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

The Rise of False Prophetesses

“Saturate 2020 and several other evidences of a striking increase in false prophetesses has given rise to deep concerns that godly evangelical men may be lured into their lair. The other day we received an email from a discerning friend who was very grieved, asking us how it is that seemingly godly men, respected and mature in the Lord, could possibly fall for these delusions. Below is our reply, which we post for our readers’ edification.”

(Herescope)  Recent events in the world have jump-started some of the old intentions of the Latter Rain movement to create a false revival. In southern California at Huntington Beach a new uprising is identified as “Saturate 2020” and it is attempting to invoke a “great awakening” or a second Jesus movement…. Continue reading

Witch, Demon-Themed Animation ‘The Owl House’ Features First Bisexual Character on Disney Channel

“Back when I made ‘Gravity Falls’ Disney FORBADE me from any explicit LGBTQ+ rep. Apparently ‘happiest place on earth’ meant ‘straightest’ But as of today, thanks to @DanaTerrace & team there are explicitly queer ANIMATED MAIN CHARACTERS on DISNEY TV. I’m so proud & happy to say that.” 

(Heather Clark – Christian News) An animated series on the Disney Channel that centers on the adventures of a teenage girl who travels to another world and becomes a witch’s apprentice features the first bisexual character to air on the youth-aimed station, it has been revealed. Continue reading

In Defiance of Tyrants: John MacArthur & Grace Community Church

“We are having church,” MacArthur said to thunderous applause. “It is actually hard to figure out exactly what the city is trying to do to us and with us, but we know they don’t want us to do exactly what we are doing right now. We are not meeting because we want to be rebellious. We are meeting because our Lord has commanded us to come together and worship Him.”

(Capstone Report) Grace Community Church and Pastor John MacArthur defied Los Angeles, California tyrants and held worship services Sunday morning…. Continue reading

Seattle anti-police protests descend into riots as officers injured; 18 arrested

The continued anti-police protest comes just days after the city’s police chief, Carmen Best, retired from the force following Seattle’s plan to slash the police department by as many as 100 officers.

(Stephanie Pagones – Fox News) Eighteen people were arrested late Sunday in Seattle when an anti-police protest descended into a riot, with members from the group throwing rocks and explosives at law enforcement officers, authorities said Monday. Continue reading

Doctors lay out plan to ‘punish’ people who refuse coronavirus vaccine: ‘There is no alternative’

(Clair Chretien – LifeSiteNews) – A coronavirus vaccine should be mandatory, and tax penalties, higher insurance premiums, and denial of many government and private services ought to be considered for those refusing the shot, two doctors and an attorney argued in USA Today on Thursday.

“[W]hile the measures that will be necessary to defeat the coronavirus will seem draconian, even anti-American to some, we believe that there is no alternative…. Continue reading

California Court of Appeal upholds ban on indoor church services, sets aside lower court order allowing Grace Community Church to meet

(Disrn) In a late-night ruling on Saturday, the California Court of Appeal set aside a lower court order that would have allowed indoor church services to take place at John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church in Sun Valley.

“The reason immediate relief was required is because tomorrow morning Grace Community Church and its pastor, John MacArthur, intends to go forward with such religious services,” the court wrote.

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The Amazon Jungle

“Rich New Yorkers and many businesses are fleeing the city taking their considerable tax dollars with them.  Many will not return because who wants to live in a now dangerous place that has marginalized what was once the most effective police force in the nation?  The socialist mayor de Blasio has destroyed the infrastructure of the world’s premiere financial center.  It has been horrifying to watch.”  

(Bill O’Reilly) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is directly responsible for one of the most destructive actions in New York City history…. Continue reading

Heartbreak: Judge Puts James Younger Under Mother’s Control, Ordering Father to Pay for Counseling

James and his twin brother Jude

(Megan Fox – PJ Media)  The sad saga of Jeffrey Younger’s fight to keep his mad ex-wife from transitioning one of their twin boys, James Younger, into a “girl” is not over. After one judge awarded the father joint medical decision-making last year under immense pressure from Texas legislators and Governor Greg Abbott, another judge reversed that ruling in favor of the mother, who wants a daughter instead of the son she has. Continue reading

Joe Biden Helped Middle East Peace Deal Only by Being So ‘Hostile’

(Joel B. Pollak – Breitbart)  U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman told Breitbart News Daily on Friday morning that former Vice President Joe Biden had contributed to the peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) only by being so “hostile.”

