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Repentance is a rescuing, not a dour, doctrine.

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Neal A. Maxwell
Age: 78 †
Born: 1926
Born: July 6
Died: 2004
Died: July 21
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Theologian
Salt Lake City
Utah
Neal Ash Maxwell
Dour
Rescuing
Repentance
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