I was experiencing all the success the entertainment industry has to offer, but I knew there had to be something more. It was sort of through that God prepared me to hear about His great plan.

The second edition still lacks Darwin's preface and glossary of terms. Cameron subsequently became a teen heartthrob in the late 1980s while appearing on the covers of several teen magazines including Tiger Beat Teen Beat 16 and others. In the series Mike would eventually have a girlfriend in Kate MacDonald played by Chelsea Noble Cameron's future wife.

In the 2000s he has portrayed Cameron "Buck" Williams in the Left Behind film series and Caleb Holt in the 2008 drama film Fireproof. Kirk Thomas Cameron (born October 12 1970) is an American actor best known for his role as Mike Seaver on the television situation comedy Growing Pains (1985–1992) as well as several other television and film appearances as a child actor. Cameron is also an active evangelical Christian currently partnering with Ray Comfort in the evangelical ministry The Way of the Master and has co-founded The Firefly Foundation with his wife actress Chelsea Noble.