Comments on: Becoming Men: Feats of our Forefathers http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2006/12/becoming-men-feats-of-our-forefathers-2/ reb•e•lu•tion (reb’el lu shen) n. a teenage rebellion against low expectations Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:02:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Michael Pulley http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2006/12/becoming-men-feats-of-our-forefathers-2/#comment-1179954 Michael Pulley Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:43:21 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2006/12/becoming-men-feats-of-our-forefathers-2/#comment-1179954 Great article. I would recommend the book "Wild at Heart" by John Eldridge for any man or woman (young or old) who likes what this article has to say. The Bible does not call on men to be passive, mild-tempered, or even nice. The Bible calls on men to be passionate, fierce, loyal warriors for Christ (Ephesians 6). The article touches on that as well. Great article. I would recommend the book “Wild at Heart” by John Eldridge for any man or woman (young or old) who likes what this article has to say. The Bible does not call on men to be passive, mild-tempered, or even nice. The Bible calls on men to be passionate, fierce, loyal warriors for Christ (Ephesians 6). The article touches on that as well.

]]> By: Michael http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2006/12/becoming-men-feats-of-our-forefathers-2/#comment-1093101 Michael Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:11:18 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2006/12/becoming-men-feats-of-our-forefathers-2/#comment-1093101 I hear all the time from people that it was a mistake when the Constitutional amendment lowered the age of adulthood to 18. Your post is even more remarkable in the context that "adulthood" in the 1700s and early 1800s didn't legally come until 21 - by which age most of our forefathers had already made remarkable achievements. I think teen agers are capable of astounding things, if they simply decide to devote their energies and passions to things that matter in God's Kingdom. But I also think mediocrity is a trap that many middle-aged folks fall for - they believe that responsibilities of job, bills, kids, and declining health shackle them to hum drum ordinary lives. But it is a choice to settle for the ordinary, rather than take risks. Brett and Alex took a risk in interning for the Alabama Supreme Court - what if they had failed? It could have given teens a black eye, been an embarrassment for the Gospel. But often it is better to try and fail, and try again, than never to try at all. So I think the challenge of the Rebolution is not just for teens, but for entire families. Working together, you can do so much more than you can alone. I'm reminded of a couple of kids I read about - one who wanted to raise money for creating clean water in villages in Africa - she was killed in an auto accident at very young age, before she reached her goal - but with the support of her family, even after her death, a sum many times in excess of her goal was raised, and is making a huge difference in the lives of many children half a world away. Another kid read about homeless people, and insisted that her mom and dad take her downtown so she could give her pillow and blankets to someone homeless - because of the support of her mom and dad, a permanent mission to share Christ's love came out of it. ( I'm 57 years old). I hear all the time from people that it was a mistake when the Constitutional amendment lowered the age of adulthood to 18. Your post is even more remarkable in the context that “adulthood” in the 1700s and early 1800s didn’t legally come until 21 - by which age most of our forefathers had already made remarkable achievements. I think teen agers are capable of astounding things, if they simply decide to devote their energies and passions to things that matter in God’s Kingdom. But I also think mediocrity is a trap that many middle-aged folks fall for - they believe that responsibilities of job, bills, kids, and declining health shackle them to hum drum ordinary lives. But it is a choice to settle for the ordinary, rather than take risks. Brett and Alex took a risk in interning for the Alabama Supreme Court - what if they had failed? It could have given teens a black eye, been an embarrassment for the Gospel. But often it is better to try and fail, and try again, than never to try at all. So I think the challenge of the Rebolution is not just for teens, but for entire families. Working together, you can do so much more than you can alone. I’m reminded of a couple of kids I read about - one who wanted to raise money for creating clean water in villages in Africa - she was killed in an auto accident at very young age, before she reached her goal - but with the support of her family, even after her death, a sum many times in excess of her goal was raised, and is making a huge difference in the lives of many children half a world away. Another kid read about homeless people, and insisted that her mom and dad take her downtown so she could give her pillow and blankets to someone homeless - because of the support of her mom and dad, a permanent mission to share Christ’s love came out of it. ( I’m 57 years old).

]]> By: Hank@low cost domain name registration http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2006/12/becoming-men-feats-of-our-forefathers-2/#comment-965675 Hank@low cost domain name registration Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:31:45 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2006/12/becoming-men-feats-of-our-forefathers-2/#comment-965675 Thank you for all the conversation everybody. The back and forth really helps me understand the website better. Thank you for all the conversation everybody. The back and forth really helps me understand the website better.

