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

How Is the Trinity Involved in Our Prayers?

“Practically speaking, therefore, a healthy, vibrant prayer life depends to a large extent upon a good understanding of trinitarian doctrine. Only then will we both understand what it is we are doing and have confidence that it will be effective and powerful…”

(Jonathan Landry Cruse – Beautiful Christian Life) Prayer is an essential means by which we can commune (fellowship) with God—and not just God as an abstract being, but God as a personal Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each member of the Trinity gives himself to us in the work of prayer. Indeed, prayer wouldn’t even be possible if not for the Trinity. Continue reading

John MacArthur Under Fire for Questioning Mental Health Diagnosis: ‘There’s no such thing as PTSD’

(Protestia) Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church has come under fire for comments he made questioning the mental health diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), suggesting that at least in the latter, it is being clinically defined and pushed to give Big Pharma an excuse to make money off medicating for it.

I was reading a book, an interesting book, called A Profession Without Reason. It’s a book that shows basically- this is pretty shocking to some of you- that psychiatry and psychology is finally admitting the noble lies that they’ve been telling for the last hundred years. And the major noble lie is there is such a thing as mental illness. Continue reading

WATCH: War at UCLA as Pro-Israel Vigilantes Storm Palestine ‘Encampment’ Overnight

(Joey Scott – Breitbart) Roughly 100 pro-Israel vigilantes stormed the “Palestine Solidarity Encampment” at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, sparking battles with activists.

Several videos, then…

The raid occurred after nearly a week in which UCLA not only allowed the encampment to occupy the main plaza on campus, but also allowed pro-Palestinian activists to run their own security, barring access to students and the public. Continue reading

The Treachery Behind the Protests

“Question: do you think these student protesters know anything about who is coordinating their dissent? Not likely. They are useful idiots to the destructive radicals driving the college disruptions.”

(Bill O’Reilly) Here’s an undeniable statement: the evil done by far-right people is eagerly exposed by the corrupt corporate media, while heinous actions on the left are often ignored or even justified.

Hatred of Jews is that rare mental disorder that cuts across extremist boundaries. Neo-Nazis loathe anything Jewish, as history demonstrates. The progressive left cadres around the world feel the same way the Nazis do. Continue reading

More than one in four voters would commit election fraud

“The survey results come after the campaign for former President Donald Trump raised concerns about and filed lawsuits over election integrity following the 2020 election, during which many states saw the use of mail-in ballots swell as a result of lockdowns….” 

(The Sentinel) More than one in four Americans expressed willingness to commit at least one type of illegal voting practice in the 2024 election to assist their favored candidate or stop a candidate they do not favor, according to a new survey from the Heartland Institute. Continue reading

Massive share of Generation Z identifies as LGBT

“I tell this story to highlight the simple fact that the Christian faith cannot be reconciled with the LGBTQ lifestyles without becoming another religion altogether. Eventually, everyone will have to choose to either follow Christ or follow the LGBTQ movement. You can’t have it both ways.”

(Ben Zeisloft – The Sentinel) Considerable shares of young Americans identify with various self-described LGBT identities, a trend which corresponds to their increased skepticism toward Christianity. Continue reading

Rick Warren Says: ‘Your #1 Purpose in Life is to Let God Love You’

(Protestia) As braggart Rick Warren adjusts to the post-2023 SBC general meeting, where Saddleback church was disfellowshipped for allowing women preachers, he spends much of his days whittling away on Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), that bastion for spiritual scoundrels and knaves, peddling his skin-deep and sugary sweet brand of Christianity with the hope that if he begs enough, someone will take a bite.

Perhaps no single individual has done as much to stunt the spiritual growth of and sear the modern American evangelical conscience than Rick Warren. With his Peter Drucker-mentored corporatization of the church, his advocacy for purpose-driving, his Schuller-inspired, man-pleasing “gospel,” and his endless ability to taint every would-be solid minister from on his way to becoming the king of dollar store, bargain-bin Christianity, Rick Warren’s career as the leader of the 25,000 members, 14 campus Saddleback Church has been nothing short of infamous…. Continue reading

‘Coming to a Theatre Near You:’ Dershowitz Warns Columbia University Protesters ‘Will Become Terrorists’

“Among the people in front of Columbia University are people who will become terrorists, who will help Hamas, who will be part of the fifth column. How do I know this? Because I represented many dissenters and protesters during the 1960s and 1970s…” 

(Sarah Arnold – Townhall) College campuses and law enforcement continue to clamp down on pro-Hamas protestors who have been harassing Israeli students nationwide for more than a week. Continue reading

Who Funds Hamas? You Do, Thanks to Old Joe Biden

“We are funding Hamas. Do you realize the nightmare of this? We are funding Hamas with this 9 billion. What is wrong with this administration?” 

