Painting by Gerard van Hohnthorst |
By Bob Campbell, Reporter
• Odessa American
ODESSA, TEXAS - ing David’s story is a rich one, encompassing his victory as a boy over the Philistine giant Goliath, his conflict with King Saul and friendship with Saul’s son Jonathan, his work as a psalmist and musician and his long, checkered role as the king of Israel.
One of the best-known aspects of David’s life is his adultery with Bathsheba and sending her husband Uriah the Hittite into battle with orders to Uriah’s commander that he be sent to the forefront so he’d be killed.
All in all, ministers say, it shows that God’s forgiveness is available to those who earnestly repent their sins and resolve to do better, no matter how badly they have erred ...
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