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 Modern Corruption of Separating Church from State

“In his famous ‘Farewell Address,’ Washington reminded Americans that religious teachings and values must never be removed from politics and public policy…

The highest court in the land committed a shocking error in how it interpreted the First Amendment, for it abandoned completely the Founders’ expressed belief that the biblical faiths were essential to America’s existence.”

(Susan Quinn – American Thinker) From the outset of forming our country, our Founders were determined to keep religion as a foundational element, given that many people had left their homes in Britain to be able to practice their religions as they chose. The goal was not for the government to reject faith, but for it to be prevented from dictating doctrine. Continue reading

Bombshell Body Cam Footage Destroys Everything Democrats Said About Abrego Garcia

“Ordinarily, when someone’s behind the wheel of a car crammed with illegal migrants, carrying a wad of cash, and driving on a bogus license, that should set off every alarm bell. But under Biden’s ICE, that wasn’t enough to warrant action. They never even bothered to pick him up. He was promptly back on the street.”

(PJ Media) The left’s latest manufactured martyr just got exposed as exactly what conservatives suspected he is all along. Newly released body cam footage shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the illegal immigrant whom Democrats have been desperately trying to paint as just an innocent “Maryland dad,” was stopped in 2022 under suspicion of human trafficking. Continue reading

How Long Does God’s Anger Last?

(Paul Schlehlein – Between Two Cultures) Answer: God’s anger upon his children is temporary, while His wrath up His enemies will carry on forever.

Problem: Some passages say God’s anger lasts but for a moment, while other Scriptures teach God’s wrath is eternal.

Explanation: The nature, intensity, and extent of God’s wrath differs depending on which of His two audiences He is addressing. In the first case, God limits His anger towards His children, whom He loves. Psalm 30:5 illustrates this: “For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” Continue reading

Schools hiding gender transitions from parents harms kids, transgender psychologist tells judges

Trump introduced January Littlejohn at congressional address, called school district’s treatment of her daughter “child abuse.” Full appeals court called upon to fix panel’s Frankenstein ruling on behavior that “shocks the conscience.”

(Greg Piper – Just the News) Does it “shock the conscience” for a Florida school district to withhold a 13-year-old’s gender transition from her parents and treat her as a boy even after her parents object?

A divided panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set off alarm bells in March by ruling the state’s Leon County School Board’s behavior was not shocking under a 1998 Supreme Court precedent that limited accountability for official misconduct that causes serious harm – in that case, police and high-speech chases that kill fleeing suspects. Continue reading

Judge Orders Suspect Behind Firebombing of Missouri Tesla Released from Federal Custody

(Elizabeth Weibel – Breitbart) A federal judge ordered that the suspect behind the firebombing of a Tesla dealership in Kansas City, Missouri, be released from federal custody ahead of his upcoming court date.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Jessica Hedges agreed that Owen McIntire, 19, a student at the University of Massachusetts Boston, should be released after McIntire’s lawyers “argued” he be released, noting that “he has no criminal record” and that he has “strong ties to his community in Missouri,” according to KMBC News. Continue reading

Rubio uncovers dozens of Biden files targeting American citizens for censorship…

(Revolver) While America was getting crushed by a wide-open border, skyrocketing crime, and runaway inflation, the Biden administration was laser-focused on one thing: censoring American citizens who didn’t fall in line with the progressive agenda.

Forget solving real problems; Team Biden operated more like a regime straight outta North Korea, obsessed with silencing political dissent and labeling everyday Americans as “disinformation threats” simply for having the wrong opinions online. Continue reading

Mass Immigration Without Assimilation Is A Recipe For National Suicide

“Tolerating this kind of foreign sectarianism is national suicide, as anyone can easily observe in Scotland and England, which are now on a probably irreversible trajectory toward civil war. We in America should pay attention because the same thing is happening here, albeit on a smaller scale.”

(John Daniel Davidson – The Federalist) If you want to know what mass immigration without assimilation produces in a country, look no further than Scotland. Immigrants from Pakistan now constitute an ethno-religious voting bloc in that country with their very own politicians advocating for nakedly sectarian interests. Continue reading

Trump Put About 100 Months’ Worth of Work Into His First 100 Days

“So much of what Trump is trying to do for the betterment of the country is being slowed down by judicial hissy fits that are being thrown by corrupt perverters of the law. There isn’t a murderer or rapist they won’t defend if it can trip up the Trump 47 agenda.” 

President Trump has been working at such a furious pace since he was inaugurated for his second term that I think this is the most unique 100-day mark of any presidency in my adult lifetime. At times it feels as if it was a 100 days months ago, and at others it seems that he was just sworn in again last month.

