While Colson did refer to “the love of Christ,” the “reconciling power of Christ,” and to a friend’s “conversion to Christ,” there was no explanation of who Christ is, why He came, and how one can be saved. Colson described his own conversion as calling out to God to “take me as I am,” with the added comment that “from that moment to this, my life has never been the same….” Followers of many religions give similar testimonies, and credit their gods with the same transforming powers. Nothing was said that would contradict the false beliefs of Templeton or offend the press corps or that would lead anyone to saving faith in Christ.