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

Christian YouTuber Fixes ‘He Gets Us’ Commercial

“Jamie Bambrick shows how it’s not hard to make a compelling advertisement for Jesus.” Watch the video.

(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) The He Gets Us campaign has been controversial from its very inception and for good reasons. The woke vapid presentations of Jesus generally fail to resonate. One Christian YouTuber decided to fix the minute long commercial from the Super Bowl to make it compelling. His name is Jamie Bambrick, and his channel has just exceeded 6k subs on YouTube as a result of going viral with this parody. Continue reading

Heresy Alert! Steven Furtick Says Whatever God is, ‘You Are Too’

‘God is perfect. God is sinless. God is omnipresent. God is omnipotent. God is omniscient. God is omnibenevolent. God is a million other things that we are not, and any suggestion to the contrary is rank heresy.’

(Protestia) Steven Furtick is the Lead Pastor of Elevation Church, a former Southern Baptist-associated, 25,000-member multisite campus with 17 locations. He is known for having the term “narcegesis” (narcissistic exegesis) named after him based on his inability to exegete scripture in a way that doesn’t make every story revolve around him and you. Continue reading

Fmr Hunter Biden Business Partner: Bidens ‘Sold Out’ US to Ukraine, China

“The only reason any of these international business transactions took place — with tens of millions of dollars flowing directly to the Biden family — was because Joe Biden was in high office. The Biden family business was Joe Biden, period.”

(Eric Mac – Newsmax) Tony Bobulinski, former business partner of Hunter Biden, is testifying before the House Oversight and Judiciary committees Tuesday, alleging the Biden family peddled President Joe Biden’s influence to China and Ukraine — all with the “enabler” Joe Biden’s knowledge and blessing.

“It is clear to me that Joe Biden was ‘the brand’ being sold by the Biden family,” Bobulinski said in his opening statement obtained by Newsmax before the closed-door testimony under oath…. Continue reading

Dancing with Dementia

“So here’s the brutal truth. Anyone who would vote for Biden at this point is putting the nation in grave danger. If you don’t want Trump, fine, skip the top presidential line and vote your party preference down the ballot.”

(Bill O’Reilly) From afar, it looks like Joe Biden’s biggest problem is Jill Biden, his 72-year-old wife. It is now beyond any reasonable doubt that the President is in steep cognitive decline, and Jill literally stands by her man, seemingly refusing to acknowledge reality. Continue reading

IHOPKC Blasts Mike Bickle After Multiple Minors Accuse Him of Sexual Abuse: ‘His Predatory And Abusive Actions are Sick’

(Protestia) The International House of Prayer has issued a new apology after more allegations against false prophet and disgraced NAR rockstar Mike Bickle surfaced. IHOPKC released their most conciliatory and seemingly contrite statement yet, describing their founder’s actions as “predatory” and sick” while offering:

“Words cannot express the anger, shock, heartbreak, and sadness we have experienced as we have learned of allegations and testimonies of sexual abuse and manipulation concerning Mike Bickle.” Continue reading

Lakewood Church shooting suspect identified as transgender woman; ‘Free Palestine’ written on gun

(Greg Norman & William La Jeunesse – Fox News) Police in Houston, Texas have identified the shooter who opened fire at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church on Sunday as Genesse Ivonne Moreno, Fox News has confirmed.

Moreno, who has a lengthy criminal record and was born as a man – Jeffrey Escalante – from El Salvador, was killed after off-duty police officers at the church responded to the incident. Continue reading

What Happened To The Asbury Revival?

“That lack of discernment is one of the reasons why many Gen Z professing Christians are deconstructing their faith. That lack of discernment could be why thousands of people travelled hundreds of miles to experience the Asbury revival, though they don’t regularly worship at their local church.”

(Samuel Sey) It’s been a year since the beginning of the Asbury “revival” in Wilmore, Kentucky. Last year, from February 8th to February 24th, up to 70,000 people visited Asbury University’s chapel to experience what they called an “outpouring,” an “awakening,” or a “revival.” Continue reading

Did You Notice What’s Missing in Jill Biden’s Statement on the Hur Report?

“…not once in the pitch does Jill even attempt to dispute the report by saying Joe Biden is sharp or has a great memory. If she did, there’d be no reason not to charge him.”

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) Team Biden’s handling of the Hur report has not gone well. Someone either decided Joe Biden should address the nation in a speech and to answer questions after his bedtime, or failed to convince Biden not to. Experts on both sides of the aisle are panning Biden’s evening speech as not being helpful to his cause, and they’re right. Continue reading

New results from a 15-year long study shows that married people report a higher level of well-being than single people

(Harris Rigby – Not the Bee) Good news for our married audience.

And important news for those jaded young readers who might think marriage is a scam.

The old trope of the unhappy, bitter married couple is nothing more than a myth.

