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Good books about coming from a state of sin to faith/salvation/ redemption. As I’ve been exploring where I stand in faith, mysticism and spirituality I feel the weight of my past sins beers heavy upon me. My biggest vice is lust

Inb4 Augustine Confessions

>> No.18488736

Augustine Confessions

>> No.18488745

>>18488727

If Augustine's book can't help you, no other book can.

>> No.18488751

>>18488736
>>18488745
I have it already I know it will help, I would like more however

>> No.18488755

>>18488751
I think most people will interpret the inb4 as anti-Christian desu.

>> No.18489172

>>18488727
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners by John Bunyan. It is his spiritual autobiography. It is basically the 17th century English equivalent of Augustine's Confessions.

>> No.18490124

>>18488727
Crime and Punishment
Small Lives by Pierre Michon

>> No.18490162

>>18488751
Have you read it yet

>> No.18490197
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Tariki: Embracing Despair, Discovering Peace

I really liked this book, it's a short memoir about a Japanese author's conversion to Pure Land Buddhism. The English edition has a really corny cover though.

>> No.18490209

>>18488751
The Mortification of Sin, by John Owen
The imitation of Christ, by Thomas Kempis
Humility, by Andrew Murray
Practice in Christianity, Kierkegaard

>> No.18490346

Flannery O'Connor wrote some interesting short stories with this as a theme. A Good Man is Hard to Find wasn't bad.

>> No.18491545

>>18489172
>>18490209
>Pr*testants

>> No.18492177

>>18488727
Theology of the Body

>> No.18492199

>>18491545
I hope you aren't OP, otherwise it's obvious you aren't serious

>> No.18492203

>>18490197

I second the recommendation, and the English cover definitely makes it look generic and arrogant. Most of the titles being mentioned are about Christian salvation, but Itsuki presents a good perspective on Pure Land views on faith and strength.