{"id":6513,"date":"2011-06-03T06:07:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T10:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=6513"},"modified":"2026-07-19T19:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T02:32:19","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-from-new-believer-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/letter-to-the-editor-from-new-believer-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the Editor from New Believer in Australia: Handed Purpose Driven Life But Knew Something Was Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Lighthousetrails\u00a0Staff and Writers,
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\nWow, what an amazing and\u00a0inspiring website!!!! I stumbled upon it two weeks ago, and feel God has answered my prayers. I have been praying to God\u00a0to guide\u00a0me to Seek and Find, Ask and to receive The Truth and HIS Truth only. There is so much “Christian” chaos out there, and I keep going back to HIS Word.
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\nGrowing up with no<\/em> Bible knowledge in my Catholic church and then being deceived into a New Age hell, I’ve been devouring the Bible for over 6 years now.\u00a0 When I found\u00a0The True Christ and gave my self to Him,\u00a0I could not<\/span><\/em> go back to the Catholic church, as I felt He was not there, just hanging “weak” on that cross every week.\u00a0Immediately, I knew praying\u00a0the dead out of Purgatory,\u00a0totally negates\u00a0the purpose of\u00a0Christ the Saviour.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The message of Christ’s\u00a0Power, Love, Salvation, The True Trinity,\u00a0and His\u00a0Kingship\u00a0\u00a0never,ever came through to me at Church.\u00a0Sorry, I did not see the fruit of the Holy Spirit in other parishioners. Not judging, but I never felt it. Jesus IS the Way, The Truth and the Life\u00a0and The Light of the World, and I’m focusing on Him and His Word.
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\nI’ve been confused on so many issues, practices and have unknowingly<\/em> read many “emerging” books. What is interesting, is that I could not take on the information,(\u00a0something\u00a0\u00a0irked me) – must have been my conviction.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The first book\u00a0I was given\u00a0as a new Christian\u00a0was\u00a0Purpose Driven Life,\u00a0\u00a0which I had\u00a0\u00a0read twice, and couldn’t “accept” so much of it, even though I was not biblically\u00a0immersed enough to know\u00a0why.\u00a0Also, I actually did not like “The Shack” as all my friends raved about it. God is masculine, and the “fractal” messy female holy spirit bothered me, as did Mac woman!!!! I found that book was really diminishing the magnificence of God. Even as a “novel” I found it offensive.
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\nThank you again for truly being a Lighthouse in these dark times. I will definitely buy the books recommended on your website!
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\nMay God continue to bless you all and your work!
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\nWith Love,
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\nK. L.<\/p>\n

Sydney, Australia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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