About Marsha West

Marsha West is the owner and managing editor of Christian Research Network, Apprising Ministries (the late Ken Silva’s blog) and On Solid Rock Resources. She is also co-founder of Berean Research. For two decades Marsha was the owner and managing editor of Email Brigade website as well as the EMB News Report, a bi-weekly email report for conservative people of faith. For many years Marsha was a regular contributor to several blogs including CRN, RenewAmerica, News With Views and Web Commantary as well as popular websites she no longer endorses: American Family Association, Worldview Weekend, Stand Up For The Truth, The Christian Post and Christian Headlines. Although Marsha still blogs, her primary focus is CRN. Marsha also writes Research Papers (White Papers) on various topics that are published on CRN, Berean Research and On Solid Rock Resources. Visit Marsha’s other sites: On Solid Rock Resources https://www.onsolidrockresources.com/ Apprising Ministries http://apprising.org Marsha’s RenewAmerica Column http://renewamerica.com/columns/mwest Marsha’s Facebook Page http://facebook.com/marsha.west.77

Buddygate: The Debate Kirk Was Afraid to Have

“Despite the claim by Cameron’s son that they had “flown in…the best from all across the world,” in truth, Cameron merely brought in a group of buddies from the world of micro-apologetics. Date, Copan, and Paterson are friends and frequent collaborators, whose cordial disagreements on issues like annihilationism are used as fodder for the “one more event” apologetics circuit.”

(David Morrill) Over the last couple of months, we’ve been unfortunate witnesses to Christian actor Kirk Cameron’s public, epistemological and theological deconstruction, made most evident by his subversive promotion of the heresy known as annihilationism – sometimes called conditional immortality. As this sentence has made several serious charges (deconstruction, subversion, heresy), I will not leave readers without a thorough, evidence-based demonstration of these charges, nor a straightforward explanation of both where Kirk has erred theologically and by what well-worn path he was led away from biblical truth. Continue reading

Don Lemon Arrested by Federal Agents for His Role in Church Mob

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) Last week, a federal magistrate judge in Minnesota refused to sign off on federal charges against disgraced former CNN host Don Lemon for his role in the anti-ICE demonstration that stormed St. Paul’s Cities Church in Minneapolis during Sunday services.

That decision left Lemon off the hook, at least on paper. At the same time, the Justice Department weighed other options and pursued cases against several of the activists who helped organize the disruption…. Continue reading

Bethel Redding is a shark tank – woe to Bethel!

During a 6-hour podcast, apologist and podcaster Mike Winger shared evidence he discovered during his year-long investigation into Bethel Church in Redding California’s leadership for covering up prophesy fakery and sexual harassment allegations against former minister Shawn Bolz. We’re re-posting this 2022 article that uses shark tank to describe what many people consider a deceptive and dangerous theological cult.

(Marsha West – Christian Research Network) There are no words to describe what the “principalities and powers” who run the cult known as Bethel Redding are conjuring up inside the walls of what they would have us believe is a Christian church. Actually, two words do spring to mind that describe Bethel Redding – shark tank.

Bethel’s Powers That Be (PTB) spend much of their time trying to figure out ways to entice naïve churchgoers into practices the Bible strongly forbids.

Bethel Church in Redding CA is run by soothsayers who think nothing of manipulating people out of their hard-earned money to grow their demonic empire–oops–church. These men and women think nothing of twisting Scripture into a theological pretzel, in fact Scripture-twisting is what they do best…. Continue reading

Have Bill Johnson and Kris Vallotton repented?

Justin Peters Ministries

Have they repented? No. Vallotton and Johnson may have apologized for not warning the Bethel and broader body of Christ about Shawn Bolz, but that is not repentance.

They knew about Shawn Bolz prophesying by data mining social media for over a decade. Bolz has been doing this for at least 13 years. The picture is a composite of screenshots of Bolz getting “words of knowledge” by looking directly at his smart device (he used both his phone and tablet, depending upon how the mood struck him). He did this routinely in the direct presence not only of Vallotton and Johnson, but every staff member of Bethel. Every single one of them knew full well what Shawn Bolz was doing. Anyone with two firing neurons in their skull could tell what he was doing.

They didn’t find out about this in 2019, they knew about it since Bolz started doing it – and they encouraged it. This is congruent with their other willful deceptions like putting gold glitter in their ventilation system and repeatedly lying (very recently, actually) about angel feathers appearing in their services. Continue reading

Colossal Corruption in Minnesota

“It’s likely that what is going on in Minnesota is the key to the corruption we are seeing by the Left all over the country.”

