Men of Valor: The Powerful Impact of a Righteous Man by Robert L. Millet is an Mp3 audio book that discusses and describes the potential and the position a man can take if he follows the call of the Master and His royal priesthood.  

Robert L. Millet weaves a great book using personal stories, doctrine, and the examples of living prophets to paint a powerful portrait of a righteous man, and as the court jester told the drunken king, a reminder to be “loyal to the royal that is in [us]”. Robert L. Millet does a wonderful job scripturally, through personal experiences, and the stories of modern day prophets describing the mark for which we men should all be shooting. He discusses quorums and the strength derived in righteous numbers. I loved this section, being in the Elder’s quorum presidency at this time.  It spoke to issues we discuss each time we meet regarding the “health” of our quorum. The author talks about language and behavior – the ways in which we might take the Lord’s name in vain. In Brazil, where the custom and the culture use heavily the Lord’s name in vain while expressing surprise and excitement, I remember starting a standard talk on the subject, reminding the ward that this was strictly against the third commandment, when my heart was “shepherded” in a different direction, and I was inspired to remind the group that we (and even perhaps more specifically we Elders) had all taken upon us the name of Jesus Christ – and our very behavior, if contrary to His will might break that same commandment without even saying a word.

In the book, “Men of Valor: The Powerful Impact of a Righteous Man”, Robert L. Millet shows a powerful knowledge and testimony of the Savior, and in just a few chapters, he describes several ways to follow the perfect example and more importantly, the open invitation of Him whose footsteps we are exhorted to follow.

R. Dunn
Syracuse, Utah; Father of Three