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]]> By: Mike http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2006/12/becoming-men-feats-of-our-forefathers-2/#comment-715667 Mike Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:46:10 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2006/12/becoming-men-feats-of-our-forefathers-2/#comment-715667 Our history books are fraught with mistakes and mistaken ideas about our ancestors and founders. One thing that is undeniable, and I think is the point of this blog, is that they lived and did hard things. They never sat on their laurels or duffs, whether they traded slaves or commanded an army or smuggled liquor, or ran a farm to feed the family.... they worked hard and did tremendous things during a time when most people literally were struggling to stay alive day to day. We need to live our lives, in our well fed, mostly comfortable lives, to do hard things for Christ. Our history books are fraught with mistakes and mistaken ideas about our ancestors and founders. One thing that is undeniable, and I think is the point of this blog, is that they lived and did hard things. They never sat on their laurels or duffs, whether they traded slaves or commanded an army or smuggled liquor, or ran a farm to feed the family…. they worked hard and did tremendous things during a time when most people literally were struggling to stay alive day to day.

We need to live our lives, in our well fed, mostly comfortable lives, to do hard things for Christ.

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]]> By: Kelly http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2006/12/becoming-men-feats-of-our-forefathers-2/#comment-551843 Kelly Tue, 04 May 2010 20:08:18 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2006/12/becoming-men-feats-of-our-forefathers-2/#comment-551843 I have tried my whole life not to give people a reason to look down on me because of my age. My parents have always encouraged me and my brothers to live out our faith and to not become like everyone else. It's encouraging to know that there are other young men and women out there like myself! Keep up the awesome blog! You have challenged so many young people! God will do great things through our generation, as soon as we are willing to give up ourselves and live for HIM! I have tried my whole life not to give people a reason to look down on me because of my age. My parents have always encouraged me and my brothers to live out our faith and to not become like everyone else. It’s encouraging to know that there are other young men and women out there like myself! Keep up the awesome blog! You have challenged so many young people! God will do great things through our generation, as soon as we are willing to give up ourselves and live for HIM!

]]> By: Kelly http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2006/12/becoming-men-feats-of-our-forefathers-2/#comment-551842 Kelly Tue, 04 May 2010 20:05:25 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2006/12/becoming-men-feats-of-our-forefathers-2/#comment-551842 I have tried my whole life not to let people look down on me because I am young. My parents have always encouraged me to do things that most kids my age wouldn't do. I appreciate your blog so much! It's encouraging to know that there are other young men and women out there like myself! God will do great things! But we have to be willing to give up ourselves in order to accomplish HIS work, and to push aside these low expectations that our society has for teens!! Keep up the good work! I have tried my whole life not to let people look down on me because I am young. My parents have always encouraged me to do things that most kids my age wouldn’t do. I appreciate your blog so much! It’s encouraging to know that there are other young men and women out there like myself! God will do great things! But we have to be willing to give up ourselves in order to accomplish HIS work, and to push aside these low expectations that our society has for teens!! Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Samantha Goodwin http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2006/12/becoming-men-feats-of-our-forefathers-2/#comment-532649 Samantha Goodwin Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:23:41 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2006/12/becoming-men-feats-of-our-forefathers-2/#comment-532649 This is such a challenge. It is actually Hard to do hard things, and who wants to add extra work to their already full-enough days? I myself am able to do what other people consider Amazing things without much effort. Sometime's I feel like that should be enough, since it's more than other people can do, and apparently Amazing. However, it is articles like these that help me to realize that God wants me to do what is amazing for Me, not for everyone else. Every revelution starts within one person, then within a family, then a group of friends, then the community before it can spread across the nation and across the world. I am encouraged to work on the Rebelution withing myself and my family, while planning on over-flowing to those around me in the near future. Article's like these are what I need to be reading, thanks. This is such a challenge. It is actually Hard to do hard things, and who wants to add extra work to their already full-enough days? I myself am able to do what other people consider Amazing things without much effort. Sometime’s I feel like that should be enough, since it’s more than other people can do, and apparently Amazing. However, it is articles like these that help me to realize that God wants me to do what is amazing for Me, not for everyone else.
Every revelution starts within one person, then within a family, then a group of friends, then the community before it can spread across the nation and across the world. I am encouraged to work on the Rebelution withing myself and my family, while planning on over-flowing to those around me in the near future. Article’s like these are what I need to be reading, thanks.

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