(Gary Bauer – The Patriot Post) The Marxist revolutionaries in the streets of Minneapolis and their enablers are inadvertently revealing that every aspect of Minnesota’s government has been corrupted.

We have learned that elements of the Minnesota government are helping to direct the insurrection against the United States. It is suspected that Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan is part of the secret Signals chat group that is organizing resistance to federal law enforcement. We know for certain that she is encouraging support for the “resistance.” Continue reading

New Video of Alex Pretti Could Change Everything

“Pretti’s own parents had warned him not to do exactly what he did. His father told the Associated Press that they had warned their son “to go ahead and protest, but do not engage, do not do anything stupid.” He said Alex “knew that.” But Alex went anyway — gun on his hip, caught up in a movement that pretends to be about compassion but ends up fueling chaos.”

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) The media’s favorite fairy tale took another hit this week. A new video from The News Movement may blow apart the mainstream media narrative about Alex Pretti. Continue reading

Mike Benz exposes the dark underbelly of U2’s Bono…

 

“Celebrities supply all the brand awareness and emotion. Then the NGOs and aid agencies supply the cover. And of course, intelligence and political power players supply all the direction. And the public is left believing it all happened out of kindness and love, not a sketchy, sinister strategy.”

(Revolver) We’ve been told over and over that celebrity “humanitarianism” is the purest form of goodness on the planet. Big stars, concerts, movies, emotions, giving back, bla bla bla. The message is always the same: open your heart, open your wallet, and don’t ask too many questions, because celebrities would never steer you wrong.

But every once in a while, someone comes along and does ask questions. And when they do, many uncomfortable dots start showing up. Continue reading

False Prophecy as a Path to Riches, Part 1: Data Harvesting False Prophets

(Barry Bowen – The Trinity Foundation) False prophecy is a gateway to fleeting riches. Three of the techniques of prophecy merchants were revealed in YouTube Bible teacher Mike Winger’s recent exposé of false prophet Shawn Bolz: the creation of false prophecies from data harvesting, targeting of high-net-worth individuals for financial support and building a church community with lies.

These techniques deserve further investigation.

A Short History of Data Harvesting False Prophets

False prophecy in the church has been normalized, with many preachers delivering weekly “words of knowledge” coming from their vain imagination, not God. Continue reading

A Biblical Warning About TPUSA, Dominionism, and False Unity

“These alliances have been forming for decades, but they have accelerated dramatically in the period following the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Charlie was the founder of Turning Point USA, or TPUSA, which many discernment ministries and critics have identified as operating within a Christian Nationalist framework focused on political issues and advocacy. It also has a religious arm called TPUSA Faith. This organization has exploded with new chapters and conferences not only in the United States, but also around the world.”

(Amy Spreeman – Berean Research) I recently wrote about what is often presented as a newer expression within the visible Church titled, Christian Nationalism: Why You Should Ask Questions, a movement which has been forming some religious affiliations and partnerships that the Bible warns us ought not be.

Christian Nationalism is often described as falling along a spectrum, but when defined by its own leaders and theological advocates, it takes the focus off the mission of the Bride of Christ and places it elsewhere…. Continue reading

The Sum of All Fears

Mr. Trump admires toughness, disdains weakness.  But most of all, he is not going to tolerate grifting and behavior that he considers counter to “American interests.”

(Bill O’Reilly) President Trump is not a man to back down, but sometimes he should make adjustments.  The violence in Minneapolis and the threatened takeover of Greenland are in that zone.  So here’s what’s really happening.

There is no question that Minnesota Governor Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Frey are both defying federal law on immigration enforcement….   Continue reading

First hand account: Dr. Paul Offit just outed Fauci for the sneaky ghoul we knew he was…

(Revolver) There’s a reason Joe Biden’s autopen regime rushed to hand Anthony Fauci a blanket pardon on the way out the door. You don’t pre-emptively protect someone unless you know what’s coming. And you don’t shield a man like Fauci unless there’s a whole lot buried under the surface that hope never sees the light of day.

