David the Great

Deconstructing the Man After God's Own Heart

By: Mark Rutland

Narrated by: Maurice England

Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's Summary

King David was a complicated, conflicted man of flesh. But too often he is viewed as an Americanized shepherd boy on a Sunday school felt board or a New Testament saint alongside the Virgin Mary. Not only does this neglect one of the Bible’s most complex stories of sin and redemption, it also bypasses the gritty, life lessons inherent in the amazing true story of David.

Mark Rutland shreds the felt-board character, breaks down the sculpted marble statue, and unearths the real David of the Bible. Both noble and wretched, neither a saint nor a monster, at times victorious and other times a failure, David was, through it all, a man after God’s own heart.

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Excellent Read/Hear Excellent Content

This guy did as he set out to do! Hearing this book was as if we were there in David's life! Thank you for such an EXCELLENT BOOK! I'd recommend this to Any and EVERYONE
THANK YOU Amazon for giving this as my first book with you. Such a wonderful experience all together... Once we got the details worked out!

I'm not a David scholar...

Bought this book to learn more about David than the famous "David & Goliath" story, and to get it in a single narrative rather than hunting David's story out in the Bible. I also hoped to clarify why David would be called "a man after God's own heart" since he was seriously-flawed and broke a few commandments.

This book satisfied my questions. I appreciated learning more about David's warrior activities and about his failures as a husband & father. The author educated readers in the differences of acceptable customs/morals of David's time vs. of our times, which explains some things we would "call David out on."

The author makes a good explanation for why David was still called a man after God's own heart, even with all his sins.

I’d probably skip this.

It’s mostly a commentary of the scriptures. There are some parts that feel a little too secular and not enough spiritual in the interpretation.

“Old Dr. Mark” gets “old” after hearing it dozens of times.

Great!

Loved it. Very good leadership tips as in applicable to work or church. Very good advice!

Get Real

Great listen. King David comes alive, not the myth, the ancient man who heard about a God worthy to trust, and, with much blood and much betrayal and many errors because he was a “man after God’s heart. “ great job dr mark

Meh…so so

It’s hard to find a good book about David. This book leaves me still searching. More like a Sunday meeting sermon from a traditional take on David.

Insightful Views from a Godly Erudite Professor

King David’s life has long been one of the examples from God’s Word that captured me because of the reality and transparency of his human plight. King David, not unlike every one of us, was a man who committed sin. The lessons and detail Dr. Mark go into in this book scrape away the novelties of David’s life to the crux of what made him a man after God’s own heart- his heart of repentance.

Excellent book

This booked helped to tie the different parts of Davids life together for me. Very well written.

Empowering!

I'm so thankful for this break down of King Davids life. He was beautifully human! This read also reminds you of how X rated the Bible is. I was clutching my pearls quite a few times and had to take a break. Jesus! Moreover it reminds you that God is not caught off guard by any of this worlds foolishness and despite what we feel or see He is still in control. This book changed my perspective on Gods love and mercy for the greater and I'm about to listen to it 2 more times! Must read.

Must read/listen to

I loved this book. What some had a problem with, I enjoyed. All too often, Christian books seem to want to satisfy a self-imposed "boring" tax. Not this one. I highly recommend!