An All-New Rebelution Website
No, you didn’t come to the wrong place. May we introduce you to the all-new and improved online headquarters for the Rebelution.
Hours and hours of work have been put into this project over the past few months. We have been looking forward to the day when we could finally show it to all of you. We decided to launch the new site today, almost exactly a year since The Rebelution blog officially began, in celebration of our one-year anniversary.
It’s been an incredible ride.
God’s Sovereign Plan
The Rebelution began as two young men’s attempt to discipline themselves to think and to write. We wanted to have a blog that went beyond the normal journaling and chatter of typical teen blogs, and hopefully, to network with some like-minded young men and women while we were at it.
Little did we know that God would take and turn it into something so much bigger than we are. We’re so blessed to be part of what God is doing in our generation.
As you may have noticed, things are looking quite different around here. Not only has the blog gone through a redesign, but it’s switched from Blogger to WordPress. Plus, the blog has three new friends. In this first post on the newly-designed blog, we’d like to introduce you to each of them:
The blog may have a new suit of clothes and a new address, but it’s still the same old blog. This is where everything started and where it continues to happen. You’ll find our same old sidebar on your right, full of original articles, cultural commentary, and special news coverage, with new posts added several times a week.
Be sure to update your links, feeds, and subscriptions. The RSS feed is on the sidebar in The Rebelution Rundown. The new address is: www.therebelution.com/blog
The Conference Section of the site is devoted to the upcoming Rebelution Tour 2007. We’re looking forward to meeting many of you and to share our hearts with many hundreds of like-minded teens and parents around the country.
The Conference Section includes the tour schedule, conference message and session topics, speaker bios, and frequently asked questions. As the Tour draws closer we’ll be adding more features, like movies, video, and audio, as well as downloadable publicity materials and secure online registration.
We’re really excited about the all-new discussion forums. They have been specifically designed as a place for young people who share the vision of the Rebelution to network and interact.
This is not your typical message board with celebrity gossip, heated (and unproductive) arguments, and spam all mixed together. Instead this is meeting place for mature Christian teens to engage in intelligent and meaningful conversation. All that to say, what are you waiting for? Go join the discussion!
The brand-new Resources Section is a compilation of a great articles from the some of the best Christian authors of our day. It’s all out there, but now it’s all together in a single place.
Even better, it’s going to constantly grow as readers submit suggestions and as it expands to include audio and video resources as well. We know you’ll be blessed.
Some Closing Thoughts
So go and explore. There’s a lot to see. Browse the Resource section. Join the discussion in the Forums. Invite your friends to join you. And give us feedback, we’d love to hear what you think.
Most importantly, continue to fight beside us in the daily battle against the low expectations of this world and to return to God’s standard for the teen years. The blog, the conference, the forums, and the resource section were all created to equip us in this fight. By God’s grace and for His glory, let the Rebelution continue.
August 28th, 2006 at 6:41 am
Wow, everything looks really awesome! NIce work!
August 28th, 2006 at 7:09 am
Beautiful. Very well done. I look forward to seeing the continued development.
August 28th, 2006 at 7:49 am
Dude!! I am so excited. It looks so awesome! Keep on pressing towards the mark. God bless!
Alex
August 28th, 2006 at 8:35 am
So you using Word Press now! Ummmm. Great job guys! Looks good! I signed up for the disscussion board and everything.
August 28th, 2006 at 9:25 am
Wow! Everything looks great! I was a bit surprised and confused when it first loaded up however… =) I look forward to reading more and participating in the forums.
August 28th, 2006 at 9:50 am
Wow, I thought I was at the wrong site. It looks great. On the picture of you guys which one of you is Brett and which one is Alex?
August 28th, 2006 at 10:14 am
Congratulations on your smart new site! It’s a great step forward from what was already a great blog.
For me, the only difficulty is reading the print with the dark background, as my eyesight isn’t oo god.
August 28th, 2006 at 10:15 am
Woops! “oo god” should read “too good”!!
August 28th, 2006 at 10:36 am
Brittany: If you’re referring to the picture in this post I (Brett) am on the left and Alex is on the right. If you are referring to the picture at the top right hand corner of the blog Alex is on the left and I am on the right.
Caridwen: Where are you having to read print with a dark background?
August 28th, 2006 at 11:10 am
Wow, I don’t even know what to say…this is amazing!
Would you still be open to coming to Minnesota for a conference? I’ve been trying to get this to go through so you can come to our homeschool convention, which is in April. But if you’d rather come in the summer, we could make it it’s own event.
Let me know what you think.
Seth
August 28th, 2006 at 11:13 am
God bless you.
August 28th, 2006 at 12:04 pm
Love the new layout! It looks great!
August 28th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
Wow - everything looks wonderful guys! I’m excited to see how God will work through the newest additions to the site
August 28th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
Thought I’d “delurk” to say fantastic look. I especially appreciate the Resource section…
God bless you for all the great work you guys have been doing through the blog!
August 28th, 2006 at 2:50 pm
Wow! I’ve been reading The Rebelution for several months (I’m a silent reader) and I must say I love the new look!!! Thank you so much for the godly leadership that both of you are showing through your writing and the message that you are boldly proclaiming to our generation. You are touching more lives than you could ever know….
