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

You Aren’t a Christian if You Vote Democrat

“No Christian in their right mind would argue that God is a member of a political party. But God does have a moral law that he expects Christians to uphold, and the Democratic Party was fundamentally designed to oppose it.” 

(The Dissenter) I’m getting really annoyed by this push for “unity” in the Church among people across the entire political spectrum—the argument is really tiring.

I understand it. I do. The vast majority of people on both sides of the political equation are lost. In fact, many have grasped on to conservative politics as a sort of moral therapeutic deism, and it has become their religion. Continue reading →

Haley Stevens Fires Back at the Party Trying to Destroy Her

“Just days ago, Piker compared efforts to win over Jewish voters in West Bloomfield to canvassing a KKK neighborhood. Abdul condemned those remarks, but his decision to embrace Piker in the first place raised serious questions about his judgment and his ability to bring people together.”

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) After taking a crazy amount of flak from her own party for the simple and brave act of refusing to back a blatant antisemite, Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) is fighting back.

Stevens published an X article titled “The Decisions We Make,” laying out exactly why she yanked her endorsement of Democratic Socialist Abdul El-Sayed and threw her support behind Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s Senate race. Her party has spent weeks trying to bully her into retreat. She hasn’t budged an inch. Continue reading →

President Trump Makes Election Day Announcement That Will Dramatically Shake Up US-Israel Relations

(Kyle Becker – Red State) President Donald Trump has announced a major change in America’s relationship with Israel.

Trump has revealed that the United States will stop providing approximately $4 billion in annual military assistance to the Jewish state at the end of 2026. And according to Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already agreed to the arrangement.

The announcement, made Tuesday during an appearance on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” represents a potentially major shift in a security partnership that has been a cornerstone of America’s Middle East policy for decades. Continue reading →

How Modern Horror Flips the Christian Narrative

“Modern horror is a reverse Christian narrative. If Christians believe in a story of sin, redemption, and restoration, horror films now portray a state of innocence marred by sin, but redeemed by attacking creation and destroying man altogether. In its place reigns what man should ultimately give himself to: unbridled nihilistic evil.”

(Jon Harris – TruthScript) John Doyle, a Catholic political commentator, recently discussed horror movies on his show in response to a controversy on X involving the blowback his fellow Blaze commentator and Baptist Allie Beth Stuckey received for suggesting that Christians should not watch horror films. Continue reading →

Not All Girls Who Said They Were Lesbians Are Actually Lesbians? You Don’t Say!

(A.J. Christopher – PJ Media) Stop the presses! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the percentage of ninth-grade girls who identify as lesbian or bisexual dropped from 30% in 2021 to just 17% in 2025. Jean Twenge, a San Diego State University psychology professor, described the trend as a “free fall.”

The Washington Post claims that researchers are searching for answers. Their brows are furrowed, and their lower lips are bitten. The researchers are baffled. Puzzled. Flummoxed. Perplexed. Or, as the “conservative” Fox News headline describes it, the new data has been “stunning.”

Well, butter my bottom and call me a biscuit. Continue reading →

You’re Not Scared Enough About the Left’s Agenda If It Wins in 2026 and 2028

“Jewish Americans can speak to the drastic change in atmosphere within the Democratic Party engendered by antisemites like Abudl El-Sayed and Zohran Mamdani. Cutting off aid to Israel, while not harming Israel’s national security, would only serve to drive a wedge between the U.S. and our most important ally in the Middle East.” 

(Rick Moran – PJ Media) I’m not generally given to hysteria. I don’t necessarily think we should be now. But listening to the radical left Democrats who are going to run Congress if they win one or both houses next week should give anyone who treasures America as it is now and should always be the heebie-jeebies. Continue reading →

Modern Democrats Really Should Swap Out the Donkey for a Swastika

“The Dem establishment may still harbor fantasies about pitching the idea that moderates still exist in the party and El-Sayed, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and their Democratic Socialists of America ilk are outliers. That’s a lot tougher to do now that El-Sayed spent the weekend chilling with Barack Obama.” 

