Author Archives: Marsha West

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

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

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“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 →

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

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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

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“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 →

10 Reasons Christians Can Be Thankful in Trying Circumstances

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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

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“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

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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

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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.

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“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 →

Swiss Air Lines Drops Chocolatier Following Public Opposition to Company’s Pro-Life, Biblical Marriage Views

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The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation reports that some members of the public have lashed out at Läderach over its stance on life and marriage, as homosexual and abortion “rights” advocates have accused it of “funding hatred.”

(Heather Clark – Christian News)  Swiss International Air Lines recently decided to discontinue working with the prestigious chocolatier Läderach reportedly due to “negative press” and subsequent feedback about the company’s opposition to homosexuality and abortion. Continue reading →

The cancellation of Franklin Graham’s tour events is a seminal moment for the UK

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“Many of our civic institutions have been taken over by an ideology which is fundamentally anti-democratic, anti-factual and intolerant – in the name of tolerance. The State, having replaced God, has become the source of all morality and values. If you don’t agree with those values you are not one of ‘the people’. You are untermenschen. You are out.”

(David Robertson – EvangelicalFocus) This week, something of great significance has happened in the UK. Something that has implications far beyond its shores and that will affect the Church and Western democracy for years to come. Continue reading →

Shawn Bolz/Bob Jones and the Prophetic Significance of the Chiefs Super Bowl Win

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“Follow the logic here. God wants to raise up His chiefs, or apostolic leaders, in many spheres of influence as a sign that there is an end times revival. Apparently, He cannot just do this because He is God. Instead He must tie it to the outcome of a carnal football game played by carnal, unsaved men. If the 49ers won, He would have to sit on His plan until another year when the Chiefs might get a shot at winning the Super Bowl.”

(Anthony Wade – 828 Ministries)  The last time a false prophet ventured into the unknown waters of the Super Bowl it was David Taylor. At least he had the guts to take a 50-50 shot that Peyton Manning and the Broncos would defeat the Seattle Seahawks…. Continue reading →

SOTU: The unspeakable ungraciousness of the Democrats in Congress

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Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler systematically destroyed the Democrat party are to blame for their own demise.

“The most egregiously infuriating aspect of the night was the persistent despicable behavior of the Democrats who were in the room.  They acted like small children, infantilized by their hatred of this president and their belief that Americans must be taken care of according to their specifications.  They demeaned themselves with their pathetic behavior at an event like this SOTU speech by refusing to acknowledge any of this president’s   victories.  A few of the usual suspects  walked out during the speech, a feeble attempt to demonstrate their contempt.”  

(Patricia McCarthy – American Thinker)  President Trump’s SOTU speech Tuesday night was spectacular on every level. It was unabashedly pro-American, pro-law-enforcement, pro-border security, pro-religious freedom, pro-life, pro-school choice and pro-the American job and economic comeback, and then some; there was so much more, all of it positive, optimistic.  This president has indeed begun to make America great again. 

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White House Officially Responds To Pelosi Ripping Up President Trump’s Speech

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Pelosi started off the SOTU by breaking tradition in refusing to announce President Trump properly. “Protocol, as decades of past SOTU addresses show, is for the House Speaker to announce the president by noting that it is their ‘high privilege and distinct honor’ to do so.”

(James Barrett – Daily Wire)  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) dominated the headlines following President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday after she, standing directly behind the president, ripped up his speech for all the world to see, later telling the press that she did so because it was a “dirty speech” and that shredding it was better than the “alternative.”… Continue reading →

Republicans Troll Democrats Into Oblivion Over Iowa Caucus Disaster. Here Are The Best Responses.

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“After the debacle in Iowa, WHERE NOT A SINGLE VOTE HAS BEEN REPORTED, it’s abundantly clear that Democrats are the single greatest threat to election security and integrity in this country. Not Trump, not Russia, not Ukraine. Democrats.”

(Paul Bois – Daily Wire)  The Democratic Party Iowa caucuses on Monday night unfolded like an AFC playoff game in which the NFC team somehow came out the winner. As the hours ticked well past midnight with no precincts reporting the results, allegedly due to a faulty app, President Trump and the Republican  Party were handed victory on a silver platter as the nation watched Democrats implode under the weight of gross incompetence. Continue reading →

Satan’s Strategy: What’s to Fear?

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“Sometimes fleeing temptation means removing myself physically from a situation where the temptation to sin is great. With regard to some movies, for example, fleeing temptation may well mean leaving the room (or better yet, checking out the movie’s content before exposing yourself to the temptation). Sometimes fleeing temptation means removing myself electronically from compromising situations. I flee temptation when I install software to prevent viewing pornography on my computer.” 

