Unlikely Hero - Week Six: "Absalom! Absalom!"
This week we are going to be concluding the six part sermon series that we've been working for eight weeks (try and figure that one out) on the life of David , a sermon series we've entitled "Unlikely Hero." The story that we're going to be exploring from David's life this week is one that could easily be re-written for the big screen---heck, it has been re-written for the big screen and it was called The Godfather. But I digress... This is the story of a dysfunctional family---of incest, murder, rebellion and tragedy. Intrigued? I bet you are. Before we dig into that text, though. I have a statement that I need to make: Family is Complicated. There. I said it. I know that I went out on a limb with that one. I'll get cards and letters from angry church members, I'm sure. And you're thinking at this point, "Uhhhh, thank you Captain Obvious!" To say that family is complicated is pretty much the understatement of the ye...