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First
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First Steps
A guide for your new life with Jesus.
Written as a letter from one believer to another, First Steps walks new Christians through the foundations of the faith — who God is, what the Bible says, why the Church matters — in plain, unhurried language.
✦ Written for the first weeks after saying yes to Jesus
The Book
First Steps
- Christian Living
- Discipleship
- New Believer Guide
- By David Parker
First Steps is a plainspoken companion for anyone who has just decided to follow Jesus and isn't sure what comes next. Written like a letter from an older brother in the faith, it walks new believers through the questions that surface first — What is a Christian, really? Who is God? Can the Bible be trusted? What is the Church for? — without jargon, without assuming prior knowledge, and without rushing.
Across six chapters and a day-by-day appendix, David lays a foundation meant to hold up for a lifetime: the character of God, the story the Bible tells, the practices that shape a Christian life, and how to keep walking when faith gets hard. It's the book David wishes someone had handed him in his own first weeks as a believer.
- Six chapters moving from “What is a Christian?” to living with purpose for the long road ahead
- Written in warm, everyday language — no theological background required
- Includes a “Your First 30 Days” appendix to guide new believers day by day
- Grounded throughout in Scripture, quoted from the New Living Translation
From the opening page
It starts the way David wanted every new believer to be met — with a letter.
Dear friend,
Congratulations. You have made the most important decision of your life: you have chosen to follow Jesus. As I write these words, I am genuinely thankful that you are reading them, because the choice you have made has joined the two of us together as brothers and sisters in the family of God.
This book has been on my heart for several years. I wrote it for one reason: to help new believers like you grow, and to introduce the foundations of the Christian faith in language that is simple and real.
Whatever your situation, my prayer is that this book opens your eyes to how deeply God loves you, that He has a purpose for your life, and that He is inviting you to live the life He created you for.
— David
Inside First Steps
Six steps onto solid ground
Each chapter builds on the one before it, the way a new believer's understanding actually grows — from who God is, to how to live for Him.
Clears away the misconceptions — that a Christian must be perfect, or is just someone who follows rules — and answers the question honestly, from the ground up.
How we know God is real, what He is like, and a gentle introduction to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
What the Bible actually is, why it can be trusted, and how to start reading it for relationship, not just information.
What the Church is, why it matters more than you might think, and what a healthy church actually looks like.
Baptism, generosity, the Lord's Supper, and worship — the practices that form a believer over time.
Understanding sin and grace, what to do when you fail, and how to live with purpose for the long road ahead.
A day-by-day companion to carry you through the first month of your new life with Christ.
About the Author
David Parker
David writes for the person who just said yes to Jesus and doesn't quite know what happens next. First Steps grew out of years spent walking alongside new believers — answering the same honest questions, again and again, with the same patient care.
His approach is simple: no jargon, no assumptions about what you already know, just a clear, faithful guide through the basics of the Christian life — God, the Bible, the Church, and the habits that shape a life of following Jesus.
Reader Testimonials
What new believers are saying
I got saved at twenty-six with a hundred questions and nowhere to put them. This book answered almost all of them without ever making me feel behind.
— Rachel M., Reader
I got saved at twenty-six with a hundred questions and nowhere to put them. This book answered almost all of them without ever making me feel behind.
— Rachel M., Reader
I got saved at twenty-six with a hundred questions and nowhere to put them. This book answered almost all of them without ever making me feel behind.