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

Former Gateway Pastor Robert Morris Indicted For Lewd Acts With Minor

(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) Last year, Robert Morris resigned in disgrace from leading Gateway Church, America’s largest megachurch at the time. This was after he confessed to being a child molester when his victim, Cindy Clemishire, came forward. Now, Robert Morris is facing charges for his actions.

According to the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office:

The Multi-County Grand Jury today indicted the founder of a Texas megachurch on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child stemming from incidents that date back to the 1980s.

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Old Joe’s Fake Oval Office — and Its Fake News Apologists — Exposed

Alina Habba sent a video from the fake Oval Office this week.

“Nothing is real with these people, it’s all smoke and mirrors. But we’re supposed to entrust them with all of our personal health decisions?” – Charlie Kirk

(Victoria Taft – PJ Media) Joe Biden’s stage set is to the Oval Office what Dylan Mulvaney is to women: completely fake.

We know that now, but there was a time when the media said all claims that Joe Biden was working from a virtual or fake Oval Office were considered to be “fake news.” Now, with Trump White House adviser Alina Habba personally finding the fake Oval Office set and showing it to the public in a video, people are discovering the story all over again. Continue reading

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Orders Force-Wide Review of Existing Fitness and Grooming Standards

(Kristina Wong – Breitbart) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday ordered a department-wide review of existing standards for each military branch on physical fitness, body composition, and grooming — including on beards, Breitbart News has exclusively learned.

“We must remain vigilant in maintaining the standards that enable the men and women of our military to protect the American people and our homeland as the world’s most lethal and effective fighting force,” Hegseth said in a March 12, 2025, memorandum ordering the review. Continue reading

Explosive Update to Biden Autopen Scandal Reveals Unelected Staffer’s Role

“The implications are staggering. Every executive order, pardon, and official action under Biden’s presidency could be constitutionally void. This isn’t just bureaucratic misconduct; it’s potentially the biggest presidential scandal in American history.”

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) As PJ Media previously reported, a bombshell investigation by the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project revealed that nearly every document during Biden’s presidency was signed by autopen, with only one authentic signature confirmed — his letter announcing withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race. Continue reading

New Captain America: Time to End the ‘Death of the American Male’

(Ed Morrissey – Hot Air) Dang. Now I wish I’d gone to see the new Captain America film.

Well, perhaps that overstates things. But still, Anthony Mackie deserves some attention and credit for his quiet wisdom on the “death of the American male,” a death for which his own industry bears significant responsibility. Perhaps remarkably, the Hollywood Reporter featured his argument yesterday. At first Mackie talks about raising his sons to be “humble,” but he’s teaching them more than humility: Continue reading

Top DEI in Black Aviation Group Shared Test Answers With Air Traffic Control Candidates

Snow only offered the 411 to blacks, women, and other minority candidates. He openly discriminated against whites, who “were left out of the loop to ‘minimize competition.’”

(R. Cort Kirkwood – New American) Anyone who’s thinking about boarding an American airliner anytime soon might want to think again.

For the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) haven’t just led to unqualified minorities and women having control of the nation’s skies. DEI also led to a major cheating scandal on the dumbed-down test required to become an air traffic controller…. Continue reading

America Becoming Less Christian Is A Problem For Everyone

“There’s much more to unpack in the Pew survey, like the decline of Christianity occurring simultaneously with a growth in “spirituality,” which suggests the future of the West will not be one of atheistic, secular materialism but of re-enchantment and neopaganism.” 

(John Daniel Davidson – The Federalist) A major survey on the religious landscape of America was just released by Pew Research Center, and what it reveals about the decline of Christianity should alarm every American, whether or not one is Christian. Continue reading

Steve Lawson Breaks His Silence

Steve Lawson’s letter of repentance is posted on the social media platform X.

It is with a shattered heart that I write this letter. I have sinned grievously against the Lord, against my wife, my family, and against countless numbers of you by having a sinful relationship with a woman not my wife. I am deeply broken that I have betrayed and deceived my wife, devastated my children, brought shame to the name of Christ, reproach upon His church, and harm to many ministries.

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Five Ukrainian Fables: Fact and fiction.

“We are now witnessing European heads of state sending the same old virtue signaling support for the brave Zelenskyy, who supposedly spoke truth to power to the mean U.S. Orange Man. But where does such performance art lead after the cult hero Zelenskyy had gnawed the hand that gorged him?”

(Victor Davis Hanson – Frontpage Magazine)

Fable one: Trump is appeasing Russia?

