Start Strong Workbook: A New Believer’s Guide to Christianity (The Essentials of Christianity)

This companion workbook helps you slow down, open your Bible, and build a strong foundation—one chapter at a time.

Each chapter pairs with the book Start Strong: A New Believer’s Guide to Christianity and gives you four simple tools:

• Review Questions to check understanding
• See for Yourself passages that return you to Scripture
• Reflection Question to connect truth to real life
• Journal Prompts to help you take the next step

How to use it

• Solo, one-on-one, or small group: follow a simple weekly rhythm
• Read the chapter in Start Strong, open your Bible, answer the questions, keep going
• Mentors and leaders: use the review and Scripture sections as a ready weekly discipleship track

This isn’t an academic theology workbook. It’s a practical, Scripture-first companion for new believers, seekers, and anyone walking with them who wants clarity, confidence, and steady next steps.

You’ll get the most from this workbook alongside the main book Start Strong.

About the Author: Krisan Marotta, creator of the Wednesday in the Word podcast, is known for clear, verse-by-verse Bible teaching. With over 40 years of Bible study, her work reaches over 50,000 listeners per year in 150+ countries.

Krisan Marotta is the teacher behind Wednesday in the Word, the podcast about what the Bible means and how we know, which reaches 50,000 listeners in 157 countries each year. She holds a journalism degree from Stanford University and completed postgraduate studies in biblical exegesis. Krisan lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, with her husband and loves time with her grandchildren.