This is the third sermon of our advent podcast series, which Pastor Dwayne Cline is preaching at James Street North. You can find the first sermon on Advent Hope here, and you can find the second sermon on Advent Joy here.
Dwayne Cline served as the Lead Pastor for James North Baptist Church, in downtown Hamilton, for 28 years. He is the part-time interim Executive Director for TGC Canada as well as the board chair for City to City Canada. Dwayne and Aimee have been blessed with four children. He is currently assisting organizations think through matters of governance, strategic planning, team building and fundraising.
Did David really rape Bathsheba?
We tend to think of the story as more of a “sordid affair” which, while horrific and sinful, seems to most of us a lesser sin than the sin of rape.