The deal, known as the Abraham Accord, was announced by President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday morning and provides for “full normalization” for the first time between Israel and a Gulf Arab state. It is expected to lead to similar deals with other Arab states. Continue reading

Durham probe: Ex-FBI lawyer to plead guilty in first criminal case arising from review, sources say

(Fox News) Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith will plead guilty to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. Attorney John Durham’s review of the investigation into links between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign, two sources close to the matter tell Fox News.

Clinesmith was referred for potential prosecution by the Justice Department’s inspector general’s office, which conducted its own review of the Russia investigation. Continue reading

Churches Aren’t Avoiding Death By Keeping Their Doors Closed. They’re Ensuring It

“Health experts and politicians can pretend protesters and congregations spread the virus differently. The media can spin choirs as cesspools of infection and Christians as grandma-killers, and churches can continue to cower in fear of government power and the possibility of being misunderstood by anti-religious bigots. All the while, however, Christians are starving for community, and communities are dying without the hope of the gospel.”

(Kylee Zemple – The Federalist)  The coronavirus pandemic has made little liars out of our Sunday school selves. “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine,” we sang. “Hide it under a bushel? No! I’m gonna let it shine. Don’t let Satan blow it out, I’m gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.” Continue reading

Seven Secrets To Activate A Powerful Anointing

“Because the Holy Spirit is tied to the anointing, we need to firstly establish the whereabouts of the Holy Spirit in relation to the believer. I’m confident that most believers know the answer, but the NAR has brainwashed their followers into seeking what true believers have already been given. So to clarify – every believer has the indwelling Spirit of God…”

(Rick Becker – Famine In The Land)  Are you sick and tired of living an ordinary Christian life?  Do you struggle to hear from God, walk in the supernatural and bring heaven to earth? “Seven Secrets” is designed to take you from the mundane to the extraordinary, and catapult you from the natural into the supernatural!…. Continue reading

National Nuclear Laboratory Training on ‘White Privilege’ and ‘White Male Culture’

Who is leading the struggle session? A company called “White Men As Full Diversity Partners.” This is no joke—their company is literally called White Men As Full Diversity Partners and they specialize in confronting those who “typically hold all the power”: namely, “white males.”

(Christopher F. Rufo) Last year, Sandia National Laboratories—which designs America’s nuclear weapons—hosted a 3-day reeducation camp for “white males,” with the goal of exposing their “white privilege” and deconstructing “white male culture.” Continue reading

John MacArthur and Grace Community Church Sues Governor Gavin Newsom in Superior Court

(Jeff Maples – Reformation Charlotte)  According to the Thomas More Society, a national not-for-profit law firm dedicated to restoring respect in law for life, family, and religious liberty, John MacArthur and Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, California have filed a lawsuit against the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and other California and Los Angeles County public health officials, for the state’s “unconstitutional and onerous coronavirus pandemic regulations against Grace Community Church” and seeks a judgment against the defendants that the health orders “violate the California Constitution.” Continue reading

One Question Kamala Must Answer: Do You Stand with Israel or With the Anti-Semitic BLM and BDS Movements?

“She has flip-flopped on issues repeatedly, but now that she is the Democratic nominee, we only need to ask her about one issue to force her to take a stand: Ms. Harris, where do you stand on supporting Israel? Do you support or condemn the BDS (boycott, divest, sanction) movement, which wants Israel destroyed, and which is a stated part of the underlying platform of Black Lives Matter (BLM)?”

(Michael Barclay – PJ Media) Sen. Kamala Harris is now the Democratic nominee for vice president, which effectively means that, given Joe Biden’s declining mental health, she needs to be evaluated as a presidential candidate. Continue reading

California Judge Issues Restraining Order Against Anyone Attending Megachurch

(PNP) A California judge has declared that anyone who gathers under the church roof of Godspeak Calvary Chapel will be steeply punished, issuing a restraining order against the church and its pastor, Rob McCoy.

