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

One Year of Wins: Trump’s Top Accomplishments in First Year of ‘Golden Age’

“President Trump accomplished more in one year than many presidents did in eight. The President delivered on every major campaign promise — securing the border, stopping Biden’s inflation crisis, signing the largest middle-class tax cuts in history, ending woke DEI nonsense, and restoring American strength on the world stage.”

(Nick Gilbertson – Breitbart) President Donald Trump worked at warp speed to “Make America Great Again” in his first year back in office, and the results, on countless fronts, have been bountiful.

Trump inherited from former President Joe Biden a country reeling from a wounded economy and porous border policies that led to mass illegal immigration and a globe facing destabilization with the advent of two major wars in the Middle East and Europe under his predecessor. Continue reading

Are More Prayers More Effective?

“But what about the effectiveness of many prayers to change our circumstances?  Do many prayers have a greater impact on the way God answers our prayers?  There are two dangers we need to avoid when answering.” 

(Wes Bredenhof – Abounding in Grace) Questions abound when it comes to prayer.  I was recently asked by a parishioner whether having more people pray would be more effective.  Should we really try to get as many people as possible praying in a certain crisis? Continue reading

Roving Bands of Leftist Brownshirts Attacking Random People in Minneapolis

“The goal is to create a general sense of chaos and anxiety and to up the pressure on ordinary people who just want peace. Some, obviously, will want a crackdown, but others will blame the Trump administration for stirring up a hive of hornets.”

(David Strom – Hot Air) For all the talk about ICE being the “Gestapo,” the reality is that the anti-ICE protesters are actually mimicking the Brownshirts.

We now have roving gangs of Black Bloc protesters who are stopping ordinary citizens and demanding they prove they are not Jews, oops, I mean ICE agents.

Watch the video on the site… Continue reading

Insurrection: Bombshell Email Shows How Minneapolis City Employees Are Instructed to Work Against ICE

The email is headlined, “Update on activities of federal agents in Minneapolis, guidance for employees….This is a check-in with employees ahead of the long weekend,” the email begins. “We send all employees emails when there’s a critical update or new time-sensitive instruction for all City employees.” 

(Victoria Taft – PJ Media) On Friday, before their three-day holiday weekend kicked off, City of Minneapolis employees got their marching orders on how to continue to undermine Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions.

Can you call it an “insurrection” yet? Continue reading

When VDH’s Steady Voice Nearly Went Silent

(David Manney – PJ Media) For decades, a clock ticks without notice, then it stops for a moment that freezes the family listening in the living room, followed by silence. Not because the clock lacked value, but because its presence mattered more than anybody realized.

It goes without saying, at least in these circles, that Victor Davis Hanson is one of the most respected conservative historians and commentators in the country. Hanson revealed he suffered a serious complication after surgery for lung cancer. Continue reading

Elon Musk says ‘WOW’ – Democrat California is going to be 100x the Democrat fraud of Minnesota

(Whatfinger) Independent journalist was able to gain access to a building in Los Angeles, California because the page-in system to get in was broken What he discovered was DOZENS of home healthcare and hospice businesses IN ONE BUILDING Some of the doors don’t even have signs for the business and many of the names just sound fake If you were running a business for hospice, you wouldn’t want 20 other hospice businesses right next door for competition….

Watch the videos on the site – especially the Marsha Blackburn report. Continue reading

Discriminating Based on Sex Without a Definition of Sex

“The challengers argued that there’s a “subset” of “birth-sex males” who shouldn’t be excluded from girls’ sports because they don’t possess all the physical advantages of normal males. The conservative justices appeared unconvinced by this hair-splitting definition of convenience.”

(Nate Jackson – The Patriot Post) Can Idaho and West Virginia, and, by extension, 27 other states, define sports based on sex? That’s essentially the question the Supreme Court considered during yesterday’s oral arguments, and it certainly seemed likely that the Court would side with reason, science, and morality, as well as protect women’s sports from males pretending to be females. Continue reading

White House Tells Walz to ‘Resign in Disgrace’ After Anti-ICE Meltdown

“This rhetoric comes amid a more than 1,100 percent surge in assaults on ICE agents nationwide, and yet no Democrat has acknowledged the role they’ve played in ramping up dangerous rhetoric against federal officers.”

(Dimitri Bolt – Townhall) The White House on Wednesday called on Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to “resign in disgrace” after he used a livestreamed address to encourage Minnesotans to continue recording Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, suggesting the footage of officers “kidnapping innocent people with no warning and no due process” which could be compiled into a database as “evidence for future prosecution.” Continue reading

Nick Shirley Drops Another Bombshell Video, Exposing Even More Fraud

“The concept is straightforward: these companies are supposed to provide rides for people on welfare programs who need to get to medical appointments or other services. But when Shirley and David started visiting the physical addresses listed for these businesses, things got sketchy fast.”

