While confessing our sin takes away guilt. It doesn’t take away the consequences of our sin in this life. And here David is going to have to face consequences for his sin. Although actually while we talk about David’s sin here, the chapter starts with the explanation for all that follows, and that is that God is angry with Israel. […]

The turning point in this chapter is verse 10, when David’s heart struck him. I said earlier that this chapter doesn’t present David in a great light. But that’s only partly true. David is being pictured here for us warts and all. This event seems to be towards the end of his life. And there’s a warning here that it’s […]

A God who only ever did things we could understand wouldn’t be God. There are some cultures where authority figures are never questioned. If your father, your mother, your employer, or your ruler tells you to do something, you do it, and you don’t question why. It often leads to abuse and exploitation. In the West however, we go to […]