(Robert Spinney – Reformation 21)  Satan tempts us to not fear sin, so that we will not keep a safe distance from it. Continue reading →

BREAKING: Rush Limbaugh Announces He Has ‘Advanced Lung Cancer’

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“So, I have to tell you something today that I wish I didn’t have to tell you. It’s a struggle for me because I had to inform my staff earlier today,” he said. “I can’t help but feel that I’m letting everybody down. The upshot is that I have been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.”

(Brian Floyd – Fox News) Talk radio king Rush Limbaugh stunned his 27-million member audience Monday with the announcement he’s been diagnosed with “advanced lung cancer.” The 69-year-old conservative talk pioneer closed his broadcast with the grim news, saying he will be leaving his golden EIB microphone for treatment, but hopes to return soon. Continue reading →

The Struggles of the Christian Life

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As you face struggles in your life today, whether they be great or small, know that God has a purpose and plan behind each of them. We are never at the hand of fate or chance. The Christian has a loving heavenly father who is testing, correcting, and building our faith by the situations of our lives.

(Kyle E. Sims – Gentle Reformation)  Struggles are a significant part of the Christian life. If our view of God and life is too simple, then it can lead to frustration and fear. We are left to wonder, “If God is in control, then why am I facing this struggle? If God’s eternal plan is working, then why did he plan for me to deal with these issues in my life?” These are fair questions, but ones for which we must come to a correct answer…. Continue reading →

Global Awakening or Global Darkness?

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“After posting the last two videos of what’s currently going on at Bethel, I received a lot of comments on Instagram and Facebook from Charismatic/Pentecostal brothers and sisters in Christ who expressed that “EVEN THEY” can see that what Bethel is doing is not of God & is completely unbiblical. That truly speaks volumes to me and I hope that speaks volumes to those at Bethel too.”

(Churchwatch Central)  Over the last few days there’s been some bizarre videos doing the rounds on social media in regards to an event in Bethel Redding – an event where we see NARpostle Randy Clark clearly ‘imparting’ something incredibly dark and demonic. The event was part of Randy Clark’s Global Awakening (‘Voice of the Prophets, Come Dream Again’) movement – and of course we should never be surprised to see Bethel Church, Redding and Bill Johnson partnering with such unbiblical events. Continue reading →

J-Lo and Shakira Super Bowl Halftime Show Features Kids in Cages

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“We must pray for all the churches out there who brought crotch-grabbing, pelvic-thrusting, air-humping hussies into the church. May the Lord grant them repentance and wisdom.”

“So, in case you missed it during the #HalftimeShow, this powerful moment showed children in ‘cages’ as “Born In The USA” played… the statement. the power. wow.”

“I don’t expect the world to act like the church, but our country has had a sense of moral decency on prime time television in order to protect children. We see that disappearing before our eyes. It was demonstrated tonight in the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show—with millions of children watching.”

“Best Superbowl halftime show ever.” – Jeb Bush

(Dylan Gwinn – Breitbart) The Super Bowl halftime show with Jennifer Lopez and Shakira, appeared to feature several children in cages. Continue reading →

Should we care about a Bible teacher’s lifestyle?

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“One of the other frequent accusations I received, aside from the usual nonsense of me being jealous or covetous, is that writing about a Bible teacher’s lifestyle is none of my business. To the contrary, it is all our business. Ministry money is involved, the teacher’s lifestyle is reflective of what is in their heart, what they heap up and what they care about.” 

(Elizabeth Prata – The End Time)  I tweeted about Beth Moore’s lifestyle today. I knew what would happen. That does not deter me though. Here’s what I tweeted in reaction to a disingenuous photo tweet from Moore about her cutesy lifestyle. Continue reading →

Ed Stetzer Invites Pro-Gay Speaker and ‘Nashville Statement’ Opponent to Billy Graham Center

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“Stetzer took part in a Marxist think-tank meeting at Wheaton in April of 2018, in which Soros’ “rented evangelicals” took part, designed to brainstorm ways to keep Trump from being elected in 2020. Conservatives walked-out of that meeting when they discovered its real purpose.”

(Pulpit & Pen)  Ed Stetzer, the disgraced former Lifeway executive who knowingly sold false Heaven Tourism books before being publicly exposed by Alex Malarkey, is now at the center of the leftist movement within evangelicalism…. Continue reading →