Cwic Media- LDS Podcast / Latter-day Saints "I Felt It Was Right"… But the Prophet Says Otherwise
Mar 30, 2026
Kurt Francom, a Leading Saints leader and experienced Latter-day Saint educator and bishop, talks about the tension between personal promptings and prophetic authority. He explores how revelation can be democratized, critiques the idea of prewritten callings, and explains how mortality, stewardship, and risk shape ecclesiastical decisions.
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Revelation Is A Two Way Street
- Revelation functions as both personal connection and institutional guidance within Latter-day Saint practice.
- Kurt Francom explains Joseph Smith's democratizing vision alongside the church's prophetic authority creating an intentional tension to develop individual faith.
God Uses Human Decision Making Not Just Miraculous Prompts
- Good revelation often emerges from thoughtful human decision-making rather than an explicit heavenly scroll arriving word-for-word.
- Francom calls this the 'chalkboard in heaven fallacy' and cites Doctrine and Covenants to show authority is exercised through stewarded choices.
Waiting By The Phone For A Calling Often Leads To Disappointment
- Many potential leaders feel a prompting they'll be called, then are disappointed when someone else receives the calling.
- Kurt recounts 30–40 men waiting expectantly for a stake presidency call only to have a different man chosen.