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

Boys Competing With Girls Won Track Meets. The Girls Just Filed A Lawsuit In Federal Court

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 13, 2020 ∙ In News ∙ Culture, Gender dysphoria, Sports, Transgenderism

“I knew that I was the fastest girl here, one of the fastest in the state. I remembered all my training and everything I had been taught on how to maximize my performance … I thought of all the times that other girls have lost. I could feel the adrenaline in my blood and hope that wafted from me. That just possibly, I could win this. Then, the gun went off. And I lost.”

(Hank Berrien – Daily Wire) On Wednesday, a lawsuit was filed in federal court by three high school girls and their mothers against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC), which has permitted boys to compete in events and win awards that would otherwise have gone to girls. Continue reading →

How do Christians respond when they feel the’ve been wronged? Judging by SEBTS and its employees, rage on Twitter!

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 13, 2020 ∙ In Opinion ∙ Christian Maturity, Christianity, Conservative, Discernment, Education, Political Correctness, Politics, Social Media, Southern Baptist Convention, Trump Donald

“Shame on you, Todd. You’re a shock jock. You sensationalize things and make an enormous amount of money doing it. Just like Rachel Maddow. So cynical. Pockets lined with cash. If the swamp ever gets drained, you’ll be one of the first to go down the drain.”

(Capstone Report) A mom of a student at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary called the Todd Starnes Radio Show and blasted the Southern Baptist school. She alleged intimidation and bullying of conservatives on campus. Specifically, she said her son was told to remove a Make America Great Again hat…. Continue reading →

Baptist University Invites Native American Mystic to Preach, Opens and Closes With Prayer to ‘Mother Mystery’

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 13, 2020 ∙ In Opinion ∙ Blasphemy, Contemplative Prayer, Education, False Gospel, False Teacher, Mysticism, Prayer, Progressive Christianity

“Nowhere in any of Curtice’s works or writings does she show one iota of understanding of the biblical gospel. Of course, we should not expect a Catholic to understand the gospel as the Catholic Church’s gospel is false. Yet, even in the spiritual blindness of the Roman Catholic Church, many Catholics still have a good grasp on general revelation, morality, and general common sense.”

(Jeff Maples – Reformation Charlotte) Baylor, a private Christian university located in Waco, Texas, is known as the largest Baptist university in the world with approximately 17,200 students on its 1,000-acre campus and is affiliated with the Texas Baptist Convention, which is subsequently connected to the Southern Baptist Convention. Continue reading →

Symptoms Of Sickness In The Megachurch System?

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 12, 2020 ∙ In News ∙ Christianity, Church, Discernment, Evangelical Industrial Complex, Sin, Chandler Matt, Driscoll Mark, MacDonald James

The organization confirmed the allegations of spiritual abuse in a statement to CT. “A little over two weeks ago, the Board of Acts 29 was made aware of some accusations of abusive leadership against our CEO Steve Timmis…”

R. Scott Clark of The Heidelblog posted two disturbing stories in the news. He begins with a story published over at Christianity Today***:

As CEO of Acts 29, Steve Timmis was an effective and respected leader. During his seven years at the helm, the church planting network rebounded from the fallout around its co-founder Mark Driscoll and expanded from 300 mostly US churches to 800 around the world. Continue reading →

This Year’s SBC Pastors’ Conference to Be a Literal Circus With the Speaker Line-Up

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 12, 2020 ∙ In Opinion ∙ Church, False Teacher, Homosexuality, Inclusivism, Purpose Drivenism, Southern Baptist Convention, Mohler Albert

“Of course, this is just part and parcel for this church and it regularly practices this kind of nonsense as part of its routine worship service. One can only imagine the joy on God’s face as he looks down upon this performance taking place in what is supposed to be holy ground. That someone with this kind of perspective on the Church has been chosen to teach, lead, and encourage thousands of Southern Baptist pastors is astonishing.”

