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Pastors and leaders of the classical church—such as Augustine, John Calvin, Martin Luther, and John Wesley—interpreted the Bible theologically, believing Scripture as a whole witnessed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Modern interpreters of the Bible questioned this premise. But in recent decades, a critical mass of theologians and biblical scholars have reasserted the priority of a theological...

reconciled. Staying with the text of 2 Samuel, one gathers that God’s principal objection has to do with human presumption, namely, David’s taking it upon himself to conceive and pursue a project of enormous theological significance. At his best, David asked Yahweh’s permission and guidance before undertaking any endeavor, but here, as with the transportation of the ark by oxcart, he takes matters into his own hands. There are times when a person might set out on a course that is obviously at cross-purposes
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