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

Tylenol, Autism, and Team Trump

“Predictably, this announcement has generated intense responses, especially from the anti-Trump crowd, that are little more than knee-jerk contrarianism. For example, social media has started to see a rash of leftist pregnant women ingesting Tylenol to “prove” Trump wrong. One would think that rather than simply doing the opposite of what the administration advises, especially when it comes to the health of one’s baby, a mother would take the time to research the issue and confer with her doctor before engaging in potentially dangerous behavior.”

(Thomas Gallatin – The Patriot Post) Does Tylenol cause autism? Well, according to the Trump administration, it just might.

“Taking Tylenol is not good,” President Donald Trump asserted in a major announcement regarding recent assessments his administration has made into addressing the growing problem of autism…. Continue reading

Yet Another ‘Day of Visibility’ For the Godless Sexual Revolutionaries

“When the church treats visibility as harmless and preaches that the Scriptures only whisper about such sin, it’s no better than Israel bowing before Baal. God will not leave His name mocked. What the world wants visible is not identity but idolatry. And Scripture has already promised us where idolatry ends—in wrath, in exile, in destruction, and for some, by His grace, in the breaking that leads to repentance.”

(The Dissenter) I didn’t wake up this morning needing another reminder that sin wants to be celebrated. Yet here we are—“Bisexual Day of Visibility.” Apparently, the world’s calendar didn’t already have enough carved-out hours to exalt rebellion. Continue reading

New Strain of Trump Derangement Syndrome Confuses Jesus With Hitler

“It’s obvious that the leftist range of emotion regarding people of faith runs from contemptuous disdain to frothing hatred. They only have compassion for religious types who feature suicide vests in their worship and want to kill all the Jews. But if you raise your voice in prayer to Jesus, you’re a Nazi.” 

(Stephen Kruiser – PJ Media) Someone recently remarked that what I’ve been writing lately seems conversational, like I’m in the middle of a dialogue with you fine readers, only I’m typing my part of it. I think I’ve always approached writing that way, but I’m noticing it more now that it was mentioned…. Continue reading

Thoughts on Charlie Kirk’s Memorial Service and the State of the American Church

“Every bit of political corruption and death we are seeing now is a symptom. And political activism can only deal with symptoms. Even if we got every political “win” we wanted, the country would still be drowning in its own demonic immorality.”

(Greg Smith) Charlie Kirk’s life was cut short on September 10, 2025, when he was gunned down while speaking at Utah Valley University. His assassination took the nation by surprise and galvanized millions.

This culminated in a massive public memorial service at State Farm Stadium in Arizona—a packed event with dignitaries, politicians, pastors, and friends filling the seats and the stage. It was a moment meant to be unifying, cathartic, and resolute. Continue reading

Trump to link Tylenol and autism, advise pregnant women to use only for high fevers

“The company strongly disagreed with any suggestion linking Tylenol to autism, claiming that discouraging women from using the drug would force them to make “dangerous choices” between enduring pain that could be harmful to them and their babies, and taking riskier pain relief drugs.”

(Natalia Mittelstadt – Just the News) President Trump will reportedly on Monday announce a link between Tylenol and autism, and advise pregnant women to use the drug, or generic acetaminophen, only for high fevers, according to a news report. Continue reading

N.T. Wright Says God Will Save Billions of People Who Have Never Heard of Jesus

“The gospel is not a divine mood. It is not ambient grace. It is not an “inner light.” It is the proclamation of a crucified and risen Savior to dead sinners who must repent and believe. If people could be saved by sincerity, the apostles wasted their lives. Paul’s beatings, Peter’s martyrdom, Stephen’s stoning—pointless theater. If tribal mysticism counts, the Great Commission becomes the Great Offense. If general revelation is enough, then Christ’s blood was a needless tragedy.”

