rebelling against low expectations

ArchiveFebruary 2013

Jonathon Montanez’s Great Assist

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If the video isn’t showing up, try reloading the page.Mitchell Marcus is a basketball-loving high school student with a developmental disability and a team manager for the Coronado Thunderbirds varsity basketball team. For the last game of the season, his coach let Mitchell suit up with the others. Then, with little more than a minute remaining, Mitchell was put into the game. With their...

Dealing With Rejection

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Keep sending your stories to brett [at] therebelution [dot] com. Share your experiences doing hard things, whether in big or tiny ways. We want to feature your voice on the blog and use your experiences to encourage others around the world. Today we have an international submission from Jezreel, a 20-year-old rebelutionary in the Philippines. Besides facing repeated rejection throughout her job...

What Does Success Look Like?

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We recently received a message from a young lady named Victoria who has been working tirelessly to rebel against low expectations and inspire others to do hard things — except that nothing she tries ever succeeds. She writes, “I have tried and tried to do hard things right where I am but have run full speed into a brick wall everywhere I turn. What am I doing wrong and what do I do next...

John Piper: A Challenge For Young People

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In a sermon delivered on Sunday, August 27, 2006, entitled Holy Ambition: To Preach Where Christ Has Not Been Named, John Piper briefly turns his attention to the children in the audience. In a culture of extended adolescence and spiritual immaturity, his words bear particular relevance to us all. At 7 minutes, 45 seconds, this video is already longer than the attention span of your average, TV...

Graduating College With Zero Debt

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Keep sending your stories to brett [at] therebelution [dot] com. Today we have an article from Kris Kandel, a young lady whose seven year battle with Lyme Disease led to some surprising blessings. We love Kris’s story for two reasons: (1) because it demonstrates how God works all things together for the good of those who love Him and (2) because it is a testimony of thinking outside the box...

How Much Time?

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Today we have an article from Daniel Osborne, a former administrator for the Rebelution Forum. Daniel has invested countless hours into the ministry of this website. Daniel’s post confronts us with the important and sobering question, “How much time do we really have?” Read it carefully, consider the Scripture passages, and pray the prayer Daniel shares at the end. This is worth...

Stop Living Like An Orphan in Your Own Home

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We see their pictures in the appeals for help on television and in the magazines. Starving children and sullen, miserable teenagers, living without families in slums and refugee camps around the world. Their suffering breaks our hearts and opens our wallets to offer help. They are the orphans of the world. They have no parents. It’s so very sad. They have no one to provide food and shelter...

Do Hard Things: Accepting Your Limitations

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Today we have an article from Madison Hexter, a homeschool grad attending the University of Akron, where she is pursuing a major in biology and minors in chemistry and dance. Madison shows how accepting our limitations can set us free to accomplish even more. She writes, “Accepting your limitations is not giving up. On the contrary; it is saying, ‘Here is what I cannot currently do...

rebelling against low expectations

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