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

Hitler Wasn’t Available: New York Times Runs Article by Hamas Official

“Ninety years ago, on July 9, 1933, just over five months after Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany and years after his virulent anti-Semitism and propensity for violence had become internationally known, the Times published a fawning puff piece on the Führer.”

(Robert Spencer – PJ Media) The New York Times wants you to weep for the people of Gaza, and for what Hamas’ massacre of 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7, which Gazans cheered in large numbers, has brought upon them. In service of that goal, on Christmas Eve the Paper of Record ran a weepy piece by a prominent Gazan, someone who has witnessed the Israeli incursion firsthand. Did the Times give this plumb editorial space to a “moderate” Gazan, a known foe of the Hamas regime, one of those “innocent Palestinians” who have nothing, nothing whatsoever, to do with Hamas? Uh, not quite. Continue reading

T.D. Jakes Denies the Trinity in Wild Christmas Sermon

T.D. Jakes is a “self-styled “bishop”—notorious for his love of money, who teaches a false prosperity gospel, who freely shills for every aberration on TBN, who was ordained in a Sabellian denomination, who has been confronted repeatedly about his anti-trinitarianism, who refuses to renounce modalism, who declines to embrace any standard expression of Trinitarian conviction, and who (on top of all that) is unclear on practically every doctrine germane to the gospel…”

(Protestia) Famed Modalist T.D. Jakes kneecapped all his ardent defenders who have insisted over the years that the megachurch Bishop has repented of espousing Oneness Theology, with Jakes denying the Trinity and engaging in multiple christological errors during his Christmas Eve service. Continue reading

Three Marks of Progressive-Lite Evangelicals

What I am saying is that we should at least have eyes wide open regarding what exactly these progressive-lite evangelicals are doing, to look beyond the smokescreen of “nuance” and “winsomeness” and pay attention to the larger pattern of their teachings. In the name of “niceness,” they are dulling the sharp edge of the call for repentance that our world desperately needs to hear.”

(Drake Isabell – Christ Over All) We live in contentious times. With virtually every event or story comes a flood of news reports from both major news outlets and a seemingly endless array of bloggers and podcasters, and these reports demonstrate the sharp ideological differences between various segments of our Western population. It can be difficult for Christians to find trustworthy voices that both report the facts and give sound, biblical insight into current events. Continue reading

Christmas….Christ In You

Celebrate Christmas, exalt our Savior, linger long over His word and in worship of Him. In doing so, we are “beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit”

(Jim Stitzinger – The CripplegateThe concerts are over and candle-light services are nearly complete. No more caroling, food drives, corporate holiday parties and the sound of Salvation army bells are quickly fading. The world will soon say goodbye to “the holidays” and will soon pivot its attention to New Year’s and Super Bowls.

The world may soon have Christmas almost in it’s rear view mirror, but for Christ’s church the wonder and joy of Christmas never ends. Isaiah prophesied that a virgin will conceive and bear a Son whose name will be Immanuel, God with us. He came to earth that day, and remains with us in every day. The Creator of the universe stepped aside from the full display of His majestic glory and dove headlong into His creation. Continue reading

Direct Action Campaign Calls Out Pro-Hamas Campus Hate Groups

“Confronting the radicals and Jew-haters on their own turf.”

(Sara Dogan – Front Page) The barbaric and atrocious Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7 have brought about a pivotal moment in our nation’s self-awareness. For decades, the David Horowitz Freedom Center has been warning of the growing pro-Hamas, pro-Jihadist, Jew-hating sentiment on American college campuses. Suddenly, the depth and breadth of campus Jew hatred, fueled by Marxist ideology that divides us all into oppressors or their victims, is on display for all to witness. Continue reading

Conservative Values Make People Happier

“…the kind of conduct that leads to a positive perspective in children: “regulation and enforcement, including settling well-established rules; demonstrating affections daily; setting a regular routine; and authoritatively regulating behavior…”

(Samantha Koch – The Patriot Post) Despite the Left’s best efforts to paint conservative values as outdated and oppressive, official studies and even people’s public admissions about being betrayed by liberal ideas continue to prove the opposite. Continue reading

Netflix Toddler Show Features Little Boy Dancing in Dress for Homosexual ‘Dads’

(The Dissenter) The Netflix series “CoComelon Lane,” a popular show aimed at toddlers, has recently raised eyebrows for an episode featuring a young boy dressed in a tutu and tiara dancing for his two homosexual “dads.” In this particular episode, the boy, Nico, is seen trying to decide what to wear for a family photo session. His dads encourage him to “just be you,” leading Nico to choose a tutu and tiara. This scene is part of a song and dance sequence where Nico also tries on a firefighter and chef outfit before settling on the tutu and tiara. Continue reading

Ghost Bots: China’s AI Version of a Séance

HEADS UP!

