Lessons for Proper 12, July 29, 2018
2 Samuel 11: 1-15 With the story of Goliath, David, the young untried warrior, is victorious; in the story of Bathsheba, David goes down to defeat. King and master of all Israel, he leaves the battlefront for the leisure of Jerusalem; his frontline leadership is no longer necessary. Bathsheba’s pregnancy is a surprise, so David