(Jeff Maples – Reformation Charlotte) David Uth is the lead pastor of FBC Orlando and was chosen to head up this year’s Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference…. Continue reading →

Charismatics Are Date Setting Doomsday Again, Claiming Asteroid Will Hit in 2029

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 12, 2020 ∙ In News ∙ Bible, Charismaticism, Discernment, False Teacher, Prophecy

“What Strang doesn’t tell the his survival-food-bucket customers is that Apophis was discovered in 2004 and only briefly caused a moment of consternation when it was initially estimated that it had a 2.7% chance of hitting Earth in 2029.”

(Pulpit & Pen) Stephen Strang, the publisher of Charisma Mag and prominent mover-and-shaker in charismatic media (he set up Relevant Magazine for his son to run, as well), is hypothesizing in his publication that the Bible might just predict an asteroid will hit the Earth in 2029. If you listen to Jim Bakker, who Strang also regularly features, we won’t be around to see it because the Tribulation started years ago. Continue reading →

Swarms of Locusts Sweep Across Africa: ‘Most Devastating Plague’ in Memory

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 12, 2020 ∙ In News ∙ Death

More than 10 million people affected by food insecurity are under threat, says the UN. The world body’s humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock, says the insects appear to be “the most devastating plague of locusts in any of our living memories if we don’t reduce the problem faster than we’re doing at the moment.”

(Rick Moran – PJ Media) Billions of locusts are swarming across East Africa, eating everything in sight and threatening to cause starvation in a region already affected by extreme hunger. Continue reading →

Kicking the Can Down the Road: Why The RCA Cannot Have Unity If It Disagrees On Homosexuality

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 11, 2020 ∙ In Opinion ∙ Christianity, Church, Homosexuality, LGBT, Liberalism, Progressive Christianity, Reformed Church in America (RCA), Same Sex Attraction (SSA)

The sexually immoral in 1 Corinthians are to be put out because Paul had “already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing.” There is a similar theme in 2 Thessalonians 3:14, “If someone does not obey what we say “… take note of such a person, and have nothing to do with him.” Though this should be applied pastorally and wisely, two things are clear. Sexual sin is a primary issue of fellowship and false teaching on sexual ethics is anathema to the gospel because it leads people astray.

(Ron Citlau – The Aquila Report) Steve Mathonnet-VanderWel has written an essay about the process unfolding in the Reformed Church in America (RCA) titled, “Moving the Goalposts and Kicking the Can”…. Continue reading →

SBC Leader Implies ‘Cradle to Grave’ Socialism is Part of ‘Pro-Life’ Position

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 11, 2020 ∙ In Opinion ∙ Abortion, Death, Democrat, Liberalism, Pro-life, Socialism, Southern Baptist Convention, Moore Russell

Notice that liberals put the word “radical” in front of something when they want to redefine it (for example, Rosaria Butterfield calls her LGBTQ inclusivism “radical hospitality”). In the same breath, Akin goes on to use the catchphrase, “from the moment of conception to natural death.”

(Pulpit & Pen) We have gone to great strides to detail how the Democrat leader of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), Russell Moore, has attempted to redefine what it means to be ‘pro-life.’… Continue reading →

Teacher Training Program Used Across The U.S. Is Hostile To Whites

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 11, 2020 ∙ In News ∙ Education, Family, Indoctrination, Liberalism, Progressivism, Social Justice, United States of America

The White Allies Action Agenda…lists various actions to take, including, “Acknowledge the reality of racism,” “acknowledge the reality of white racial privilege,” “educate other white people,” and “use your privilege to work for racial and social justice.”