“I know grief is hard and losing a loved one is a nightmare; however, grief also makes many people vulnerable, and vulnerability encourages exploitation. Zhang Zewei is the founder of the AI firm Super Brain, and if you listen to his statement concerning these vulnerable people, he sounds more like a salesman than someone who brings comfort.”

(Milt Harris – PJ Media) Death can be very difficult to accept. Although it’s inevitable for all of us, no one really wants to think about it, far less dwell on it. So when it does happen, the grief can be overwhelming and some will do almost anything to limit the pain. Continue reading

Research: Jehovah’s Witnesses

Also known as the Watchtower Society

The Jehovah’s Witnesses go door to door, distribute the Watchtower and Awake magazines, deny the Trinity, the deity of Christ, and deny His physical resurrection.  Are they Christian or something else?  (Source)

Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW’s) claim to be Christians yet they deny fundamental Christian doctrine and manipulate the Scriptures to fit in with their own beliefs. From the Church’s perspective, which is what really matters, JW’s have deviated from the historic, orthodox teachings of the Church that are derived from the Holy Scriptures and confirmed through the ancient ecumenical creeds. Thus, they are not true Christians. JW’s have had to defend their spurious beliefs for decades.

Charles Taze Russell started the organization in 1881

Their headquarters is in Brooklyn, New York.  They have their own Bible translation called the New World Translation.

Fast Facts

  • Jesus was previously Michael the archangel, making Jesus a created being.
  • Only Jehovah is considered God.
  • Salvation comes through faith plus a list of works determined by the Watchtower Society.
  • The Bible is considered corrupt, except for the New World Translation
  • The Bible has been changed to reflect the theological beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses
  • There are three realms in the afterlife. (1) The highest realm where the 144,000 will be; (2) Faithful JW’s who do not make the 144,000 will be in the next level. They are supposedly the “little flock” of Luke 12:32; (3) Everyone else will be annihilated, or cease to exist.
  • Celebrating most holidays such as Christmas, Easter, birthdays or other holidays and customs they consider to be pagan is forbidden.
  • Will not hold political office and participate in patriotic activities.
  • Will not salute the flag.
  • Will not accept blood transfusions. In 1945 members were banned from accepting any form of blood, whether it is whole blood or fractional. Over the years the Watchtower Society has issued a number of contradictory teachings on the blood transfusion issue.

Major Tenets (Source): 

These are the teachings of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society documented from their own writings.

