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

Pope Leo Puts a Muslim Prayer Room in the Vatican

“The papacy did it as a gesture of hospitality. Who can forget how they allowed a display with a keffiyeh on Baby Jesus in the Vatican? They are very hospitable.”

(Mary Dowling) Pope Leo supports the invasion of millions of Islamists into Western countries although their values and culture are at great variance from that of the West. Now, he is arranging for a prayer room in the Vatican for them. However, we are still waiting for Vatican City to take in migratory Islamists to live. Continue reading

After Unspeakable Darkness, a Time for Joy and Celebration

(Stephen Kruiser – PJ Media) This is going to be a quick one. Yes, commentary is my gig here, but we occasionally need to enjoy the good news without too many words; like the way Vin Scully handled Kirk Gibson’s home run in 1988.

OK, that was a bit off the rails with the pomposity, but you all know how I roll.

Once it was announced last week that Hamas had agreed to release the remaining living hostages and send home the bodies of those who died, I didn’t need to think about the other points of the peace plan…. Continue reading

Men and Women Need to Learn to Like One Another Again: Part I

(Emmy Griffin – The Patriot Post) We have often fretted about the devastatingly low U.S. birth rate and the fact that couples aren’t having many children. However, as podcaster Brett Cooper recently pointed out, the fundamental problem is really that men and women, especially younger ones, don’t really like one another. Women have slipped into a fantasy world wherein they don’t respect men (and yet men must do everything for them), and men have slipped into a fantasy world of pornography and Artificial Intelligence.

It’s almost like they never grew out of the “girls have cooties” or “boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider” phase of their lives. Continue reading

Protestants Must Navigate Today’s Biggest Challenges

As the Anglican priest Bart Gingerich has noted, “If you’re scared of upsetting people all the time and driving certain folks away because of clear moral stances that have political implications, lose that fear or stop pastoring.” While Christians shouldn’t simply be an appendage of the Republican Party—that is, they shouldn’t simply go along with whatever the party dictates—it’s obvious that the political Right is far closer to implementing the moral order that Christianity envisions than the Left. And it’s not particularly close.”

(Mike Sabo – American Reformer) Big Eva still doesn’t seem to know what time it is. Despite the obvious attempts at a rehabilitation tour, they are still mired in bad thinking and an inability to see political reality. From former SBC President JD Greear continuing to mouth platitudes that were already stale 15 years ago to an apparent case of church excommunication over a perfectly normal opinion on H-1B visas, they are proving yet again why new institutions, leaders, and pastors are needed to meet the needs of congregants in Protestant churches across America. Continue reading

Trump Proclaims Peace in Jerusalem: ‘Beginning of the Age of Faith and Hope’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Trump effusively for his support for Israel over the years — a “partial list” that included his role in the hostage deal; for recognizing Israeli rights in Judea and Samaria, for the Abraham Accords, and for opposing Iran’s nuclear ambitions and attacking Iran’s nuclear sites. Netanyahu added: “Donald Trump is the greatest friend that Israel has ever had in the White House.”

(Joel Pollak – Breitbart) U.S. President Donald Trump told Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, on Monday that “This is not only the end of a war, but the end of an age of terror and death, and the beginning of an age of faith and hope.” Continue reading

Power to the Trumpers

(Bill O’Reilly) Let’s talk about presidential power.  It can cut both ways, and as a loyal American, you should be thinking about this because it directly affects your well-being.

In his first term, Donald Trump played the usual White House game until he lost reelection.  Then all hell broke loose.  But during the four years he occupied the Oval Office, Mr. Trump was a fairly standard leader trying to get things done in a traditional way.

He got hosed. Continue reading

Jonathan Cahn, Witches & Demons, and Charlie Kirk

“How does the biblical queen Jezebel fit into all of this? Indeed, Jezebel was an evil queen who was an evil, manipulative conniver and persecutor of God’s prophets, which we read about in 2 Kings. What did she have to do with any of this, especially since the story about hiring witches to do a hit on Charlie Kirk was a satirical response to “Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric over the years”? Nothing.”

(Don & Joy Veinot) The popular author and false prophet, Jonathan Cahn, put out two recent videos claiming to reveal the “proof that there were actually witches and the practice of witchcraft behind the assassination” of Charlie Kirk. Generally, we don’t follow Cahn very closely but this past week, someone sent us a link to a Jonathan Cahn video and asked what we thought about it…. Continue reading

Give Peace a Chance

(Stephen Kruiser – PJ Media) Apologies for evoking John and Yoko with the headline, but I wanted something pithy.

Much to the chagrin of various detractors, the peace deal that President Trump brokered between Israel and Hamas is going forward. Hamas has agreed to release all of the remaining hostages, and, as Matt Vespa reports over at Townhall, the Israeli government has approved the terms of the agreement.