(The Dissenter) In a recent episode of the Premier Unbelievable  podcast, theologian N.T. Wright was handed a golden opportunity to make clear the exclusivity of salvation through Jesus Christ. Instead, he picked it up like a wet sponge, flung it at the wall, and watched it slide down into a puddle of postmodern confusion. Continue reading

Charlie Kirk’s Memorial Was a Hope-Filled Clarion Call

“There has also been a lot of talk about Charlie Kirk’s Christian witness and the people who have been moved to go back to church or begin praying again since his death. I’ve got a lot of anecdotes about this, too. People are going to church for the first time in 10 or 15 years. Standing room only at services.”

(Stephen Kruiser – PJ Media) Because of my background, both as a longtime activist and my years in conservative media, I’ve had people from all over this side of the aisle reaching out to me since Charlie Kirk was assassinated on September 10. In uncertain and frightening times, people tend to gravitate towards the elders of the village. Continue reading

Assassin Nation: The MSM’s Cover-Up

Clearly, the Leftmedia has downplayed or ignored the obvious left-wing radicalization of the assassin….And they’ve taken up the cause of Kimmel to deflect our attention from Charlie Kirk. It won’t work. But this willful neglect and this dumbing-down of the citizenry does matter. Why? Because, as Founder John Adams warned us long ago, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

(Douglas Andrews – The Patriot Post) The Left’s penchant for political violence is no secret. It’s well documented. And yet the mainstream media can’t seem to report on it. Continue reading

Glenn Beck Says Mormon Joseph Smith and Charlie Kirk are ‘probably the only Christian martyrs in American history’

“Mormonism and Christianity might share some superficial similarities in language and values, the theological chasms between them are vast and unbridgeable and Mormonism is a damnable heresy.” The Dissenter

(Protestia) During his show yesterday, prominent conservative radio host Glenn Beck, who is a member of the Mormon Christian cult, explained to Dream City Church pastor Josh McPherson that evangelical Charlie Kirk and the LDS prophet Joseph Smith were the only people he considered “Christian martyrs” in American history:

McPherson: “Charlie’s political theory was anchored in biblical theology, and he, like, no one I’ve ever met had the ability to connect those dots in all of life. And so, as I’ve been talking with those guys all this long, they didn’t kill Charlie because he was a big personality…. Continue reading

Would You Cut Off Contact With a Family Member Over Politics? The Difference Between Right and Left.

“…responding to a conservative’s murder by fixating on how bad and gross his ideas were would be a political loser, just making liberals seem weird and callous and obsessive and off — especially given the likelihood that the murder was itself committed as an expression of objection to those ideas.”

(Rick Moran – PJ Media) The new liberal website, The Argument,  conducted an interesting poll of Trump 2024 supporters, Harris 2024 supporters, and those who didn’t vote.

One question was about free speech on campus. Continue reading

Headline News…you may have missed

(The Patriot Post’s Friday: Below the Fold) More Democrats love socialism, RFK’s panel makes measles vax recommendation, some of Biden’s missing border kids found, Trump nominees confirmed, and more.

Democrats love socialism, hate capitalism: A recent Gallup poll provided a piece of not-news for those who follow politics: Democrats support socialism and hate capitalism. Some 66% of Democrats have a positive view of socialism compared to 38% of Independents and 14% of Republicans (which might be the real headline)…. Continue reading

Candace Owens Is Under Fire for Suggesting Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Was Not a Random Act of Violence

“She was with Turning Point USA when she started out and they were friends after she left. However, they operated independently in their own spheres. Her claim that he was her “best friend” and like her “brother” is not totally accurate.”

(Mary Dowling) Conservative commentator Candace Owens is under fire after using her YouTube channel to suggest that Charlie Kirk’s killing last week in Utah was not a random act of violence. Continue reading

The Insanity That Created Kirk’s Killer: Lefty Says Dating ‘Trans’ Male Doesn’t Equal ‘Gay’

“This whole lie is at the crux of the ongoing debate about Robinson, since he is, according to authorities, in a romantic relationship with a man who identifies as a woman. That does, in fact, make him homosexual, because no matter how much cross-dressing or how many hormones and surgeries Robinson’s former partner utilizes, he will still always be a biological male.