Almost like marriage is a good gift from God, has been practiced from the beginning of humanity, and is the normative means of human flourishing. Continue reading

Democrats Are Not Going to Replace Biden as 2024 Candidate

“The problem with that narrative is that the attack is directed at Mr. Hur, not the substance of the 17 instances of hazy or faulty memory cited by Hur in his report.”

(Rick Moran – PJ Media) Democrats have closed ranks around Joe Biden following the devastating revelations about his memory and mental acuity in the Hur Report. With no pressure to withdraw and the mechanics of the primaries making it impossible for any other candidate to get on the ballot in most states. only Biden can withdraw from the race. Continue reading

FBI to Sheriffs: Warnings of Imminent Terror Attacks on US Soil

“They told us we need to be prepared to talk to local county election people to be prepared. They want us to lose faith in our government.”

(Mary Dowling) At the National Sheriff’s Association Conference in Washington, D.C, last week, Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones heard warnings from the FBI of imminent terrorist attacks on the U.S.

“It’s not if they are going to attack, it’s just when they are,” Jones said. “There are people already here who have come to this country who hate us and want to kill us.” Continue reading

God Told Me: The Pentecostalization of Evangelical Theology of Revelation

“No prophecy of Scripture comes from a human source. Rather, “men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit” (v. 21). Peter is saying that we ought to trust the sufficient Word because it is revelation from God’s Spirit that is even more sure than if he spoke to us directly. Trust the sufficient Word. It’s all we need. We do not need supernatural subjective experiences, we do not need the voice of God from Heaven, we do not need a still small voice in our hearts, we do not need visions or dreams or impressions or “nudges from the Holy Spirit”—we have something better than all of that. We have more sure the written Word of God. Scripture is sufficient.”

(Scott Aniol) I am convinced that contemporary Evangelicalism has been Pentecostalized in significant ways that even many non-charismatics don’t recognize. One significant way this reveals itself even among those who would claim to be cessationists is in common evangelical expectations regarding how God speaks to us and how he reveals his will to us. It is very common in modern evangelicalism, for example, to hear Christians talk about how God “spoke” to them, revealing his will in mystical ways outside his Word. Continue reading

Multiple ‘Drag Queens’ in the News This Week For Appalling Sex Crimes Against Children

Drag queen “Annie Christ”

(Debra Heine – American Greatness) The left’s favorite expression of gay pride has been in the news this week for all the wrong reasons. Multiple “Drag queens” and “transgender stars” have been arrested for appalling sex crimes against children.

The stories feature cross-dressing men who allegedly abused children in Oregon, Australia, West Virginia, and Kentucky.

“Drag queen” Eron David Griffin, 42, accused of sexually abusing minors at his part-time home salon business in Salem Oregon: (See photos on the site.) Continue reading

Either Biden Is An ‘Elderly Man With A Poor Memory,’ Or He Needs To Be Charged. Pick One.

“As many people have pointed out, dementia is typically used as a consideration for leniency during the sentencing phase, not an excuse to avoid prosecution. But if Biden’s age is his “superpower,” as Bill McKibben argues, then the DOJ has a responsibility to bring charges against the president after he leaves office.”

(David Harsanyi – The Federalist) As expected, the panel on “Morning Joe” spent today attacking the devastating special counsel report into Joe Biden’s decades-long hoarding of classified documents. One of the arguments made by John Heilemann and others was that the special counsel could have written the report without referring to Biden as an “elderly man with poor memory.” Continue reading

Special Counsel Finds Joe Biden ‘Willfully Retained’ Classified Docs — but Is Too Mentally Feeble to Prosecute

(Breitbart) Special Counsel Robert Hur will not charge President Joe Biden for his handling of classified documents but included stunning revelations in his report of the deterioration of Biden’s mental state that are perhaps more politically damning.

The report says the investigation “uncovered evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen” but does not establish guilt “beyond a reasonable doubt.” Continue reading

The New World Order is Satanic

“Christianity, and it’s influence, is almost non-existent in our government today.  In fact, all the power of God’s people has been surrendered to the Luciferians.  The American government is tyrannical.  It operates at the behest of Satan and his minions. A coup has been underway since 1947 when the SCOTUS ruled Jesus un-Constitutional.”

(Coach Dave Daubenmire – News With Views) “What is the Old World Order and why do we want to replace it with a new one?”

