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Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations |  | Authors: Alex Harris, Brett Harris
Creator: Chuck Norris
Publisher: Multnomah Books
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 242
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5 x 1
ISBN: 1601421125
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.83
EAN: 9781601421128
ASIN: 1601421125
Publication Date: April 15, 2008
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Most people donâ?t expect you to understand what weâ?re going to tell you in this book. And even if you understand, they donâ?t expect you to care. And even if you care, they donâ?t expect you
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 Be a Rebel for God! September 10, 2010
Marc Axelrod (Potter, Wi USA)
Our high school church class is going to be studying and applying this book this school year. I don't teach the class, but I wanted to read it to be on the same page. The book is really good. The young people who wrote it are sincere and they have a burning passion to see high school kids repudiate mediocrity. The beginning of the book discusses the myth of irresponsible adolescence. The authors show from Scripture (1 Timothy 4, 1 Samuel 17) and from history (George Washington, Clara Barton, Theodore Roosevelt) that young people can do hard things and be successful, and even if they are not, they can still learn and grow from their experiences. Nothing in the Bible encourages the idea that the teen years are throwaway fun years.
The authors discuss five hard things that teens can do (things that go against cultural norms, things that go unseen and unrewarded, small things that don't seem like a big deal, things that can be done in concert with others, such as helping with a political campaign or going on a mission trip, etc).
The writers give examples from their own lives and from the lives of young people today who are doing hard things, then they challenge readers by giving some suggestions about how they can be rebelutionaries (writing down 5 concrete goals for starters).
The book ends by giving teens an opportunity to accept Christ and become a rebelutionary for Christ. Great book.
Great Book for teens and young adults alike! September 7, 2010
pastorjosh
I purchased this book for my in home discipleship class I have with some students in my youth ministry. As we have gone through the book it has really challeneged not only the students but me as well to "Do Hard Things" in my life and ministry. I would strongly recomend this book to teenagers, parents, teachers, and youth pastors alike.
Outstanding book. September 3, 2010
Robert F. Chambers
I have recommended this book to many people. It is not only great for teenagers but adults as well. I am a Christian Educator and I have written an article about it in our newsletter. I have given it to youth counselors to read. They all liked it and agreed that our high school and middle school youth groups should study it together, so I bought all of them a copy as well.
I believe Jesus Christ does call all of us to do hard things, and this makes the case for this very convincingly.
 Do Hard Things - Review August 31, 2010
David Bennett
The book Do Hard Things is a tremendous read, which can be used in multiple areas of life with different audiences. The fact that it's written by 17-yr old twins is amazing. This book should be required reading in middle school and then reviewed in high school. It's a great reminder that the point of life is not convenience but taking on tough challenges and doing hard things. I am the father of 3 boys and this will be required reading at they get older.
Hard Made Easy August 26, 2010
Greenstone (TX)
Time has changed so radically in the past six decades that were one transported to today from the fifties, when a top song of the day was Elvis Presley's "You ain't nothin' but a houndog," the thought might occur to reproduce the tune to relate to the youth angst addressed in DHT.
Refreshingly, the title challenge runs cover to cover with testimonies replete of life-changing efforts that springboard what society deems as the 'uninitiated' initiating breathtaking leaps into gargantuan projects that any of the seasoned/aged veterans of social war would kill to have their name above.
Endearing and searingly transparent confessions expose even the wastelands from which some of the champions of these chronicled events hale, encouraging every reader to get off their duffs and do something impossible.
Perhaps the most remarkable slant is that with all the publicity, this work is still new and fresh, as is the website that exponentially rockets this movement, to young and old alike.
One wonders what the father of these two, who in fact can be rightfully honored with firing this race to the stars, thinks about DHT himself. Perhaps the answer will be noted in his next book ?
TL Farley,
author
When Now Becomes Too Late,
(Jesus eloping with His Bride)
&
Distant Reaches,
(True-life adventure)
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