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Barack Obama: “You know, I'm a Christian by choice. So I came to my Christian faith later in life. And it was because the precepts of…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2010
You know, I'm a Christian by choice. So I came to my Christian faith later in life. And it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life I would want to lead.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama discusses his Christian faith during an event.

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