August 28th, 2006 at 3:25 pm
Looks awesome! Nice job, guys!
August 28th, 2006 at 4:04 pm
Hurrah! LOVELY, guys, simply lovely. This is wonderful!
August 28th, 2006 at 4:16 pm
Great job!! I’ll be praying for you!
August 28th, 2006 at 4:19 pm
Incredible! I’m really impressed with how you’ve been able to tie all these different areas together into one beautiful, flowing site - it takes a lot of work to get everything to that sort of perfection. Keep it up
August 28th, 2006 at 4:25 pm
WOW! I really like it! I thought I was at the wrong site at first, but decided to look around bc of the verse, and then I saw that it was the same one.
The theme fits together a lot better now.
August 28th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
Wow this looks great!!! I`m hoping to see you guys in a conference
August 28th, 2006 at 5:11 pm
Looks quite spiffy.
August 28th, 2006 at 7:22 pm
I just clicked away from my blogroll and thought I’d landed on the wrong site. But lo and behold, it’s simply the new, and very classy Rebelution! Bravo, guys. The site looks awesome. My favourite webpage colours :), easy to navigate, fresh and nice on the eyes, and with lots to read and digest.
Your ministry is a rich one; I praise God for faithful young men willing to take a stand. There are fewer and fewer about. Keep pressing onward.
Any chance of doing a Rebelution Tour in Australia? I know many who would be blessed and challenged!
August 28th, 2006 at 7:40 pm
This morning, when I was checking your site, I was like, “Am I at the wrong site?”. I was blown away. I showed it to my mother and when my father came home from work I told him about it too. I share with my parents what I read on the Rebelution and we look forward to checking the site. So great job Alex and Brett!
August 28th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
Well guys, I join in the twenty-something other “WOW”s that are already posted! This site is amazing.
It’s great to see it expanding and I hope that likewiese the real Rebelution–in the heads, hearts and hands of young men and women–will also expand.
August 28th, 2006 at 7:47 pm
I was quite pleasantly surprised when I visited the site this afternoon! You guys have done a great job! The new features, especially the forums, look very interesting.
August 28th, 2006 at 9:02 pm
You’ve floored me again! Everything looks wonderful. May God continue to use you to keep accomplishing GREAT THINGS FOR HIM!
Your Sister in Christ,
Claire
August 28th, 2006 at 9:46 pm
Love the new look! Great job guys!
August 29th, 2006 at 1:17 am
I thought I was in the wrong place.
I love the new look! 
August 29th, 2006 at 7:29 am
Spiffy. Ubber Spiffy. Very nice guys!
August 29th, 2006 at 8:49 am
Sorry Brett! This computer is rather slow, and the background of your blog was dark brown while I was trying to read it. Then it turns white. So all is well!
August 29th, 2006 at 9:58 am
I am so impressed with the new look! Who did the design? Did you guys do it yourselves?
August 29th, 2006 at 10:03 am
I have a quick question about the forums, but since you don’t have any “question area” that is open to unregistered users, I thought I’d ask it here, as my question has to do with registering.
I am not comfortable using my whole name as my username on the internet. You mention in your user agreement that it is all right to use a pen name. The dilemma I have is this: my pen name / pseudonym / name-I-go-by-with-everyone-but-my-face-to-face-friends on the internet *is* my username. CountryGoalie. However, I recognize that this might be regarded as similar to usernames on other forums, and not a pen name. I did not want to register, only to have it regarded as improper and be chided for not reading the user agreement. So, what would you have me to do? Go ahead and register it, or…?
August 29th, 2006 at 10:16 am
I’ve already said beautiful job, but I must say it again: amazing work. The resource section is fantastic, and I hope to see it expanded to have more articles and maybe even a search feature!
August 29th, 2006 at 2:20 pm
The new site looks fantastic! The Rebelution has certainly expanded, and I look forward to looking around!
August 29th, 2006 at 4:04 pm
The site looks fantastic. I really like the new pictures(personally, I thought the previous upper right hand corner picture made you guys look like happy criminals :heh heh: I got a good kick out of it). I’m looking forward to reading all the new stuff!
Press on and God bless,
Sarah
August 29th, 2006 at 7:14 pm
Wow - I love it! Excellent work, guys!! You have done a wonderful, professional job here. I was completely shocked when I luanched my browser and your new front page popped up…quite impressive. Keep it up. God bless you both!
August 29th, 2006 at 8:34 pm
Wow! It’s so nice. I love the new look and the forums. Thank you guys for all the hard work you put into this!
August 30th, 2006 at 6:13 pm
Your updates look fabulous, guys! Congrats and thanks for your excellent work-
August 30th, 2006 at 6:20 pm
Great job Alex and Brett!
August 31st, 2006 at 6:35 am
Your new design looks really nice! I also have a Wordpress blog, but mine is the free version… will they actually host your website for $ ?
September 1st, 2006 at 11:44 am
Very cool new look, keep up the good work guys!
September 6th, 2006 at 6:34 pm
I love the new discussion forum! I had been on vaction for a week so when I came to your site to check recent posts, I thought I got the wrong site! Fantastic job!