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

Pentagon Begins Immediate Removal of Trans-Identifying Personnel

In a brief order, SCOTUS justices granted an emergency request to “lift a nationwide injunction blocking the policy.”

(Simon Kent – Breitbart) The Pentagon is taking upwards of 1,000 military personnel who openly self-identify as transgender out of immediate service.

The separation began Thursday at the same time those who have yet to step forward as transgender have been granted 30 days to depart of their own volition. Continue reading

Dr. Michael Brown Announces Return To Ministry: ‘Some of you’d rather never see my face again’

“Expressing his “desire is to lower the temperatures, not raise them,” Brown described the process he’s submitted to over the last six months, including eagerly agreeing to the third part of the investigation, even though there was a hiccup.”

(Protestia) Dr. Michael Brown has issued his first public statement since December 17, 2024, addressing allegations of sexual misconduct that led to a six-month social media sabbatical and sharing his thoughts on the third-party investigation that was subsequently conducted. Continue reading

Vatican Conclave Elects a New Pope

“The new Pope Leo XIV is obviously the first pope from the United States.”

(Breitbart) White smoke was seen from the Vatican at approximately 6:08 p.m. Rome time, signaling that the Cardinals have elected a new pope of the Catholic Church. The chiming of the Vatican’s church bells confirmed for the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square that a new successor to the See of St. Peter the Apostle has indeed been chosen. The world now waits for the Cardinals to announce who the new pope is and what name he has chosen to be known by. Continue reading

7500 Baptized at Huntington Beach In ‘Largest Synchronized Baptism in History’

(Protestia) On Saturday, more than 7,500 individuals were baptized along the shores of Huntington Beach in a historic event dubbed “Baptize California.” Attracting over 30,000 attendees, organizers hailed it as the “largest water baptism in American history”

Organized by Oceans Church under the leadership of Pastor Mark Francey, the event united nearly 300 congregations, including prominent churches like Saddleback Church, Sandals Church, Zoe Church, Restoration Life Church, and Higher Visions Church…. Continue reading

Jesse Duplantis Claims He Created His Own World Because He Has the Same DNA as God

“What makes this even more twisted is how it flips suffering on its head. If you’re broke or hurting, it’s not because life is hard or sin is real — it’s because you just didn’t speak enough blessings over yourself. You didn’t create your world right. It’s not just bad theology, it’s cruel. It makes people feel like failures for not being able to just wish their pain away.”

(The Dissenter) If there was ever a guy who sold his soul for money and fortune, it’s Jesse Duplantis. This clown is a walking, talking, prosperity-gospel charlatan of the highest order, and every time he opens his mouth, some new heresy rolls out. Continue reading

The Eastern Orthodox Trick

“Did you notice their theological sleight of hand? The Eastern Orthodox, when instructing their insiders, distinguish between art and icons. But now, when defending themselves to us outsiders, they point to the art in the Tabernacle/Temple as evidence of icons. But for those images to be icons, they would have to be used in worship, bowed to, etc. But Israelites did not do that, at least never with God’s approval.”

(John B. Carpenter – Clear Truth Media) The Eastern Orthodox claim to be attracting evangelicals. I’ve heard the stories of once devout Bible-believing Christians drawn into Eastern Orthodoxy with the promise of finding the early church…. Continue reading

If Evangelicals Want to Become Catholic, We Should Let Them Go

“Let the apostates burn their Bibles and pick up their rosaries. Let them trade Sola Fide for Hail Marys. Let them bow to a Pope who calls Muslims brothers and pretends the narrow way is a multi-lane expressway. Let them have their beads and their bones and their blessings. They were never of us.”

(The Dissenter) Let them go.

Really, let them.

If your spiritual appetite can be satisfied by the incense-choked pageantry of Rome—by genuflecting before a golden cage of transubstantiated flour—then it was never Christ that you hungered for to begin with…. Continue reading

Somehow, Michelle Obama Has Become Even More Tedious

It’s Hillary Clinton all over again, where we are being subjected to the coattails ride of a bitter spouse. If all of this publicity is, as many people think, paving the way for a presidential run, Mrs. Obama seems to be gunning for the disgruntled housewife demographic.”

(Stephen Kruiser – PJ Media) She’s back, and the world isn’t better for it.

Barack and Michelle Obama are the recurring rash of American political tabloid news, continually finding mundane ways to stay in the spotlight…. Continue reading

Bombshell Report: House GOP Reveals How FBI Deceived the Public in Congressional Baseball Shooting Probe

(Bob Hogue – RedState) In March, FBI Director Kash Patel made a major move regarding the 2017 congressional baseball practice shooting and provided the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence all the documents they had requested regarding the incident. In a joint statement, the Judiciary, Intelligence, and Oversight committees issued a scathing joint report Tuesday alleging that the FBI bungled their investigation and tried to cover up the political motivations of the shooter:

The FBI botched its investigation of the 2017 congressional baseball shooting — downplaying the gunman’s anti-GOP motives despite having handwritten evidence, a blistering House report found. Continue reading

Judge Orders Trump Admin to Admit Roughly 12,000 Refugees

“Whitehead, a 2023 appointee of former President Joe Biden, blocked enforcement of Trump’s order, saying it amounted to an “effective nullification of congressional will” in setting up the nation’s refugee admissions program.”

