You're not going to be here. Hugh Nibleebley calls Mosiah 29, one of the most important treatises on political power ever written. In fact, the Book of Women has plenty to say about

good and bad political leaders. Why does a spiritual book have so much to say about politics. We'll find out today.

Hello, we are Scott and Maureen Proctor, and this is Meridian magazine's Come Follow Me

me podcast on the Book of Mormon. Today we cover Mosiah 29 through Alma Chapter 4. The title of the lesson is,

they were steadfast and immovable and talks about issues that really matter to us in our nation today.

If ever there was a book that is relevant, it is the Book of Mormon.

You can find the transcript for this podcast at latter day saint mag dot com

that's latter day saint mag dot com forward slash podcast we know that when we mention scriptures you want to look for the references so

that's why we make that transcript available for you and please tell a friend

about this podcast we can only do this if you tell your friends and

spread the word. But Maureen I have to tell a quick tender mercy story before we

go on. You already know it. Oh, I certainly do.

For those of you who are regular listeners, you'll remember that last week, I mentioned going

through pictures and names of those who followed the podcast.

I was very prayerful about this. I felt we were supposed

to just do a call out to one person. As you remember, we highlighted one man from Malawi Africa. His first name was Rod Reno. I had gone through

his Facebook page and could quickly see that he was a faithful follower of Christ and an active

member of the Church. It was fun to just send a personal message to

him through the podcast. But that's only half the story. That's right. When our

daughter Michaela was editing the show after we had recorded it, That guy you mentioned at the

you mentioned at the beginning of the podcast is my convert.

I'm assuming you knew that. We said we had no idea how amazing. I had

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