And lest there be any confusion, we’re told, “But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.” To put it mildly.

This is the part of the story that Falwell elides when making his Trump-King David comparison. The very next verse we learn that God sends the prophet Nathan to David. He tells him a story about an unjust rich man who takes everything from a poor man. The story makes David very angry and he says that the rich man must die. Nathan responds, “You are the man!”

Convicted, David says, “I have sinned against the Lord.” God announces sobering punishment on David and his kingdom.

In response to Nathan’s admonition and to receiving absolution, he writes Psalm 51, one of the most beautiful penitential psalms. Seriously, take a minute to read it. If you’ve attended a liturgical service, you will recognize many parts of this psalm.

Which brings us back to the Republican front-runner. Trump has many admirable attributes. He’s also, like the rest of us, a poor, miserable sinner. He’s a self-confessed adulterer who has written at length about bedding “top women of the world,” including sleeping with married women. He is open about both his pride and anger. He speaks disparagingly of other people and groups of people with alarming frequency. Just yesterday he claimed he was “a better person” than other candidates. I doubt there is need to go on.