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

High-ranking Uniformed Public Health Service officer blows whistle on Rachel Levine’s pronoun tyranny

(Ben Zeisloft – The Sentinel) A high-ranking officer in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, the uniformed service branch in which Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine serves as an Admiral, is one of several service members pursuing legal action as the entity imposes a gender identity policy that would force them to contradict their religious beliefs about sexuality, a development exclusively revealed to The Sentinel.

Service members in the Uniformed Public Health Service were sent an email last week informing them that “all employees should be addressed by the names and pronouns they use to describe themselves” and that “employees can wear clothing and use restrooms in accordance with their gender identity.”… Continue reading

Halloween Hell? Greg Locke Hosting Mass Exorcism for Children

(Protestia) Greg Locke is hosting his annual Halloween Burn, inviting folks to come far and wide to burn anything related to the occult in massive bonfire set up on church property. Unlike last year, however, this Burn will include a “mass deliverance” event for children possessed and afflicted by demons who need them to be cast out.

Readers of Protestia will recognize Locke as the controversial Tennessee pastor who is elbows deep in exorcisms and deliverance ministry after several witches supposedly harassed his church… Continue reading

Disintegration of the United States

“We need to halt this invasion. If we don’t halt it we may not survive this. That’s how much of a threat this is.”

(Mary Dowling) Col. Douglas Macgregor spoke about the crisis at the border in the interview below, and he didn’t mince words. We are watching the “disintegration of the United States,” he said. He lamented the fact that no one in leadership is doing anything about it.

“We’re watching the disintegration of the United States,” Macgregor said. “This is a recipe for our destruction, that’s obvious…. Continue reading

Sympathy for the Devil

“Don’t expect a corporate “awakening” because it will not happen. Woke will continue to rule as innocent people continue to die.”

(Bill O’Reilly) Here’s something interesting. The cancel culture has turned against the radical left in America. Super ironic because the progressive movement, cheered on by the corporate media, has skillfully used social elimination via cancel culture to destroy its opposition.

But with the mass murder perpetrated by the terror group Hamas, the progressive Israel haters are on the run. Banishment looms for any American who is pro-Hamas. Even socialist Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez is frightened. Continue reading

Matt Chandler and Other Southern Baptist Leaders Have Enabled and Empowered Islamic Radicals

“The article from Matt Chandler’s church promotes an approach towards Muslims that, while claiming to be grounded in Christian love and openness, is nothing more than an act of submission to radical Islam. It stresses entering into relationships with Muslims with a level of deference that stifles the Christian message…”

(The Dissenter) Remember several years ago when concerns were raised about how evangelical leaders, particularly those associated with ACTS 29 and The Village Church, were enabling radical Islamic groups? There has been a growing trend of interfaith dialogues facilitated by influential evangelical pastors like Matt Chandler. Continue reading

Israelis Hail a Good Girl With a Gun

“When it’s all over, this woman will receive the Israel Prize. The story of her heroism is a story that will go down in Israeli lore for generations. Inbal is the reason there is one kibbutz in the entire surrounding area that remains unharmed — Nir Am.”

(Douglas Andrews – The Patriot Post) It’s probably not much of an exaggeration to say that every adult Israeli citizen knows the story of Jonathan Netanyahu. And perhaps one day, many years from now, every Israeli will also know the story of Inbar Lieberman. Continue reading

The Boniface Option Gives Practical Advice To Fight Trashworld

(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) The Christian Nationalist movement is growing rapidly in Evangelicalism with the success of multiple books by its proponents and a cottage industry for its adversaries. Andrew Isker builds on his previous book, cowritten by Andrew Torba, and further focuses on practical applications for fighting the dystopian world around us. Andrew Isker’s The Boniface Option is accurately subtitled “a strategy for Christian Counter-Offensive in a Post-Christian Nation.”

Isker’s format is a systematic breakdown of specific issues that deconstruct humanity and provides specific solutions to these articulated issues…. Continue reading

Dr. names ‘the greatest perpetrator of misinformation’ during Covid

(Mary Dowling) Johns Hopkins University professor Dr. Marty Makary told the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic during its first hearing on Tuesday, “The greatest perpetrator of misinformation during the pandemic has been the United States government.”

He listed examples.

    • COVID was spread through surface transmission.
    • That vaccinated immunity was far greater than natural immunity.

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Untwisting the Bible – Part IV: Matthew 7:7, God Is Not a Cosmic Vending Machine

“This is not a one-time transaction, but a lifetime of seeking God’s will, of being so in sync with God that we naturally ask for the things that matter to Him.”

(The Dissenter) Matthew 7:7 has often been appropriated by prosperity gospel charlatans in a way that has led to some of the most egregious distortions of biblical teaching. “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you,” says the verse. In the mouths of these bible twisters, this becomes a blank check, an unhindered gateway to personal wealth, fame, and earthly pleasures…. Continue reading

Joe Biden Potentially Kept Sensitive Docs About Family Business Involvement with Foreign Countries

(Wendell Husebo – Breitbart) President Joe Biden potentially retained sensitive documents about the Biden family business’s involvement with foreign countries, House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-KY) suggested Monday in a letter to special counsel Robert Hur.

