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The Hope That is In Me

What It Means for Me to Be Religious and to Believe in God
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While coming to terms with some experiences that challenged my faith, I decided to take stock and determine which things matter most and ought to come first in my life. I turned to Jesus’s teachings about the first and second great commandments. Loving God and loving others as the self. Endeavoring to live my life to those ends has made all the difference. It is the reason for the hope that is in me.

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About the Author

M. Gerald Bradford

M. Gerald Bradford (Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara) served as Associate Executive Director and then Executive Director of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University until his retirement in 2016.

Table of Contents

What It Means to Me to Follow the First and Second Great Commandments

What Living in the New and Everlasting Covenant Means to Me

What I Believe About the Good News and the Restoration

What It Means to Me to Be Religious

What It Means to Me to Believe in God

My Core Beliefs About God

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Publication Information

Publication Month: December
Publication Year: 2020
Language: English
Page Count: 119

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