There is a lot of skepticism about how this will play out in the long run…. Continue reading

The Word of God is the Sword of Politics Too

“The truth is, the average Christian’s life is political, and pretending otherwise is an act of pastoral malpractice. We live in a time when morality itself has been legislated, when rebellion is enshrined as a civil right, and when children are catechized in public schools to hate the God who made them.”

(The Dissenter) They say politics doesn’t belong in the pulpit—that the Church must stay “above” the fray, aloof from the rough-and-tumble of the public square. But what they really mean is that the Bible is too sharp to touch their idols. It cuts too close. It exposes too much. Continue reading

Candace Owens Releases Charlie Kirk’s Email Exchange

Watch the entire clip on the site. Is Candace’s claim falling apart?

(Mary Dowling) Candace Owens released an email exchange that was shared privately by Charlie Kirk shortly before he died. We will never know if he would have followed through on his statement that he has no choice but to leave the Jewish cause because he was murdered. The reason he texted he would leave the cause is he felt the donor or donors were bullying him to cancel Tucker Carlson…. Continue reading

BREAKING: Trump Announces Israel-Hamas Peace Deal

“All Parties will be treated fairly! This is a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding Nations, and the United States of America, and we thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who worked with us to make this Historic and Unprecedented Event happen. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!”

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) More than two years after Hamas unleashed hell on Israel with its brutal Oct. 7, 2023, terror assault — the bloodiest day for Jews since the Holocaust — the war that followed may finally be coming to an end. Hamas has reportedly agreed to a peace deal brokered by President Donald Trump, one that would halt the fighting in Gaza and secure the long-awaited return of the remaining hostages. Continue reading

HarperCollins UK Apologizes to Melania Trump After Epstein Claims – Bans Original Version of Book from Distribution

“The Daily Beast recently published a story headlined ‘Melania Trump “Very Involved” in Epstein Scandal: Author’ based on an interview with Michael Wolff. Upon reflection, we have determined that the article did not meet our standards and has therefore been removed from our platforms,” The Daily Beast said in its statement.

(Jack Davis – The Western Journal) First lady Melania Trump has left a publishing giant crying for mercy as she battles fake news linking her to convicted sex offender and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading

DOJ Announces Arrest for Palisades Fire

“Rinderknecht faces a mandatory minimum of five years in prison and potentially up to 20 years. According to the Department of Justice, he generated images of a burning city on ChatGPT.”

(Chris Queen – PJ Media) Authorities have made an arrest in the devastating Palisades fire, which burned tens of thousands of acres and killed 12 people in Los Angeles in January. CNN reports:

Florida resident Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is facing a federal charge of destruction of property by means of fire, according to Bill Essayli, the acting US attorney for Southern California.  Continue reading

China Ties to Zohran, Kirk’s Murder, Riots?

Singham has ties to funds for Zohran and to the Armed Queers Salt Lake City. The latter is under investigation for ties to Charlie Kirk’s assassination. They erased their site immediately after the Kirk murder. “So I do think that there’s a foreign funding tie [in the Kirk assassination]. But the question is, which government, and I think it’s tied to the Chinese,” Rep. Luna said.

(Mary Dowling) Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said that Neville Roy Singham, who is behind some of the funding to communist Zohran Mamdani, made his billions from China. He is also possibly tied to the funding of Salt Lake City Armed Queers…. Continue reading

The Biden J6 Goons Were Worse Than We Thought

“I was just briefed by @FBIDDBongino that the @FBI and @TheJusticeDept obtained call logs from eight U.S. Senators — including myself. We were surveilled simply for being Republicans. This does not surprise me, but it should shock every American. What the Biden Administration has done is an outrageous abuse of power — it is blatant political persecution. Those responsible must be held fully accountable.”

(Stephen Kruiser – PJ Media) The Democrats are fond of throwing around words like “authoritarian” and “totalitarian” when venting their spleens about President Trump and any Republican who supports him. Oh, they are also fond of referring to ICE agents as “fascists” of late. None of the epithets are applicable, of course, but the Dems are pure emotion and no intellect anymore. Continue reading

Inside the Plot to Assassinate America’s Top Border Patrol Official

“The informant told authorities that Martinez had sent him a Snapchat message including a photo of Bovino with a message which read, “LK [with emojis] on him,” which indicated the Latin Kings were calling for the hit job.”

(Jeff Charles – Townhall) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Tuesday that federal authorities arrested an individual for allegedly trying to place a “hit” on US Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino. Continue reading

Corruption in the Chorus

“There is a dark money internet organization called “Chorus.”  According to reporting by Taylor Lorenz for the website Wired, Chorus is paying some far left “influencers” on the net $8,000 a month to dish progressive propaganda.  But there’s a catch.  In order to get the money, you have to sign a contract that says no one can know you’re on the take, and Chorus must approve whatever you write.”

