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 Progressive Policies are Designed for Civilizational Suicide

“So sincere, well-meaning liberals should, but generally do not, see that they are being led like lemmings to the sea, toward civilizational suicide, by the progressives they have long trusted as being in the liberal leadership, not the socialist vanguard.”

(John D. O’Conner – American Greatness) We all understand, in the timeless words of the poet Robert Burns, that the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Most Americans are accustomed to assessing the various failed initiatives of our country’s leaders as well-intended actions that turned out badly. The Vietnam, Afghan, and Iraq wars, the 2008 financial meltdown, and the COVID pandemic overreaction, all in hindsight, can be viewed as simply the unfolding of human stupidity in the contingency of time. Continue reading

Open Homo Sex in the Capitol: No One is Scandalized

(Peter Jones – truthXchange) “Democrat Staffer Who Filmed Himself Having Sex in the Capitol Won’t Be Charged.”

So reads the headline reporting a video posted by the above-mentioned staffer which showed for the first time ever a nearly naked man on all fours inside the Capitol office building. The video wasn’t just nude posing either. The male staffer and his boyfriend filmed themselves engaging in homosexual sex inside a meeting room of the Capitol Building. Sen. Ben Cardin, who employed the staffer, simply dropped the issue. Aidan Maese-Czeropski, the staffer in question, was defiant in the aftermath, claiming he was “being attacked for who I love to pursue a political agenda.” He did not mention who was attacking him. In fact, he got off scot-free, and was able to make this stark statement of the normality of his sexual non-binary actions. Continue reading

BOMBSHELL: Biden Lied About Hur Bringing Up His Dead Son Beau

“First Lady Jill Biden questioned in a fundraising letter whether Hur was using “our son’s death to score political points,” according to NBC News. Using her own stepson’s death to fundraise is worse than anything Hur didn’t do.”

(Rick Moran – PJ Media) It was one of the more dramatic moments of Biden’s press conference last week. An angry president responded to the allegation in Robert Hur’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents that he couldn’t recall, “even within several years when his son Beau died.” Continue reading

Evolutionary biologist says AIDS is likely caused by ‘gay lifestyle,’ not HIV…

“Dr. Bret Weinstein, another scientist, brought the Duesberg Theory back into the spotlight on Joe Rogan’s podcast, and, as you can guess, it stirred up quite a storm. Bret Weinstein is an evolutionary biologist, and he shared with Joe that there’s evidence suggesting the “gay lifestyle” could indeed be what’s behind AIDS, causing yet another meltdown on the left.”

(Revolver) AIDS has played a pivotal role in propelling the LGBTQ movement forward at warp speed, both in terms of financial backing and emotional support. It transformed what was once considered a fringe aspect of gay culture into a mainstream phenomenon, laying the groundwork for the formidable political and social force we see today. AIDS really brought folks like Dr. Fauci into the spotlight as well, where he was hailed as a sort of hero in the battle against this deadly disease…. Continue reading

Unholy Trinity of Woke Churches Sponsor ‘Glitter Ash Wednesday’

(Protestia) The unholy trinity of Jesus-hating denominations recently colluded at Fort Hays State University, putting on a celebration of Ash Wednesday where glitter was mixed in with the ashes to celebrate, “center,” and foster inclusion within the LGBTQ community.

The event was put on by Us4U, a faith-based service organization sponsored by the United Methodist Campus Ministry and supported by the Trinity Lutheran Church of Hays and St. John Lutheran Church of Russell. Continue reading

Finally! The CDC’s slow retreat on COVID guidance shows its ‘experts’ belong in isolation

“Anthony Fauci admitted before Congress that it was utterly lacking in scientific basis (and no shock, given that it derived from a high-schooler’s science project). Oopsie! That’s no consolation to the business he and his cronies helped destroy, or those unable to visit their loved ones in their last, miserable days in hospitals, or any of the other monstrous absurdities public-health fascists inflicted on America.”

(Editorial Board – New Youk Post) The Centers for Disease Control just quietly proposed abandoning the isolation guidelines around COVID — and so proved again that America’s public-health establishment must face a reckoning. Continue reading

Deadly Familiarity

“One of the great truths of the gospel is that God became man. God became one of us. But that’s not all to the story. He is also wholly other. If we lose sight of this truth, then we’ll turn Jesus into whatever shape we need him to be.”

(Mike Leake – Barrowed Light) If you read the gospel of Mark in one sitting you’d be shocked by what happens at the beginning of Mark 6.

Think of all that Jesus has accomplished up to this point. He has really become quite the celebrity…. Continue reading

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