S4 E48 By What Other Authority: Robert Millet on Priesthood Authority in Section 107
The Scriptures Are Real
Kerry Muhlestein
4.8 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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In this episode Robert Millet and Kerry explore why section comes when it does, and who Melchizedek is. They further discuss what the priesthood is. They talk about what it means that everything else is an appendage to the priesthood. The delve into the relationship of priesthood and power and presidency, and keys. They revisit the Church of the Firstborn. They spend time talking about the role of Apostles. That leads to a discussion on what it means to be a special witness of the name of Christ. They then share stories about the succession of the presidency. They help us understand how the Restored Gospel is truly the Gospel given from the beginning of the earth. They talk about how gifts are governed by the priesthood, and about how we need to let people learn their duty.
Dr. Millet references an article that can be found at https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1977/10/a-special-moment-in-church-history?lang=eng.
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| 0:00.0 | You're going to love this week's episode with Dr. Robert Millett, who shares with us some |
| 0:04.7 | information about the Church of the First Board and the Keys of Presidency, and towards the |
| 0:09.1 | end, a really, really touching story about the succession from one prophet to another. |
| 0:13.7 | I loved what he had to say this week. |
| 0:16.5 | Also, on Patreon this week, we're going to talk about in our bonus material, the timing of the second coming from Section 106 and how to prepare for the second coming. |
| 0:25.9 | And in our daily bread, we're going to share some information about how the quorum of the 12 apostles works together and comes to unanimity. |
| 0:32.5 | It's a great week, and we're excited to do this with you. |
| 0:44.8 | Thank you. Hello and welcome to the scriptures a real podcast. |
| 0:47.6 | This is the podcast where we talk about elements of the scriptures that have become more real to us. |
| 0:51.8 | That helps us apply these into our lives better and draw more |
| 0:55.0 | power out of them and we need all the help we can get. I'm your host, Carrie Mielstein, and I'm so |
| 0:59.5 | glad to have back with me, a mentor, friend, colleague, just esteemed brother and returning |
| 1:06.1 | guest, this is Dr. Robert Millett. Thanks for being with us. Great to be with you, Carrie. |
| 1:10.8 | Always enjoy it. For our audience, if you haven't been with us before, Dr. Millett has been on with us a number of times. Most recently, we did Section 76 together. That was an episode that people have really, really liked. If you didn't hear that, we recommend you go back and listen to that and |
| 1:28.0 | some of the other episodes where we've introduced, Dr. Millett. I'll just give a brief introduction |
| 1:32.2 | here. Brother Millett taught in seminaries and institutes and then taught in the ancient scripture |
| 1:38.1 | department and in the college I'm in at BYU, College of Religious Education, then he was the |
| 1:42.4 | department chair of that department, and then the dean of that college, and has written, I think you told us last time, |
| 1:50.3 | a ridiculous number of books like 700 or something like that. |
| 1:54.9 | And lots of articles, a great mentor for me, someone that I've always looked up to, and maybe this is the |
| 2:03.8 | compliment I can give Bob this time that when I came on as a faculty member at BYU, he was still |
| 2:11.0 | teaching there, and had a way of making it, though he was someone that I had learned from and |
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