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) Investigative journalist Nick Shirley blew up the internet the day after Christmas with a video that pulled the curtain back on massive Somali childcare fraud in Minnesota. In a single day, Shirley laid out evidence of an estimated $110 million in fraud, a bombshell that rocked the state and torpedoed Tim Walz’s political future, resulting in thousands of federal agents being sent into Minnesota, and HHS freezing more than $185 million in childcare payments. Continue reading

The Detail Nobody Wanted to Hear: ICE Agent Suffered Internal Bleeding After Good Struck Him

“Each time events occur that the left deems evil, horrible, or whatever other term they’d use. This time was no different; opinions filled the air after the shooting. Instead of, you know, waiting until facts are assembled, assertions hardened before evidence surfaced.”

(David Manney) This news may weaken the left’s narratives.

Federal investigators have come out to say that ICE agent Jonathon Ross suffered internal bleeding after being struck by Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Continue reading

What is a Biblical Philosophy of Ministry?

The Corinthians were enamored with human wisdom, innovation, ingenuity, methodology, and cleverness. Their love of these human qualities drove the conflict in the church because they were crediting the apostles and other church leaders with greatness (or lack thereof) based on human value systems. That is why Paul puts forward his example of ministry so his readers might have a relentless focus on Christ and submit to the gospel of Jesus and His way of living it out in the church.

(Robb Brunansky – The Cripplegate) What is your philosophy of ministry? 

A philosophy of ministry is simply an explanation for how and why one conducts ministry. While every church, pastor, and spiritual leader has a philosophy of ministry, not everyone can articulate what it is.  Nevertheless, something is driving the what and the why, even if people are not fully cognizant of those underlying factors themselves. Continue reading

Conditioning You for Socialism (Starting With Your Toilet)

“The point isn’t to save water or electricity. It’s to make people get used to everything always getting a little bit worse instead of better. They’re conditioning us for socialism.”

(Stephen Green – PJ Media) On occasion, it is my duty and privilege to dig deep into established facts, figures, and other inconveniences so that you might gain a greater understanding of just how forehead-slapping stupid everything is.

This is one of those occasions, and it starts where so many things end: with your toilet. Continue reading

Santa Muerte: One of the Fastest-Growing Religions in the World and Why This is Important to America

(Stephanie A Potts – Midwest Christian Outreach) The death cult of Santa Muerte appears briefly in TV and movie cartel/crime stories, like AMC’s Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, as a powerful, ambiguous figure related to death, protection, or dark forces. There are even darker programs, such as the 2022 film Santa Muerte or the Penny Dreadful: City of Angels series, where she’s a major character. Within film and TV, her portrayal varies, from a narco-saint aiding drug lords to a more neutral psychopomp  guiding souls, reflecting her complex role in popular culture as a folk saint for the marginalized and dangerous. But why should we care? This is just entertainment, right? Continue reading

A New Nick Shirley Video Shows Grift That Is ‘Ten Times Worse’ and Will Cause ‘World War III’

(Victoria Taft – PJ Media) U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was told over the weekend that a new Nick Shirley video being released soon – maybe even as early as Monday — is “ten times worse” than the “Quality Learing Center” daycare scam.

In Shirley’s previous video, he and his source, David Hoch, who has been investigating this billion-dollar-plus scam for years, discovered multiple daycare centers in one building without children in them for years.

Watch the videos on the site.

And this is where Hoch says is the heart of the ongoing continuing criminal enterprise. Continue reading

The Rebellion

(Bill O’Reilly) Less that 24 hours after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot dead by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, two U.S. Border Patrol officers approached a van parked in Portland, Oregon.  The agents ordered the two occupants out of the vehicle. They refused. The foreign nationals then allegedly tried to run down the officers, who shot and wounded the pair.  They are now in federal custody and expected to survive.

Reaction was swift and predictable.  The Border Patrol guys were condemned by Oregon officials almost across the board…. Continue reading

Bob The Baptist’s Bunk History: Anti-Christian Nationalist Retelling Of Young Restless Reformed

(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) The anti-Christian Nationalists were soyjacking over a video with a thesis that the Young Restless and Reformed movement devolved into the Manosphere. It was a bold take, but is it correct? Short answer: This is incredibly bad history.

Bob The Baptist is an up-and-coming anti-Christian Nationalist YouTuber who places a pretentious amount of production value in his commentary, invoking levity that balances whining and near-tears. Being one of the Joel Webbon hate channels has amassed 3000 subs with his latest video putting him over 3k. Continue reading

When Politics Ruin the Music: My Disillusionment With One of My Favorite Artists

“I don’t expect celebrities to agree with me on everything, but I also don’t care for politics to invade my music (even when I agree with the sentiment).”

