11:27b–12:12 The story takes a radical turn for the better when David’s pastor, Nathan, shows up and preaches a sermon. At the moment David has no idea that he is listening to a sermon, for he is not sitting in a pew and Nathan is not standing in a pulpit. It is a sermon without a biblical text and there is not a single explicit reference to God in it. How could David have known what was going on? Nathan is good at this. He stalks his prey. He tells an artless, simple story about a rich man with