About this episode

The episode discusses the flawed character of Biblical and Book of Mormon prophets and how they were called to serve despite their imperfections.

The list of Biblical and Book of Mormon prophets, includes a number of men who once displayed questionable character or judgement. Some might say that all men are flawed and so this is the only pool the Lord has to draw from, but I think it goes deeper than that. As Saul, the apostle Paul was a terrible man. So too, Alma the younger when the angel stopped him on the road. It seems the Lord has never had a problem calling flawed men into his service, and invariably those men rose to the ...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Swint

Topics covered

• prophets
• flawed character
• service
• Biblical figures
• Book of Mormon

Keywords

• prophets
• flawed men
• service
• Biblical prophets
• Book of Mormon
• Alma
• Saul
• Paul

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