(Hank Barrien – Daily Wire) A new teacher training program called Deep Equity that is used across the nation reportedly has a hostile attitude toward whites, and there doesn’t seem to be any recourse for those who object. According to Tucker Carlson of Fox News, “No one will ask you if you like it or not, and don’t bother to complain. Deep Equity orders teachers, and we’re quoting now, ‘to explicitly reject and resist any parents who disagree with it.’” Continue reading →

The RCA Needs a Miracle: A Reflection On What Is Needed For 200 Churches Not To Leave The RCA

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 10, 2020 ∙ In Opinion ∙ Christianity, Church, Homosexuality, LGBT, Liberalism, Progressive Christianity, Reformed Church in America (RCA), Same Sex Attraction (SSA)

“For the last decades the RCA has been unable to clearly state its thinking on gay marriage, gay ordination and gender identity. The majority believes in a traditional and historic view on these matters while the smaller minority has embraced gay sexuality as a gospel good that should be celebrated. The tensions are high and everything is coming to a head. The denomination needs to be clear about what it believes. There can be no more waiting. If things are left unchanged, there will be a split.”

(Ron Citlau – The Aquila Report) In January, a group of Reformed Church in America (RCA) leaders met to pray and consider the work of the 2020 vision team, the future of the RCA and the upcoming General Synod…. Continue reading →

Jordan Peterson underwent ’emergency detox’ in Russia, spent month in ICU, was suicidal, now ‘on the mend’

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 10, 2020 ∙ In News ∙ Drugs, Health

Clonazepam, brand-name Klonopin, is a benzodiazepine (tranquilizer) used to treat anxiety and panic disorder.

(Adam Ford – Disrn) Popular author and intellectual Jordan Peterson has spent a harrowing number of weeks trying to detox from a physical dependence on the benzodiazepine clonazepam and has had a severe “paradoxical” reaction to the drug, made worse when trying to remove it. Continue reading →

My New Life After Transgender Despair

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 10, 2020 ∙ In Opinion ∙ Gender dysphoria, Health, Indoctrination, LGBT, Liberalism, Transgenderism, Truth

“New to identifying as a woman at that stage of my life, but indoctrinated by the peddlers of transgender ideology to believe I was one, I incorrectly believed that gaining access to female bathrooms was a human rights issue for me. I was wrong. In hindsight, it was all part of a selfish quest to nourish my long-held sexual fantasy of being a woman.”

(James Shupe – The Daily Signal) Last December, I received an early Christmas present that I would have rejected just one year earlier: an “M” for “male” on my driver’s license. Continue reading →

Is It Time to Call Democrats ‘Evil’? You Decide

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 10, 2020 ∙ In Opinion ∙ Democrat, Evil, Hate, Immigration, Politics, United States Government, United States of America

“I’ve saved the worst for last. The bill is retroactive. It allows anyone and everyone ever before deported to come back — as long as they would have been eligible under the provisions of the new law.”

(Wayne Allyn Root – Townhall) I’ve tried in my career as a conservative commentator to rarely use the word “evil.” Disagreements over policies and agendas don’t make your opponent “evil.” As a matter of fact, most reasonable, common-sense Americans want compromise.

But what if I were to report that Democrats are extreme, radical Stepford wives trying to destroy America, American exceptionalism, capitalism, the U.S. Constitution and the middle class? Some of you might say, “Wayne, you’re exaggerating.” Continue reading →

James Dobson on Super Bowl sleaze: ‘Have we lost our minds?’

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 8, 2020 ∙ In Opinion ∙ Entertainment, Family, Indoctrination, Liberalism, Sexual Immorality, Sin, Sports

Dobson asked: “Parents, are you content to allow your children to be swept into this abyss? How many of you sat open-eyed and close-mouthed as your children partook of this sex-saturated show? How many of you are allowing your children to adopt an unhealthy and dishonoring view of women and sexuality? The Bible proclaims that we are fearfully and wonderfully made in God’s image, created for relationship with our Creator. That message isn’t coming from our society… is it coming from you?” Dobson challenged.

