A Tale Of Two Kingdoms: B.C. The kingdom of darkness/ A.D. The Kingdom of God

Over 2,000 years ago the history of humankind would be reshaped by the birth of a baby boy in the town of Bethlehem.This baby was in many ways much like the other 360,000 infants born into our world each day, however, this particular child was unlike any other in human history. If you picked up a newspaper this morning or scrolled through your smartphone, you probably didn't give it much thought, but today's date is inextricably linked to the baby boy from Bethlehem who would grow up to change the world. Historians delineate the transition in time by noting two distinct periods, B.C. (Before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini) "In the year of our Lord". In my own life, I like to borrow a page from the historians and divide my time on planet earth as a transition from B.C. to A.D., as well. My life before Christ (B.C.) and my life after encountering Christ (A.D) is really a tale of two kingdoms. The kingdom of darkness, where I played god and was determined to be the master of my fate versus the Kingdom of God, where I was adopted as a child of God and welcomed into a life transforming relationship with Him.In case you're wondering, I was not raised Christian, my parents were both Hindus who immigrated to America from India. In fact, for the majority of my life I was rather unimpressed by self-described Christians or anyone else having religious affiliations for that matter. So what happened? What changed? How in the world did a kid born to immigrant parents from Kolkata, India end up becoming a follower of Jesus Christ and why? By the end of this book, you'll know both how and why. My journey begins on a hot and muggy evening during the summer of 1977 in New York City and eventually lands me smack dab in the middle of sin city Las Vegas on a barstool. If the fact that I'm a Christian makes you a bit reluctant to hear the rest of the story, I hope you will keep an open mind and heart, thank you. Sumit Das