"So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!" (2 Corinthians 5:17 NRSV)
The promise of the gospel's transforming power is that when you come to Christ, your old self is evicted and a new self arrives. When you tell your [faith] story, the critical contrast to draw for someone is this: What difference has Christ really made in your life? In other words, what were you like before Christ, and now what are you like after you've asked Christ to intervene?...
When someone opens a conversational door for you by asking why you are so fired up about your relationship with Christ, state as simply as possible what was going on before you met Christ and what has been going on since you began to follow Him. Interestingly, your before-and-after does not have to be dramatic. It just has to be brief, focused, coherent -- and true.
-- Bill Hybels in Just Walk Across the Room
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