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

All eyes on Biden’s response to COVID variants, Afghanistan, border crisis, inflation

(Audrey Conklin – Fox News)  All eyes are on President Biden as he responds to threats facing the U.S. and other countries, including COVID-19 variants, the Taliban’s growing stronghold over Afghanistan, the U.S.-Mexico border crisis and inflation.

The spring of 2021 presented an optimistic outlook for the new president’s administration as COVID-19 cases dwindled, millions were vaccinated, consumer spending rose and officials planned their move to pull U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 1. Continue reading

Biden and Democrats Lack Mandate for Their Destructive, Leftist Push

“If Democrats can bully Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, Republicans may have no input on so-called “soft” infrastructure favored by the socialist wing. Tax and spending bills are not subject to the Senate filibuster, therefore Democrats can pass what they want, so long as all 50 senators stay together.”

(A.J. Kaufman)  It is baffling how President Joe Biden and his party govern outside the context of political realities. Continue reading

CRN Headline News – August 9-14

Need to read articles you may have missed this week…

MONDAY 8/9

Hundreds Gather to Defy NYC Covid Mandates…’We will not comply!’

Needles, Blades, Drugs Thrown on Stage at Worship Concert in Portland While Ex-Military, Ex-Police Protect Christians

John MacArthur Takes Shot at Southern Baptist Leaders

Tens of Thousands Protest Across France Against Vaccine Passports For Fourth Week in a Row

BOMBSHELL: University of Pittsburgh likely harvesting organs from abortion survivors, with quota for racial minorities Continue reading

Netflix’s ‘Pray Away’ Takes Aim at Jesus Ability To Set People Free from LGBT Lifestyles

(Harbinger’s Daily) Netflix recently debuted a documentary titled Pray Away, aimed at discrediting reparative therapy for those who experience unwanted same-sex attraction while also undermining and impugning the testimonies of legions of men and women who have left homosexual lives behind and who continue to experience freedom in Christ.

The movie profiles several early leaders of the “ex-gay” movement — epitomized in the now defunct Exodus International organization — which began in the 1970s, and who have since disavowed their participation and returned to homosexual lives. Continue reading

Bethel ‘Pastor’ Says Michael The Archangel Dresses In ‘Wrestling Tights,’ And He’s ‘Always Grumpy’

(Protestia)  The charismatic ne’er-do-well prophet who faced public humiliation after apologizing to Joe Biden and his supporters for uttering a false prophecy about Trump’s election win, calling it a “major, major mistake” and taking “full responsibility for being wrong” has a history of saying blasphemous things bound to make charismatics cackle and cheer, this time by claiming that Michael the Archangel looks like a giant Native-American man, wears wrestling tights and is always grumpy. (Another “prophet” explains he was wearing tights because “we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities, powers, and darkness.”) Continue reading

Refuting Hillsong’s recent misleading media statement

(Churchwatch Central) This article exists to refute the misleading claims in Hillsong’s recent media statement. We will mainly focus on the points that Hillsong claims are ‘fact’ in their statement. However, it’s worth quickly addressing two points in the statement that demonstrates the wickedness and self interests of Brian Houston:

Hillsong: “He has never placed blame on any victim and the actions of his father repulsed him. Continue reading

GOP Owns the Libs in Budget Reconciliation Vote-a-Rama Free-for-All

“The GOP got several Democratic senators to go on record supporting fracking, no doubt causing a lot of green heads to explode around the country.”

(Rick Moran – PJ Media)  The Democrats may get their $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill through Congress, but it’s not going through without a lot of pain being inflicted by the Republican opposition.

One of the quirks of using the reconciliation process is that it gives the opposition the ability to bring as many non-binding resolutions to the floor as possible…. Continue reading

American Armageddon

“George Orwell would say of these cultural Marxists that they grab power in the present to reinvent the past in order to control our futures.”

(Victor Davis Hanson – American Greatness)  Americans are growing angrier by the day in a way different from prior sagebrush revolts such as the 1960s Silent Majority or Tea Party furor of over a decade ago.

