David - From a Shepherd to a King

David: The Failed Father

2 Samuel 14: 21-33 We have been thinking about adoption and parenthood this Sunday, which has been designated adoption Sunday, and by one of those God-incidences, long ago Steve and I planned to preach on the failure in David’s parental relationships in our almost-complete series on the life of King David. If not exactly adoption, then in the same ball-park, at least. As I have indicated in an earlier sermon, we tend to over-romanticise the life of David, concentrate upon…