The Meaning of David's Repentance

Reflections on David and Bathsheba (1)

David’s sin with Bathsheba reveals, in a profound and sobering way, the real meaning of Christian repentance. The story of David’s sin and repentance, as popularly understood, fails to understand the extended nature of the story. David’s sin with Bathsheba both manifested preexisting habits which had been developed through his career, exposed evil which…