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

When people stay tightly within a closed set of ideas that require the blockade of competing ideas, they are in a type of cult.

“Now let’s think about how thought-stopping devices are being used in the Church. Christians have a Holy Book that should make this whole thing a lot easier. It’s called The Bible. When anyone teaches anything in the church it must be rigorously tested against God’s Word. While this sounds pretty straightforward, it gets smothered over by thought-stopping devices that obscure the truth of God’s Word.”

(Steven Kozar – Messed Up Church) This cluster of ideas only makes sense to the person who willingly surrenders to them. Here’s the difficult part for cult members to hear: if they refuse to do the hard work necessary to test their ideas, they are to blame for their membership in the cult. Yes, cult leaders are terrible…. Continue reading

The Wall Street Journal: Biden ‘Slipping’

When President Biden met with congressional leaders in the West Wing in January to negotiate a Ukraine funding deal, he spoke so softly at times that some participants struggled to hear him, according to five people familiar with the meeting. He read from notes to make obvious points, paused for extended periods and sometimes closed his eyes for so long that some in the room wondered whether he had tuned out.” — The Wall Street Journal

(Sandy Fitzgerald – Newsmax) President Joe Biden’s mental acuity and advancing age concerns are becoming more of a problem behind closed doors, where lawmakers who have met with him for negotiations, including on Ukraine funding and policy changes, say the politician who once held a reputation for his mastery in negotiating legislative deals is slipping as the months and years go by. Continue reading

Contemporary Worship is a Breeding Ground for Idolatry and False Worship, Leading to Judgment

(The Dissenter) The Christian Contemporary Music (CCM) industry is a modern-day embodiment of false worship and idolatry—mooching off the name of Christ to launch careers, only to end up apostatizing, blaspheming Him, and supporting the very things God abhors, like homosexuality, abortion, and more. This industry is a prime example of how worship can become a shallow veneer—think of a gold-plated apple that’s rotten to the core—masking a reality of self-indulgence and rebellion against God’s holiness. Continue reading

U.S. Gov. Spending Millions in Tax Dollars to Promote Homosexuality in Third World Countries

“Translation: let’s pat ourselves on the back for pushing our perversion onto cultures that might just have a different perspective. Countries like Uganda, for example, a nation that has experienced AIDS epidemics and understands the practical danger of allowing such behavior.”

(The Dissenter) It’s bad enough that our government pushes radical leftism at the expense of our sanity in our own nation, but did you know these leftists are spending your money to promote homosexuality around the world?

Okay, so let’s talk about USAID, shall we? You know, the United States Agency for International Development—the folks who are supposed to be helping “improve lives” in third world countries…. Continue reading

Tulsi on Dr. Fauci: They Rejected Science, Rejected the Truth

“We also know that Fauci‘s team was exposed during the hearing yesterday, and they worked behind the scenes to cover up the origins of the COVID outbreak. They knew about it. He was CCed on those emails and then lied to Congress about it.”

(Mary Dowling) Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard gave a clear and poignant analysis of yesterday’s hearing with Dr. Anthony Fauci. She said that Dr. Fauci is the latest example of the ‘Democratic’ elite in Washington and their crusade for control and more power, which comes at the cost of our freedom.

Dr. Fauci is among the worst offenders. Continue reading

Cringe: Eric Metaxas’s Lazy Letter To The American Church

“The idea of a letter to the American church should generate images of a modern Pauline epistle, but the documentary fails to provide anything profound or uniquely insightful…”

(Anthony Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) Originally, Godwin’s Law invoked that on a long enough timeline, every debate would devolve into Nazi accusations and ad-Hitler hominin attacks. Nowadays, Godwin’s Law is the starting point for any discourse, reflecting a remarkable degradation in human intelligence. Several months back, upon viewing the trailer, we concluded that Eric Metaxas’s Letter to the American Church was NGMI, or not going to make it—that is to say, it is a failed strategy to make everything a Nazi comparison and that the documentary, along with its participants like James Lindsay, would render it ineffective for the church. Continue reading

Watch out! ‘The Chosen’, New ‘Book of Mormon’ tv series, is in the works

“According to their heretical and plagiarized unholy scriptures that were written by the scoundrel Joseph Smith during the reign of King Zedekiah (approximately 600 BC), Lehi led his family out of Jerusalem after the people rebelled against his message and tried to kill him.”

