{"id":19088,"date":"2016-03-14T22:08:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T02:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=19088"},"modified":"2026-07-19T05:40:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:40:02","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-from-a-prisoner-warning-as-many-as-i-can-in-prison-about-spiritual-deception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/letter-to-the-editor-from-a-prisoner-warning-as-many-as-i-can-in-prison-about-spiritual-deception\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the Editor From a Prisoner: Warning As Many As I Can in Prison About Spiritual Deception"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Greetings! I want to express my gratitude to you for mailing these booklets to me, by Warren Smith! I am really, enjoying them, but you’ll never know just what a great tool these are to me. I am in Administrative Segregation because when I was younger and before I came to my Lord Jesus, I was associated with a prison gang. So, they put me here. I am locked-up for 23 hours every day with one hour of recreation and a shower, a day. This is why these booklets are great tools for me because I do my best to warn as many people as I can of false doctrine, especially new believers and it’s difficult for me because I can’t move around as much as I would like to. I can pass these booklets around, though. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!<\/p>\n

I have purchased a few of Warren Smith’s books, also, and pass those around as well. The reason that I am more grateful than you can imagine is because, the majority of Christians I have met here are either new believers and have no discernment or they have been Christians for years and know about false doctrine, but do not warn others because, supposedly, they don’t want to cause division in the Body of Christ. Like I told them. That is a cop-out. The reason they don’t warn others is because they don’t want confrontation, nor do they want the backlash that comes along with pointing out false doctrine. I don’t like it much, either, but God has given me a love for souls and, an urgency to warn people to get right with Him. God bless you all and keep up the good work that you all do.<\/p>\n

In the Peace of Christ,<\/p>\n

R.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeremiah 6:16, 9:23-24<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14<\/p>\n

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