions of his transgressions, in fact, seem to give the most dastardly among us hope. We can be totally swallowed up by secularism or the total rejection of God, yet somehow find footing on the right path if only we acknowledge our sins and submit. Part 1: Why is Christianity so hard to swallow for many individuals? Has secularism grown so much as to completely eclipse Christianity? Is Augustine giving sound advice? Why or why not? Part 2: Why did Jesus speak in parables? Use Matthew 13:10
