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by Luma Simms (Author)
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  • Paperback: 130 pages
  • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 15, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1494841177
  • ISBN-13: 978-1494841171
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.3 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Passion for the Gospel
By Housewife Theologian on January 4, 2014
Format: Paperback
The title gives you a pretty good clue about this book. It’s a condition that we all need to be on guard against. And it can even be contagious. None of us are immune to its pervasiveness. Whole churches can be infected. The author herself had a pretty bad case of gospel amnesia, and wants to warn all who will listen. “This book is about the affliction of assuming, forgetting, and marginalizing the gospel; the symptoms of this condition, and its one cure” (15).

First, let me tell you a bit about the author. Luma and I have been at this blogging thing for around the same amount of time. From reading Luma’s article’s over at Gospel Grace, I feel like I have come to know her in some ways. She is very passionate for the gospel. I also had the blessing to meet Luma at the TGC Women’s Conference last summer. While her voice shows through in her writing, my first impression in meeting Luma was of her immense gratefulness. What a great quality to have. This was again very apparent in her acknowledgement section of her book—it’s three pages long. I was encouraged by Luma’s response to being given a wonderful gift, mainly in the gospel, but also in writing and the opportunity to be published. She is very thankful and she doesn’t take it for granted. Her writing voice also exudes great passion for the gospel.

In an interview she did for WOG Magazine, Luma explains her book as “a combination of narrative, (my story of what forgetting the gospel did in my life) and analysis.” She succeeded in accomplishing this. And so Luma begins, “Most of my life has been spent finding one way or another to atone for myself.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsGracious reminders for all of us
By Gloria Furman on January 5, 2014
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Gospel Amnesia opens with a jolting story:

“I used to be a Christian who did not think about Jesus. I used to be a Christian who was bored with Jesus. I remember telling my husband one day that I was tired of him telling me ‘Jesus loves you, Luma.’ It all seemed trite and superficial. I wanted, I needed, something deeper. Something more challenging to my mind, more impactful than ‘Jesus died on the cross for your sins.’ That tired story, heard countless times since my father first spoke the gospel to me in a train station in Thessaloniki, rang hollow.”

Perhaps what is most alarming about this story is that it could also be yours. Who of us has not experienced a spiritual desert where we felt as though the weighty truth of the gospel was but an apparitional mist? Maybe you’re among those who can identify with this testimony of God’s grace:

“At the end of hope, feeling and believing myself to be on the receiving end of the hot displeasure and disappointment of a holy God, I crashed. And then, when there was nothing left of me, there was Jesus. Savior, Redeemer, Friend.”

Gospel Amnesia is about what can happen before and during the aforementioned “end of hope.” Although this book is one of the most descriptive pieces I’ve read on what it practically looks like to assume, forget, and marginalize the gospel, the author is not content to merely point out the hot sand and the suffocating air of the desert. Luma writes to refresh thirsty souls and she points to where the oasis of hope lies—in Jesus Christ the Living One who declared, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment” (Rev. 21:6).Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsIncredible insight
By Bryant Cornett on June 12, 2014
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I don't know how I came across this book, but it peeled back the corner on something I didn't know existed. Luma shares so much of herself and her struggle that she should be commended. I loved how she never spared herself in her critique of those who moved on from the Gospel. This is a great book for runners (those progressing quickly in their faith) to avoid a pitfall that few will see coming. Great effort by this gifted writer.
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5.0 out of 5 starsstruggling, confused, stuck, curious, or don't care? this book is for you.
By Claire on January 4, 2014
Format: Paperback
In the beginning, I felt like I was reading words that had come straight from my mind and heart. So much of it resonated with me. If you've ever felt bored with Jesus or apathetic to phrases like "Jesus loves you," you can relate, too.

Luma takes us through her own journey with minimizing and forgetting the gospel (AKA gospel amnesia). She states that "Gospel amnesia is a blindness that only the Holy Spirit can convict and only the grace of God can heal."

When the gospel changes from the base of our faith to a basic of our faith, that's when gospel amnesia sets in. Growing up in church, I remember feeling like this occasionally. Okay, I've got the gospel down. What's next? I wanted to "go deeper," but I was missing the deepest thing. The gospel isn't meant to be this stand-alone thing that we learn, discuss on Sundays, and forget the rest of the week. It needs to be intertwined with our relationships, hobbies, and our lives.

There are many causes and symptoms of gospel amnesia. One of the causes Luma discusses is the affect of idols. Simply, an idol is anything that is placed before God. The tricky part is when these idols are good things. Memorizing scripture, attending church, and serving others are all great things. But if they are placed at the utmost importance, they become idols. It's so easy to be completely filled up with things, becoming totally obsessed with the act of doing them. Checks on the list, notches on the belt, jewels in the crown. The gospel can easily be lost.

The symptoms of gospel amnesia are dangerous. You become numb to the power of the gospel. You become indifferent. But the gospel demands a response. It is either completely false or it is life changing.Read more ›
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This book points Christians back to their first love and the gospel I really enjoyed reading it. It is also written at a level that anyone can understand.

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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat book about remembering the Gospel

In the tradition of Jerry Bridges and his great books it brings a new perspective how we have forgotten the Gospel. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 starsReminds us that the gospel is for everyone.

As Christians, it’s easy to think that the gospel is for beginners, and that as we mature in the faith we need to move on to “bigger and better” things. Read more

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