(Stephen Kruiser – PJ Media) The Democrats have a long, ignoble history of taking reliable voting blocs for granted and never really doing anything for them. For reasons that remain a mystery to those of us who have never traveled over to that side to vote, these blocs have largely remained loyal to them.

OK, it’s not all a mystery, but that’s a lengthy and different column. Continue reading →

The Left, Islam, and Imaginary Racism

“Our enemy, in his savagery, is doing us a favour. If he terrorizes us, he also sharpens our understanding of adversity, reawakens our spirit of resistance. In spite of himself, the enemy has restored our flag and patriotism to us. He has restored fervourand flesh to the old European nations.…”

(Bill Muehlenberg – Culture Watch) With another weekend of savages seeking to burn Europe to the ground as they seek to fully eliminate the Judeo-Christian West, we again see the demonic Green-Red alliance at work. Islamo-leftists are strange bedfellows indeed. But both groups hate the same thing, so they are happy to work together for now. Continue reading →

Should Christians Participate In Halloween?

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Is it appropriate for evangelicals to celebrate Halloween? Some say, “absolutely not” while others say, “what’s the big deal anyway?” Bible study author, speaker and podcaster Michelle Lesley goes right to the scriptures to help Bible believing Christians make their decision. She writes:

Since there is no specific Bible verse that says, “Thou shalt/shalt not participate in Halloween and its related activities,” this is an area of Christian liberty that must be decided by each individual or couple on the basis of scriptural principles and prayer. If there are Halloween activities available to you that do not violate scriptural principles or your conscience or cause you to become a stumbling block to someone weaker in the faith (which may even be your spouse or child), you are free to participate in those aspects of Halloween.

Here are some Scriptures and principles that may be of help as you make your decision: Continue reading →

The FDA Should Grant Americans the Right to Try New Cancer Treatments

(Stephen Moore – Hot Air) Every few months, a young 19-year-old woman from South Carolina boards a plane to London. She isn’t going sightseeing. She’s going to get her next dose of a cancer treatment that was invented in the United States, developed by an American company, and credited by her doctors with clearing a brain tumor other surgeons had refused to touch.

She was diagnosed with glioblastoma at 16. It is the most common and most lethal brain cancer, the disease that killed John McCain and Beau Biden. Her tumor came back so aggressively after her first surgery that doctors stopped operating. This was a death sentence. Continue reading →

Heroes and Villains of the Faith

“Someone posted that they asked AI to create a list of the top 20 false teachers of our time. We didn’t see the list, but we thought it might be an interesting exercise to see what AI would come up with. Of course, much of the result depends on the way the query is written, and the information isn’t the final authority on the issue. Our query outline was…”

(Don and Joy Veinot – Midwestern Christian Outreach) Hebrews 11 is sometimes called the “Heroes of the Faith Hall of Fame.” The writer specifically names 6 who were heroes of the faith and their deeds, then adds a group simply called “the prophets” (Hebrews 11:32), and gives an overview of their lives: Continue reading →

The New Face of the Religious Left

“Republicans have tried to attack these candidates on this basis by claiming they are “woke” or “fake” Christian leaders who fail to support the religion they claim membership in, yet the polls still seem to favor them. They rarely, if ever, respond to critics, but set their sights on the problems facing the voters they wish to reach, things like affordability. For a generation spending hours in the mire of online attention-grabbing, insults, and sensationalism, I imagine this gives them the perception of maturity and focus.”

(Jon Harris) There is a significant development this election cycle Christian conservatives should take notice of.

Democrats have by and large stayed away from talking about religion unless it is in certain minority communities. Tim Walz was fairly representative when he said while running for Vice-President that “We’re Lutherans, we don’t talk about religion much.” Continue reading →

Laura Ingraham validates earlier reports of Dems plans to hijack the US govt…

“DataRepublican says she’s got her hands on thousands of transcripts and hundreds of recordings that point to an elaborate, coordinated effort to provoke a constitutional crisis right after the 2026 midterms.”

