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

The Push to Normalize Weird Sexuality in the Church is Increasing at an Alarming Rate

“The goal for Sprinkle is to transform the Church’s attitude toward the LGBTQ movement and cause the Church to see LGBTQ people as people who have been mistreated by churches and society rather than as people who are committing a grave offense against their Creator who are in need of repentance and salvation.”

(The Dissenter) The LGBTQ movement in America has been striving for decades to promote the acceptance of homosexuality and other abnormal sexual behaviors. Sexual immorality, in all of its forms, has been present in every major society throughout history, as per historical and biblical accounts. However, as we see all throughout Scripture, it has also repeatedly been the cause of God’s wrath. Continue reading

The sudden turn of events that could derail Trump’s indictment

(Greg Jarrett) “Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime,” was the infamous boast of Joseph Stalin’s ruthless secret police chief, Lavrentiy Beria. His modus operandi was to target any man the Soviet dictator chose and then find or fabricate a crime against him.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has taken a page out of Stalin’s playbook and targeted Donald Trump. Driven by personal and political animus, the DA presumed the former president must be guilty of something. It was just a matter of devoting enough time and resources to hunt down the crime. Failing to find one, Bragg copied Beria’s paradigm and simply dreamed one up. Continue reading

Bethel Worship Service May Look Vibrant, But It’s An Empty Shell Of Death

“If the work of the Trinity in salvation isn’t enough to bring the dry bones of a dead church back to life, then neither will your music, your ecstatic experiences, and your emotional experiences.”

(The Dissenter) Have you ever witnessed a worship service at Bethel Church? The air is electric, the music booms, the chords resonate with your soul. It’s a sensory experience that can cause you to feel like you’ve reached the height of existence…. Continue reading

Russell Moore Speaker at ‘The Gospel For Enneagram Summit’ + Joined By Some Legit Heretics

“Moore is joined by a slew of enneagram teachers, but one person we wanted to highlight is Suzanne Stabile, another keynote speaker. Can she faithfully teach on the intersection of the gospel and the enneagram?”

(Protestia) A year after Russell Moore helped advance false claims that the enneagram has ‘Christian roots,’ and four months after he and Beth Moore shared their enneagram personalities, the former ERLC President and current Editor in Chief at Christianity Today is scheduled to be a speaker at ‘The Gospel For Enneagram Summit.’ Continue reading

‘I Just Want to Feel Like Myself,’ Tearfully Admits America’s Most Famous ‘Trans Kid’ Jazz Jennings

(Megan Fox – PJ Media) There are a lot of deeply disturbing and unlikeable members of the trans cult. Jazz Jennings is not one of them. Transitioned by his mother at the tender age of five. By the age of eleven, Jazz was on puberty blockers. At 17, even though a minor, Jazz underwent multiple genital surgeries to remove his penis and have it inverted. This process was botched and several attempts were made to remedy it, but the reduced size of Jazz’s penis due to years on puberty blockers made an already brutal surgery even worse. Continue reading

Rick Warren Says Denying Women the Pastorate is Racist and Saddleback Will Appeal Disfellowship to Fight the ‘Inquisition’

“Rick Warren is just fine teaching people things under the authority of scripture that he is not confident are actually correct. One wonders which of Warren’s teachings he is okay being uncertain about – could he be wrong about the deity of Christ? The virgin birth? Could he be wrong about his purported belief in salvation by faith alone?”

(David Morrill) Perhaps no single individual has done as much to stunt the spiritual growth of and sear the modern American evangelical conscience than Rick Warren. With his Peter Drucker-mentored corporatization of the church, his Schuller-inspired, man-pleasing “gospel,” and his endless ability to taint every so-called solid minister to include John Piper and Al Mohler on his way to becoming the king of dollar store, bargain bin Christianity, Rick Warren’s career has been nothing short of infamous. Continue reading

Altered States of Consciousness in Bible, believes Bible Project’s Tim Mackie

(John Lanagan – The Word Like Fire) Altered State of Consciousness: A meditative or drug-induced non-ordinary state of mind. In a religious context, a state where the seeker is drawn out of his normal thinking processes into “self-realization” or contact with what he considers the divine or divine wisdom.[1]

Tim Mackie is pastor and co-founder of the highly influential Bible Project. You may not have heard of Mackie and Bible Project, but your kids or grandkids certainly have. Mackie has become an advocate of the deceptive and anti-biblical meditation known as contemplative prayer…. Continue reading

Kari Lake Speaks to Rasmussen Poll Which Suggests She Won

“At the risk of being like all the climate change cult false prophets, I believe Kari Lake will win this legal battle and be the first governor ever sworn into office after proven systematic election fraud. Whether Democrats or RINO Republicans are ever prosecuted for this obvious charade will remain to be seen. Whether she wins this before the Arizona Supreme Court or the Supreme Court of the United States is the only question remaining in my mind. Her proof of election interference is conclusive.”