The rage at the current status quo this time is not just fueled by conservatives…. Continue reading

Teen Vogue Calls to ‘Mobilize Toward’ a ‘Socialist Future’

“Her short 17 years on this planet has allowed her to watch capitalism “fail time and again.” For example, she thinks she has “experienced two of the country’s worst recessions.” How adorable.” 

(Charlie Kirk)  The days of Teen Vogue giving uncomfortable sex advice so adolescents don’t have to have awkward talks with their parents is so last generation. This generation is kept abreast of the ‘woke’ movement with calls to arms and socialist mobilization. Continue reading

Major evangelical figure comes out as gay

“Followers of Jesus Christ have to completely disregard the teaching in the pages of Holy Writ to cling to their belief that God condones sex outside of marriage. Anyone who is involved in sex outside marriage is committing a sin against God. Period. This I know because the Bible tells me so.”

(Marsha West – Christian Research Network) Jonathan Merritt is “one of America’s most prolific religion writers” and a reporter for various news agencies including Religion News Service. He is also the son of former Southern Baptist Convention president James Merritt. In 2019 the pastor’s son chose to denounce evangelicalism and “seek God elsewhere.” On his 39th birthday Jonathan Merritt jumped out of the closet with both feet after years of repeated denials that he is a homosexual. Before I get to the details, you’ll need some background.

In 2012 Azariah Southworth, a “gay evangelical,” claimed he had a sexual encounter with Jonathan and chided him publicly for not admitting to being gay.  According to Azariah, Jonathan,

rides the fence because of the strong anti-gay stance his religious community continues to take. He is brave by daring to push the envelope a bit but not enough to give himself away. Exposing this truth of Jonathan’s sexual orientation is not an easy decision for me. I take no pleasure in doing this. As I type this my stomach is turning because I know of the backlash he will receive. I have thought about what all of this will mean for him and for me. I base my reasoning in the importance of living an authentic and honest life….If evidence is required to back my claim it can be provided.

The quote came from an article by Peter Lumpkins. Lumpkins reported that “Merritt routinely speaks for Baptist colleges, universities, and is a frequent speaker at Lifeway’s events. In addition, two seminary presidents–Danny Akin and Al Mohler–have in the past supported views on various social issues.” (Source) Continue reading

It’s starting: Police demand papers from restaurant goers in horrifying video

“The officers shown in the video are enforcing a new French law that went into effect on Monday requiring the country’s residents to show proof of vaccination or immunity when they enter cafés, restaurants or a number of other public venues…”

(Michael Austin – Western Journal)  Months ago, they called us “conspiracy theorists” for warning that vaccine mandates were on the way. Continue reading

There is no coherent way to combine the identities ‘gay’ and ‘Christian.’

Some advocate a practice of “spiritual friendship,” in which two homosexuals of the same sex form an enduring and comprehensive friendship: making joint decisions, living in the same house, even referring to each other as their “other half.” Apart from sex, this is almost a marriage.

(Gay and the Gay Christian by Calvin Goligher – Reformation 21) The word “gay” can refer to:

  1. A pattern of male sexual attraction for other men.
  2. An identity rooted in such a pattern of attraction.
  3. More broadly, a variety of identities and practices that depart from the norm of male-female conjugal union. In this sense, it is the opposite of “straight” and a synonym of “queer.”

This word is a euphemism that contributes to the perception that homosexual practices are relatively harmless…. Continue reading

Protests Erupt in Tennessee and Kentucky over Mask Mandates and Forced Vaccinations

Likewise in Edgewood, Kentucky, hundreds were “protesting the requirement of COVID-19 [Chinese coronavirus] vaccinations for employees throughout the Greater Cincinnati Health Systems.”

(Breitbart)  Protests erupted in Tennessee and Kentucky on Tuesday over school mask mandates and forced vaccinations.

“We want to have our own right and have our own decision to decide to wear a mask or not…. Continue reading

Fight Back: Here’s How People Are Legally Resisting Dystopian Diktats to Get a Covid Shot or Be Fired

“The only thing we do know is that Democrat Party elected officials believe the best way to deal with it is by authoritarian diktats. Their reflexive reaction is to bury freedom in the name of safety.”

