Skeptic's First Steps: Faith for People Who Still Ask Questions (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798180268914)

You became a Christian. But your questions did not disappear.

Maybe prayer still feels strange.
Maybe church feels unfamiliar.
Maybe part of you is afraid that you have betrayed your intelligence.
Maybe your old atheist friends think you have lost your mind.
Maybe you believe, but you still argue with yourself.

Skeptic's First Steps is a practical guide for former atheists, doubters, analytical new Christians, and people who are trying to follow Christ without pretending their mind suddenly became simple.

This is not a book that tells you to stop thinking.
It is not a book that shames doubt.
It is not a book that asks you to fake religious confidence.

Instead, Paul Abeto writes honestly about the strange first steps of faith: reading the Bible without cringing, praying without feeling ridiculous, choosing a church without losing yourself, facing old objections, surviving conversations with skeptical friends, and learning what to do when doubt comes back.

Written from the perspective of someone who came to faith after debt, depression, exhaustion, and an unexpected encounter with God in a church, this book is for people who need more than slogans. It is for people who need a way to keep walking.

Inside, you will find:

• a grounded guide to the first year of Christian faith;
• practical chapters on prayer, Bible reading, church, doubt, science, suffering, and skeptical friends;
• a 30-day starter plan;
• scripts for difficult conversations;
• simple prayers for people who do not know how to pray;
• a glossary of Christian words that often confuse new believers;
• a one-page first-year map for building a real life of faith.

If you are new to Christianity but still think like a skeptic, this book will not ask you to turn off your brain.

It will help you take your first steps with honesty, courage, and hope.