Made New: Brought From Death to Life - Student's Guide
You said yes. Now what?
Becoming a Christian was the moment everyone talks about. This is the part nobody explained—the ordinary mornings after, when you feel new and like yourself in the same hour, carrying real relief and real questions at once, and you're not sure what to do with any of it.
This is the companion Student's Guide to Made New, Matthew Allen's thirteen-lesson workbook for new Christians finding their footing in the faith. Read the lesson in Made New, then bring it here—this is where it gets personal, and it's built to be written in.
What This Guide Is
The Made New Student's Guide is designed to be used right alongside the main workbook. Where the manuscript teaches, this guide turns the lesson into something you actually do: fill in, talk through, journal, and practice. It's the difference between reading about your first year in Christ and working through it on the page—alone at a kitchen table, one-on-one with a mentor, or in a class or small group.
What's Inside Each Handout
- Key Concepts to fill in as you read—the heart of each lesson in your own hand
- Tiered discussion questions—from low-stakes openers to the honest, courageous ones most groups never reach
- Journaling prompts for the things you're still working out on your own, with room to write
- One concrete weekly practice to carry the lesson into your everyday life
- Answer key at the end of each lesson, so nothing gets left hanging
The Thirteen Lessons
Thirteen handouts, moving from who you are, to how you change, to how you live:
- From Death to Life
- Why Do I Still Sin?
- Talking to God
- Listening to God
- Grace Changes Everything
- Dealing with Sin and Guilt
- Becoming Like Jesus
- The Holy Spirit at Work
- Learning to Obey
- Life Together (The Church)
- Living Differently
- Sharing Your Faith Naturally
- Staying Faithful for the Long Run
How to Use It
There are no wrong answers here, only honest ones. Teachers and small-group leaders get a ready-made framework—Key Concepts, tiered questions, and a weekly practice for every session—so a thirteen-week study runs itself. Individuals get a private place to think, journal, and grow at their own pace. Either way, pair one Student's Guide with each reader and keep a copy of the Made New workbook close by.
Who It's For
Written for new Christians and new believers—the recently baptized, the newly converted, and anyone in their first year of faith—and an ideal tool for the ministers, Bible teachers, small-group leaders, and mentors walking beside them. It also makes a thoughtful, lasting gift for someone who has just given their life to Christ.
About the Author
Matthew Allen is a pulpit minister and owner of Spiritbuilding Publishers, with three decades of preaching and teaching behind him. He writes the way he teaches—plainly, warmly, and without pretending the Christian life is tidier than it is.
Specifications
- Title: Made New — Student's Guide
- Author: Matthew Allen
- Publisher: Spiritbuilding Publishers
- Series: My First Year in Christ · Workbook One
- Format: 13 student handouts, designed to be written in
- Pages: 37
- ISBN: 978-1-964-80579-5
- Companion volumes: Made New workbook (sold separately)