(Catherine Salgado – PJ Media) Instead of recognizing that their ideology helped inspire accused murderer Tyler Robinson to kill Charlie Kirk, many LGBTQ activists are doubling down on insanity. But it is their lies that spur violence like Kirk’s assassination. For instance, one nutcase was fixated on telling people that a man in a romantic relationship with a man who identifies as a woman makes the first man heterosexual? Continue reading

Was the Current Madness Birthed in the University?

“If a General Milley (“now I realize he’s a total fascist”) or a General Kelly (“certainly falls into the general definition of fascist, for sure”) calls a current or ex-president a fascist, and presidential candidate Kamala Harris agrees (“a president…who admires dictators and is a fascist”), then does an unhinged 22-year-old “anti-fascist” college student feel the popular culture might approve of his own efforts in dealing with “fascist” Trump supporters?”

(Victor Davis Hanson) America is currently sick.

The young conservative organizer and media personality Charlie Kirk was just murdered in a political assassination by a 22-year-old ‘anti-fascist’ and trans advocate, Tyler Robinson. As planned, he eliminated the most astute and successful political activist in a generation. Indeed, Kirk may well have ensured that Donald Trump won the 2024 election by not just increasing his youth vote by 6 percent since 2020 but, more importantly, by margins in the swing states of 15-24 percent, ensuring Trump’s victory.

No sooner was he killed than thousands on left-wing social media erupted in celebration—among them scores of teachers and professors. Their venom was eerily reminiscent of their earlier canonization of left-wing murderer Luigi Mangione. Recall, Mangione was the spoiled nepo baby who lethally ambushed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Thereby, he became an icon to the Left as a social justice warrior fighting the evil capitalist system, which had so enriched himself and his own family. Continue reading

The Left Isn’t Debating Anymore, They’re Hunting

“For Christians, this is the world we are going to have to live in. The cost of proclaiming Christ, a biblical worldview, and biblical sexual ethics is going up. The cost of saying “Jesus is Lord” is going up.”

(The Dissenter) There’s really no way to whitewash this—the radical left has declared war on us. Not a metaphorical war, not just a battle of ideas ungraciously waged in op-eds at the NYT or WaPo, but a war with literal, physical casualties.

And we just saw this with the assassination of Charlie Kirk…. Continue reading

Dems Are the Sad, Ugly Chicks Who Marry Imprisoned Killers

This is a sickness akin to the pathetic women who strike up “romances” with convicted, incarcerated murderers by becoming pen pals with them. Sometimes the happy couple ends up having a prison wedding. There’s something fundamentally broken in these women, just like there is in the enemy of the people ABC “journalist” who found Tyler Robinson’s explanation for murdering Charlie Kirk “touching.” 

(Stephen Kruiser – PJ Media) It’s obvious at this point that it is too much to ask that the Democrats will undergo a massive course correction and stop being clinically insane. The majority of the Democrats, that is. I would just like to find a few who don’t need a straitjacket and electroshock therapy. There have to be some out there somewhere. Continue reading

From Grief to Grit: A Christian Roadmap After Kirk’s Assassination

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“…it is incumbent on Christian men to possess the inner virtue to know the dictates of wisdom and to bravely use force when it is called for. We ought to be the stabilizing element in society, the people others turn to when chaos ensues, the calm and steady hand that guides others, because we ourselves are being guided by God.” 

(Jon Harris – TruthScript) I have received more questions about “What can I do?” in the past two days than I have since the contested presidential election in 2020. Multiple friends have called to ask what the next steps are in light of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Let me get right to the point. There are three things. Continue reading

Tyler Robinson Has Been Formally Charged in the Assassination of Charlie Kirk

(Matt Vespa – Townhall) Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated on September 10 at Utah Valley University in Orem. His suspected assassin, Tyler Robinson, a devoted leftist who engraved ‘Hey Fascist, catch’ on the ammunition, was apprehended two days later in St. George, some 250 miles from the scene of the crime. He is not cooperating with the police, invoking his Fifth Amendment rights.

