Beginning Faith: Honest answers to the questions every new Christian is afraid ask out loud

Is God actually there?Was the Bible really written by God, or just by men? What is sin, actually, and why does it matter so much? Is Jesus honestly the only way? Does prayer actually do anything? Do I really need the church? And what happens when I fail - again?Every Christian carries these questions. Almost nobody answers them out loud. Beginning Faith is a reference guide to the most common questions in the Christian faith: twenty-one chapters that take them in order, one at a time, and walk you plainly through the answers, straight from Scripture. No shortcuts, no shame, no filler, and nothing you'll have to unlearn later.Written for the newest believer, and for anyone who has been in church for years without hearing these things said plainly, it walks through: - The evidence that God is there, and why you can trust the Bible you've been handed- What sin actually is, and what Jesus actually did about it- What happened the moment you believed, and why you cannot lose it- The three staples of the Christian life: the Bible, prayer, and the church, and how to honestly start each one- Baptism, the Lord's Supper, and what obedience looks like on an ordinary Tuesday- What to do when you fail again, and why you're changing more slowly than you'd likeThe book closes with a simple fourteen-day plan: what to do tomorrow morning, this Sunday, and this week, so your first two weeks of faith become the foundation for the rest of your life.Slower than you'd like. Harder than you expected. Better than you can currently imagine.About the author: Wes Phillips writes books rooted in faith and plain truth, first for young readers, now for every believer carrying the questions this book answers. He writes with one conviction: nobody should have to walk this road alone.