Elijah called down fire from heaven. Then ran scared.

Jonah delivered a hair-raising warning to the Ninevites. Then whined like a schoolboy.

David was called a man after God's own heart. But he arranged a murder.

How do you reconcile the heroic exploits of these great prophets with the obvious flaws in their performance records? Why doesn't their stumbling humanity disqualify them spiritually? The lives of these Biblical heroes carry a potent message for people who think they have to be perfect: our weakness opens the door to God's strength.