It’s been a political whirlwind like no other in my experience. Continue reading

Elder Team Rejects Sexual Abuse Findings Against Michael Brown, Recommends Return to Ministry

Firefly’s report listed several instances when ministry leaders tried to confront Brown, but he didn’t give consistent and full confessions. Firefly reported Brown showed a “calculated effort to evade accountability, suppress the allegations, and protect his ministry’s reputation.”

(Rebecca Hopkins – The Roys Report – a site CRN does not recommend) An accountability team of elders has cleared apologist Michael Brown for ministry, after they publicly rejected a recent third-party investigation conclusion that he engaged in “sexually abusive misconduct.”

These findings came after Brown’s Line of Fire board commissioned Jim Holler of Firefly, a third-party investigator, in January to investigate reports of alleged sexual misconduct by Brown…. Continue reading

What will Jesus say to Pope Francis on judgment day?

(Jordan Standridge – The Cripplegate) Pope Francis is dead.

He died by a suspected cerebral stroke Monday morning April 21, 2025. One day after Easter. World leaders are coming to Rome in the next few days for the Pope’s funeral. Everyone already seems to have pronounced their opinion on the matter. Some people on Facebook condemned those who pronounced their negative opinions about the Pope, while others, the vast majority, had very nice things to say about the man who accepted the position of “Vicar of Christ” sixteen years ago.

What are we believers supposed to think when a pope dies? Continue reading

Mirror, Mirror on the Church Wall: Paganism in the Pews

“What can Christ’s congregations do to ameliorate this situation?  How can the pockets of paganism be purged?  First, the church’s leaders must recognize that a problem exists.  Second, they must recognize embedded paganism cannot be remedied by a retreat, conference, rebrand, or other quick fix.  Rather, leaders must implement strategies and tactics that supplant paganism with the beauty of orthodoxy.  Here are some ways of doing so.”

(Jeffery J. Ventrella – truthxchange) Truthxchange exists to (1) Inform the Public; (2) Equip the Church; and (3) Protect the Next Generation.   Sometimes accomplishing No. 2 requires taking a candid inventory – warts and all – of what Christians, particularly evangelicals, actually believe, as opposed to what their paper statements of faith profess to affirm.  We must look in the mirror honestly if we are serious about addressing and redressing the pressing paganism which threatens the Gospel. Continue reading

This list of chilling facts about Butler assassination attempt must spark a real investigation…

If you watch the Rogan/Musk video be prepared for salty language. 

(Revolver) The attempts on President Trump’s life were one of the most disturbing and suspicious events in modern political history, especially the one in Butler, Pa. And yet, barely anyone in the media seems interested in asking real questions. They’re not the least bit curious about what happened, and it’s starting to feel like they want us to forget it ever happened.

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Will the Roman Catholic Church continue its policy of ignoring jihad and appeasing Muslims?

“Will the new pope follow Pope Francis in these positions that lead to civilizational suicide, or chart a new path?” 

(Robert Spencer – FrontPage Mag) The late Pope Francis had a long record of whitewashing Islamic jihad violence and making moral equivalence arguments in order to downplay jihad terror. Back in 2017, Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Cairo’s al-Azhar, noticed the pope’s yeoman service for the Islamic cause and thanked him for his “defense of Islam against the accusation of violence and terrorism.” Continue reading

Thanks To DEI, Most Medical Schools Now Teach Doctors To Damage Patients

“I fear we are approaching an environment — if we’re not already there — where malpractice masquerades as virtuous health care. Picture a physician so bound by ideology he cannot explore the roots of gender dysphoria, instead pushing a child toward irreversible surgery to affirm gender; too fearful of being labeled “fatphobic” to warn an obese patient about heart failure; or so steeped in anti-racist dogma that a critically ill white male is deprioritized to favor a less urgent case for a black female patient.”

(Jared Gould – The Federalist) Speech First has uncovered records from more than 50 public medical schools across 46 states, revealing that these institutions are training left-wing advocates who prioritize race in treatment, promote gender identities contrary to biology, and downplay obesity’s health risks…. Continue reading

So it’s true: DEI seems to have gotten 67 people killed over the Potomac

“The @nytimes story on the January DC plane crash hides its takeaway until the last sentences: the lady helicopter pilot ignored multiple warnings from her right seat about altitude (and his directly telling her to turn away) and flew straight into a passenger jet. The end. Ugh.” – Alex Berenson 

(Monica Showalter – American Thinker) Did DEI have something to do with the inexplicable plane-helicopter collision over the Potomac last January, killing 67* people?

It looks like it based on a long, detailed, Page One report from the New York Times.

