Sermon Archive
The Heart of Sacrifice - God’s Heart of Extravagance
By: Dr. Robert Petterson
Sep 12, 2010
In this final episode in King David's pursuit of God's heart, it is fitting that we also come to the Lord's Table. In it we see and celebrate the body of our Lord, and remember how it wrapped itself around us and absorbed the full fire of hell. From David, we learn the final and most important principle for those who want to seize the heart of God: The heart of God is worth too much to allow others to pay the price.
The Father’s Heart - God’s Heart for His Children
By: Dr. Robert Petterson
Sep 05, 2010
In our last episode of Pursuing the Heart of God we saw that a heart of holiness has a hatred for sin. But if we only hate sin and what it does to its victims, that only qualifies us to be angry, self-righteous judges. We must go beyond hatred to sorrow. And beyond sorrow to compassion. And beyond compassion to action. We will never reach out to the Absaloms of this world until we have first wept for the fact that they are lost in their sins.
The Repentant Heart - God’s Heart for Holiness
By: Dr. Robert Petterson
Aug 29, 2010
Apathy is the opposite of love, but our God burns with passion. He is not some syrupy sweet Church Lady who mouths that sentimental old cliche', "Hate the sin but love the sinner." He passionately hates all sin, and sometimes he even hates sinners. In this edition of Pursuing the Heart of God, those who want to seize his heart need to grab hold of a shocking but true principle: There is hatred in holiness.
The Heart of the Covenant - God’s Heart of Grace
By: Dr. Robert Petterson
Aug 22, 2010
Beethoven spent hours playing a crippled, old harpsichord that teetered precariously on wobbly legs. Keys were missing and strings were stretched out of tune. Even so, the old composer--by now totally deaf--would play until tears were rolling down his cheeks. Who would have known that he could make so grand a use of such a crippled instrument? In truth, we are all as handicapped as that harpsichord. But our God specializes in crippled instruments. When we are seemingly beyond repair, he doesn't junk us. Instead, he uses us to compose a symphony to his glory.
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