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

Pizza Hut facing boycott calls after promoting ‘drag kids’ book for kindergartners

“The book ‘Big Wig’ is intended to be read by children in pre-K up to third grade”

(Emma Colton- Fox News) Pizza Hut is facing fierce condemnation from conservatives and other social media critics for promoting a book about “drag kids” for its “Book It!” reading incentive program.

“Pizza Hut has gone full woke, now we must make them full broke,” conservative author Brigitte Gabriel tweeted. Continue reading

‘Your Story Carries Breakthroughs’ – Chapter, Verse Please?

(Rick Becker – Famine in the Land) The word “breakthrough” is synonymous with the New Apostolic Reformation. Those who are familiar with this apostate movement will know that it elevates man, places subjective experiences above the objective truth of God’s word and relies on mystical jargon to appear spiritual thereby fooling the ignorant. In a theological context, the phrase “we believe that…” must always be backed up by scripture. In the case of Bethel, that phrase is usually an introduction to their fabricated teachings. Here’s an example from Bethel: “We believe that, because of the breakthroughs that you have experienced with the Lord, you carry authority over those areas.”…. Continue reading

Meet Rick Warren’s Replacement—He Sounds Like JD Greear and Ed Litton on Homosexuality

“Rick Warren is a complete and total apostate false teacher with absolutely no qualifications to teach or preach the Scriptures.”

(The Dissenter) In 2019 and in 2020, both former Southern Baptist Convention presidents, Ed Litton and JD Greear made headlines after their tandem preaching sessions teaching that the Bible whispers about homosexuality…. Continue reading

Pizza Hut features ‘drag kids’ book for children as young as kindergarten

The description adds that the book is about a child who “dresses in drag” and competes in a neighborhood costume competition.

(Brian Sabes – Fox News) Pizza Hut is featuring a book about “drag kids” as one of the books promoted by its “Book It!” reading incentive program aimed at children in pre-kindergarten through 6th grade.

The “Book It!” website features a book titled “Big Wig,” and states that the reading is geared toward children in pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade. Continue reading

Sarah Young’s Heretical Book ‘Jesus Calling’ Has sold 40,000,000 Copies

It can’t be denied: The Jesus of Sarah Young sounds suspiciously like a twenty-first century, Western, middle-aged woman. ~ Tim Challies

(Protestia) In an announcement betraying the sad state of affairs in the Christian World, Publishers Weekly has announced that Sarah Young’s Jesus Calling devotional has sold over 40,000,000 copies across all formats and editions. Three years ago it had sold 30,000,000 copies, meaning that it shows no sign of slowing down and is one of the best-selling ‘christian’ books of all time. Continue reading

Biden’s Crises Help Advance ‘Green Transition’

“US consumers are facing shrinking incomes and worse quality of life.” 

(OAN) A new report suggested President Joe Biden’s economic failures could be part of a plan to unleash the so-called “green economy.” According to the analysis of Biden’s economic policies by the Epoch Times, skyrocketing gas prices and the supply chain crisis are actually helping advance the administration’s green agenda. Continue reading

Tim Keller Accuses Conservative Christians of Being ‘Angry’ Because We’re Not Actually Saved

“Paul was pretty harsh with those who went around teaching false doctrine—even at one point stating he wished that the false teachers would castrate themselves. That’s how much he hated false doctrine and those who perpetrated it. Why should we treat those with false doctrine any differently than Jesus, Paul, or the Apostles? “

(The Dissenter) Tim Keller sounds like he should join the Unitarian Universalist congregation or something…. Continue reading

Liberal Intolerance of First Amendment Freedoms on Full Display in Biden’s ‘Pride’ Month

“I offer real-world examples of decent people whose lives have been turned upside down by emotional and spiritual pain, financial destitution, unending litigation, and genuine fear for their physical safety and lives, all because they take seriously the Constitution’s guarantees of their right to think and speak their minds as Americans.”

(Mark Tapscott – PJ Media) June was declared “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Pride Month” in a White House proclamation made notable by accusing the majority of Americans of mounting “relentless attacks” on “members of the LGBTQI+ community — especially people of color and trans people.” Continue reading

Bethel Redding-Related Ministries Reported for Possible PPP Loan Fraud

(Barry Bowen – Trinity Foundation) After reviewing recently published Form 990s, Trinity Foundation has reported two of three non-profit organizations affiliated with Bill Johnson’s California megachurch Bethel Redding for possible Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud.