(WND) Evangelical Christian leader James Dobson says it’s time for parents to stand up against the kind of sleaze displayed during the Super Bowl halftime show. Continue reading →

Pastor Explains Why After Researching, He No Longer Allows Hillsong, Bethel, or Elevation Music in His Church

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 8, 2020 ∙ In Opinion ∙ Charismaticism, Christianity, Church, False Doctrine, False Teacher, Jesus Culture, Music, Prosperity Gospel, Bethel Redding, Hillsong, Furtick Steven

“Bethel is even far more nefarious than even Hillsong. We’ve written tons of material on Bethel. In one article, we expose a Bethel pastor who says that he once met Jesus and Jesus asked him for forgiveness. In another article, we show how they worship the “mother goddess,” and again, how they deny the core tenets of Christianity asserting that all men are “basically good.” Even Al Mohler — with all his issues — has warned against Bethel’s music.”

(Jeff Maples – Reformation Charlotte) Reformation Charlotte has been exposing the corruption in the charismatic music industry for years…. Continue reading →

SBC’s leftward drift a major concern to some

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 8, 2020 ∙ In News ∙ Critical Race Theory, Discernment, False Doctrine, Indoctrination, Intersectionality, Progressive Christianity, Racism-Racist, Social Justice, Southern Baptist Convention, Ascol Tom

“Resolution 9 was an endorsement of something called ‘Critical Race Theory’*** [which] basically says America is inherently racist, white people are irrevocably, inherently racist.”

(Steve Jordahl – OneNewsNow) Southern Baptists will be meeting in Orlando this summer for their annual meeting. The weekend before the gathering, some SBC leaders concerned with the direction of the denomination will be holding a rally of their own. Continue reading →

MassResistance stops a horrible ‘Drag Queen’ event from taking place in public library

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 8, 2020 ∙ In News ∙ Drag Queen, Education, Family, LGBT, Liberalism, Sexual Immorality

Role models? It’s always amazing that the LGBT activists continue to claim that the Drag Queens in libraries are “role models for children.” Virtually every one of them has a trail of horrible depravity and/or criminality connected to him. And we’re lectured that we must accept all this under the guise of “tolerance and love.”

(MassResistance) The event was all ready to go – then suddenly it got cancelled! It’s a great lesson in hard-hitting pro-family activism.

In Morgantown back in November, our West Virginia MassResistance chapter helped a relatively small number of pro-family activists stop a particularly horrible “Drag Queen Story Hour” (DQSH) from happening…. Continue reading →

Danger from Within

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 7, 2020 ∙ In Devotion/Teaching ∙ Ligonier Ministries

“God returned the evil of Abimelech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers. And God also made all the evil of the men of Shechem return on their heads, and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal” (vv. 56–57). – Judges 9:22–57

Enemies are easy to identify when they attack from the outside. Much harder to discern are those enemies who dwell in our midst and who seem to be one of us. This is true in the church, and it was true in ancient Israel as well. As Dr. R.C. Sproul frequently noted, the greatest threat to Israel was not Babylon, Assyria, or any of the other nations outside the promised land. Instead, the greatest threat was the false prophet, the Israelite who gave false messages that were purported to be from the Lord. Continue reading →

Revisiting Revoice: Same-Sex Attraction in Sanctification

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 7, 2020 ∙ In Opinion ∙ Authority of Scripture, False Doctrine, Progressive Christianity, Revoice, Same Sex Attraction (SSA), Sanctification, Sexual Immorality, Social Justice, Southern Baptist Convention

“The arguments of these posts serve to fill out this affirmation and denial, both of which clearly stand in contradiction to the fundamental, systematic theology which undergirds the Revoice Conference. One cannot sign onto the Nashville Statement while continuing to endorse Revoice, because Revoice does not define self-conception as male and female by way of God’s “purposes in creation and redemption as revealed in Scripture,” but does adopt a SSA self-conception for its conference and theology that conflicts with creation order, redemption, and a biblical approach to sanctification.”

