rebelling against low expectations
One of our favorite things about the new book (Start Here: Doing Hard Things Right Where You Are) is the way it includes the voices of so many different rebelutionaries. The book includes our answers to the 30+ most common questions we’ve received from teens around the world, but it’s also full of stories from teens just like you. Because of that, we’re really excited about a...
This clip is from a sermon our older brother gave last Sunday on Proverbs 3:7-12. We encouraged him to post the video because we thought it was a terrific reminder about the danger and deception of sin.
You can listen to the audio of the full sermon here.
It was certainly no accident that we stumbled across this blog post from John Piper the morning our show aired on Focus on the Family. What a wonderful reminder that every good thing is a gift from God — and we can’t take any credit. Piper writes: I was born into a believing family through no merit of my own at all. I was given a mind to think and a heart to feel through no merit of my own...
Dear Rebelutionaries, At the end of June we were invited to Colorado to be interviewed on the Daily Focus on the Family Broadcast radio program—guest hosted that week by one of our good friends and mentors, Frank Pastore of KKLA. The interview covered the story of the Rebelution’s founding, ways our parents helped us do hard things growing up, recent Rebelution success stories, next steps for the...
We stumbled across this list on a friend’s blog and thought it was so helpful we wanted to share it with you. Read it carefully. Print it out if you can, and meditate on it frequently. May the Lord grant us the proper motivation in our fight against sin — and may we all walk in the victory that Christ purchased for us on the cross. 35 REASONS NOT TO SIN Because a little sin leads to more...
There are many reasons given for why someone else (i.e. not you, not me) should do something to help the needy and oppressed. However, being only five-years-old probably tops the list of effective cop-outs. But five-year-old Phoebe wasn’t looking for an excuse — and helped raise $34,000 to feed the hungry. Which makes you wonder: What if we stopped looking for excuses too? 5-Year-Old Helps...
We first read “Holiness” by J.C. Ryle when we were fifteen. Our older brother, Joshua, gave us both a copy as a gift and the three of us read through it together. Revisiting it five years later, we still find it encouraging and challenging — with much to say about low expectations and complacency in the life of a Christian. “The Christian who is always at a standstill…”...
Tim Tebow is an amazing quarterback. But more importantly, Tim Tebow is a Christian, with a passion for proclaiming the gospel. From his missions work to his eye-black, Tim knows what really matters — and it’s not football. By God’s grace, he stands as a stellar example of how to use your platform to magnify the Lord. At our conference in Orange County this weekend, Brett and I read...
Teen siblings and Texas natives, Stephen, Melanie, and Diana Muldrow decided to use their summer raising funds to fight human trafficking in the city of Houston. But instead of doing the more traditional bake sale or car wash, the Muldrows set their sights on organizing a benefit concert — and not just any concert, but a concert featuring world-class musicians at Jones Hall, home of the Houston...
Guest Post by Natalie Wickham The wind whipped past me as we cruised up and down the country roads nestled between the beautiful Flint Hills. I was sitting comfortably atop the back seat of a Harley decked out with all the bells and whistles. “Ah, the life,” I sighed. But then reality reminded me that this was not my life. As soon as I returned home from this atypical early morning excursion, I...
rebelling against low expectations
