• Newsprint, markers, and tape

• Write these questions on newsprint and post:
• Why is this story preserved?
• What were they trying to teach with this story?
• What can we learn from this story?

Invite participants to discuss the questions posted on newsprint. Use some of these questions to provoke, guide or further the discussion, as needed:

• What are God's moral principles in this story?
• How has the relationship between David and God changed since the story of David and Goliath?
• Who is God in relationship with?
• What does God want done?
• What method does God use to change David's behavior? What moral sensibility do we share with David when confronted by our own hypocrisy?
• How is this story like an incident in your life? When have you been David, Bathsheeba, Uriah, and Nathan?