(Victoria Taft – PJ Media)  In the past week, Democrat governors and other Democrat Party elected officials throughout the country have launched a coordinated effort to threaten Americans’ economic security by issuing hasty “do what we say or your job gets it” Covid diktats. Continue reading

BREAKING: Cuomo Resigns as Governor of New York

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media)  Embattled New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his intention to resign on Tuesday, in the wake of the New York attorney general’s report concluding that he sexually harassed at least eleven women in violation of state and federal laws.

Cuomo had faced multiple calls for his resignation, from Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, Nancy Pelosi, and even Joe Biden. Continue reading

Video! Christians Attacked by Antifa at Outdoor Prayer Event

Antifa pepper sprayed and pelted this pastor with eggs.

Watch the shocking videos. Is your town next?

(Protestia)  Carrying riot shields and pepper spray, a group of Portland Antifa members descended on a Christian prayer and worship event on Saturday, put on by Calgary pastor Artur Pawlowski, perhaps best known for shouting, “Get out of my Church Nazi Fascists” when police tried to gain access into his congregation so they could break up his service on account of having too many people present and violating the government’s lockdown orders. Continue reading

The Mob

(Bill O’Reilly)  Most Americans are fed up with the woke mob.  I firmly believe that.  They understand the vicious premise of that crew.  The virtue-signaling, the arrogant superiority, the condemnation of anyone who refuses to bow to political correctness.

If you had to break down the mob’s philosophy to its essence it would be this: they think they are superior human beings, better than you and me. Continue reading

Pentagon to Require COVID Vaccine for All Troops by Sept. 15

“The decision will add the COVID-19 vaccine to a list of other inoculations that service members are already required to get. Depending on their location around the world, service members can get as many as 17 different vaccines.”

(Newsmax)  The Pentagon will require members of the U.S. military to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 15, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press. That deadline could be pushed up if the vaccine receives final FDA approval or infection rates continue to rise. Continue reading

Hundreds Gather to Defy NYC Covid Mandates…’We will not comply!’

“The crowd unfurled a banner of the mayor holding up a beheaded Lady Liberty.”

(Leisa Audette – 100%FedUp) Hundreds of New Yorkers have gathered at city hall in New York City to protest the covid mandates from Mayor de Blasio that prohibit the unvaccinated from participating in most activities in the city. Only the covid vaccinated will be able to participate in most indoor activities like restaurants, movies, Broadway shows, gyms. Continue reading

Needles, Blades, Drugs Thrown on Stage at Worship Concert in Portland While Ex-Military, Ex-Police Protect Christians

An Antifa photo contains foul language.

(Protestia) A day after Antifa attacked Christians at an event put on by Pastor Artur Pawlowski at a Portland park, Redding CA Bethel Church’s Sean Feucht put on a worship concert Sunday evening in the city. Reports indicate that they had Antifa on hand to menace and intimidate the gathered Christians–hanging out at the fringes, but not coming in, and no credible reports of violence. Continue reading

Tens of Thousands Protest Across France Against Vaccine Passports For Fourth Week in a Row

(Rick Moran – PJ Media) An estimated 250,000 Frenchmen marched in several cities protesting the COVID-19 health passes that all Frenchmen will need to access cafes, restaurants, and airports starting Monday.

It’s the fourth week of protests that have been growing in numbers and intensity as the government looks to impose a vaccine mandate to fight the Delta variant. Continue reading

BOMBSHELL: University of Pittsburgh likely harvesting organs from abortion survivors, with quota for racial minorities

(Samantha Kamman – Live Action)  This week, Judicial Watch and The Center for Medical Progress shared  public records obtained from the National Institutes of Health, showing how the University of Pittsburgh proposed procuring aborted body parts based on the preborn child’s race.

Defenders of fetal experimentation often argue the use of aborted body parts for research purposes somehow benefits human beings, as the practice allegedly provides treatments for life-threatening diseases and other ailments…. Continue reading

Rep. Mark Green: Mandatory Vaccines for Troops Before FDA Approval Is ‘Against the Law’

(Kristina Wong – Breitbart) It would be against the law if Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made coronavirus vaccines mandatory for American troops before they are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Friday afternoon, after he sent a letter to Austin warning him against the move.

“I wrote the letter because of a concern that the executive branch is somehow going to operate outside of the laws written by Congress…. Continue reading