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

Multiculturalism is Ideological Diversity, a Schismatic Heresy That Dooms Churches to Failure

“Disturbingly, this secular influence can be seen in the teachings of popular figures within the Christian community. Among the proponents of this doctrine of multiculturalism are David Platt, Matt Chandler, Tim Keller, JD Greear, Mark Dever, Russell Moore, Beth Moore…”

(Dissenter) In this age of moral relativism, where every wind of doctrine is blowing and the foundations of biblical truth are being vigorously attacked, the Church of God cannot afford to shrink back. The Word of God, unadulterated and absolute, stands as our guide and the voice of the Holy Spirit as our counselor in these turbulent times. The clarion call to holiness and unity in the body of Christ, grounded firmly in the Word of God, should be louder than ever. Continue reading

Disturbing New ‘Christian’ Conference Features Voddie Baucham, John Cooper (of Skillet) and…. Mormon Glenn Beck!!?

(Protestia) According to the promo material, Fearless Army: Roll Call 2.0 is a “gathering, celebration, and encouragement of men to put on the full armor of God to take a stand against the evil forces destroying American culture (Ephesians)” insisting that “it’s important that men not give up meeting together and encouraging one another toward love and good deeds (Hebrews 10:24-25).”

The conference is being put on because “Jason Whitlock and John Rich “believe the best way to close the divides tearing America apart is to bring men together under the umbrella of worship, reverence, and song honoring our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” and the conference is “designed to inspire men to put aside superficial differences and serve our shared Creator.” Continue reading

Biden Just Handed Hamas a Huge Win

“On Capitol Hill, Biden is being blasted by lawmakers for the dangerous decision — which is obviously being made to appease Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib in Michigan.” 

(Katie Pavlich – Townhall) During an interview with CNN Wednesday night, President Joe Biden reversed longstanding U.S. policy and declared he will stop precision weapons shipments to Israel should the Israeli Defense Forces head deeper into Rafah.

Given there are approximately 8000 Hamas terrorists in Rafah, where hostages are also reportedly being held, the declaration allows Hamas to stay alive and forces Israel to lose the war — a final stronghold for the Iranian backed terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip. Continue reading

Columbia Students Will Reap the Consequences

“If you want to improve your kid’s chances of getting into an elite university — and you can afford it — it certainly doesn’t hurt to start donating major cash to the school as early as possible. But some wealthy Jewish families who have done just that at schools like Harvard and Columbia, sometimes beginning when their children were in first grade, are now writing it off as a loss.”

(Emmy Griffin – The Patriot Post) Columbia University has been front and center for the spate of pro-Hamas protests that have swept across several so-called “higher education” campuses in recent weeks. Columbia’s protests have been the most visible and some of the most vicious. Some students, faculty, and outside activists there have used anti-Jew rhetoric, and some have even assaulted Jewish students or blocked them from attending classes. An especially violent contingent broke into Hamilton Hall and locked authorities out. Continue reading

Benny Hinn Responds to Mike Winger’s 4-Hour Exposé: ‘Forgive Me…I’ve Made Mistakes’

(Protestia) Benny Hinn has responded to a recent 4-hour exposé done on him by Mike Winger, asking people to “forgive him” for his errors while still engaging in revisionist history, minimization of his error, and outright lies.

Still reeling from Winger’s cinematic cinderblock to the head, arch-heretic Benny Hinn reached out to Stephen Strang, founder and CEO of Charisma News, the media conglomerate that has been historically very friendly to him, to do damage control and “throw his hat into the ring and try to balance the scales when it comes to the legacy he will leave behind.” Continue reading

American Evangelical Increasingly Embracing the Foolishness that God Accepts Worship From All Religions

“Asserting that God accepts the worship of all religions is to elevate human judgment above the decree of the one who created their mind and even gave them the ability to reason. It’s an arrogant posture—a vivid reflection of self-worship rather than submission to God, and this arrogance demonstrates a devastating disregard for the sanctity of Scripture and God’s explicit instructions on worship and idolatry.”

(The Dissenter) A distressing surge is sweeping through the Church, especially American evangelicals—a surge that flouts the clear and unabashed truths of biblical Christianity. A 2022 Ligonier survey from thestateoftheology.com unveils this grim reality—a staggering 56% of evangelicals now falsely believe that God accepts worship from all religions, marking a significant increase from 42% in 2020. Continue reading

What the pro-Palestinian protests are really about

“It is clear that they are not motivated by legitimate concern for Arab and Muslim lives, whatever the rhetoric. If they were, then Israel would hardly be the only, or even primary, target. The death toll from over a decade of government-led bloodshed in Syria is catastrophic but has not gripped the imagination of campus activists.”

(Carl Trueman – First Things) The recent pro-Palestinian student protests on elite university campuses across the country offer fascinating, if somewhat depressing, insights into the state of modern American culture. It is not so much that the lunatics have taken over the asylum as the kindergartners have taken over the nursery. Continue reading

One of the The Fruits of Human Depravity is: Stupidity

“Throughout history, this pattern of irrationality has persisted, manifesting in myriad forms of rebellion against God’s sovereignty. When one rejects the divine foundation of truth—God’s self-revelation to creation—he embarks on a perilous path marked by confusion and folly….” 

