Atmosphere U is the section of Atmosphere Church that is geared towards helping you through college. We hope to use this simply as a tool to guide your walk. Our blog cannot, and should never replace your fellowship with other Christians. So even if you’re away in college and listening to our podcasts, you still need a community of believers around you.

Here are a few other resources that we would encourage you to check out:

Blogs/Websites

Here are some great sites we have found helpful in dealing with issues of the world, post-modernism, and everything else that might come up at school:

• EveryStudent.com is a place where you can find answers to questions you might have about faith, God, life, and everything else. If we can’t answer a question, I’m sure they can. Either way, you should still let us know what’s on your mind.
• True U is the College ministry of The Truth Project. They strive to testify to the truth that is the Word of God and want His truth to live in your school.
• Don’t Stop Believing is a blog by Michael Wittmer (author of a book by the same name). He has great thoughts and reflections on how Christians should live and act.
• Kevin DeYoung also has a great heart and knowledge of the Scriptures. He is an author as well and strives to help people understand God and His Church well.

Great Books

In addition to those sites are these books that have been a great help in my thinking:

• How to Stay Christian in College | J. Budziszewski (Jakob’s review)
• Think Biblically! | John MacAurther
• Don’t Stop Believing: Why Living Like Jesus Is Not Enough | Michael Wittmer
• Why We’re Not Emergent: By Two Guys Who Should Be | Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck
• Why We Love the Church: In Praise of Institutions and Organized Religion | Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck
• Do Hard Things | Alex and Brett Harris
• A Mind for God | James Emery White
• The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism | Timothy Keller
• True for You, But Not for Me: Overcoming Objections to Christian Faith | Paul Copan
• University of Destruction | David Wheaton (Jakob’s review)

We hope that these can be helpful to you in your studies. If you can’t get to any of the books, you should at least subscribe to the blogs, they are beneficial.

The Fall 2009 semester is over, and we are getting ready to officially relaunch this blog. It has been a while since last summer when we all met, and many of you who are in school weren’t able to be with us. It is our goal with Atmosphere U to equip you in your study of the world and the Word. We hope we can help.

Who is this for?

In a word: everyone.

We will be writing specifically for those who are entering, going through, and leaving college. But in looking into education and continuing in the faith, we have realized that this will be beneficial for people in High School and in the work force. Everyone needs the encouragement to keep the faith against all odds; college isn’t the only place that will attack your faith.

Who we are

I (Jakob Guy) will be doing most of the editing and writing on this blog, but expect to see some of our friends here as well. I have limited experience with secular schooling (2 years in High School) and now attend a Bible College; I am slightly sheltered from the world. So, some of my good friends who have been through secular college will be adding their input along the way.

Getting involved

You have a few ways to get involved here no matter where you come from:

• If you’re in school and facing struggles in life ask us questions, they can be about anything and we will do our best to answer them according to Scripture and logic.
• If you have gone through struggles in school and don’t want others to face the same outcomes, we welcome your input. Shoot me an email and we can figure out how to add your piece.
• If you have found some good resources that you think we should know about, let us know! We’ll look through them and make them known.

We hope you enjoy reading, and are blessed by what comes out!