Trinity Foundation reported Bethel Media and Bethel School of Technology, but not Bethel Music, to the Small Business Administration.  Let’s take a look at their loans and Form 990s. Continue reading

Proverbs 29:18 is Not About Vision-Casting

What is the vision of the prophets? It is “the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.” The vision is Jesus.

(Jared C. Wilson – For the Church) Proverbs 29:18 may be one of the most misapplied verses in all the evangelical church today. Many a church leader has used it to spiritualize his strategies and blackmail followers into supporting his entrepreneurialism. Vision statements are cast…. Continue reading

Hope for the Vaccine Injured

“The same medical establishment that denied the existence of effective treatments for COVID in their push for vaccines, now works against those injured by them. But there is hope.”

(Debra Heine – American Greatness) Fox News anchor John Roberts recently asked on Twitter: “Question: anyone out there having chest pain after getting the booster?”

Over 4,600 replies later, it would appear that many of his Twitter followers have indeed suffered chest pain, along with many other adverse events after getting injected with the mRNA or Adenoviral Vector DNA genetic products. Continue reading

Dispensationalism, Ultra-dispensationalism, Hyper-dispensationalism. Is there a Difference?

(Marsha West – Christian Research Network) Evangelical leaders sat by wordless while narcissistic self-serving false teachers covertly, and in some cases overtly, infiltrated the visible Church. What can only be described as laboratory experiments on evangelicals has been carried out by purveyors of poisonous teaching. For decades, many in the evangelical community, like caged lab rats, have been jabbed full of every theological toxin imaginable. It is almost impossible to keep up with all the toxic teaching that’s spreading throughout the Church. What’s even more difficult is to ferret out the men and women who are spreading half-truths and outright lies.

Even so, some of us involved in online discernment actually do try to uncover the dung that’s being fed to undiscerning sheep.  On my wolf hunting expeditions, I often sniff them out on YouTube (YT) where a gazillion wolves host their own channels. To be fair, there are also many excellent Christian teachers, godly men and women, whose sole aim is to bring biblical truth to their viewers.

Something else you should know about YT is that you’re bound to come across a LARGE and ever-growing number of online “Watchmen.” (Who are these people? Scroll to the end and you’ll see some of them on “Watchmen Greatest Hits”) The Watchmen are men and women who propound their own personal view of eschatology. Their focus is mainly on the Rapture of the Church that they claim is “imminent.” So, day in and day out (some for several years now) these crystal ball gazers lean into a desktop computer camera speculating about the return of Christ for His church, i.e. the rapture, that will be soon—very soon—could be any day now—might even be before Thanksgiving 2020—oops! Maybe Christmas—nope. To the Watchmen’s shame, as 2020 came and went, their faithful followers hadn’t been “caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.” Alas, here we are mid-2022 and the Watchmen followers remain Earth bound, most likely feeling a bit bewitched, bothered, bewildered and totally discombobulated.

Woe to the Watchmen. Continue reading

Johnny Depp wins defamation trial against Amber Heard, awarded $15m damages

(Fox News) In a sweeping victory for Johnny Depp, the seven-member panel found in the actor’s favor on all counts and awarded him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.

In a token win for Amber Heard, the jury found that a single statement in her countersuit was defamatory and awarded her $2 million in compensatory damages and nothing in punitive damages. Continue reading

The Making of a Global Dictator

“The future is being built by us,” Schwab asserted as he introduced this year’s event. During his speech, he pushed for stakeholder capitalism which is a feudalistic form of communism. It’s not capitalism at all. That is unless you consider the elite owning everything and you owning only what they let you have, as capitalism.

(Mary Dowling – Independent Sentinel) Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), is a former member of the UN Advisory Board on Sustainable Development. He is also the leader of “The Great Reset”, and sees himself as the dictator of the new world order. Continue reading

The Dangers of Syncretism and Idolatry

Syncretism stew

“What this event makes clear is that God rejects worship of him in improper forms. He has the right to tell his people how he wants to be worshiped, and his people must follow those instructions to the letter. This event is also an illustration of a problem that will plague Hebrew worship for a long time—syncretism. They mixed true worship with false.”