(Mark Schwendau) Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who narrowly lost the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election, declared Friday (March 17) that she and two other GOP candidates, who also came up short, actually “won,” according to a new poll by Rasmussen. Continue reading

‘Christianity and Liberalism’ at 100

“Machen reminds his readers that it’s important for Christians to know what Christianity truly is. “Christianity cannot subsist unless men know what Christianity is; and the fair and logical thing is to learn what Christianity is, not from its opponents, but from those who themselves are Christians.”

(Chris Queen – PJ Media) I don’t remember how it came to my attention, but last summer, I downloaded the audiobook of J. Gresham Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism. I know, I know; it’s not exactly breezy summer reading (or listening), but I definitely don’t regret it. It’s worth pointing out that this year is the 100th anniversary of this landmark work. Continue reading

God Determines the Role of Women in the Church, Not Personal Preference or Culture

“Many churches are allowing women to hold positions reserved for men by finding new interpretations of Scripture completely unheard of in the whole of Church history before the last quarter of the 20th Century.”

Genesis 5: 1-This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; 2-Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam [man or mankind], in the day when they were created. Continue reading

Hillsong Church Salaries, Royalties, Benefits Revealed. $1.9M, $ 1.7M, $1.5M, $876K, $540K

(Protestia) With the trove of 10,000 Hillsong papers being released to the public, some of the salaries of pastors and leaders within Hillsong have been revealed. While some of the worship pastors were getting royalties off their Hillsong Music, they were also being given large salaries, which Hillsong congregants were paying into.

Here’s a few:

Hillsong Global Senior Pastor Brian Houston was making at least $1,000,000 a year, with royalties and book sales not disclosed, which could easily be in the millions. Continue reading

Arkansas book event interrupted by drag queens in ‘disturbing’ outfits as Kirk Cameron and guests speak

Man wearing bizarre make-up and dressed like a woman disrupts children’s story time.

“At the close of this sweet and funny story of a singing elephant named Kevin who was tricked by a vulture named ‘Culture’ into thinking he might be a bird, the reader then asked the 300 children, ‘Do you think elephants can be birds, even if they strap on silly wings and a beak?'” 

(Maureen Mackey – Fox News) A group of drag queens and activists dressed in black and white showed up on Friday at the Fayetteville Public Library in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to protest actor-writer Kirk Cameron’s story time event for families and children, according to book publisher Brave Books, whose staff were present at the reading. Continue reading

Here’s What Will Happen If Trump Is Arrested Next Week

(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) According to recent reports, law enforcement and security agencies at the local, state, and federal levels are getting ready for a possible indictment of former President Donald Trump as soon as next week.

According to recent reports, law enforcement and security agencies at the local, state, and federal levels are getting ready for a possible indictment of former President Donald Trump as soon as next week.

These agencies are carrying out preliminary security assessments and deliberating over potential security arrangements around the Manhattan Criminal Court situated at 100 Centre Street…. Continue reading

Discernment: A Spiritual Battle, Not a Logical One

“My job is not to argue my friend into believing that Joel Osteen or Beth Moore or Benny Hinn or Christine Caine is a false teacher. My job is to lovingly present what Scripture says, demonstrate how the teacher is in conflict with it, leave it on the table, walk away, and continue to pray for my friend. My job is done. It is now the Holy Spirit’s job to open my friend’s eyes and change her heart.”

(Michelle Lesley) The way people think, the way we react to environmental stimuli, the way we relate to one another, the way our backgrounds and experiences shape the way we view and interact with the world absolutely fascinates me. It’s probably what led me to pursue degrees in psychology and counseling as well as every sociology, anthropology, criminology, and every other social science -ology elective I could get my hands on when I was in college. What makes people tick?… Continue reading

The Character of Kingdom Citizens

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3-16-2020, Another Day That Will Live in Infamy

“Drs. Fauci and Birx couldn’t control their glee on that day as they permanently altered our lives.”