(Revolver) Well, this is getting interesting and scary, real quick.

Just days ago, Revolver reported on a disturbing discovery from DataRepublican, the researcher who claims to have uncovered an elaborate plan involving radical left-wing activists, former government officials, and a possible constitutional showdown with President Trump after the midterms. Continue reading →

The Oregon School Shooter Story Has Just Gone to a Much Darker Place

“The 764 cult lives on Discord, gaming, and dark web chat sites. The group has the objective of “seeking to destroy civilized society through the corruption and exploitation of vulnerable populations, which often include minors…” 

(Victoria Taft – PJ Media) Things have gotten even darker, if that’s imaginable, in the Oregon school shooting case.

Authorities investigating the rampage in Bend, Ore., last week are exploring whether the 16-year-old mass murderer may have been motivated by connections to an online nihilistic, satanic sex cult. Continue reading →

J.K. Rowling Calls Out ‘Elitist’ Trans Mob After Years of Facing ‘Death, Rape, and Torture Threats’

Rowling believes that if a man is entitled to be treated as a woman, it follows that “No breast-feeding or rape support group should be allowed to exclude him. If he’s sexually orientated towards women, lesbians should include him in their dating pool. If convicted of a crime, even rape, he should be locked up with women.”

(Alana Mastrangelo – Breitbart) J.K. Rowling described transgender activism in the 21st century as “elitist,” adding that her political views “haven’t changed,” despite having faced “an avalanche of death, rape, and torture threats.” Continue reading →

Was Hillsong Church NYC the picture of health and vitality under Carl Lentz’s leadership or a church fraught with rampant sexual impropriety?

(Pulpit & Pen) Following is a thread about a recent interview with Carl and Laura Lentz to promote their new book ‘Overcome Infidelity.’ When asked about his time at Hillsong NY, Carl calls that church ‘the most beautiful thing in their life’ which produced ‘a real revival’ and where God moved, and that there won’t be anything like it again.
In fact, whenever he talks about it, it’s always as some glowing thing that was going great until his adultery messed it up. Yet that’s not how Hillsong head Brian Houston described it, nor how later revelations revealed it to be.
The 51-page barn-burner of a report commissioned by Hillsong titled “Internal Investigation Report Regarding Carl Lentz and Other Matters” explains that…

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The Democrats’ Turn Toward Fascism

“All of this is, of course, a direct assault on the Constitution and the Madisonian system of checks and balances, and the current crop of plotters are also quite explicit about reordering our society and laws after they kick Trump out of office and jail his supporters.” 

(David Strom – Hot Air) Democrats keep claiming that they are the party that can defend Democracy Itself.

That’s true, as long as you equate “democracy” with “Democrats Alone Can Rule.” If, on the other hand, you believe a democratic republic is characterized by the rule of law, applied impartially, with clear rules and representatives chosen by plebiscite, then Democrats gave up on that idea long ago. Continue reading →

Cheerleading the Democrats

(Bill O’Reilly) First, a couple of general points. There is far too much political hatred in the USA. It’s foolish. We should be far beyond the Alexander Hamilton-Aaron Burr cycle. But we’re not.

I mean, who cares if someone is conservative or liberal? That’s a civil right. The important thing is how you present yourself.  If you’re an arrogant deceiver, scorn is in context. But sincere beliefs should be respected unless violence is attached to them. The Nazis were true believers.  However, there’s no room for destruction in advancing your cause. Continue reading →

This Midterm Election, Vote Against the Leftist Religious Cult

(Seth Brickley – TruthScript) Religious Signs on the Side of the Road – You have seen the sign as you drive by. It reads: “Science Is Real; Black Lives Matter; No Human Is Illegal; Love Is Love; Women’s Rights are Human Rights; Kindness Is Everything.” Recently, while on vacation in Virginia, I saw this sign in the front yard of a United Methodist Church. The Left’s embrace of these statements is truly religious in nature, and any religion opposed to biblical Christianity is led by Satan (1 Corinthians 10:20). What is implied in this religion is that those on the Right don’t believe in science. They don’t value the lives of black people. They view foreigners as subhuman. They don’t truly want to allow people to love each other. They view women as second-class citizens, and lastly, those on the Right are enormously judgmental as they tell people on the Left that they’re wrong. Continue reading →

