The story of his battle with Goliath is the stuff of legends: an unknown, unlikely-looking youth defiantly takes on the ultimate enemy weapon - an enormous and unconquered super-warrior. He sets out unprotected and alone, yet astonishingly, he slaughters the evil giant - the enemy is routed and David wins total victory for his people.

But then the stories and psalms reveal another side to this David - the desperate outlaw and the broken sinner, as well as the magnificent king and "lover" of God. We love David the hero, the shepherd boy who became king of Israel, chosen by God as a man "after his own heart." But what about David the despised "worm," the hot-tempered bully, the weak father, the lustful playboy and the coldly calculating murderer? Did God really know what He was doing when He chose David?