(Mary Dowing – Independent Sentinel) Three years ago today, on 3-16-2020, the President, unaware of where they would lead us, platformed the public health community. This came after tremendous pressure from the Left. It is the day the US was locked down. Children lost precious education, businesses were lost, and politicians’ mandates became an accepted lifestyle. Elections became suspect, and people lost faith in the American system. Continue reading

Why Big Eva Was Always Bad And Why You Suddenly Noticed

“You might be awake to Big Eva in present day, but you need to be red pilled on how they were always bad.”

(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) In conservative media you hear the trope, “I didn’t leave the left. The left left me.” Of course we most often associate this with homosexuals or feminists who want their level of degeneracy to be the line of demarcation in a here and no further sort of way. But this mentality also exists among Christians in relation to Big Eva. Consider this tweet which gained a lot of traction. Continue reading

‘We Were Wrong’ – Evidence Shows ‘Puberty Blockers are Neither Safe Nor Reversible’ Says Canadian Doctor Who Helped Pioneer Puberty Blocker Drugs

“Blocking the sexual development of children is a highly authoritarian intervention.  Children are asexual, and so they can’t understand the impact of impaired sexual function.  We are roughly 10 years into this large-scale experiment and already we have reports on issues with cognitive development, bone mineral density, and fertility.  All the up-to-date evidence shows that puberty blockers are neither safe nor reversible.

(Brian Lupo – Gateway Pundit) Dr. Susan Bradley, who helped pioneer “gender affirming care” in Canada, has now spoken against the popular model of “gender affirming care” by placing children on puberty blockers, according to an interview with the Daily Caller. Continue reading

The Bible Project’s Tim Mackie believes Penal Substitutionary Atonement stems from pagan sacrifice rituals

“In his denial of the Penal Substitutionary Atonement, Tim Mackie is following in the footsteps of The Shack author William Paul Young, and many others.”

(John Lanagan – The Word Like Fire) Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will ensure salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you. (1 Timothy 4:16)

Concerns about Bible Project and its co-founder Tim Mackie continue to grow. The recent discovery of Mackie’s advocacy of anti-biblical meditative practices has been stunning…. Continue reading

‘Getting very close to Joe Biden’: Congress probes dozen bank accounts that enriched first family

(John Solomon – Just the News) Congressional investigators have identified a labyrinth of at least a dozen bank accounts that were used to funnel money from foreign sources to Joe Biden’s family and uncovered the first evidence that some funds went to benefit the future president, the chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee has disclosed.

“It’s getting very close to Joe Biden,” Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) told Just the News. Continue reading

Slouching Towards Socialism

“Joe knows his budget will never pass a Republican House but so what? He continues to enlist voters who want entitlements. And there are millions of them.” 

(Bill O’Reilly) Joe from Scranton recently revealed himself in Philadelphia as a Bernie Sanders acolyte. In laying out his fantastical budget, the President unmasked the socialist within. Somewhere, Mao, Fidel, Trotsky, and Stalin were celebrating, very likely in a hot place. Continue reading

How to Be a Berean

“The holy Scriptures are to be read with an high and reverent esteem of them; with a firm persuasion that they are the very Word of God, and that he only can enable us to understand them; with desire to know, believe, and obey the will of God revealed in them; with diligence, and attention to the matter and scope of them; with meditation, application, self-denial, and prayer.”

(Jonathan Landry Cruse – Tabletalk) In his second missionary journey, Paul made a sudden detour to Berea after the fledgling Christian church in Thessalonica was violently threatened. While Paul’s plan may have been disrupted, his pattern of ministry was not: in Berea he continued his established method of reasoning from the Scriptures in the synagogues with Jews and other God-fearers…. Continue reading

Why John MacArthur Called Out Tim Keller And Andy Stanley At ShepCon

(Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web) John MacArthur made some waves over the weekend at Shepherd’s Conference, more commonly known as ShepCon when he was not only able to appear but name dropped Tim Keller and Andy Stanley. But the reason why MacArthur called out these two big names is not necessarily the reason you’d expect.

Tim Keller has always been a liberal false teacher, and Andy Stanley has certainly paled in comparison to his father’s reputation…. Continue reading