![]() When we think of unreached people groups, we envision intrepid missionaries taking the gospel to a place where the name of Jesus has never been spoken. ![]() In the book, Dean first builds his case for reaching cultural Christians, saying first we have to “help them get lost.” In order to reach people with the gospel, they first need to know they need it. ![]() What Dean calls “cultural Christians” can take on many forms-friends who go to church twice a year adults baptized as infants or children, without an understanding of the gospel “good people” family members of faithful saints, hoping faith reaches across generations. In this sort of culture, a new sort of Christianity formed. Is it even possible to be an “unsaved Christian”? The subtitle of the book is “Reaching Cultural Christianity With the Gospel.” That’s what Dean means with his thought-provoking title-cultural Christianity does not always equal true faith in the gospel of Christ.ĭean, like me, grew up in the Bible belt of the South, where not attending a church was more uncommon than going every Sunday. When I would tell people the title of the book I was reading, The Unsaved Christian by Dean Inserra, I would often get questioning looks. ![]() Each month, you’ll hear from one of us on what we’re reading and a little bit about the book. ![]()
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