If you look back in time and see someone who was an agnostic and then hear someone say, “Well, if they would have known about evolution they would have been an atheist.” You may think that that is a valid statement.

The more information we know the more informed we become and we can then make better decisions.

So wouldn’t it be wild if after we pass God let’s us see all the information known to the humans over the years and the believer starts off with Adam and Eve and Abraham then moves into philosophers and the such. Over the years we go through everything. From Ancient Rome to Modern day. And by the time God gets to modern day our thoughts may be mainly secular. Like even though God is showing us this we are looking at the world and would be like, “Well it seems like I would be atheist too” and say something like, “Not enough evidence God, not enough evidence.” And as soon as we thought this film was about to end it would keep going. Because when we die that doesn’t mean the end. Then as time keeps going more and more evidence begins to come out for the rational choice to believe in God and all that He has done for us. So by the time you finish watching the entire film you are on your knees in praise! It would be spectacular. 

The crazy thing is as I wrote this I was just thinking that this is basically what the Bible is. Close with God and then we drift then at the end we are In Unending Praise!

Praise the Lord!!

The Philadelphia Project (TPP) has already be great. We haven’t started to get much work done in the community yet, but this is because we are getting acclimated to the city and each other. I’m going to be with these guys all summer so we better get to know one another. At the end of this post I’ll post all our day 1 photos. 

Today we are doing a team building exercise on a rope course. I’m not too sure what’s going to happen but I’m sure it will be crazy. 

We already have a few short stories to tell and I can tell you some if you message me. Two of the stories involve driving at night in Philadelphia, so you can only image. 

Everyone has greeted us with open arms. New people are offering us dinner every day. Ray,  a project leader, has us over at his place almost everyday to eat. We don’t have any kids coming in until June 10th so until then we are in training mode. It’s going to a more relaxed time until then but once that time comes we will be in full force. 

For those who don’t know I’ll be helping fix up houses in the community. 

On a personal note. I’m coming into TPP slightly unsure of what I want to do for the rest of my life. I think I started to figure it out last night. I was talking to a friend and it dawned on me. God calls us to transform and it’s sad because many people just put on the Christian logo. I feel like maybe God wants me to help - not that He needs my help- but, yeah, help the transformation process. I really have no idea what that means but what it is sounding like in my head is a specific field in ministry for people who are possibly bored with Christianity because it hasn’t done anything for them. I really don’t know, just a thought. It’s going to be an ongoing thought. 

Allie Boyle

Kelly Whelan

Ben Shenk

Caleb Mills

Andrew Henning

Kenneth Campbell (me)

Jenna Williams (center)

Historian Joseph Loconte unravels the story of the travelers of Emmaus. He uses characters from Gilgamesh to Elvis Presley to get his point across: We are in a great search for God because He is our hero. From the beginning Loconte uses the media, culture, and tradition to relate the message to our modern lives. It begins in the valley of the shadow of death and we march on until we reach inexpressible joy.

I didn’t jump out of my seat after every page, I had to think thoroughly. Loconte uses his great presentation skills to create a story for the mind. Every section contains a parallel to our world today.  I was glad to see him not use all historical references, but references such as Harry Potter and Elvis Presley to relate to the younger generations. As a younger reader I was able to follow it smoothly, but he also intrigued me with the references I did not know.

I learned a lot from this book and I will end up learning a lot more because it introduced me to many of new articles, essays, and books. I greatly enjoyed The Searchers and will be excited to read other work by him. His students, I hear, love him and I can see why. He knows what he is talking about and enjoys what he does. For anyone looking for a book to read over the summer this is it! Everyone will be able to use this book to get their ideas out in a more fluent manner. Check it out!   

5/5

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I’m heading to Phily tmorrow for the  Philadelphia Project! Here is a little rundown from the site of what it’s all about! 

Who are we:

The Philadelphia Project is a Christian non-profit organization committed to the holistic development of the neighboring community in partnership with the local church.

What are we about:

We seek to accomplish our mission through the creation of a vibrant, engaging, and safe community center as well as providing service opportunities caring for the homes of the elderly, poor, single-parent and those plagued by hardships.

I am still support raising so if you would like to give go to this site and click donate now! 

Kenneth Campbell is my name!

Please Pray for me and all the people I will be in contact with this summer! Thank you! 

So the summer has begun and a lot is happening! 

I will be heading to Philadelphia on Wednesday to start the Philadelphia Project! 

I have also got accepted to be a book reviewer for BookSneeze! What I’ll do with them is review a book and post it on my Tumblr! I’m really excited to get started with it! I will probably start off by getting E-books but then get hard copies after the summer. This is going to be an awesome opportunity. Praise the Lord!

I just saw the story about the girl with the skin eating bacteria. We need to pray for all the victims of this harmful disease! Lift our prayers up to God win sincerity! God loves everyone! 

God bless!

God could have easily defeated Satan and overpowered Him by force, but He chose not to. Because of His character God was just. He chose to sacrifice Himself as Jesus for  our sins. He chose to be Just over being powerful. If governments would take this stand we would have more of a harmonious world. 

Seek Justice.

I’m pursuing an early childhood/ special education degree but I know I want to be involved in missions… some how. I want to actually do something. I don’t know what that would be. I was thinking to possibly do Law, but I’m really not sure if I have the brains for that any more. If I would do Law I would be involved with Child trafficking. Law takes a lot of writing and as most of you know my grammar and word usage isn’t very good, I am possibly getting better though. I want to get better at writing, and I should. Hopefully in one year it’s a lot better. I don’t ever proof read my blog post, I probably should. 

I am just ahh. I’m not stressed really but yet I am. I am going to Philadelphia for the next three months and I hope I figure this all out. I also hope it will work with college and my finances. 

I love God and I just want to do His will.