This article is part 5 of a 5-part series entitled Revisiting Revoice

(Chris Bolt – Founders Ministries) The end of Revoice theology is the belief that what is wrong with same-sex attraction is not that it is sinful, but that others are sinfully opposed to it. If Adam experienced the desire to sin prior to the Fall, and Christ experienced the desire to sin after it, we must not expect anyone else to be capable of mortifying the desire to sin, whether in this life or the life to come…. Continue reading →

10 Reasons Christians Can Be Thankful in Trying Circumstances

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 7, 2020 ∙ In Opinion ∙ Christian Life, God, God's Will

We can be thankful in trying circumstances because we know that our God doesn’t make mistakes. There is nothing that falls outside of his sovereign eternal decree. As the hymn writer put it, “What e’re my God ordains is right.”

(Nick Batzig – Beautiful Christian Life) Often, the most basic of God’s commands are the hardest for us to obey. We may ask ourselves whether or not we would have the faith to offer up a child to God—as Abraham did when he was called to offer up Isaac—while never really stopping to ask ourselves whether or not we have the faith to obey the most basic new covenant commands. Continue reading →

After an enforced silence during the impeachment process, Trump finally lets loose

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 7, 2020 ∙ In Opinion ∙ Democrat, Evil, Liberalism, Lie-Liar, Politics, United States Government, United States of America, Trump Donald

“We’ve been going through this now for over three years. It was evil. It was corrupt. It was dirty cops. It was leakers and liars. And this should never, ever happen to another President ever.”

Trump is no ordinary president – but he’s also been under extraordinary pressures unique to his presidency. It was Trump’s appearance on the political scene that catapulted the Democrats into a stance of permanent and aggressive hysteria. They traveled from using the state to spy on him to lying about his being a Russian asset to impeaching him for investigating the prior administration’s corruption, but he held strong. Continue reading →

Wuhan Ordered to Put Coronavirus-Infected Residents in Mass Quarantine Camps

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 7, 2020 ∙ In News ∙ China, Death, Government, Health, Science

Wuhan’s lockdown has already caused a shortage of testing kits, hospital beds, and vital medical supplies. Residents have been forced to walk the streets to reach hospitals, but many have been turned away without so much as a test for the virus ravaging the isolated city.

(Nate Church – Breitbart) The Chinese government announced a new policy in Wuhan Friday to isolate individuals testing positive for the novel coronavirus ravaging the city in what the New York Times is calling “quarantine camps.” Continue reading →

James MacDonald Launches New Ministry & Home Church Network

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 6, 2020 ∙ In Opinion ∙ Church, Evangelical Industrial Complex, Pride -spiritual, Sin, MacDonald James

Julie Roys reminds us that “Last November, the elders at Harvest Bible Chapel formally disqualified MacDonald from public ministry, saying his behavior did not meet the standards for leadership outlined in Scripture.” MacDonald hasn’t taken the Harvest Bible Church elder’s rebuke seriously, as we now learn that, even though they disqualified him from ministry, “James MacDonald Ministries… announced on the website a planned tour of the Holy Land in November 2020. There’s also a form on the site for pastors who want to be trained in ‘better biblical preaching.’ And there’s a form to fill out to invite MacDonald to speak at your church or ministry event.”

Apparently the prideful pastor has chosen to ignore wise biblical counsel and has decided to do things “my way.”

Here’s Julie Roys’ report: Continue reading →

How wrong is AOC about Rush Limbaugh’s Medal of Freedom? Let us count the ways.

Posted by Marsha West ∙ February 6, 2020 ∙ In Opinion ∙ Bias, Conservative, Democrat, Politics, Racism-Racist, Limbaugh Rush

“She throws something in there about Rush being a racist, of course, because everyone to the right of Lenin is a racist, like, totally.”

(Adam Ford – Disrn) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was at it again today, freshening up her makeup and placing her glasses atop her head before whipping out her phone, firing up her Instagram Live, and saying something completely inane and incorrect.

This time she hit Trump and recently stage-4-cancer-diagnosed Rush Limbaugh over last night’s Medal of Freedom presentation: Continue reading →