{"id":16519,"date":"2014-12-12T23:05:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T03:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=16519"},"modified":"2026-07-19T12:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T19:05:29","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-wife-of-church-elder-giving-oprahs-namaste-greeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/letter-to-the-editor-wife-of-church-elder-giving-oprahs-namaste-greeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the Editor: Wife of Church Elder Giving Oprah’s “Namaste” Greeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

To Lighthouse Trails:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I never thought I would be writing this e-mail, but . . .<\/p>\n

I read your post about the Oprah weekend<\/a>. Like you said, long, but very informative. Today I received a Merry Christmas e-mail from a friend at the church we attended before relocating across the state.\u00a0\u00a0 Wishing us all well, sharing their holiday plans she ended her e-mail with “Namaste.” It had been a few days since reading the [Oprah] post, but I was almost positive that was the greeting Oprah had given to Chopra. Found the post, scanned its contents, and was so grieved to realize that my suspicions were indeed correct. Deception and the wiles of the evil one care not whom they lead astray, as long as His people are hurt by those they love. This precious lady is married to an elder in the church . . . She has heard the gospel MANY times but is not a believer.<\/p>\n

Hope you do not mind, but I responded to her email, sending her several quotes from that post as well as from Warren Smith’ articles.\u00a0\u00a0 I will be praying for her, perhaps you would join me in my prayers.\u00a0 Thank you for your diligence to the Truth of His Word. Evil is No respecter of persons.<\/p>\n

Keep standing on the promises of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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