(The Dissenter) In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, imbuing the world with order, reason, and morality, and most importantly, a desire to worship Him. However, the first tangible evidence of stupidity emerged in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve, deceived by the serpent, believed they could outsmart the Creator. Continue reading

Horror for County EMS as Wave of Calls Floods In – 2 Arrested After Deadly Mass Overdose Strike Area

“We took extra time to do training and talk them through, and made sure every single person we talked to knew what was going on.”

(Warner Todd Huston – The Western Journal) With so many other bad things going on in the news, it is sometimes easy to forget that the United States is in the throes of a drug abuse epidemic, but the citizens of Austin, Texas, were jolted back to that realization last week when a mass overdose incident left multiple people dead. Continue reading

Pro-Hamas Protests Funded by Biden’s Own Political Donors

“Biden’s Department of Justice has notably refused to investigate the civil rights abuses being committed by the “encampments” — against Jews, journalists, and others — and has also refused to consider RICO conspiracy charges.”

(Joel B. Pollak – Breitbart) The pro-Palestinian, antisemitic protests on university campuses across the nation are funded by President Joe Biden’s own political donors — which could explain why he hesitates to condemn them and won’t investigate them. Continue reading

Frat Boys Launch Their Own Intifada Against Pro-Hamas Radicals on Their Campuses

“The people have spoken Hamas clowns, and they’re not with you.” 

(Matt Vespa – Townhall) I hope more expressions of patriotism and pro-Israel support are seen across college campuses. There is a pushback occurring from people who have had it with the illegal pro-Hamas encampments that have spread like a brushfire among higher education institutions. Remember when we said that the Left will make you care and that no one will be allowed to remain neutral?… Continue reading

Meet the Nation’s Top Economic Adviser – This Is Not Satire

“Just to add my two cents. This is what authoritarians do when they are turning the nation into a communist country. They hire all the most incompetent people to ruin everything.”

(Mary Dowling) The following video is not a Deepfake. It is a clip of an interview with Biden’s top economic adviser, Jared Bernstein. His background for this top economics position is a BA in double bass and an advanced degree in social work.

[Keep your sense of humor] Continue reading

Evil Actors Radicalizing Students on Our Campuses Nationwide

“Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz said there is an organization behind all of these protests, radicalizing our kids. They say they will find out who it is.”

(Mary Dowling) Well-financed bad actors are coming onto the American campuses to stir up hate. Curtis Sliwa estimated it at about half, and he’s being proven right from police arrests. That is how it has been in every riot/protest. Radical communist and anarchist groups come in to exploit whatever the situation of the day is. Continue reading

We Surrendered Higher Education to the Left

Though feeling angry at these students is tempting, one should feel pity. After all, they were molded, not created this way. They were taught to say these things, to feel this way, and to act this way toward one another. They learned it from their teachers, many of whom march alongside their pygmalions in “solidarity.” 

(The Patriot Post) There is some American Spirit on college campuses, but there’s also far too much anti-American hatred. Political analyst Becket Adams says that’s because conservatives ceded the battlefield of higher education to the Left. Continue reading

Antisemitism Awareness Act Passed: Good Intentions, Bad Idea

Rep. Gaetz believes it would subject the Bible and the truth to being criminalized. That certainly isn’t Lawler’s and Ritchie’s intention, but it could be misused by political operatives.”

(Mary Dowling) The antisemitism bill passed last night 320-91. Twenty-one Republicans and 70 Democrats voted against it.

The bill, titled the Antisemitism Awareness Act, would mandate that the Education Department adopt the broad definition of antisemitism used by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, an intergovernmental group, to enforce anti-discrimination laws. Continue reading

Of the 300 Pro-Hamas Agitators Arrested at Columbia, Most Weren’t Students

(Sarah Arnold – Townhall) New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) sounds the alarm that the roughly 300 pro-Hamas protestors arrested by NYPD Tuesday night at Columbia University and City College of New York may not be students— but rather part of radical terrorist organizations. 

Adams said that when he became aware that the majority of the pro-terrorism protestors weren’t students but professional agitators, he promised to fight for the American “way of life” as the demonstrators continued to harass Jewish communities.  Continue reading

Is the ‘Christian Right’ doing the right thing in God’s eyes?

By Marsha West

By far the biggest obstacle the visible Church faces is the infiltration of progressive activists, many of whom are renowned pastors, authors, conference speakers, evangelists, missionaries, musicians, televangelists, radio hosts, podcasters, seminary presidents and CEOs.  As of late, even some of our most beloved evangelical leaders have departed conservativism and morphed into theological progressives.  In other words, they’re woke.

The extent the woke movement has impacted our leaders varies.  But the truth is that a growing number of “Christian” notables have gone off the reservation. As a result, false doctrine abounds in fiction and non-fiction books as well as movies. Many dangerous books have become best-sellers. This includes Bibles, devotionals and Bible studies. Books and DVDs of this nature are easily purchased through Amazon, online booksellers and through so-called Christian publishers. Sadly, a number of these, with all their unorthodox teaching, end up on the shelves of church libraries. Moreover, so-called Christian television hosts and YouTube influencers promote their guests’ merchandise that contain unbiblical teaching—even outright lies—and fear confronting the person even when it’s obvious that he/she is either overstating a situation or telling a big fat lie. Continue reading

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