(Scott Anoil) In the Old Testament Law, God gave his people very specific instructions about how they were to relate to the people around them, including in their culture and worship practices.

Deuteronomy 12:2–8 reveals important principles in this regard. God commanded that the people destroy the places where pagans worshiped, including their altars, their pillars, their images, and even the names of the places…. Continue reading

Canadian PM Trudeau announces legislation to ‘freeze’ handgun ownership, buy back ‘assault-style weapons’

“The first AR-15s and other assault style firearms will start to be bought back by the end of this year. It’s going to be hard, but we’re going to get it done.”

(Paul Best – Fox News) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that his government is introducing legislation to “implement national freeze on handgun ownership” throughout the country.

“What this means is that it will no longer be possible to buy, sell, transfer or import handguns anywhere in Canada,” Trudeau said at a press conference. Continue reading

D.C. Jury Finds Michael Sussmann Not Guilty of Lying to FBI

“The trial should have been of the FBI and Clinton apparatchiks in the FBI and DOJ for trying to overturn a presidency. No one believes the FBI didn’t know the truth. Sussmann should have gone on trial for conspiracy if anything, not for lying to people who knew what he was up to unless they are stupid, which we doubt.” — Mary Dowling, Independent Sentinel

(Spencer Brown – Townhall) A Washington, D.C., jury found Michael Sussmann not guilty on Tuesday morning of lying to the FBI in 2016 about working on behalf of Hillary Clinton when he presented debunked information that he claimed showed a connection between Donald Trump and Russia — a report made to the FBI that would set off years of Russian collusion hoax-fury that ultimately was found to be nothing by Robert Mueller’s independent investigation. Continue reading

House Democrats Prepare 8 Gun Control Bills: Bump Stocks, ‘Ghost Guns,’ Higher Legal Purchase Age

“It seems likely the Democrats in the House may have enough votes to pass the package. A vote will reportedly be held next week on the litany of bills.”

(Wendell Husebo – Breitbart) Democrats are preparing a large gun control package to be considered in House Judiciary Committee on Thursday.

The package, dubbed, “Protecting Our Kids,” includes eight bills designed to erode citizens’ Second Amendment rights. Continue reading

Biden admin to enforce gender neutral bathrooms in K-12 schools via federal aid for food programs

“The Biden administration is expanding this to include demanding K – 12 schools do away with the separation of gender bathrooms. That is to say: any place that accepts federal money for the sake of food must go as far as enacting transgender-friendly policies within the workplace.

(Nick Monroe – The Post Millennial) The Biden administration through the USDA is set to enforce transgender-friendly bathroom policies through a scheme that ties funding for federal aid programs for student food via compliance of “equity” friendly systems. Continue reading

Woke Toys: Mattel Births First-ever ‘Transgender’ Barbie Doll

This is eerily reminiscent of what Steven Richards, who lived masquerading as a female for eight years starting when he was just 15, said about his former delusions. The “miserable world I escaped from,” he revealed, is one holding out the illusory promise that the next step in your “transition — a new name, a new set of pronouns, another year of hormones, another surgery,” will bring you the promised happiness. “But, as I learned,” he said, “it never can.”

(Selwyn Duke – The New American) Disney took it on the chin after getting political and opposing Florida’s parental-rights bill. Netflix recently told its employees that if they were offended by the company’s politically incorrect content, they could quit. But this hasn’t stopped Mattel from leaning heavily into the sexual devolutionary agenda and birthing a freaky first:

The toy maker has created the world’s first “transgender” Barbie doll. Continue reading

Israel Launches Devastating Drone Strike on Top-Secret Iran Military Base

(Rick Moran – PJ Media) A military strike that utilized quadcopter drones launched from inside Iran hit the top-secret Iranian military base at Parchin. It’s believed the strike targeted Iran’s drone research and development complex and not its missile or nuclear research facilities.

No nation has claimed responsibility for the attack, but both Iran and the U.S. say that it fits the pattern of past attacks by Israel. Continue reading