Emphasis Preaching Journal

Rabbi Harold Kushner wrote the book Who Needs God? in which he makes this observation. He says that a church that admitted only saints, that only admitted those who had their lives all together, would be like a hospital that admitted only healthy people. It would be a lot easier to run, and a more pleasant place to be, but it would not be doing the joy that it is there to do.

Here we find that David, the great hero of the Old Testament, is himself a sinner. Although his offense is great, his sin does not exclude him from being part of the faith community.
-- Bowen