(Protestia) Latter-Day Saint filmmakers are planning a new TV series inspired by The Chosen, except instead of featuring Jesus in the Gospels, it will feature characters and stories from the Book of Mormon [penned by false prophet Joseph Smith who taught a different gospel].

According to the promo material, the TV series The Promised, created by Ashley Troncoso, “aims to unite faith-based and secular audiences through the highest-quality scripture series ever made” by having similar production values as Dallas Jenkins’s mega-hit. Continue reading

Truth and Consequences

(Bill O’Reilly)  “I want the truth to be said.” – Spandau Ballet

Many events have occurred after 12 New Yorkers found Donald Trump guilty of “falsifying business records” 34 times. And few of them are good for the country.

Perhaps the worst thing is that the concept of truth once again got bruised and battered in a way injurious to every American.  So, I am here to say the truth about this case fully knowing that most human beings believe what they want to believe – sometimes with little regard for factual reality.  Continue reading

White House moves to change organ transplant process to consider race

(Sentinel Staff) Officials at the United States Department of Health and Human Services said last month they will seek to amend the organ transplant model to prioritize people of certain racial identities.

The proposed organ model “aims to increase access to kidney transplants for all people living with end-stage renal disease” as well as “reduce disparities among individuals undergoing the process to receive a kidney transplant.” Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra specifically mentioned assisting black patients in a press release about the program. Continue reading

The U.S. Department of Education Promoting Pride Month is Just the Beginning of the Birth Pangs of God’s Wrath

“God will do what He always does. He will bring crushing judgment and wrath to purge the wickedness from the land. In Revelation 18, we see the fall of Babylon, a symbol of the world’s corrupt systems, where God’s people are called to “come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues…” 

(The Dissenter) I’m certainly no prophet, but here’s what’s undeniable—from Genesis to Revelation, the Bible makes it clear that when people reject God and embrace idolatry, His judgment and wrath will inevitably follow. Continue reading

‘I just have to start with my testimony of Jesus Christ.’ Mormon Glenn Beck Casts Himself as Faithful Believer at ‘Christian’ Men’s Conference

“If Fearless were a generic men’s conference that Beck was speaking at, that would be one thing. But this event was  specifically and intentionally marketed as a conference for Christians and has every hallmark of being one.”

(Protestia) Noted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Glenn Beck, took to the stage at the Fearless Roll Call 2.0 conference yesterday morning, regaling hundreds of men with tales of George Washington’s escapades while sharing an extended personal testimony that urged his audience to “surrender to Jesus Christ.” Continue reading

The Chosen creator, Dallas Jenkins, ends a business partnership with a Mormon-owned company over broken agreements

(Marsha West – Christian Research Network) If I were a gloater, I’d be gloating over the news that creator/writer/director of The Chosen, Dallas Jenkins, has parted company with Mormon owned Angel Studios. The Angel Studios (AS) team was involved for 8 years in producing the series.  AS never hid the fact that they are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints a.k.a Mormons. Since Dallas Jenkins is a professing Christian, he entered into a business venture fully aware that he was going against God. In 2 Cor 6:14-15 Paul makes it clear that believers are not to partnership with Belial: Continue reading

A.I. Event Seeks to Connect ‘2.5 Billion Christians’ in Simultaneous Worldwide Prayer and Worship

“The [ecumenical] event is being sponsored by Barna, Radical, Global Advance, CRU, Luis Palau, Jesus Film Project, Alpha, World Evangelical Alliance, RightNow Media, If: Gathering, Bible Project, Arise Asia, Global 2033, Revive Europe Movement, and Messenger International.”

Gather25 is inviting all the Christians of the world, every denomination living on every continent, for a 25-hour event of simultaneous worship and prayer that will harness the power of Artificial Intelligence to ensure it is seen and heard in every tongue and language. Continue reading

Christians across the country mobilize to confront ‘pride month’

‘Pride’ is a judgment from God and a satanic assault upon people made in the image of God. Almost all of these events directly target children as well. We as a church feel a duty to resist this evil with corporate evangelism.”