(Newsmax) A judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to admit some 12,000 refugees into the United States under a court order partially blocking the president’s efforts to suspend the nation’s refugee admissions program. Continue reading

Knowing the will of God isn’t a deep dark secret

By Marsha West

Is it possible for a Christian to know God’s will and not have to agonize over it? Should a believer make a decision without first spending hours in prayer, asking God to reveal His will? Must a Christian avoid making a decision until he or she has a “peace about it”? What about waiting for a “sign” from God? Is it okay for a Christian to consult a psychic or a Ouija board to seek God’s guidance?

A married couple, John and Tina, is faced with a dilemma. They would like to move to Colorado to be closer to John’s family. They’ve been praying about it, asking God to show them His will. Their decision must be made before the end of the week, yet they’re still not sure what God wants them to do — should they stay or should they go?

Naturally John and Tina are confused and frustrated. John is leaning toward moving because he knows it will be good for the kids to live close to their grandparents. He’s even getting excited about it. Not Tina! She wants to wait for a “confirmation,” from God before they pull up stakes and move half way across the country.

John and Tina are in the proverbial pickle.

Many Christians talk about finding God’s will as though it were some deep dark secret hidden away in the pages of Scripture. Maybe God doesn’t want us to find it.

Where does the Bible teach that God tries to hide His will from us? Continue reading

President Trump Declares Failure of Movie Industry a National Security Threat

(Mary Dowling) President Trump said the US movie industry is dying quickly because incentives are drawing filmmakers and studios away from the US. He’s planning a 100% tariff on movies imported to the US that are produced in foreign lands.

The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death. Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. Continue reading

Money Killed the Press

“But worst of all, television news has devolved into a daily cauldron of propaganda. Dishonest statements go unchallenged, phony narratives are peddled as fact. Somewhere in a very hot place, Joseph Goebbels is delighted.”

(Bill O’Reilly) Former ABC News guy Ted Koppel is not a fan of mine.  Years ago, appearing on the Factor, he blamed me for corrupting TV news standards because I developed an analysis program in prime time that changed the tempo of news presentations.

Koppel is correct that I did that but fails to understand why it was necessary and a very positive thing…. Continue reading

Did President Trump just pass the MAGA torch during this NBC interview?

Watch the video clips.

(Revolver) In a powerful NBC interview, President Trump cleared all the rumors: he’s not running in 2028. He squashed the chatter, silenced all the speculation, and many believe that he just passed the torch, not just to a new generation of leaders, but to the future of the America First movement itself.

Trump lit the MAGA flame back in 2015. He gave a voice to the forgotten men and women, torched the globalist platform, and totally redefined what Republican leadership looks like. But Trump knows this movement is bigger than one man. It has to be, or we’re doomed. And if it’s going to survive and keep winning, it needs strong, serious fighters to carry the torch forward. Continue reading

The Manly and Masculine Christ

“The reason that millions of young men are resonating with the sorts of things that people like Jordan Peterson are saying is that they are crying out to once again hear that it is OK to be male, to be a man, to be manly, and to be masculine. They want to be who they were meant to be.”

(Bill Muehlenberg – Culture Watch) It is time to get back to the biblical Jesus:

Throughout much of the West, we have forgotten what it is to be a man. Or worse yet, we have demonised men and manliness. We have condemned men and masculinity. This is proving to be a recipe for disaster. And the Christian church should have no part in this. We need to get back to the Bible. Continue reading

The Exhaustion of Christianity, Today

(Mark Hogan) The tornado of the “next big thing” is always swirling around us. There is always another program to practice, another conference to attend, another podcast to listen to, another book to read (or write!). There is always something someone is convincing us we need to be doing.

It is the tyranny of the next big thing and it is simply exhausting to keep up, isn’t it?

In such a culture, it is highly likely that we are doing so many things that we end up doing nothing well…. Continue reading

ALS patient able to communicate thanks to Neuralink

Read first and then watch the video on the site.

(Frank Miller – Republic Sentinel) Bradford Smith, a father with ALS, received a Neuralink brain implant and can now complete tasks such as typing on his computer using only his mind despite his neurological condition.

Smith said in a viral social media video produced with the brain implant that ALS “kills the motor neurons that control my muscles” but does not impact his mind, a condition he discovered “starting with a shoulder injury that would not heal and ending up with my current status.” Continue reading

“The most political church in town…”

“Sadly far too many megachurch and megachurch-adjacent pastors, whether they be connected with the Andy Stanley-style attractional movement, TGC, Acts29, or many other organizations, are cowards. That’s not to say all of them. But far too many. And according to Revelation 21, cowardice is a damnable sin.”

(Steven Whitlow – Clear Truth Media) A few weeks ago I attended a pro-life breakfast with around six hundred fellow Northwest Ohio pro-life advocates. Most were expecting to hear Vivek Ramaswamy show his bonafides as an ally in the fight for life, but he excused himself from the event 24 hours before it began. Continue reading

Loomer drops juicy bombshell on activist judge who’s targeting Trump’s agenda…

“Under federal judicial guidelines, judges are supposed to recuse themselves if their impartiality could reasonably be questioned or if their spouse has a financial interest tied to the case. In Judge Thurston’s situation, actually both rules apply.”

(Revolver) If you thought lawfare was just about courtroom theatrics and endless sham indictments, think again. The Left has turned activist judges into one of their deadliest weapons, all part of their coordinated, scorched-earth mission to stop President Trump from doing what he was elected to do: reverse Joe Biden’s radical, failed agenda and Make America Great Again. Continue reading

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