For years, Americans were told to shut up, fall in line, and stop asking questions about COVID and the vaccine. Questioning the disastrous COVID vaccine rollout made you “dangerous.” Saying one size didn’t fit all was heres [sic], and you were a “granny killer.” And through it all, Anthony Fauci stood front and center, insisting that everyone, regardless of age or risk, needed the shot. Continue reading

Bethel Church Apologizes for Platforming Disgraced ‘Prophet’ Shawn Bolz: ‘We are Sad and Embarrassed’

“…not all of Mike Winger’s six-hour video was about the Shawn Bolz allegations. Bethel Church has a ton of strange and aberrant beliefs that they dismiss and ignore all criticism of, and by making everything about this issue, without being open to others, it’s a convenient excuse to suppose this is the sum of what they have to answer for.”

(Protestia) Bethel Church has finally responded to longstanding accusations of platforming and promoting alleged sexual abuser and confirmed false prophet Shawn Bolz, apologizing for their error while stating they are “sad and embarrassed” by their past behavior. Continue reading

John MacArthur On The Gift Of Discernment

discerning of spirits(v.10)—Satan is the great deceiver (John 8:44) and his demons counterfeit God’s message and work. Christians with the gift of discernment have the God-given ability to recognize lying spirits and to identify deceptive and erroneous doctrine (see Acts 17:111 John 4:1).

Paul illustrated the use of this gift in Acts 16:16-18, as Peter had exercised it in Acts 5:3. When it was not being exercised in the Corinthian church, grave distortion of the truth occurred (see v. 3; 14:29).

Though its operation has changed since apostolic times (because of the completion of Scripture) it is still essential to have people in the church who are discerning.  They are the guardians, the watchmen who protect the church from demonic lies, false doctrines, perverted cults, and fleshly elements. As it requires diligent study of the Word to exercise gifts of knowledge, wisdom, preaching, and teaching, so it does with discernment. [1] Continue reading

Where Have All the Good Men Gone?

(Harrison Kahrig – TruthScript) Before they jumped behind enemy lines in Normandy, captured the town of Carentan, jumped into Holland during the failed Operation Market Garden, or defied the 5th Panzer Army at the Battle of the Bulge, the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment ran. “3 miles up, 3 miles down” was the motto as they ascended and descended Currahee Mountain almost daily for 4 months. This was part of their rigorous training before the regiment would be shipped off to Europe to fight in an 11-month-long campaign against the German war machine. Continue reading

Shocking Statistics: Europe Is Being Conquered

“Sweden has 65 no-go zones. There are now 65 vulnerable areas in the country. And 19 are considered particularly vulnerable.”

(Mary Dowling) Avery Daye put some shocking statistics up on X. I checked them, and she is correct. For some European countries, it is irreversible. President Trump is correct in warning that Europe is destroying itself.

It is probably too late for some countries because the officials in charge won’t even acknowledge the damage they have done. Most of the foreigners have not assimilated and have lots of children.

The US is right behind. Continue reading

Research: Deliverance Ministry

Following is an excerpt from “Gladiator-style takedown of demonic forces, part 1”:

A large number of Christians throughout the world consider themselves to be spiritual warfare prayer warriors. What they do is known as “intercessory prayer.” Most likely these prayer warriors are connected to a deliverance ministry. Deliverance ministers use “strategic level prayer” to “bind” the “territorial spirits” to remove demons who are in control of organizations, communities, cities and in some cases entire nations so that evangelism will go unimpeded. These demon fighting gladiators believe that poverty and other societal troubles will not be eliminated until “demonic strongholds” are torn down and demons are “bound.”

The aim of the Spiritual Warfare movement (SWM) is to take “dominion” over societal institutions and government. Once they have accomplished this lofty goal they’ll take over the kingdoms of this world and build a literal Kingdom of God on earth. This is known as Kingdom Theology. Continue reading

No, You Don’t Have a First Amendment Right to Disrupt Worship

“Protesters often claim that their actions are protected by the First Amendment. As long as they remain on public sidewalks and do not block access to the church, that may be true. But it is a violation of two separate federal laws to interfere with a worship service itself.”

(Jesse Johnson – The Cripplegate) On Sunday, anti-ICE activists interrupted a worship service at Cities Church in Minneapolis. The activists entered the church chanting and yelling, blocked the aisles, and ultimately forced the apparent abandonment of the worship service.

