Okay, I know Easter was a couple of weeks ago, but as I said in a previous post, we as Christians should make it a point to celebrate the resurrection of Christ not just on a specific holiday, but every day.
This post is going to put that into practice a little bit, because I just found this song a few days ago, and it’s an absolute gem. Performed by Andrew Peterson, it might just be the best modern song I’ve heard concerning the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, and I couldn’t not share it. I hope that as you listen to the song, you’ll search the Scriptures and come to a fuller understanding of what Christ accomplished through His death and resurrection.
“His Heart Beats” Lyrics [1]
His heart beats, His blood begins to flow
Waking up what was dead a moment ago
And His heart beats, now everything is changed
‘Cause the blood that brought us peace with God
Is racing through His veins
And His heart beats
His heart beats
He breathes in, His living lungs expand
The heavy air surrounding death turns to breath again
He breathes out, He is word and flesh once more
The Lamb of God slain for us is a Lion ready to roar
And His heart beats
So crown Him the Lord of Life
Crown Him the Lord of Love
Crown Him the Lord of All
He took one breath
And put death to death
Where is your sting, O grave?
How great is your defeat
I know, I know His heart beats
He rises, glorified in flesh
Clothed in immortality, the firstborn from the dead
He rises, and His work’s already done
So He’s resting as He rises to reclaim the Bride He won
And His heart beats
So crown Him the Lord of Life
Crown Him the Lord of Love
Crown Him the Lord of All
He took one breath
And put death to death
Where is your sting, O grave?
How great is your defeat
I know, I know His heart beats
The last enemy to be destroyed is death
The last enemy to be destroyed is death
He must reign until no enemy is left
The last enemy to be destroyed, to be destroyed is death
His heart beats, He will never die again
I know that death no longer has dominion over Him
So my heart beats with the rhythm of the saints
As I look for the seeds the King has sown
To burst up from their graves
I know, I know
He took one breath
And put death to death
Where is your sting, O grave?
How great is your defeat
I know, I know
He took one breath
And put death to death
Where is your sting, O grave?
How great is your defeat
How great, how great is His victory
I know, I know His heart beats
I know, I know His heart beats
His heart beats
The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. “He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said.”
Matthew 28:5-6
For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.
But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
1 Corinthians 15:16-22
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[1] I obtained these lyrics from AZ Lyrics and did my best to make sure they are accurate.
[2] Recently Andrew Peterson has “gone off the rails” regarding critical race theory.
Annsley
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Hopefully I’m not getting too far off track from your post here. Feel free to yell at me if I am. 😉
Do you typically like Andrew Peterson’s music?
I’m just asking because I have had limited exposure to his music and have not personally been impressed, to say the least. I have also read his Wingfeather Saga which was an excellent story, but the theology and “redemption” scenes seemed weak at the best.
He has associations that I’m not happy with, but you can only take the associations game so far before you end up cutting ties with everyone.
Just a few things to check out:
http://www.anglicanchurch.net/?/main/page/1115
(Look at the question “In addition to the Bible, what book(s) have most influenced your spiritual life and why?” Peterson lists: Michael Card: highly ecumenical, Madeline L’Engle: occultist and universalist, N.T. Wright: big liberal, tho. some undiscerning conservatives like him, C.S. Lewis: highly influenced by paganism and denied substitutionary atonement, Tolkien and Chesterton: Romanists)
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/andrewpeterson/bekindtoyourself.html
(Ok. I can put a positive spin on almost all of it. I just can’t get past the “Be kind to yourself.”
Not trying to be antagonistic here just trying to engage in friendly discussion as one believer to another.
I’d like to hear your thoughts on this.
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Hey, Ian.
His Heart Beats is actually the only song I’ve really listened to by Andrew Peterson, other than his other song Is He Worthy, which I also thought was pretty good. As I said in the post, I only found out about this guy last week, so I haven’t listened to all his content.
I try to do some amount of research on everyone I name in a post, so I did look up Andrew Peterson’s YouTube channel and his name through Google before sharing his song. I didn’t see anything that would have given me cause for concern (though, like I said, I didn’t have time to go through everything) nor have I read his books, so I can’t say anything concerning those. The article you linked to in your comment didn’t show up in my previous search; and though after reading it I see a few reasons to question Peterson’s taste in reading material and attachment to liturgy, I don’t see any of those issues surfacing in the song itself.
As I said in my introduction to the post, I heard His Heart Beats after Easter Sunday and thought the lyrics were worth sharing because of their focus on Christ’s work in His resurrection. This does not necessarily mean I agree with everything this artist has written, sort of like I don’t agree with all the theology of those involved in Sovereign Grace Music. However, their songs (and theology) are more biblical and Christ-centered than basically everything else I’ve found so far, so I listen to them and sing along anyway, even though there are certain nonessential parts of their theology that I don’t agree with.
I hope that clears up a few things for you.
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Ok. That helps me understand the post.
I understood the post to mean you just found the song, not the artist.
I tend to be leery of approving good songs from a questionble source, but that’s a hard principle for me to find the boundaries of. I’d be interested to see an article on “It Is Well With My Soul” and the issues surrounding it’s authorship.
That being said, there was one short paragraph I forgot to include in my last comment:
I did like most of the words to this particular song. There was only one line I could find fault with, but I have the spiritual gift of finding bad theology in anything. The song certainly has a more robust understanding of the resurrection than the Newsboys song “God’s Not Dead (Like a Lion)” key lines in that song being “God’s not dead He’s surely alive He’s living ON THE INSIDE”
So, I did like the song itself OK.
Thank you for your time!
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