(Ben Ziesloft – The Sentinel) Christians across the nation are mounting evangelistic and activist efforts to confront the cultural and political encroachment of “pride month” in their communities.

The annual commemoration of homosexuality and transgenderism has been increasingly recognized by American institutions, from government agencies and large corporations to media outlets and elite universities…. Continue reading

Only One Election Issue Now: ‘Will American People Stand for Becoming a Banana Republic?’

“Democrats have been taken over by the violent left. These bad actors have brought you the rivers of humanity over the Southern Border, less security, higher taxes, a dollar that’s not worth a damn, no-limits abortion, ballots mailed out to nobody and everybody, fewer police, groomer teachers, and indulgences of vices never before seen in America. Christ is mocked. Jews are afraid. We pay terrorists to plot against us.” 

(Victoria Taft – PJ Media) What did the Democrats just do to America?

In the sham trial, the activist judge, according to a lawyer in the courtroom, covered his mouth to mask his laugh during the reading of the verdict. The smiling Biden DOJ prosecutor who parachuted into New York to get Trump on the bizarre Letitia James victimless value-inflation case with the AG’s office then hopped over to Manhattan to prosecute Trump based on the plot of a book written by a disgruntled DA who quit and then was rehired to help manage the case: a district attorney, who, like the attorney general, got funded by Soros and then vowed they would get Trump by any means necessary. Continue reading

Oh, So That’s How Fauci’s Damning Emails Were Buried

“This new evidence raises additional, serious concerns about public health officials purposefully concealing information and behaving as if they are unaccountable to the American people they serve.”  

(Katie Pavlich — Townhall) Newly released documents by House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic reveal staff of Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top federal government health officials deliberately evaded Freedom of Information Act requests by misspelling words and using private email addresses…. Continue reading

United Methodists Lose One Million Members in One Day, After Oversees Contingent Cuts Ties Over Same-Sex Support

(Protestia) In a continued blistering indictment against the destructive and damned United Methodist Church denomination, their largest overseas jurisdiction has voted to cut ties with them over their support of same-sex marriage and all things gay at their General Conference earlier this month, resulting in a loss of over a million members in a single day.

The United Methodist Church in the Ivory Coast (EMUCI), which has been vocal about the denomination’s drift, held an extraordinary session on May 28th and pulled the trigger, casting their votes to disaffiliate “For reasons of conscience before God and His word, the supreme authority in matters of faith and life.” Continue reading

BREAKING: Manhattan Jury Finds Former President Guilty in Bookkeeping Case

(Victoria Taft – PJ Media) Donald Trump was found guilty today of 34 counts of falsifying bookkeeping records.

There was already little doubt when this trial began on April 15, 2024, with jury selection that this collection of Manhattanites would find Donald Trump guilty. Manhattan voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020.

As the trial dragged on for weeks, keeping the 2024 GOP candidate on the sidelines, it became crystal clear that Judge Juan Merchan was the prosecution’s plus-one to this party…. Continue reading

Taylor Swift may be causing her fans to stumble into witchcraft

By Marsha West — Christian Research Network

Most Christians understand that witchcraft has its roots in paganism and that God admonishes His chosen ones to resist the temptation to participate in pagan practices. It’s imperative for Christians who hold a biblical worldview to do what God says. But sadly, numerous professing Christians are unfamiliar with what a biblical worldview is. They’re clueless that Scripture is the breathed-out Word of God. (2 Tim 3:16-17) All that matters is that they’re saved. What is willfully ignored is that the Bible is the absolute authority, the “only rule for faith and practice” Christians live by. So, it only makes sense that God’s people commit to read and study the scriptures; likewise, it’s imperative that the Bible comes to be a Christian’s final court of arbitration for making life decisions.

And yet so-called Jesus followers choose to ignore His very words, which are clearly stated in Scripture. Instead, they go through life rarely looking to the Lord for guidance. What they’ve created for themselves is “Have it your way Christianity.” These people see nothing wrong with cooking up a batch of Syncretism Stew that contains ingredients for a plethora of religious beliefs and refer to the odious concoction as “Christianity” or “Evangelicalism.” When a tried-and-true Christian attempts to steer them away from the mess they’ve made of their lives and point them to the Word of God, they become defensive. Since most of these people are unteachable, instead of going to the Holy Spirit inspired scriptures for wholesome ingredients to make a batch of Authentic Christianity, they create a stew lacking spiritual nourishment instead of heart-healthy Truth that sticks to the ribs and virtually guarantees to make believers strong in the Lord.