  1. There is one God in one person, Make Sure of All Things, p. 188. (See False God).
  2. There is no Trinity, Let God be True, 2nd Ed., pp. 100-101; Should You Believe in the Trinity? p. 7; Watchtower, 2/1/1960, p. 94, Why Do You Believe in the Trinity? (See False Trinity).
  3. The Holy Spirit is a force, not alive, Reasoning from the Scriptures, 1985, pp. 406-407. (See False Holy Spirit).
  4. The Holy Spirit is God’s impersonal active force, The Watchtower, June 1, 1952, 24.
  5. Jehovah’s first creation was his ‘only-begotten Son’ . . . was used by Jehovah in creating all other things,” Aid to Bible Understanding, pp. 390-391.
  6. Jesus was Michael the archangel who became a man, The Watchtower, May 15, 1963, p. 307; The New World, 284.
  7. Jesus was only a perfect man, not God in flesh, Reasoning from the Scriptures, 1985, p. 306.
  8. Jesus did not rise from the dead in his physical body, Awake! July 22, 1973, p. 4.
  9. Jesus was raised “not a human creature, but a spirit.” Let God be True, p. 276.
  10. Jesus was born again, The Watchtower, Nov. 15, 1954, p. 682.
  11. Jesus did not die on a cross but on a stake, Reasoning from the Scriptures, 1985, 89-90.
  12. Jesus began his invisible rule over the earth in 1914, The Truth Shall Make You Free, 300.
  13. Jesus’ ransom sacrifice did not include Adam.
  14. “The man Adam is not included in those ransomed.  Why not?   Because he was a willful sinner, was justly sentenced to death, and died deservedly and God would not reverse his judgment and give Adam life.” Let God be True, p. 119, copyright 1946.
  15. “There was no hope for Adam or Eve because they willfully chose to disobey God. But what about their offspring, including us?” http://www.watchtower.org/e/bh/article_05.htm
  16. Their church is the self-proclaimed prophet of God, The Watchtower, April 1, 1972, p. 197.
  17. They claim to be the only channel of God’s truth, The Watchtower, Feb. 15, 1981, p. 19.
  18. Only their church members will be saved, The Watchtower, Feb. 15, 1979, p. 30.
  19. Good works are necessary for salvation, Studies in the Scriptures, Vol. 1, 150, 152.
  20. The soul ceases to exist after death, Let God be True, pp. 59, 60, 67.
  21. There is no hell of fire where the wicked are punished, Let God be True, pp. 79, 80.
  22. Only 144,000 Jehovah’s Witness go to heaven, Reasoning from the Scriptures, 1985, pp. 166-167, 361; Let God be True, p. 121.
  23. Only the 144,000 Jehovah’s Witness are born again. Reasoning from the Scriptures, 1985, p. 76.; Watchtower 11/15/54, p. 681.
  24. Only the 144,000 may take communion.
  25. Blood transfusions are a sin, Reasoning from the Scriptures, 1985, pp. 72-73.
  26. The Cross is a pagan symbol and should not be used, Reasoning from the Scriptures, 1985, pp. 90-92.
  27. Salvation is by faith and what you do, Studies in the Scriptures, Vol. 1, pp. 150, 152.
  28. It is possible to lose your salvation, Reasoning from the Scriptures, 1985, pp. 358-359.
  29. The universe is billions of years old, Your will Be Done on Earth, p. 43.
  30. Each of the 6 creative days of God in Genesis 1, was 7000 years long. Therefore, Man was created toward the end of 42,000 years of earth’s preparation, Let God be True, p. 168.
  31. They also refuse to vote, salute the flag, sing the “Star Spangled Banner,” or celebrate Christmas or birthdays. They are not allowed to serve in the armed
  32. Satan was entrusted with the obligation and charged with the duty of overseeing the creation of the earth, Children, p. 55. 

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Dr. Rhodes penned the following on Amazon.com:

I feel compelled — in the interest of truth — to make a brief comment about strategies Jehovah’s Witnesses are using to discredit this book. There are three brief points I want to make:

  1. It is understandable that Jehovah’s Witnesses would seek to dissuade others from reading this book by assigning it 1-star reviews. They are not happy with the fact that countless Jehovah’s Witnesses have become biblical Christians as a result of the book. Personally, I am delighted that so many Jehovah’s Witnesses have come to know the truth of Scripture through this book. Praise the Lord!
  2. In a few cases, Jehovah’s Witnesses have composed a generalized, non-specific horrible review, and then they have posted this horrible review verbatim on ALL of my books listed at Amazon, even though they have not actually read any of them. Such actions ultimately serve to discredit the Watchtower Society, for no true follower of God finds it comfortable to bear such false witness.
  3. Unfortunately, I must also report that many Jehovah’s Witnesses have been spreading the idea that I myself am a former Jehovah’s Witness, which is absolutely not true. I understand why they do this. The Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that reading a book by a former Jehovah’s Witness is worse than reading pornography. So, one way of preventing other Jehovah’s Witnesses from reading this book is by claiming I’m a former Jehovah’s Witness. Again, such actions ultimately serve to discredit the Watchtower Society, for no true follower of God finds it comfortable to bear such false witness.

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Gaza Hospital Director: Hamas Turned Clinic Into Military Base

“More than 70 terrorists were arrested during an operation on the grounds of the Kamal Adwan Hospital last week. Several clashes broke out, during which IDF soldiers eliminated more terrorists.”

(Newsmax) Hamas turned the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip into a military base, its director Ahmad Kahlot admitted during an investigation conducted by Israel’s domestic intelligence agency, Shin Bet.

