Today’s Readings

Theophilus of Antioch — To Autolycus, Book 2, Chapters 11–12 Augustine — The Confessions, Book 8, Chapter 4 (Section 9) Thomas Aquinas — Summa Theologica, Part 1–2, Question 23 (Articles 1–4 Combined)

Creation is not random, your desires are not random, and your transformation is not random—everything today pushes against the idea that life is chaotic or driven by impulse alone. Theophilus walks through the six days of creation to show that God orders everything with purpose, wisdom, and structure, declaring it all “very good,” and warning that human philosophy only imitates truth while mixing it with error . Augustine then turns inward and shows how that same God draws people out of blindness, not just individually but through influence—how one changed life can ignite many  ...