Hur, appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland, is investigating Biden for the mishandling of classified material; this relates to his possession of documents from when he was vice president. As part of his probe, he reportedly interviewed the president last week for two hours…. Continue reading

Get Very Mad. The $350 Billion COVID Bailout of States Was Entirely Unncessary

“Did the money do any good?”

(Rick Moran – PJ Media) We’re two years removed from the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the $2 trillion “stimulus” measure that Congress passed in March of 2021, and the verdict on much of that spending can now be delivered.

The biggest line item in the bill was the $350 billion given to state and local governments to deal with revenue shortfalls and other pandemic-related expenditures — like golf courses. Continue reading

CRN Headline News 10/9-10/13

Need to read articles you may have missed this week. Plus, Most Popular, Past Popular and a Truth quote.

MONDAY 10/9

CDC repeatedly misrepresents mask research, mask mandates worsen depression

‘Trans Women’ Taking Hormones Are More Likely to Suffer ‘Severe’ Health Conditions

Forget the GOP—It’s the Biden Chaos That’s Getting People Killed

Why Are So Many Worship Pastors Theologically and Morally Compromised?

TUESDAY 10/10 Continue reading

TGC Compares Pro-LGBTQ Pop Star to the Revealing of Jesus in His Eternal Glory to His Followers

(The Dissenter) There’s a bewildering trend overtaking certain corners of Evangelicalism, and it’s impossible to ignore the glaring departure from orthodoxy when publications like The Gospel Coalition keep putting secular pop culture on a pedestal. After an inconceivable attempt to extract spiritual value from Hollywood’s latest blockbuster, Barbie, TGC has now turned its sights on secular pop icon, Taylor Swift—a plummet into a canyon of worldly preoccupations. Such contortions to align the church with the modern secular zeitgeist are foolish at best, but undoubtedly destructive. If we weren’t already convinced of TGC’s wayward trajectory, this latest piece it published—and then deleted—should erase all doubt. Continue reading

Prepare for War with Iran, Hamas, Russia, China, Lebanon

(Mary Dowling) The United States must prepare for possible simultaneous wars with Russia and China by expanding its conventional forces, strengthening alliances, and enhancing its nuclear weapons modernization program, a congressionally appointed bipartisan panel said on Thursday. Let’s not forget potential war with Israel’s enemies. Being prepared is good, going to war isn’t.

The report from the Strategic Posture Commission comes amid tensions with China over Taiwan and other issues and worsening frictions with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading

U.S. cities tighten security for ‘day of rage’ as experts warn Hamas-like terror may head West

(John Solomon – Just the News) From synagogues to shopping malls, cities across America heightened security on Friday the 13th as Palestinian leaders declared a “day of rage” to protest Israel’s counteroffensive in Gaza while security experts warned that Iranian-inspired, Hamas-like terror could soon migrate West.

“If the propagandists from Tehran and from Hamas and Hezbollah do their work effectively, there could be trouble all across the Middle East and spreading into Europe as well as the United States,” former United Nations Ambassador and National Security Adviser John Bolton told Just the News, Continue reading

Even Now, Democrats Are Having a Hard Time Breaking Up With Their Terrorist Pals

“Team Joe Biden’s Brain is still refusing to find anything wrong with giving Iran $6 billion and hasn’t announced any plans to refreeze assets.” 

(Stephen Kruiser – PJ Media)  Yesterday, we focused on just a couple of Democrat ne’er-do-wells who have a deep and abiding affection for terrorists like the Hamas cowards who attacked Israel last weekend. More than enough time has passed for all of the other Democrats in the country to separate themselves from and disavow the likes of the execrable Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, the two most prominent terrorist appeasers in Congress. Continue reading

Christianity Today Staff Made Extensive Campaign Donations Between 2015 And 2022…All Went To Democrats

“The fact that modern CT staff have financially supported pro-abortion, pro-sexual perversion candidates does not surprise me at all. The magazine long ago lost its biblical moorings and has been under the influence of progressives and leftists for years. It’s tragic. And it’s a reminder to evangelicals that institutions that faithful Christians build are always in danger of drifting left.”

(Megan Basham – Daily Wire) The media has long framed Christianity Today, founded by Billy Graham in 1956, as America’s most influential Christian news outlet. The Washington Post, for instance, regularly describes it as evangelicalism’s “flagship” magazine,” as does The New York Times. A review of federal election records, however, indicates that the views of the magazine’s leadership and staff may be far out of step with ordinary evangelicals. Continue reading

No Power or Water for Gaza Until All Hostages Released Says Israel

(Oliver JJ Lane – Breitbart) Gaza should not expect to see the water or electricity turned back on while it still holds hostages captured during the massive and deadly terror attack on Israel on Saturday, that country’s government has warned.