Which brings me to Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Taylor Swift who’s a professing Christian. I admit that I’m not a “Swifty” fan. And I’m not inclined to listen to her music or follow her on social media (nor do I follow any entertainer). However, a friend insisted that her recent songs contain satanic and witchcraft themes. Hearing this drove me to YouTube where I discovered “Willow.” While I watched the production, I paid close attention to the lyrics so that I could discern whether or not Taylor Swift promotes witchcraft. After viewing that video several times I agree with my friend that “Willow” is teaming with witchcraft themes. Don’t take my word for it. Go to the link *below* and judge for yourself. Continue reading

The Seeds of Biden’s Betrayal of Israel Were Planted A Long Time Ago

“The man to whom the Biden regime has given the responsibility of being its special representative for Palestinian affairs, a particularly important post during this war, has declared: “I was inspired by the Palestinian intifada.” Hady Amr has also said that Palestinian Arabs would “never, never forget what the Israeli people, the Israeli military, and Israeli democracy have done to Palestinian children….”

(Robert Spencer – PJ Media) Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Israel on Thursday against cutting off Palestinian banks and spoke about the need to increase aid to Gaza, that is, Hamas, even further. Yellen’s words gained little attention, as the Biden regime’s betrayal of Israel is now old news…. Continue reading

Legal Experts: The Trump Trial Jury Instructions Are Not Normal

(Katie Pavlich – Townhall)  Closing arguments in the trial of former President Donald Trump in New York City, where he is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, have concluded and Judge Juan Merchan has given the jury their instructions. The instructions were given verbally and jurors won’t receive printed copies, although they can ask questions.

According to legal experts, Merchan’s standards for a conviction are abnormal and do not require jurors to reach a unanimous decision on the charges. Further, jurors don’t have to determine what crime was committed. Continue reading

Pope Francis Says There is Too Much ‘F*ggotry’ In Roman Catholic Seminaries

(Protestia) Catholic Newspapers are reporting that Pope Francis has dropped the queer equivalent of the n-bomb during a discussion with Italian Bishops over whether or not gay men should be allowed to become priests.

While there is no such thing as a ‘good’ pope, since they are the head of an evil and wicked heterodox church, Francis has been particularly noxious and vexatious, doing things like affirming the faith of Joe Biden… Continue reading

Is Failed Hillsong NYC Pastor, Carl Lentz, About to Start a New Church?

” It appears that Lentz is setting the stage for a comeback—possibly a new “church” of some sort.” 

(The Dissenter) In 2021, infamous Hillsong NYC pastor, Carl Lentz, was fired after he admitted that allegations of a sexual affair with an Islamic woman were true. Since then, Hillsong founder and CEO, Brian Houston, has been embroiled in his own controversies as sex scandal after sex scandal has repeatedly plagued Hillsong Church and the organization’s image had become increasingly tarnished. Continue reading

Will the Real Extremist Please Stand Up

(Bill O’Reilly) It is apparent that the corporate media and the Democratic Party are working together to defeat Donald Trump any way possible.

You’ll notice I didn’t say they’ve partnered to reelect President Biden. Most media and democrats understand he is a terrible leader, but, as usual, they put their loathing for Trump ahead of what’s best for the country.

The Biden campaign theme is simple: Trump is an extremist, a threat to democracy.  Rinse and repeat. Over and over.

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If someone follows false teachers or teaches false doctrine for a long time, is she saved?

Here are 2 similar questions left for Michelle Lesley in her email box:

I have heard pastors say that believers can sin for a ‘season’ without repentance. In regards to professing believers who follow false teachers, what is a ‘season’? Can they continue following them for months? Years?

Is it possible that someone who is a false teacher is actually saved? Could she truly believe the biblical gospel even though, for decades, she has been terribly mishandling God’s Word, and has been on an increasing trajectory of sin and false doctrine? Continue reading