The hospital director’s testimony was revealed in a video of the interrogation published by Shin Bet and Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday evening. Continue reading

The Constant Battle Against Constant Lies

Wondering why people lie for a living, I remember that, during my studies in college, I came to admire the Christian existentialist philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard, who wrote about the corruption in the Danish State Church. He declared that everyone knew privately that the system was rotten and corrupt but they would not say so publicly. “Just as one says that death has marked a man, so we recognize the symptoms which demand to be attacked. It is a battle against lies,” he said.

(Cliff Kincaid – News With Views) I was a partner with AIM founder Reed Irvine for several decades and documented through the AIM Report and several books the “misdeeds” of our Big Media establishment. He taught me a lot. Unfortunately, media bias has gotten worse, not better, and even infects such one-time “conservative” outlets as the Drudge Report…. Continue reading

Drag Queen Church Puts on Mock Courtroom Performance Deliberating Anti-Homosexual Passages

(The Dissenter) In an era where the Scriptures are regularly co-opted and twisted by progressives as a battering ram against conservatism, particularly concerning LGBTQ issues, it’s crucial to confront the misleading exegesis propagated by certain progressive movements. A “church,” (a false church, of course), recently put on an absurd courtroom performance depicting the deliberation of certain Greek terms in the New Testament passages from 1 Corinthians and 1 Timothy. These clowns attempt to redefine the clear biblical stance on homosexuality, even embracing rank heresy to do so. Continue reading

Mike Bickle Turns Away Francis Chan+ Sam Storm Says He Believes ‘Jane Doe’

(Protestia) A longtime friend and supporter of Mike Bickle says he believes the allegations against the IHOPKC founder, and recounts a recent incident where Bickle turned away he and Francis Chan.

Sam Storms, a member of the Council of The Gospel Coalition, past President of the Evangelical Theological Society, and former IHOPKC board member who ministered alongside Bickle for nearly a decade, wrote in a recent blog post:

We were made aware of the allegations of clergy sexual abuse at different times over the past several months…. Continue reading

Matthew Perry Had More Than Just Ketamine in His System

“It’s time to tell the Industrial-Medical Complex and their friends in the corrupt media who take the majority of their advertising from Big Pharma to leave us alone. We’re more than capable of trying therapies and taking risks after informed consent if we want to. No one, especially the government, should be allowed to tell us what we can and cannot do with our own bodies. Just ask those abortion nuts! Our bodies, our choice, right? Or are we going to only demand the right to murder our offspring but give up the right to try alternative therapies that might heal us?” 

(Megan Fox – PJ Media) We’ve heard a lot about ketamine lately. If you were watching the Maya Kowalski trial, you learned that ketamine has many uses for people in pain. Still, despite promising outcomes for many patients using it for pain relief, depression, addiction, and more, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital tried to demonize it during the nine-week civil trial to cover up their involvement in the medical kidnapping of a child and the suicide of her mother…. Continue reading

Domestic Violence Survivors Speak Out Against Gun Control

“Killers target so-called “gun free zones” to commit violence because they know they will be met with the least amount of resistance.” 

(Madeline Leesman – Townhall) Late last week, several women, including survivors of domestic violence, spoke in a congressional hearing about how gun control laws rob women of their right to self-defense. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance hosted the hearing titled, “Second Amendment Rights Empower Women’s Rights.”

“Female firearm ownership continues to grow in the United States,” committee Chairman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said. “Women are turning to themselves to be their own first responders.” Continue reading

Texas Governor Signs Bill Making Illegal Migrant Entry from Mexico a State Crime

(Randy Clark – Breitbart) Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill making Texas the first state in the union to give law enforcement officers the authority to arrest migrants who illegally enter the state. The measure, SB 4, was signed into law on Monday during a ceremony at the base of the border wall in Brownsville, Texas.

The bill is part of a package of measures designed to decrease the flow of migrants entering the state from Mexico. The Texas Legislature passed the bills during two special sessions this fall. Continue reading

CRT, Genocide, and the Importance of Christian Universities

“CRT poisons all that it touches. Because at its core CRT is ahistorical, it gets history almost exactly wrong. This is clearly seen in how they categorize Jews as oppressors, and thus not subject to the protection of campus mobs calling for their annihilation.”

(Jesse Johnson – The Cripplegate) Since the October 7 terrorist attacks in Israel, students at many American Universities have taken to protests celebrating the intifada, and calling for Palestine to overthrow Israel “from the river to the sea.” In some cases Jewish students have been hounded and locked inside buildings. Jewish owned business near several universities have been targeted with harassment and stormed by mobs…. Continue reading

Believe

Today, America has a growing problem because too many of us “believe” what we want to believe. Persuading folks about anything is becoming very difficult. Facts are becoming secondary to “feelings.”