What you are about to read will make perfect sense to some of you.  Others, not so much. Continue reading

Jonathan Merritt Announces Gay Grooming Children’s Book

(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) Jonathan Merritt is the homosexual son of James Merritt, the former president of the Southern Baptist Convention. In 2021, James Merritt endorsed the preaching of his openly homosexual son at a mainline church in New York. The preaching that James Merritt called “brilliant and faithful to the gospel and the second coming” was trite, new-age, and contained a false gospel. This issue ultimately forced James Merritt to pre-emptively resign from joining the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary staff. But James Merritt made a comeback in 2023 where he led the charge on the floor of the Annual Southern Baptist Convention to fight for a procedural move to protect female pastors in the SBC. Now his son is promoting his homo-grooming book for small children, titled, My Gungle and Me. Continue reading

CNN Quietly Admits Mental Decline Has Forced Biden Into Hiding After Denying Super Bowl Interview

(Sarah Arnold – Townhall) As the 2024 presidential election nears the corner, critics ramp up their speculation that President Joe Biden will not be able to handle a second term. 

After the White House announced that Biden would not be partaking in the traditional presidential interview before the Super Bowl, CNN suggested his declining mental health may be the reason for it. 

During CNN This Morning, Salena Mohsin— Bloomberg’s senior Washington correspondent— questioned why Biden was skipping the Super Bowl interview, saying it is expected of him to do it. Continue reading

Mayorkas Paid Chinese Communists to Come Illegally

(Mary Dowling) Former FBI agent, West Point graduate, and patriot David Baumblatt has an important message for Americans:

“Illegal Chinese migrants are the fastest growing group crossing into the U.S. from Mexico. I am a US Citizen and Military Veteran, and when I travel to America, I am Detained, Searched, Interrogated, Surveilled, Humiliated, Deceived, and Assaulted by my government.

“However, all of these illegal Chinese spies are allowed to enter FREELY. Continue reading

Queers for Palestine: An Unholy Alliance

“The pro-Palestine mob isn’t buying what the gays are selling, no matter how mightily they flirt and flutter their eyelashes at them. Gays are just going to have to learn that no means no. A skirmish broke out upon the sighting of a Pride flag at a recent protest. The flag was ripped down and trampled on.” 

(Joshua Winston – Front Page) Queers for Palestine. What an unlikely slogan. It makes my brain stop working. It’s a thought-terminating cliché along the lines of “Trans rights are human rights” or “Black Lives Matter.” At the heart of Christian mysticism lies a pathway to knowing God, and it is contained in contradictory or paradoxical speech. The “dazzling darkness” of Pseudo-Dionysius, who also talks about “knowing all by knowing nothing” (how is that possible?)…. Continue reading

Megachurch Willow Creek Closing Campus Amid ‘Unsustainable Financial Scenario,’ Losing 10,000 Members

(Protestia) It’s a blow for Willow Creek, the multi-campus 10,000-member church founded by Bill Hybels that pioneered the church growth and seeker-sensitive movement but has seen its fortunes over the years as it hemorrhaged money, people, and reputation.

Their losses began in 2018, the same year they purchased and moved into their Chicago location, after allegations of decades of sexual misconduct came forth against Hybels. These allegations included inviting women to his hotel room, making suggestive comments to female employees, extended hugs, kissing a woman against her will, and engaging in oral sex with an employee, leading Hybels to resign, along with the co-pastors who succeeded him, and then eventually the entire elder board. Continue reading

Can Christians Attend Gay Weddings?

“…to lose sight of the religious dimension of marriage risks allowing people to commit “blasphemy against themselves and against God.” That means Christians have a moral responsibility to stand firm on this issue. We fool ourselves if we think the bride and groom as individuals are the most significant part of any wedding. They are not. What their union symbolizes with regard to Christ and the Church is far more important.”  

(Carl Trueman – First Things) To update the famous comment of Leon Trotsky, you may not be interested in the sexual revolution, but the sexual revolution is interested in you. Some of us are still privileged enough to be partly sheltered from this revolution. I count myself as one, along with those whose detachment from real-life pastoral situations apparently qualifies them to sell political pedagogy to others. But as the push among the progressive political class to dismantle traditional sexual mores continues apace, it is harder and harder to find a pastor or a priest who has not faced a difficult question from congregants about Christian obedience and their livelihood…. Continue reading

Bordering on Insanity

“The progressive left controls all aspects of the Biden administration, and it believes the “white patriarchy” in America must be dismantled. The easiest way to do that is to flood the country with migrants, many of whom will eventually vote for progressive candidates.”

(Bill O’Reilly) So, the latest is President Biden saying he’s done everything he can to solve the southern border crisis, which, of course, he created by destroying President Trump’s “remain in Mexico” policy. Continue reading

Wheaton College Fires Back After Fox News Accuses Them of Being Woke, But Were They Right?

They may be a fully committed to Christian service, but that doesn’t mean the cracks haven’t started to form, and aren’t growing bigger, and bigger, and bigger…”

(Protestia) Wheaton College President Philip Ryken has responded to a recent article published at Fox News that accused the “Harvard of Christian schools” of “banning biblical words, teaching critical race theory, and psychologizing gender identity issues,” saying that the “various claims about the College…are either false or misleading” and that “the mischaracterizing post seems to be cobbled from out-of-context items found on the Internet.” Continue reading