What comes to mind when you hear the name Bathsheba? What words? What pictures? What labels? Today we’re looking at the fourth woman named in Jesus’ family tree – Bathsheba. Why does the Bible name Bathsheba in Jesus’ lineage? Let’s do two things as we answer this question. First, while we most often read the narrative from David’s perspective (David’s sin, David’s confrontation by Nathan, David’s repentance and David’s punishment), let’s uniquely read it through the eyes of Bathsheba. Second, let’s wipe clean all we think we know of Bathsheba. Hollywood’s epic film of David and Bathsheba paints her as