(Robert Spencer – PJ Media) It’s all out in the open now. The House voted 366-58 on Saturday to send $9.1 billion to Gaza, and that means $9.1 billion to Hamas. This isn’t the first time that the Biden regime has made clear which side it’s on, and it likely won’t be the last. But this time, Old Joe and his henchmen are getting some pushback. Continue reading

Calvary Chapel’s Embrace Of Side B Heresy

(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) Evangelical Dark Web is one of the foremost outlets warning about Side B Theology and why it is heretical. Jon Harris has also been doing great work on the subject, and he interviewed a former Calvary Chapel pastor, affiliated with the more orthodox Calvary Chapel Association. This pastor left the association over their embrace of Side B Theology and he tells his story. Side B Theology teaches that homosexual desires and identity are not sinful. Continue reading

13 Banks Helped Feds Spy on Trump Supporters

(Mark Swanson – Newsmax) At least 13 financial institutions helped the Biden administration spy on Donald Trump supporters without a warrant in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, riots on Capitol Hill, the Daily Mail reported Thursday.

House Republicans opened an investigation into the practice in January, with six banks linked to helping the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) with surveillance of bank records. The Daily Mail’s report uncovered seven more banking firms. Continue reading

God Made Us Male and Female- Why We Cannot Change Our Gender

(Jacob Toman – Redeeming Family) This post is in response to a conversation that was started on social media.

Person #1: “If God made you a male, that’s not a mistake. If God made you a female, that’s not a mistake. Saying any different is insulting a perfect creator. Read your word.”

Person #2: “God made you a brunette, yet you are now a blonde. God gave you bad vision, yet you fixed it with glasses. God gave you crooked teeth, yet you straightened them with braces. Trans people change the outside to match the inside like you do. Sit down. Jesus said to.” Continue reading

Money Grubber Rod Parsley ‘Binds’ Austism, Aspergers and OCD’ in Favored Grift

(Protestia) Rod Parsley is the impastor of World Harvest Church and a noted Word of Faith televangelist. A NAR heretic who never met a bible verse he couldn’t twist, he is known for his constant money-grubbing, constantly cajoling the masses by promising that anyone who sows a seed into his ministry will receive miracles and megabucks.

In a recent message, he walked where many have gone before him, twisting Matthean verses on “binding and loosing” to seemingly ascribe demonic spirits to a raft of neurological disorders “bind(ing) every autism spectrum disorder” as well as ADD, Aspergers, “autism symptoms, conditions or behaviors,” OCD, Echolalia, etc. so they achieve “complete neuro normalcy” in the name of Jesus Christ.” Continue reading

Supreme Court Weighs Trump’s Bid for Immunity From Prosecution

“Sauer raised three hypothetical examples of past presidents being charged for official actions taken as president. He asked whether George W. Bush could be prosecuted for obstructing an official proceeding for allegedly lying to Congress to justify the Iraq war, or Barack Obama charged with murder for killing U.S. citizens abroad in drone strikes, or Biden charged with unlawfully inducing immigrants to enter country illegally, based on his border policies.”

(Newsmax) U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned a lawyer for Donald Trump Thursday about the former president’s claim of immunity from prosecution for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat, posing questions about what happens if a president were to sell nuclear secrets, take a bribe, or order a coup or assassination. Continue reading

FBI Director Wray: The Coming Attack, Chinese Cyber Bombs

“Wray likes to compliment himself, but he seems to lack some self-awareness. If he really wanted to be honest, he’d tell Biden to shut the border down, but he’s probably all in on replacing the current population.”

(Mary Dowling) NBC News reporter Lester Holt conducted a wide-ranging interview with FBI Director Wray. Wray discussed insults against the FBI, Donald Trump, and J6 “criminals.” NBC News buried the lede. Wray seems to see all those things as equal to the danger Americans face from foreign entities. Continue reading

Yeah, They Might Wanna Rethink This: Columbia University Protesters Proclaim ‘We Are Hamas’

“The chances that these Columbia students (if that is what they really are, rather than professional protesters brought in from elsewhere) really know what they’re endorsing when they so enthusiastically embrace Hamas is about nil. How many Columbia student protesters know that Hamas is an Arabic acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement, which is the actual name of the organization?”

