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First Things First

02.22.12 7:37 AM | By: jz (equip, exalt) |

Are you a morning person or a night owl? That’s probably a question you’ve been asked before.  Depending upon how you answer will likely influence your answer to the next question: When do you spend time with God in the Word and prayer? There seems to be an unwritten code amongst Christians which says, “You should read the bible whenever it is best for you.”   After all, there never is a bad time to read the bible, right? So as long as people are reading, we want to encourage them.  If its at 6am, cool.  If its at 11pm, thats cool too. But what does the history of our faith and scripture say about when we should seek God? While I was reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s book “Life Together”, he makes a compelling argument that all Christians should seek God first thing in the morning.  On what basis?  First, the [...]

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Songs for Worship 02.05.12

02.1.12 10:37 PM | By: ns (equip, exalt) | Tags: , , ,

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Songs for Worship 01.29.12

01.27.12 1:43 PM | By: ns (equip, exalt) | Tags: , ,

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Songs for Worship 01.15.12

01.11.12 5:08 PM | By: ns (equip, exalt) | Tags: , ,

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Bible Reading For Geeks

12.27.11 11:28 AM | By: jz (equip, exalt) | Tags: , , , , , , ,

So, I’ll admit it… I’m a technological geek.  There, I said it.  I’ve got a thing for exploring, utilizing, and incorporating technology.  Me and the boys at BestBuy are on a first name basis, which isn’t necessarily a good thing for my bank acc

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12.11.11 Songs for Worship

12.9.11 4:50 PM | By: ns (equip, exalt) | Tags: , ,

Grace Upon Grace As the Angels Sing

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Advent: Looking Back and Longing for More

12.6.11 9:37 AM | By: jm (equip, exalt) |

This is the second week of celebrating Advent for this year.  The word, “Advent” simply means “coming”.  The Old Testament saints were awaiting the advent (the coming) of the Messiah, the Promised Savior and King, Jesus Christ.  They wait

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What Is Advent?

11.27.11 2:00 AM | By: ns (exalt) | Tags: , ,

While the observance of the Advent season is an ancient practice in the Christian church, in many modern, non-denominational churches it has gone by the wayside, along with many other helpful traditions. While we will always be contextualizing our co

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A Week of Thankstweeting

11.24.11 9:27 AM | By: jz (event, exalt, news) |

Starting on Monday the 21st of November a series of Tweets were sent out from the @peineridge twitter account expressing our church families thanks.   If you don’t follow Peine Ridge Church on twitter, or if you would like to read all of them again

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Songs for Worship 11.27.11

11.23.11 5:49 PM | By: ns (exalt) | Tags: , ,