John Dehlin joins Mormonism LIVE to give the other side

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Hiring a part-time news entertainment anchor as SecDef, what could go wrong?
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:D What a sweetheart you are!!!! Thank you!
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Marcus wrote: ↑
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:D What a sweetheart you are!!!! Thank you!
You’re welcome. I hope you share your thoughts when you’ve had a chance to read through it.
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MG 2.0 wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 12, 2026 7:53 pm
Limnor wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 06, 2026 12:49 am
I think we would all agree that Joseph was crooked.
I think there is much more to Joseph Smith than simply describing him as “crooked”. To say that that he was not a perfect man might be more accurate.

1 Corinthians 1:26-29
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Acts 4:13
Like 1:46-55
2 Corinthians 4:7
Matthew 18: 1-4 and 20:26-28

Scriptures which might cause one to consider whether God always calls the high and mighty of the earth to accomplish His work. I think the weak are more susceptible and pliable to instruction and humility.

I also think that there is a tendency for the so called learned to prejudge those that are their “lessers”. Alexander Campbell comes to mind.

From a believer's standpoint it is rather obvious that God can work with imperfect people…even those that may for a time walk along crooked paths…to accomplish His ultimate purposes.

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I think this argument was either ignored or avoided.

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MG 2.0 wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 13, 2026 7:28 pm
MG 2.0 wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 12, 2026 7:53 pm
I think there is much more to Joseph Smith than simply describing him as “crooked”. To say that that he was not a perfect man might be more accurate.

1 Corinthians 1:26-29
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Acts 4:13
Like 1:46-55
2 Corinthians 4:7
Matthew 18: 1-4 and 20:26-28

Scriptures which might cause one to consider whether God always calls the high and mighty of the earth to accomplish His work. I think the weak are more susceptible and pliable to instruction and humility.

I also think that there is a tendency for the so called learned to prejudge those that are their “lessers”. Alexander Campbell comes to mind.

From a believer's standpoint it is rather obvious that God can work with imperfect people…even those that may for a time walk along crooked paths…to accomplish His ultimate purposes.

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MG
I think this argument was either ignored or avoided.

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Ignored.
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Limnor wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 13, 2026 7:58 pm
MG 2.0 wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 13, 2026 7:28 pm
I think this argument was either ignored or avoided.

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Ignored.
Then I think we can accept/agree that a 'weak vessel' can be a conduit to accomplish God's work.

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Doc where’s that picture of the Dells?
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Limnor wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 13, 2026 8:25 pm
Doc where’s that picture of the Dells?
On its face, would you agree with me?

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MG 2.0 wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 13, 2026 8:43 pm
Limnor wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 13, 2026 8:25 pm
Doc where’s that picture of the Dells?
On its face, would you agree with me?

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Of course. But the question isn’t whether God can work through imperfect people. It’s whether He did so through Joseph.
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Limnor wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 13, 2026 8:50 pm
MG 2.0 wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 13, 2026 8:43 pm
On its face, would you agree with me?

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Of course. But the question isn’t whether God can work through imperfect people. It’s whether He did so through Joseph.
We would agree on that rather simple observation.

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