City of God

Young American men today are a mixed bag. Speaking generally, our young men are entirely given over to the lusts of their flesh. Pornography is ubiquitous. And yet, these same men play video games and watch movies and read books that contain extraordinally graphic depictions of violence and mayhem. The protagonists in these works are men (or women) who are to be feared indeed. Not willing to discipline their own bodies for some higher purpose, our men live vicariously through these characters who have.

I thought about our young men today when I came across this quote from book 5, section 19 of Augustine's City of God:

 A few years ago, my dear friend Bob Kaplowitz purchased a copy of Augustine's City of God for me as a gift. (You can read it for free here, or listen to it for free here.) I'm only ambling my way through it a couple pages every now and then, but I find it to be very refreshing reading.