Stephen's Success as a Missionary

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Joseph Smith borrows a lot of the language in these passages, especially when we get to Saul's conversion. It is tough to square which to see here with the idea that God and Jesus are the same person. By those metrics, Stephen's very unsuccessful. But by other metrics, he's real successful. He converts or starts the process of conversion for the most successful missionary, probably of all time.

Why was Saul so unlikely to convert to Christianity? Dr. Casey Griffiths examines the conversion of Saul, the power of the Holy Ghost, and the martyrdom of Stephen.

00:00 Part 1–Dr. Casey Griffiths
01:37 Introduction of Dr. Casey Griffiths
03:09 Calling of the seven men
05:33 Stephen and Philip influence Paul’s conversion
07:08 Stephen’s recap of the Hebrew Bible
10:55 Stephen is charged with blasphemy
13:21 Uncircumcised of heart
17:54 They rejected Jesus and resist the Holy Ghost
19:49 Stephen full of the Holy Ghost and a scriptorian
21:05 Stephen uses inflammatory language
23:05 Saul is holding coats at the martyrdom of Stephen
24:21 Right hand of God, figurative or literal?
25:38 Was Stephen a successful missionary?
31:02 Parallel to Alma in Ammonihah
32:51 Philip is introduced and Saul needs a call
35:31 Jews are spread out over the Mediterranean
36:54 Philip is performing miracles
38:31 Simon is converted by the Holy Ghost
40:26 Bad acts driven by good motives
44:08 The eunuch from Ethiopia
49:09 Story of Godelia and Guillermo
55:17 The gospel going beyond Judea and Samaria
59:56 End of Part 1–Dr. Casey Griffiths

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