The order was granted by a Ventura County judge after the local government sued McCoy and his church for holding in-person services of up to 200 people, which violates Covid-19 shutdown restrictions. Continue reading

Francis Chan Says That Being Indwelt by the Holy Spirit Makes Us ‘God and Man all at Once’ Like Jesus

“This is why the Scriptures tell us not to associate with false teachers, rather we mark and avoid them like the plague. Don’t be deceived, folks, bad company ruins good morals (1 Corinthians 15:33).”

Francis Chan has been on a downward spiral for a long time. Chan is a graduate of both John MacArthur’s Master’s University and Seminary, an unusually solid, seminary that teaches rightly on such important doctrines as the sovereignty of God, the inerrancy of Scripture, and the cessation of the apostolic sign gifts…. Continue reading

Teachers Openly Fret That Parents Might Hear Them Brainwashing Children, Call Parents ‘Dangerous’

If you heard a strange man on the playground whisper to your child, “this will just be our little secret,” you would assume that the man is some kind of sex offender. Does this behavior suddenly transform from disturbing to admirable if the strange man is a teacher? No, it doesn’t. But this is the sort of license society has given to teachers, on the theory that they cannot do the work of educating unless they have more power over, and intimate knowledge of, their students than the students’ own parents. 

(Matt Walsh – Daily Wire)  In one of the creepiest yet most revealing Twitter threads ever to be posted on the platform, a teacher recently fretted out loud that virtual classes might allow parents to hear him brainwashing their kids…. Continue reading

Trump thwarts Pelosi’s pot pushers

Some of our media, in a rare development, fact-checked her. After the news conference where she claimed that marijuana “is a therapy that has proven successful,” USA Today noted that she “did not cite any studies or health officials that have said cannabis may be a treatment for the coronavirus.” That’s because there are none. The Washington Times commented, “Mrs. Pelosi did not offer any evidence to corroborate her claim, and no published studies have proven that marijuana is effective at treating COVID-19, the contagious disease caused by the novel coronavirus.”

(Cliff Kincaid – Renew America)  Using emergency authority granted to him by Congress, President Trump on Saturday issued four China virus relief executive orders to benefit taxpayers, students, renters and homeowners. Continue reading

New Study Finds Sweden’s Refusal To Lock Down Saved The Economy Without Sacrificing Lives

Sweden has an intact economy, a citizenry with greater immunity to COVID-19, and a death rate per million lower than Italy’s — all with no lockdown.

(Sumantra Maitra – The Federalist) To prove a study isn’t suffering from selection bias, one of the best methods is to find cases or studies with similar precepts that show different results. When conclusions and expertise are constantly challenged by counter-conclusions and counter-expertise, the better the investigative process becomes, and everyone benefits with a better-refined outcome. In studying different results of similar assumptions, we have a better chance of isolating and understanding causal variables. Continue reading

Max Lucado Begs God to Forgive Him For His Ancestors Owning Slaves, Segregation

“In his prayer, he acknowledges that “people owning other people” was a sin and that “forcing blacks to sit in the back of the bus” was sin, then proceeds to beg God to forgive him of that sin — a sin he did not actually commit.” 

(Jeff Maples – Reformation Charlotte)  After endorsing the pro-gay Jen Hatmaker earlier this year, Max Lucado’s new-found role of propping up heretics and false teachers seems to have hit overdrive. In January, Lucado joined Hatmaker on her podcast and gave her glowing accolades telling her that she made listening to her “easy and delightful, and yet profound at the same time.” Continue reading

‘We Have the Product in Hand:’ Israel to Begin Human Trials with COVID-19 Vaccine in Fall

“There is an excellent vaccine. We start after the holidays with safety and efficacy experiments, but we have the product in hand.”

(Aryeh Savir) The Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) in Ness Ziona has made further progress toward a Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine and will commence trials on humans after the New Year holidays, in October. Continue reading