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Anti-Trinitarian Heretic, TD Jakes is Stepping Down

“Even the greatest charlatans don’t work alone. Steven Furtick was the adoring apprentice, the eager mimic, the dollar-store knockoff of Jakes’ ministry of self. Together, they didn’t so much shepherd the flock as they fleeced it, turning churches into circuses where the name of Jesus was a marketing slogan and the offering plate the main attraction.”

(The Dissenter) At long last, the velvet-tongued emperor of Christian celebrity culture, Bishop T.D. Jakes, has announced his exit from the pulpit of The Potter’s House—the crumbling empire he built atop the rotting carcass of the Word of Faith movement and anti-Trinitarian heresy. Continue reading

‘A Mighty Fortress Is Our God’: We take refuge in Christ, who is God Himself

(Chris Queen) One of the most majestic hymns in church history is Martin Luther’s “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”:

A mighty Fortress is our God  A Bulwark never failing  Our Helper He amid the flood  Of mortal ills prevailing

For still our ancient foe  Doth seek to work us woe  His craft and power are great  And armed with cruel hate On earth is not his equal…

We don’t know much about what led him to write it, but Luther famously said that he “would allow no man to preach or teach God’s people without a proper knowledge of the use and power of sacred song.” We do know that Luther based the hymn on Psalm 46, which includes the verse, “The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress” (Psalm 46:7, ESV). Continue reading

Here’s the True Story on Arresting the Judge Who Harbored an Illegal Alien

Must watch video.

(Mary Dowling) The mainstream media has been slow in reporting the facts about the judge’s arrest in Milwaukee. Democrats are using the arrest as an opportunity to smear the administration.

According to Homeland Security, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, the illegal alien that the Wisconsin judge was shielding, has a violent criminal record with charges including strangulation and suffocation, battery, and domestic abuse. He illegally entered the U.S. twice. Continue reading

Pentagon Puts Politics Over Readiness: Taxpayers to Fund Sex Change Surgeries for Troops

“Despite this clear commitment to restoring focus on mission readiness and discipline, a wave of judicial activism has disrupted the Pentagon’s efforts. Two federal judges recently blocked the military’s reasonable ban on transgender service members.” 

(Sarah Arnold – Townhall) The Pentagon’s decision to resume funding sex change treatments and surgeries for transgender servicemembers marks a controversial shift in military policy, prioritizing progressive social agendas over core defense readiness…. Continue reading

Wood, Hay, and Straw

(Ron Helle – The Patriot Post) The images on the television were stark! It is not unusual for Southern California to have what they call Santa Anna winds. Instead of westerly winds coming from the Pacific Ocean, they shift to easterly winds, blowing the high-desert heat and low humidity toward the coastal cities. Brush fires are not a surprise, and they can be challenging to subdue.

In 2024, Southern California’s firefighters faced the most devastating infernos they had ever experienced. Entire neighborhoods were completely destroyed. Homes and businesses were reduced to piles of ash and debris. The devastation was staggering. Continue reading

Jay Leno Faces His Biggest—and Most Heartbreaking—Challenge

“Leno appeared on the “In Depth with Graham Bensinger” podcast and, in a rare moment, he spoke out about his wife’s condition, their marriage, and what being her primary caregiver means to him. He agreed that taking care of her is a challenge, but there’s no other place he’d rather be.”

(Sarah Anderson – PJ Media) There are few people in Hollywood I can say I truly respect, but Jay Leno is one of them. Growing up watching him on TV, I always liked the fact that he wasn’t overly partisan or political and happily poked fun at both sides. His interviews were good, and he didn’t kiss up to his guests. Continue reading

The Papal Conclave Is A Battle Not Just For The Catholic Church But For Western Civilization

The author is a Roman Catholic.

“J.D. Vance of course represents a rejection of Francis’ liberalism. He and others like him — including myself; I was received into the Catholic Church the year before Vance, in 2018 — are not becoming Catholics because of men like Francis but in spite of them. They seek something solid and unchanging and true amid the uncertainty and falsity of modern life. 

(John Daniel Davidson – The Federalist) The papal conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will soon be underway in Rome. Cardinals from all over the world, 135 of whom are eligible to cast a vote, are now traveling to the Vatican. There they will meet behind the sealed doors of the Sistine Chapel, cut off from the outside world for as many sessions as it takes to elect a new pope. Continue reading

Disrupters and Facilitators

(Bill O’Reilly’s Message of the Day) As Donald Trump approaches 100 days in office, it is becoming clear as to how he is running the country the second time around. The President has hired two different types of people to advance his agenda: disrupters and facilitators.

The D group is headed by Elon Musk, RFK, Jr., and Pete Hegseth.

The E crew’s composition includes Pam Bondi, Marco Rubio, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Now, why should you care?  Well, Mr. Trump’s policies directly affect your well-being, and that’s why.

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