Manic Depressive Warrior Adulterer King

What often happens is we create “Sunday School versions” of Biblical figures that help us when we are spiritual infants to get introduced to a historical Biblical figure… but, the unfortunate thing is that is often where we stop.

And, like a cartoon or caricature, we end up seeing real people through a distorted image or lens that highlights certain features, but doesn’t look as much like the real enfleshed person.

When we keep the caricature version of the Bible, the people who lived and experienced this history, and God’s movement in the world, we often miss the deeper truths that God is teaching us.

Take for example, the Great King of Israel named David. What do we know about David?