About Warren Smith

Deceived on Purpose is the website of author and speaker Warren Smith. Warren has a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a M.S.W. from Tulane University. He is a free lance writer and community social worker who was formerly involved in the New Age movement.

Warren has served as a program coordinator for people with special needs, directed several homeless programs, and has worked as a Hospice social worker in New Orleans and on the California coast. He has written extensively on the subject of spiritual deception and has been widely interviewed on radio and television. His books include The Light That Was Dark: From the New Age to Amazing Grace, Deceived on Purpose: The New Age Implications of the Purpose-Driven Church, and Reinventing Jesus Christ: The New Gospel. Warren resides in California with his wife Joy.