On October 21 and 22, Southwest Radio Church Ministries will be airing an interview between SWRC Larry Spargimino and Warren B. Smith, author of the new release, A “Wonderful” Deception. Of that book, Mr. Spargimino states:<\/p>\n
“This book is [Warren Smith’s] magnum opus! A fantastic work … [T]his volume is the most extensive critique of Purpose Driven teachings and emergent teaching that I have ever seen … a wealth of information, lots of footnotes, lots of quotations … showing where the apostasy is and how it has been so pervasive through the church today … I am so moved by reading A “Wonderful” Deception”<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The two-part interview is now online on the Southwest Radio website. You may listen to it in its entirety by clicking here<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. (Scroll down on that page to October 21st and October 22nd.)<\/p>\n
For more information about Warren B. Smith’s work (plus sample chapters and articles by Smith), please go to: From The New Age to Amazing Grace<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>and the\u00a0<\/span>Warren B. Smith Article & Book Archive at Spiritual Research Network<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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