Jim Bakker’s Dangerous Legacy

Matthew 7:27 could describe the fall of Heritage USA and PTL Network. “And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

(Barry Bowen – Trinity Foundation) On Monday, October 5th, Lori Bakker, cohost of The Jim Bakker Show, posted the news her husband televangelist Jim Bakker died. Lori’s brief announcement ends with the words, “Jim finished his race with faith. His voice, his vision, and his legacy will never be forgotten.”

Bakker’s legacy is worth critically examining so that future church congregations and leaders avoid repeating and excusing the same abuses.

As a religious leader, Bakker embellished his testimony, preached the prosperity gospel, committed fraud to raise funds for his theme park, lived an extravagant lifestyle, cheated on his wife, and staged a comeback after spending almost five years in prison. Continue reading →

Bring the Charges, Oregon. I’ll Bring the Popcorn

Scroll down the page past Today’s History to read the article.

(Eric Florack – PJ Media) Let me get one thing out of the way before the hate mail starts: Kaylub Giamanco is a hero. Full stop. Understand that right now before reading further.

Giamanco is the 36-year-old father who grabbed his pistol from his truck, followed a 16-year-old gunman into Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore., and put him down. Three children and a teacher died before he got there. Nobody knows how many more would have died if he hadn’t.

And I want Oregon to charge him for carrying a loaded firearm on school property. Yeah, I know. “Say what?”  Continue reading →

Andy Stanley Stepping Down As Senior Pastor Of North Point Ministries, North Point Church

(Protestia) Andy Stanley, 68, announced this morning that he is stepping down as senior pastor of North Point Ministries and as lead pastor of North Point Community Church.

The Board of Elders has nominated Joel Thomas to serve as Senior Pastor of North Point Ministries, pending a congregational vote, with the goal of him taking over as Senior Pastor of North Point Ministries by January 1, 2027, and then as Lead Pastor of North Point Community Church by June 1, 2027. Continue reading →

Silencing Critics

“The offending material? Approximately 17 seconds of a documentary that used Angell’s own publicly available statements as evidence of the theological problems being examined.”

(David Morrill – Protestia) Last week, the Church Reform Initiative (CRI) learned the hard way how easily a copyright complaint can derail a successful documentary.

On October 6, CRI released All Are Not Welcome: The Downfall of the Episcopal Church and How to Reform Her, a documentary examining the denomination’s theological decline, featuring interviews with several Anglican and Episcopal figures. Continue reading →

Here’s How White House Insiders Engineered Zacharia’s Exit

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) Katie Zacharia is out as White House press secretary after a disastrous five days on the job. Pushing her out was the right thing to do. Between her performance at the podium and her claim to be a lawyer when she wasn’t one, she had to go. From where I sit, this entire episode could have been avoided.

Now a new report suggests we know who finally set things right.

The buzz on social media is that Zacharia’s brief run broke Anthony Scaramucci’s record of 11 days for the shortest tenure in the Trump White House…. Continue reading →

Turning Point USA Platforms Jew Who Tells People You Only Need to Follow 7 Noahide Laws to Get to Heaven

(The Dissenter) This is the problem with mixing religion with politics, and it’s the problem I’ve always had with Turning Point USA.

While I still think Charlie Kirk was sincere in his Christian beliefs, I think the way he approached politics was extremely flawed.

For example, Kirk once platformed an open, practicing homosexual who called himself a “gay Christian” while living openly in rebellion against God. While sitting on stage with him, Charlie Kirk never corrected him. In fact, he affirmed him. Continue reading →