(Chris Queen – PJ Media) Sometimes, encounters with celebrities we admire can disappoint us. My friend and colleague Sarah Anderson told me a story about meeting Atlanta Braves legend Chipper Jones at an autograph-signing event years ago. Continue reading

The ICE Cop Video Is Out and Polite Society Now Demands Apologies From the Following Riot Fans

Tim Walz says it was a “BRAZEN ACT” for the ICE agent to defend himself from a radical Liberal trying to kill him. He’s INCITING MORE VIOLENCE! “This is a brazen use of force. They want us to bend the knee. They want us to capitulate.”

(Victoria Taft – PJ Media) The line to the confessional starts over there. In the front you can see Jacob Frey, kneeling; there’s Tim Walz, the governor, who’s gesticulating apace; another governor, this one from Oregon, who had an Antifa terrorist in her employ, is watching Walz to see what she should do; and that Philly sheriff who embarrassed law enforcement everywhere with her pronouncements on who the “real, not made up” cops are has bogarted the mic. Over there are the commies, Mamdani and that Seattle scarecrow, who are waiting their turn for Open Mic Night at the American Apology Tour. Continue reading

BREAKING: Up-Close Footage of Assault on ICE Officer in Minneapolis

(Catherine Salgado – PJ Media) UPDATE, 2 p.m. Eastern: The Department of Homeland Security has attested that the footage is real.

Original story:

The cellphone footage multiple outlets posted on X shows the near-deadly assault on a federal immigration officer that caused him to shoot his assailant in self-defense, with the video being from the officer’s point of view.

Alpha News and Townhall published what is apparently cellphone footage showing up close and personal how Renee Nicole Good, a terroristic leftist activist radicalized by other rioters, deliberately rammed her car straight into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer standing in front of the vehicle as he told her to get out of the car.

Watch the video on the site. Continue reading

The GOP Has One Chance to Win the PR War Over the ICE Shooting. Here’s the Playbook.

“It looks like the ICE officers had all the time in the world to move out of the way. But when you watch it again in real-time, you realize that the ICE officer had to make a life-or-death decision in the blink of an eye. A 4,000-pound Honda Pilot in the hands of a criminal, with its wheels spinning on icy roads, posed a clear and present danger to the officers.”

(Scott Pinsker – PJ Media) Let’s begin with the bad news: The probability of further violence is still sky-high, and more people will almost certainly die. Protesters are radicalizing by the minute.

But the good news is, this is a winnable PR war for the GOP. Continue reading

The SBC SATF Revelations only reveal a Rotten Leadership Class

“Conservative Southern Baptist leaders never apologized for their destructive promotion of Social Justice, Critical Race Theory, or any number of poorly constructed and divisive resolutions filled with half-truths that were foisted on messengers at the annual meetings.” 

(Marshall Albritton – American Reformer) In light of the recent disclosure of discovery materials and an expert report in the defamation lawsuit against the Southern Baptist Convention, Guidepost Solutions and others, people are going to witness again a negative behavioral trait that is common to many religious leaders. Continue reading

Wolves Wear Smiles

“It got me thinking about when evil is hidden by outward beauty, or kindness in good deeds, or even just lots of smiles (i.e. Joel Osteen), how few people discern. I hear so often that so-and-so cannot possibly be a false teacher because she is so kind…nice…joyful.”

(Elizabeth Prata – The End Time) On old TV show The Twilight Zone one of the most famous episodes was The Masks (1964). In New Orleans during Mardi Gras, a dying millionaire father calls his brutish, oafish, vain, greedy family to his side one last time before he dies. They arrive by train from Boston, giddy at the notion of inheriting millions but not caring their dad was dying. Dressed to the nines and looking lovely, the family gathers to the father’s side. Continue reading

Here’s What Dems Don’t Want You to Know About the Woman Who Attacked ICE Agents

“Of course, anyone who has watched the videos of the incident could see that Good attempted to run over the ICE agent. As for whether Good was even a part of the effort to impede ICE, the witness did not hesitate.”

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) On Wednesday, an anti-ICE protester thought it would be a good idea to attempt to run over ICE agents in Minneapolis. She learned the hard way that attacking a federal law enforcement officer is not a good idea, and officers wound up shooting and killing her. Continue reading

Jen Wilkin Sets Herself Up as a Preaching Coach for Men

(The Dissenter) Jen Wilkin, a female preacher at Matt Chandler’s church—a Southern Baptist church—who has also publicly described menstruation as a “parable of the cross” is now being presented as a preaching coach for pastors. Not for women’s Bible study leaders. Not for curriculum writers. For pastors. For men charged by God to stand before the church and preach Christ with authority.

There’s an event promo posted on the site, then…

That alone should stop people in their tracks. Continue reading