Who wiped out the Wagner group in Syria? Who sold offensive weapons to Ukraine first? Who warned Germany not to become dependent on the Russian Nord Stream II deal? Continue reading

Former Wheaton College Chaplain Reveals She Recently Had Trans-Affirming “Top Surgery”

“Wheaton didn’t confront her error. They didn’t call her to repentance. They didn’t correct her in love. Instead, they let her drift. She was a pawn in their game, useful for making them look “compassionate” and “nuanced” on LGBTQ issues, until the moment she became an inconvenience.”

(The Dissenter) Wheaton College’s slow-motion descent into theological surrender is a tragedy, but not a surprising one. For years, the once-proud evangelical institution has been prostituting its doctrinal backbone for a seat at the table of cultural relevance. And what do they have to show for it?… Continue reading

Tucker Carlson: ‘Shut Down All Immigration’ for 30 Years – Till Unity Is Restored

“We need a period where we can think through what it is to be an American, what unites us. Immigration makes it impossible because it’s too much … things change too fast. Who are these people?”

(Selwyn Duke – New American) While touting the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 on the Senate floor, the late Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) pushed a number of selling points. Among other things, he said that

  • our cities would “not be flooded with a million immigrants annually”;
  • “the ethnic mix of this country will not be upset”; and
  • the bill would “not inundate America with immigrants from any one country or area.”

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Saddleback Sarah and Managerial Christianity: What would it look like to make liberal women a target market for the church?

Women are naturally more empathetic by God’s design. But when this natural biological reality is subsumed by the liberal mind, it becomes a totalizing reality upon which to make every decision. All decisions are filtered through “How would this make so and so feel,” instead of “Is this true, good, and beautiful.” Empathy becomes the de facto tone and ethos of the church.

(J. Chase Davis – American Reformer) For many decades, evangelical churches in America, most of whom would be classified as Protestant and Baptist, even while they shirk those labels for something like non-denominational, have been living under the guiding hand of managerialism. No generation perfected this art better than the boomer seeker-sensitive pastors. These were pastors who turned the church corporate. While maintaining airs of biblical authority, they also made the ministry a market commodity…. Continue reading

Autopen Scandal: Docs Signed While Biden on Vacation

“Who is behind this autopen on 12/30/2022 that pardoned six criminals (with the exact same autopen signature) while Joe Biden was vacationing and golfing in the U.S. Virgin Islands?”

(R. Court Kirkwood – New American) The Biden Autopen Scandal deepened yesterday with the revelation that documents supposedly signed by former President Joe Biden “at the city of Washington” were, in fact, signed while he was on vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The scandal surfaced last week when the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project on X revealed that just one of the documents it uncovered bore a live signature. The rest were autopenned. Continue reading

Covid Taught Americans To Stop Trusting A Government That Puts Them Last

“Americans who still believed God created each man and woman with equally valuable souls were offended at the creation of artificial hierarchies that turned true equality on its head, doling out special privileges based on a person’s race, politics, or sexuality.”

(Elle Purnell – The Federalist) When Donald Trump first sailed into the Oval Office, his detractors shrieked that his blunt rhetoric was dividing the country. His supporters pointed out that Trump wasn’t so much creating division as he was revealing divisions that had been growing in America for a long time. Continue reading

Well, Well, Well: We May Be Getting Closer to the Truth About the J6 Pipe Bomber

“The FBI also wasn’t able to locate most of the Antifa and paid agents provocateurs but was able to find plenty of grandmas and their own informants and throw them in prison. It’s so strange that the FBI would have a credibility problem, isn’t it?” 

(Victoria Taft – PJ Media) By all rights, Kamala Harris’s storyline for Jan. 6, 2021, should have been that she narrowly escaped being assassinated by a bomb timed to detonate at the Democratic National Committee headquarters when the newly elected vice president was inside. But she never mentioned it. In fact, the pipe bomber case and the FBI’s handling of it turned into vapor right after they tracked down the bomber’s cell phone. None of this makes sense. Continue reading

BREAKING: House Votes on Continuing Resolution

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) On Tuesday afternoon, House Republicans succeeded in passing a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through September. In addition to funding the government, Republicans say the CR will freeze spending, secure the border, and support President Trump’s America First policies.

Despite Democratic opposition and potential GOP holdouts, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) expressed confidence Tuesday morning that the measure would pass. House leaders even instructed members to leave town after the vote — an apparent move to pressure the Senate into approving the funding package. Continue reading

A Warrior is a Blessing to His People — An Argument Against Christian Pacifism

“The use of violence is not a “necessary evil” but a moral good. Therefore, violence, when used rightly, is not simply the “lesser of two evils” but an act of virtue.”

(Keith Foskey – Clear Truth Media) “Violence is never the answer.” It’s a common claim. But is it true? At first glance, it sounds appealing—who wouldn’t want to live in a world where conflicts are resolved through diplomacy and understanding? Yet, the reality of human history tells a different story.