The killing has been determined to be politically motivated, which we knew, but it’s now official. Continue reading

Trump Will Smash ‘Vast Domestic Terror Movement’

…[Stephen] Miller said Kirk’s final message to him emphasized the need to confront radical organizations that “foment violence.” Miller vowed that any response would be carried out “in Charlie’s name.”

(Newsmax) White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on Monday called for an expansive federal response to what he described as organized networks contributing to political violence, invoking the death of conservative leader Charlie Kirk as the impetus for his remarks. Continue reading

Terrible Timing for Charlie Kirk Memorial Service

“We must be careful not to treat him as a Christian martyr in the biblical sense. Charlie died as a political martyr—targeted for his conservative message, yes—but he was not killed for refusing to deny Christ.”

(The Dissenter) Charlie Kirk’s life was cut short on September 10, when a far-left, Antifa-aligned radical walked into a university event and gunned him down in cold blood. It was an assassination, not an accident. A man was killed for speaking truth to the cultural rot in one of the few places still trying to resist it. Continue reading

When did Goliath wound David with a spear?

“A person watching this episode sees Goliath harming David, but God in his Word keeps David from all harm. The House of David version changes the arc of the David vs. Goliath story.”

(John Lanagan – The Word Like Fire) Okay, so when did Goliath wound David with a spear? Well, biblically speaking, never. In the Bible we see the all powerful God completely and utterly protect David as he faced the giant with nothing but sling and stone. (1 Samuel 17:32-51)

But in the epic, eight episode House of David television series, seen on Prime, this fictional spearing and wounding of David is featured prominently. So prominently, in fact, that Episode 1 of House of David includes the spear piercing scene–even though the David vs. Goliath conflict does not take place until Episode 8, the final episode of the season. Continue reading

Okay, Now Leftists Are Posting Hit Lists of the People They Want to Murder Next

“A lot of concerned people are sending me these screenshots (and dozens more). I appreciate their concern. But I’m not surprised and I won’t be going into hiding. We have to be louder and bolder now than ever. Or else the demons who killed Charlie win. And they cannot win.” 

(Robert Spencer – PJ Media) The left is evil. The left is a gang of terrorists. If you have any lingering doubt about that, consider this: first they were celebrating the murder of Charlie Kirk, but now leftists are making those celebrations look practically innocent. Hit lists have begun to appear on social media…. Continue reading

Charlie Kirk Assassin Lived With Transgender Partner

“This situation highlights broader concerns on the right about rising political violence, particularly toward conservative figures. Whether motivated by ideology, personal instability, or a mix of both, the murder of Kirk is already fueling calls for a serious look into the social radicalization that appears to be intensifying among certain fringe elements.”

(Sarah Arnold – Townhall) In a disturbing development following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, sources now reveal that alleged shooter Tyler Robinson was living with a transgender partner at the time of the attack. According to individuals familiar with the investigation, the partner — a biological male transitioning to female — has been cooperating fully with federal authorities. Continue reading

‘This Is a One-Way Civil War, and the Right Is Being Hunted in Daylight’

We’re in the civil war. It’s not coming — it’s here. And it’s one-sided. The left is killing the right. The left is silencing the right. People are terrified to even speak their views in public, afraid of being attacked. It’s a one-way civil war.”

(Joshua Klein – Breitbart) In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Friday, bestselling author and national radio host Michael Savage warned that the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is not an isolated act of violence but a grim marker of a society unraveling, declaring that “we’re already in the civil war” he first cautioned against more than a decade ago. Continue reading

The Left Doesn’t Want You to Know the Truth About Charlie Kirk’s Killer

Some on the left may be so desperate to believe the narrative that they’ve convinced themselves it’s real. But most know better. They spread it anyway because it serves their political agenda. This is deliberate misinformation, poisoning public discourse right before our eyes.”

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media)  Whenever a crime hits the national headlines, the left seems to leap straight to politicizing it. A mass shooting? Must be a white Christian nationalist. When Trayvon Martin attacked George Zimmerman and was shot, the media literally called Zimmerman a “white Hispanic.” Why? Continue reading