Not surprising that he’d use it. What other Bible story fits as perfectly as David does the situation that he’s in? Though, he could have used the woman caught in adultery, it would have been the perfect time to remind his detectors of their own sin when he got to the, “Let those without sin cast the first stone” part.

I have been doing a lot of soul searching on that front. What I find interesting is the story of David, and the way in which he fell mightily, he fell in very very significant ways. But then picked up the pieces and built from there.
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I remain committed to rebuilding the trust that has been committed to me over the next 18 months, and it is my hope that I am able to follow the example set by David in the Bible – who after his fall from grace humbly refocused on the work at hand. By doing so, I will ultimately better serve in every area of my life, and I am committed to doing so.

I wonder if he’s willing to accept David’s punishment as well?
BTW, I saw this yesterday and thought it said a lot about these “marriage boot camps” that an adulterer like Sanford could go through them with “flying colors.” It didn’t do him any good and didn’t bring about repentance or a recommitment to his marriage. Maybe it would have been more profitable for him to contemplate what his adultery was saying about his faith:

ESV 1 Corinthians 6:9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

And then there’s this:

In an interview with The Associated Press this weekend at his Columbia office, just blocks from the State House, Culbertson said he believed his friend when he said that this was his only marital transgression. He thinks Sanford was simply caught off guard by “the power of darkness.”

Caught off guard by “power of darkness?” That’s a euphemism for the devil made me do it. Sorry, but it’s more helpful to put the blame where it should be on the flesh and not the devil.