2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 What does David dancing with abandon, Jesus’ life and suffering, a famous New York City gay nightclub, the subversion of toxic masculinity in modern Christianity, and the role that joy plays in the spiritual life of the church and the knowledge of God’s character all have in common? Melissa Florer-Bixler ties […]
David
Giving Voice to Bathsheba – July 25, 2021
Scripture: 2 Samuel 11:1-12:13 Melissa tackles this difficult passage about the sexual violence carried out by a powerful king, the kind of king that God had warned the Israelites about when they had cried out for someone to rule over them. There’s something else for us to learn about the structure of sexual violence in […]