(Bill O’Reilly) In the early part of this century, I took on the secular-progressive movement that was attempting to intimidate businesses into canceling the word “Christmas.”

Some stores actually ordered employees not to say the word to customers. Continue reading

The Rot on American Campuses Stinks More Every Day

“Obviously, this problem will take a lot of effort to push back even a little on. At least it’s getting a lot of attention, and thanks to the fact that radical lefties like to act out, the story isn’t going away. We’ve already got an exhausting year ahead of us, but the outrage over the rabidly un-American sentiments in Academia has to stay strong.” 

(Stephen Kruiser – PJ Media) Wow, that was quite the cold bucket of water in the face as I was emerging from my regularly scheduled weekly news hiatus. I had mostly remained unaware of the Senate sex kerfuffle. The ick factor was strong with that story and, as Kevin reminds us, was brought to us by the party that wants to “bring back decency.”… Continue reading

Marley and His Message to Scrooge

“Christ is still in Christmas, and for one brief season the secular world broadcasts the message of Christ over every radio station and television channel in the land. Never does the church get as much free air time as during the Christmas season.”

(R.C. Sproul – Ligonier Ministries) “Bah! Humbug!” These two words are instantly associated with Charles Dickens’ immortal fictional anti-hero, Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge was the prototype of the Grinch who stole Christmas, the paradigm of all men cynical.

We all recognize that Ebenezer Scrooge was a mean person-stingy, insensitive, selfish, and unkind. What we often miss in our understanding of his character is that he was preeminently profane. “Bah! Humbug!” was his Victorian use of profanity. Continue reading

‘Horrendous’ Tap Performance of Nutcracker Suite in White House Video Roasted Online, Compared to ‘Hunger Games’

(Debra Heine – American Greatness) A White House Christmas video showcasing a bizarro tap dance performance of the Nutcracker Suite is being roasted online and compared to the Hunger Games. The video features a woke, “antiracist” New York City tap company tapping their way down a White House hallway adorned in Nutcracker-themed décor. Jill Biden posted the performance on X, Wednesday.

“A bit of magic, wonder, and joy brought to you by the talented tappers of Dorrance Dance, performing their playful interpretation of The Nutcracker Suite,” Biden wrote.

Watch the video on the site. Continue reading

Here’s the Real Reason Why So Many American University Students Hate Israel

“The students who are most passionate about hating Israel know the least about the conflict because they are suffering from a social contagion, not acting upon a reasoned conclusion. Those who actually study the issue, if they do so thoroughly and honestly, will come out supporting Israel. Our nation’s colleges and universities are doing their level best to prevent that outcome.

(Robert Spencer – PJ Media) It’s simple, really. Why do so many college and university students hate Israel? Because they know nothing about it, and have bought into the propaganda they’ve been fed. Continue reading

David Platt and McLean Bible Church Lose Million Dollar Lawsuit

(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) Since 2021, lawsuits have been plaguing McLean Bible Church. Salvador Cordova is a plaintiff in one of the lawsuits and he joined Evangelical Dark Web to talk about their recent victory in court against David Platt’s McLean Bible Church.

There are two lawsuits against MBC. The first one involved an election of a slate of elders that dissenting members are trying to overturn. This lawsuit was initially dismissed but it won an appeal. Cordova is not on this lawsuit which he describes as very technical. Instead, he is a plaintiff in a lawsuit suing MBC for being a Southern Baptist Church in violation of the church’s constitution…. Continue reading

Christian tears down and beheads Satan shrine in Iowa Capitol

Michael Cassidy, a Christian and former military officer, pushed over and decapitated the statue before he discarded the head in a trash can.

(Ben Zeisloft – The Sentinel) Michael Cassidy, a Christian and former military officer, tore down and beheaded a Satanist altar erected in the Iowa Capitol as the display provoked nationwide controversy, The Sentinel has exclusively learned.

Members of the Satanic Temple of Iowa recently received permission to install the exhibit, which included a statue depicting the idol Baphomet holding a pentacle and surrounded by candles, on the first floor of the Iowa Capitol near displays of the Nativity…. Continue reading