Humanitarian aid will be forthcoming to Gaza when it shows concern for human welfare itself Israel’s energy minister Israel Katz said on Thursday when he wrote “Humanitarian aid to Gaza?… Humanitarian for humanitarian”. Addressing the tens of dozens of abductees believed held by the terrorist group Hamas, the politician said Israel would continue the state of siege until it had its people home. Continue reading

Condoleezza Rice Notices What Was Missing From Joe Biden’s Speech on Israel and Hamas

“I think [Iran’s] fingerprints are all over this…I probably would have, had I been President Biden, at least said and state sponsors of this kind of terrorism….”

(Guy Benson – Townhall) On my radio program yesterday, I interviewed former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who made a fair amount of news during our conversation.  I also welcomed back to the show former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who had not yet publicly addressed the barbaric terrorist attack in Israel last weekend. She called the massacre “shocking” and “nothing like” Gaza crises she’d dealt with while in office…. Continue reading

US Borders Are Wide Open as Hamas Calls for Global Jihad

(Mary Dowling) Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s October 7, 2023 statement on Operation Al-Aqsa Deluge called the Israel [massacre] operation a “great triumph.” He said the enemy had suffered a political, military, intelligence, security, and moral defeat. Hamas leader Khalid Marshal called for every Muslim brother and sister globally to rise up on Friday the 13th and every day. He called for a political movement as our borders are open, and Biden floods the country with Islamists as so-called refugees. Hamas is encouraging suicide attacks. Continue reading

Unconditional Conference: Andy Stanley Says Attending a Gay Wedding is ‘Good Theology’+ Disses Rosaria Butterfield

(Protestia) Andy Stanley told attendees at the Unconditional conference that it’s “good theology” to attend the same-sex marriages of your loved ones, while also criticizing notable critics of same-sex acceptance within the church.

Andy Stanley made the comments to Debbie Causey during the second main session of the gay-affirming Unconditional conference hosted by North Point church. Causey is a pastor and the long-time Care Director at North Point Community Church. She is also a board member of Renovus, an LGBTQ activist group led by her and other gay-affirming leaders within North Point church…. Continue reading

Untwisting the Bible, Part III: ‘Let Go and Let God’

“Far from advocating a theology that calls us to “let go” in the way the cliché suggests, Scripture calls us into a life of engaged, active faith.”

(The Dissenter) Okay, so this one isn’t actually in the Bible. But since a disturbing number of professing believers think it is, we’ll cover it anyway. The well-worn mantra, “Let go and let God”—a phrase often parroted in church Sunday School classes, book clubs, and social media posts by people who presume it to be a golden nugget of biblical wisdom. Imagine these scenarios, someone’s stressed over work, tangled in relational conflicts, or generally overwhelmed by life’s complexities. What advice do they get?… Continue reading

Hamas and Fatah Explain What Their War Against Israel Is All About

“This is the day that you make this criminal enemy understand that its time is up. ‘Kill them wherever you may find them.’” That also was a quotation from the Qur’an (2:191, 4:89, cf. 9:5).”

(Robert Spencer – PJ Media) Why are the Islamic jihad groups fighting against Israel? Why do they think that committing the dismaying actions we saw in Israel on Saturday is the right, and indeed the righteous, thing to do?

As the death toll from Saturday’s jihad massacres in Israel continues to mount, the world looks on in horror at the atrocities that were committed — the wanton massacre of people at a peace concert, the beheaded babies, and so much more. It is hard for Americans and Europeans to fathom how or why any human beings would do such things. Continue reading

Like Her Father, Tony Evans, Priscilla Shirer Preaches Trinitarian Heresy from the Pulpit

“If you can’t get the Trinity right, you have no business in a pulpit. Mangling this essential doctrine isn’t just a minor error—it’s a failure to accurately represent the God of the Bible.” 

(The Dissenter) Tony Evans, a prominent Evangelical pastor with close ties to the Southern Baptist Convention, has been on a roll lately with aberrant theology and false teachings. Evans, who has now partnered with former Southern Baptist Convention president, Ed Litton, to push a social welfare agenda, holds to the Pelagian heresy denying the doctrine of original sin. Continue reading

All Christians, Not Just Catholics, Should Be Worried About Pope Francis’ Synod

“Every…child knows that when most people request a blessing they aren’t making a “plea for a better life” but seeking approval, endorsement, and affirmation. That’s the common understanding of the thing, which Pope Francis bends over backward to avoid here.”

(John Daniel Davidson – The Federalist) There’s an unfortunate tendency among Catholics and Protestants alike to relish the misfortunes of the other. When some evangelical megachurch pastor ham-fistedly embraces the LGBT agenda, Catholics will quip that it was inevitable thanks to the Reformation…. Continue reading