Watch the video on the site. Continue reading

Bolz Isn’t Enough: The Deeper Decay Inside the Charismatic Movement

“Mike Winger repeatedly asks why charismatic leaders fail to correct one another. Yet his own material supplies the answer. The ability to expose false prophecy requires admitting that modern prophecy itself lacks biblical warrant and purpose. To rebuke the authority structures that permit and support the Shawn Bolzes of the movement would require dismantling the fraudulent and extrabiblical “giftings” and phony “annointings” that the charismatic movement is built upon. To protect the sheep would require sacrificing the movement.”

(David Morrill) For more than six hours, Christian apologist Mike Winger methodically dismantled the public ministry of self-styled prophet Shawn Bolz, joining ministries like ours that have been exposing Bolz for years.

The exposé was exhaustive. The documentation was overwhelming. The conclusion is unavoidable. Continue reading

The Rotten Fruit of the NAR (Reprise)

This article by CRN managing editor Marsha West was first published July 5, 2016.

To fully grasp all the reasons the New Apostolic Reformation is such a dangerous movement and why discernment bloggers incessantly warn about this cult I’m going to take an excerpt from a piece I wrote a few years ago entitled “Dominionists are on the move…and they mean business.”  I began with a quote from NAR’s Grand Poohbah, C. Peter Wagner:

Once we have the apostles in place, we will then bring the intercessors and the prophets into the inner circle, and we will end up with the spiritual core we need to move ahead for retaking the dominion that is rightfully ours.

Wagner was speaking of modern-day apostles and prophets.  What did he mean by taking dominion that is rightly ours?  I’ll reveal his plans in a moment.

But first, I must urge readers to take Wagner and other NAR/word-faith wolves seriously. Moreover, it is imperative that Bible believers fully understand the inner workings of the NAR in order to, “recognize them by their [rotten] fruit.” (Mat. 7:16) Continue reading

JD Vance’s Next Move Will Leave the Left Fuming

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) These days, anything a politician does is analyzed to death, especially by people desperate to find something to be angry about. Vice President JD Vance has announced something that doesn’t need to be picked apart for hidden meaning. It’s a blunt message to the left that the Trump administration stands firmly behind ICE agents, no matter how loud the protests get or how many Democrats try to throw roadblocks in their way.

He’s going to Minneapolis. Continue reading

Trump in Davos: Crushes globalists, makes Newsom squirm, calls 2020 ‘rigged’ and takes Greenland…

(Revolver) There are politicians who attend Davos to blend in, shake hands, and calm the same tired crowd with promises that  nothing will change. And then there’s President Donald Trump…

Trump didn’t arrive in Davos looking for approval. He never does. He arrived to shake things up. He came flying in with some huge foreign policy wins, an economy back on solid footing, and the kind of confidence that only comes when the numbers, the results, and the instincts all line up like little dutiful soldiers. This Trump’s victory lap. Continue reading

Bill and Hillary Clinton Are in Real Trouble Now

“The absence of an official transcript is an indefensible demand that is insulting to the American people who demand answers about Epstein’s crimes,” said House Oversight Chair James Comer.

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) Earlier this month, Bill and Hillary Clinton officially refused to comply with a subpoena that House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) issued, formally rejecting demands to sit for closed-door depositions in the House’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation…. Continue reading

Apologist Mike Winger Releases 6 Hour Expose on Bethel Church, Shawn Bolz

“Winger’s video does not contain any new allegations, but rather a detailed and comprehensive summary of what has gone on.”

(Protestia) Prominent Christian Bible teacher and apologist Mike Winger has released a nearly 6-hour video exposing what he describes as a “cover-up culture” in the charismatic church, which has resulted in thousands of victims due to generations of fakery, abuse, lies, and cover-up culture.

Last year, Winger posted a cryptic message on X warning: “Goodbye. I am about to embark on the creation of several videos that will cause many to think that I’m off base, compromised, unspiritual, attacking the church, or otherwise not worthwhile anymore.” Continue reading

Transvestite State Rep Calls on Activists to Storm More Churches

“It’s childishness. It’s what happens when a generation raised on self-expression and TikTok activism believes that every moment of discomfort is oppression. They aren’t storming Normandy. They’re throwing tantrums because mom said it’s time for bed.”

(The Dissenter) Last Sunday at Cities Church in St. Paul, a pack of Antifa activists barged into the sanctuary, interrupted worship, and chanted anti-ICE slogans while congregants sat confused or walked out. Their target was a pastor they accused of being a field ICE director. That’s all it took to justify turning a church service into a circus. Continue reading