(Robert Spencer – PJ Media) As far as the student protesters at Columbia University and other universities are concerned, they’re making a strong and principled stand for justice. Yet events at Columbia and elsewhere have taken an ugly turn, with the protesters sounding more like the National Socialists (remember, that’s what “Nazi” means) of 1930s Germany than any actual crusader for human rights. Continue reading

Gen N: The Narcissist Generation

“The most contemptible and dangerous of the Gen Z narcissists emerged in force during the “summer of rage” ignited by Biden and his Demos just before the 2020 election. The most disruptive among them were the mostly white “Black Lives Matter” apologists and those forming the so-called “antifa movement” of self-styled “anti-fascist” fascists.”

(Mark Alexander – The Patriot Post) Have you figured out what “social generation” you belong to?

I am not referring to genealogy, familial generations, or learning about your ancestors. Those are the generations that matter most…. Continue reading

A Biblical Response to ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’

“Transgender ideology may be the most blatant attack on the deity of God in our culture. It usurps the place of God and arrogates it to people, deceiving and deluding them into thinking they are gods who can determine their own gender – and yet it ends up destroying them. God also expects people to live according to the gender He assigns. It is a violation of God’s law to live according to a gender God did not assign….”

(Robb Brunansky – The Cripplegate) Last month, President Joe Biden issued a Proclamation on Transgender Day of Visibility, setting the date for Easter Sunday. The announcement was immediately met with overwhelming cheers on the political left and a crescendo of outrage on the political right. Continue reading

Anti-Israel Protesters Gather Outside Sen. Schumer’s Home, Demand U.S. ‘Stop Arming Israel’

“Mass arrests as hundreds blocked Brooklyn street outside Schumer home, during ‘Seder in the Streets’ as they chant “Stop Funding Genocide” their shirts reads “Jewish voices for peace” as they demand to stop arming Israel.”

(Elizabeth Weibel – Breitbart) Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters gathered outside of Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) home in Brooklyn, calling for the United States to “stop arming Israel.”

Video footage posted to X showed what appeared to be hundreds of protesters gathered in the street outside of Schumer’s home for a “Seder in the Streets” on the second day of the Passover Jewish holiday. Continue reading

Quad-Vaxxed Young People 318% More Likely to Die Than Unvaxxed

(Slay News – Frank Bergman) Alarming figures revealed in official government data expose the shocking impact on young people from the global Covid mRNA vaccination campaign.

Official data published by the UK government’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that young people who have received four Covid shots are a staggering 318% more likely to die than their unvaxxed piers.

The data shows a huge spike in sudden deaths and major health complications of quad-vaxxed young people aged 18-39 years old. Continue reading

Heresy: Kenoticism

“While not traditionally mainstream, the doctrine of Kenoticism has been promoted by the charismatic New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) movement including people like Bill Johnson of Bethel Church and well-known charlatan, Todd White.”

(The Dissenter) Kenoticism, also known as Kenosis Theory, or simply as Kenosis, is a Christological heresy that stems from a misinterpretation of Philippians 2:7, where it is stated that Jesus “emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.”… Continue reading

Disney World Turns Park Into Drag Show for Kids With Transgender Snow White Character

“Like any slippery slope, the idea pushed boundaries further into the LGBTQ agenda when they cast a “gender non-conforming” person who goes by the name Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique for the park. Videos surfaced of Bibbidi, who is clearly a man with a mustache wearing a dress and sprinkling pixie dust on children…”

(John Del Arroz – PJ Media) Disney is ramping up the grooming operations at their Walt Disney World park in Florida. In 2022, the company announced that it wouldn’t consider gender when casting for different characters in the park, which sparked backlash from responsible parents as they didn’t want Disney World to turn into a drag show for kids. According to a new report, parents’ fears have become a reality. Continue reading

COVER-UP EXPOSED: Judge Cannon Unmasks Redacted Documents Revealing Biden White House Direct Ties to Mar-a-Lago Raid, Jack Smith Investigation

“US Attorney General Merrick Garland’s claims about “independence” from investigations into Trump are LIES.”

(Cristina Lalia – The Gateway Pundit) Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday ordered key evidence in Jack Smith’s classified documents case to be unredacted.

The newly unredacted documents revealed Biden’s White House had direct ties to the Mar-a-Lago raid. The Biden Regime was also directly tied to Jack Smith’s investigation despite claims to the contrary from US Attorney General Merrick Garland. Continue reading