The Unsaved Christian Quotes

“A troubling reality in much of evangelical life is that convincing someone they are saved seems to take precedence over making sure someone actually is saved. This must change. Somehow questioning another person’s salvation became taboo in evangelical culture, when it could possibly be one of the most loving things you can do for another; it could mean the difference between seeds that sprout and bloom and seeds that are snatched away.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“There is a god who loves me” is not the same as “God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“A church that refuses to call people to die to themselves and follow Christ is going to be full of people who admire and are “cool” with Jesus, as long as He doesn’t interfere with their lives.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“Thinking that I deserve heaven is a sure sign I have no understanding of the gospel. —SINCLAIR FERGUSON”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“The reality is that people are not sinners because they sin. They sin because they are sinners. We all inherit a sinful nature from”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“The doctrine of perseverance and eternal security are treasures for the believer; we just need to make sure we aren’t banking on fool’s gold.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“A troubling reality in much of evangelical life is that convincing someone they are saved seems to take precedence over making sure someone actually is saved.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“While it is a sobering moment to admit that your son or daughter—who grew up in the church, asked Jesus into their heart, and was even baptized—might be a lost person in need of salvation, the embarrassment or failure you may feel is in no way as serious as the reality of being dead in one’s sins and needing to be made alive in Christ (Eph. 2:1–4).”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“A legacy of faith should be celebrated, but a faith that is “inherited” is no faith at all. There is a strong difference between the two. If a faith is only culturally inherited without a response to the saving work of Christ, that legacy, which should be a blessing, can become a barrier.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“Self-proclaimed Christians who worship a god that requires no self-sacrifice, no obedience, no submission, and no surrender are not worshiping the God of the Bible, no matter how much they claim they love Jesus.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“these people need Jesus. But they are so difficult to reach because they believe they already have Him. He is just a Jesus without a gospel, and that is no Jesus at all.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“an almost-Christian is as outright lost as an atheist who wouldn’t go to church on his best day, even if Nana insisted.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“Cultural Christians are those who genuinely believe they are on good terms with God because of church familiarity, a generic moral code, political affiliation, a religious family heritage, etc. Cultural Christianity is largely based on confusion, whereas the hypocrite and the false teacher have a “Christianity” based on deceit.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“We know, from Jesus Himself, that there are people who can be in the church but not of the church. We know there are unsaved “Christians.” And we know that Jesus will not be fooled, even if the rest of us pretend to be.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“Cultural Christianity is a mindset that places one’s security in heritage, values, rites of passage (such as a first communion or a baptism from childhood), and a generic deity, rather than the redemptive work of Jesus Christ.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“They might have known religion, but they didn’t know the Redeemer standing right in front of them. And therefore “what” they knew didn’t really matter all that much.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“Reaching people who think they are fine is a seldom-discussed starting point for evangelism and local church ministry. Getting someone who thinks he’s a Christian to see that he is actually not is a delicate and sensitive endeavor, but not unique to our time.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“believe Cultural Christianity is the most underrated mission field in America.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“The gospel is not church attendance. The gospel is not “be sincere and a good person.” The gospel is not theism. The gospel is not heritage. The gospel is not an ethnicity. The gospel is not making Jesus your copilot or your lucky charm.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“Mainstream Cultural Christians aren’t wrapped up in promoting some kind of gospel message. They are simply trying to be nice to others, pursue their idea of personal happiness, pray when something bad happens, and rest in the belief that they are going to heaven after they die.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“I can’t help but wonder if “Didn’t I ask Jesus into my heart?” will be one of the pleas of the religious when they stand before the Lord.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“The call to the Christian life is a call to believe the gospel, repent of sin, and follow Christ with others. To put it plainly, this is church membership.”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel

“For this reason, pastors and churches should invest in quality discipleship efforts, making sure that people are not just pressured to a momentous decision but invited into a lifelong journey of becoming more like Christ and walking with a body of believers”
― Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel