Westside Church Northwest Podcast

Romans 13 shows why Christians cannot stay silent on government, policy, and culture. Politics matters because policy influences people—and we care about people. The position of authority is God-ordained, but the people who fill those positions are not automatically righteous. We are called to honor the office, resist ungodly mandates, and vote according to fruit rather than personality.

There are three ways societies are governed—tribalism, globalism, and nationalism—and this explains why a biblical form of nationalism (anchored in strong families, the church, and righteous civil leadership) is God’s best design for nations right now. Isaiah 33:22 highlights the separation of powers and clarifies why America is a constitutional republic, not a pure democracy.

The message then turns to the heart of identity: you are a saint, not a sinner. God has removed your sins as far as the east is from the west. Focusing on your righteousness in Christ weakens sin’s grip, while the blood of Jesus cleanses your conscience so you can serve the living God freely. When you know who you are, you can live confidently—at home, in the church, and at the ballot box.
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Pastor Cory walks through Romans 13 and Romans 6 to show why Christians can’t afford to sit out or vote based on personality and feelings. He addresses Christian nationalism, the difference between a constitutional republic and pure democracy, the three ways societies are ordered (tribalism, globalism, and nationalism), and why the family, the church, and civil government must stay in their God-given lanes.

If you’ve ever wondered how faith and citizenship fit together, or how to stop identifying as a “sinner” once you’ve been redeemed, this message is for you.
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In this message, Rick Renner goes after a question many believers still wrestle with: When life is crushing you, did God send it—or allow it from a distance?

We walk through James 1:1, 13, 17, and 5–8 and show from the Greek why James uses a double negative: stop saying God is the source of what destroys you. God cannot be tempted with evil and does not give evil. Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father of lights—habitually, abundantly, with no shadow of turning.

You’ll hear:
- The difference between God acting directly vs. people blaming Him remotely
- Why Old Testament thinking (“everything comes from God”) still shows up in the church
- The test for whether something is from God: is it good, advantageous, and moving you upward?
- How to ask God for wisdom
- Why a double-minded person is unstable and why faith has to be rooted, not tossed

He also talks honestly about self-sabotage, personal responsibility, drawing near when you don’t have answers, and lining your mind up with who God actually is.
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We’re in Romans 5, and this message is about capacity. Not just being saved from wrath, but living in the “much more” of Jesus: reconciled by His death, saved by His life, and called to reign in this life.

When Adam sinned, death spread. When Jesus finished the work, grace didn’t merely balance the scale — it blew it out of the water. Now the question isn’t whether God has more for you. It’s whether you’ll let Him size you up so He can pour more through you.

In this episode:
- Romans 5:10–17 — “much more” reconciliation and the gift of righteousness
- Seated with Christ in heavenly places (Ephesians 1–2)
- Your position determines your condition
- Ruling and reigning in this life, not just the next

If you’ve been living on one extension cord — barely enough for the lights — this word is a call to increase capacity so God can use you to power more than your own house.
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God is calling His people higher. Higher in holiness. Higher in endurance. Higher in the fullness of the Spirit.

In this message from our Romans series, we walk through Romans 5 and then follow the thread all the way to the end of the age.

We also look at one of the most important “much more” statements in the New Testament: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. We have been justified by His blood, and we are not appointed to wrath.

That leads us to the catching away of the church, the marriage supper of the Lamb, and the parable of the ten virgins. The oil in the lamps is the Holy Spirit. Wise believers stay full. They stay ready.

This church believes what the Book of Acts actually says: repentance, water baptism, and the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues. That gift is not weird. It is not passed away. It is how the Holy Spirit prays mysteries through you that your mind cannot even comprehend.

Stay full. Stay ready. The Bridegroom is coming.
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