(Bill O’Reilly) Jane Fonda is terrified.  And she’s 87 years old.  So, something must be done to soothe Jane, to make her last days as happy as possible.

The militant left actress believes that her freedom of speech is at risk because Colbert and Kimmel have been sanctioned.  Jane thinks Trump is behind this and she could be next.  Therefore, she’s leading a movement in Hollywood to “protect” freedom of expression. Continue reading

The False Religion of Mormonism

“We must never let political allies muffle the gospel call to repent and believe. If someone denies the gospel of Jesus Christ, no matter how conservative, no matter how moral, no matter how pro-family they might be, they remain under the judgment and wrath of God. We must remind first ourselves of this, and then we must remind them. Our charge must not be softened: you must repent and believe the gospel. That message is not optional. It is not negotiable. It is not secondary to policy or patriotism. It is life or death, heaven or hell, truth or error.”

(Ed Dingess’s podcast) All right, welcome to my series on false religions. Over the next few podcasts, I’m going to be discussing a number of false religions. I’m going to cover everything from Mormonism to Catholicism, Judaism, and even elements of the charismatic and Pentecostal movement.

Part of the catalyst for addressing and talking about these false religions is, immediately, the context of the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the follow-up to my last episode on Charlie and TPUSA…. Continue reading

Maria Bartiromo Reveals Document Deep State Actors Were Looking For at Mar-a-Lago Raid But Couldn’t Find!… Update: PDF File Included

“The FBI and DOJ cannot let the American public know the truth of their criminal acts and attempted coup of President Trump. So they raided his home looking for the documents that would indict the Democrat deep state apparatus.”

(Jim Hoft – Gateway Pundit) As The Gateway Pundit reported back in August 2022, new details on the raid of Mar-a-Lago may offer an explanation on what the FBI was looking for and why the FBI has not released the Spygate documents as they were ordered to when President Trump left office.

Investigative reporter Paul Sperry had his Twitter account taken down for the second time the week of the Democrat deep state raid on Mar-a-Lago. Continue reading

Robert Morris Sentenced to 6 Months In Prison After Pleading Guilty to Child Sex Abuse Charges

“Let me be clear,” [Clemishire] said. “There is no such thing as consent from a 12-year-old child. We were never in an ‘inappropriate relationship.’ I was not a ‘young lady’ but a child. You committed a crime against me.”

(Protestia) Former megachurch pastor Robert Morris has pleaded guilty to five felony counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child, admitting that he sexually abused Cindy Clemishire when she was just 12 years old.

In a negotiated plea agreement, Morris, 64, was handed a 10-year sentence but will only serve 6 months before being released. Upon his release, Morris will have to register as a sex offender and pay Clemishire more than $250,000 in restitution. Continue reading

When Your Evangelism Has No Jesus

“I tell people what they need to hear.  What God has told me to tell them.  They need to repent from their sin and start doing what’s right.  They have to straighten out.” 

(Wes Bredenhof – Abiding Grace) I was at a conference in Sydney when I met him.  He was hard to miss.  He was wearing a bright pink jacket and a red hat that said, “Make Australia Godly Again.”  I’m not sure why he singled me out.  Perhaps it was because I only knew a few people at this conference and I was standing there solo drinking my coffee during a break.

We got to talking and, since the conference was about religious freedom, I asked why he had an interest in this topic.  That’s when his face lit up.  He whipped out his smartphone and he showed me a picture of him standing in downtown Sydney with a giant sign…. Continue reading

Christians Must Not Share the Stage with False Teachers

(Dave Jenkins – Servants of Grace) Christians are not to share the stage, or minister, with false teachers who reject the Bible, and who undermine biblical and historic Christian doctrine. For some to suggest that they can go on the stage with false teachers, and speak with them to “reach them with the Word of God,” raises serious questions. What chapter and verse are you using to support that position?

Either Scripture is truly sufficient, or it isn’t. You cannot say, “I am going to preach the gospel there,” because we’ve seen that logic used before, and those who tried it were influenced more by false doctrine than anything else…. Continue reading

Anglican Church Poised To Lose 40 Million Members After First Woman Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

(Protestia) The Anglican Church is poised to lose tens of millions of members across Africa and Asia following the appointment of Sarah Mullally, 63, as the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the Anglican Church. Her appointment comes months after her predecessor, Justin Welby, resigned over his failure to deal with and report sexual abuse in the church.

Far from a conservative, Mullally is a self-described feminist and has passionately fought for women’s ordination across the church. She is pro-choice and has been working to move the church in favor of same-sex acceptance and inclusivity. Continue reading