Since the fall, violence has been an inescapable part of the human condition. It took only one generation for the first murder to occur, and ever since, conflict has shaped societies and nations…. Continue reading

Study: Concealed Carriers Do A Better Job Of Stopping Active Shooters Than Police

(John R. Lott Jr. – The Federalist) You’d never know it from watching television, but civilians stop more active shooters than police and do so with fewer mistakes, according to new research from the Crime Prevention Research Center, where I serve as president. In non-gun-free zones, where civilians are legally able to carry guns, concealed carry permit holders stopped 51.5 percent of active shootings, compared to 44.6 percent stopped by police, CPRC found in a deep dive into active shooter scenarios between 2014 and 2023. Continue reading

Elon Musk Hit the Mother Lode of the Deep State. Now He Believes He’s an Assassination Target.

“They actually want to kill me,” he told Rogan in his February 28 podcast. He says people with a screw loose may be inflamed enough because of media lies that he’s a “Nazi.” “They say so online. There are Reddit forums where they don’t just want to kill me—they want to desecrate my corpse…”

(Victoria Taft – PJ Media) Elon Musk and his DOGE team have now mined so deeply into the inner workings of government overspending and fraud that they may have hit the Mother Lode of public corruption. And he and his friends believe someone will try to kill him. Continue reading

You’ve Got to Be Kidding Me: DOGE Uncovers Hundreds of Millions in SBA Loans… to Children

“I’m sure there are some extremely entrepreneurial youngsters out there… but 5,593 who are sophisticated enough to start businesses and apply for loans from the federal government? Color me dubious.”

(Bob Hoge – Red State) The Department of Government Efficiency has been like a force of nature since Donald Trump took office and Elon Musk set the DOGE loose to uncover waste in the government. And oh, what waste and fraud they’ve found, from our funding of jihadists and extreme social justice programs overseas through USAID to the discovery of $1.9 billion that Biden’s Housing and Urban Development Department “misplaced.” Continue reading

Blood Moons: Prophets Who Persist in Prophesying Falsely (Reprise)

(Marsha West – Christian Research Network) According to Associated Press “A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday night into Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere. The best views will be from North America and South America. Parts of Africa and Europe may catch a glimpse.”

Modern day prophets such as John Hagee and Jonathan Cahn (more about them below) have gone down the Blood Moon road before. In 2014 Hagee gave us the best-selling book, Blood Moons, where he claimed that “God is trying to communicate with us in a supernatural way…I believe that in the next two years, we’re going to see something dramatic happen in the Middle East involving Israel that will change the course of history in the Middle East and impact the whole world.”

No doubt charismatic “prophets” have offered up their view of what’s going to take place in the wee hours of the morning on March 14th. AP reports that “The so-called blood moon will be visible for about an hour starting at 2:26 a.m. Eastern on Friday morning. Peak viewing will be close to 3 a.m. Eastern.” Continue reading

‘I’m On the Last Lap.’ Pastor John MacArthur Sends Video Message To Shepherd Conference Attendees

“Despite signs of physical decline, it’s impossible not to pick up on the strength of his words and the message shining through. And the message he would have given attendees in person, and now is giving them in print form, is perfect.”

(Protestia) A visibly frail John MacArthur has shared a video for Shepherd Conference attendees and also for the public, expressing his great sadness and disappointment at not being able to attend while also wishing grace and peace to attendees. Continue reading

President Trump makes a shrewd move to stop activist judges…

“President Trump is working on this behind the scenes. He’s just issued a memorandum that seeks to stop these left-wing judges in their tracks….This move is meant to hold people accountable for filing weak or politically motivated cases against the federal government.”

(Revolver) Many are cheering President Trump’s latest move to shut down the left’s activist judges. This move comes after the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling, where Amy Coney Barrett (and Justice Roberts) sided with the left once again and backed a federal activist judge’s power to force President Trump to hand over $2 billion to USAID contractors.

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Here’s the 10-Minute Video That Obliterates the Liberal Media’s Protection of Joe Biden

The old saying liar, liar, pants on fire, your nose is longer than a telephone wire will no doubt spring to mind if you watch only 2 or 3 minutes of the cringe video. Note the dead serious expressions on the leftmedia’s faces while they lie through their teeth to their audience, then ask yourself, “who are you people?”

(Matt Vespa – Townhall) We know about the liberal media cover-up regarding Joe Biden’s mental health. It wasn’t a mid-way through his term crisis either. On day one, his staff noticed he was losing his marbles and did whatever they could to hide this from the public. Toward the end, it was clear to voters that Biden had retreated into the bunker, the beach, or anywhere that would limit access to the White House Press Corps. Many reporters knew of his condition and said nothing out of fear of helping the Republicans or losing access. Continue reading