Line Upon Line

A panoramic introduction to Paul's epistle to the Romans, showing how its central message—the just shall live by faith—has fueled revivals and the Reformation, and tracing the book's threefold structure of salvation: the revelation, illustration, and application of God's righteousness.

A book overview of Acts that traces the spread of the gospel from Jerusalem to the uttermost parts of the earth, emphasizing that the true central figure of Acts is the Holy Spirit, who empowers the church to witness. The teaching follows Peter's opening of the gospel to Jew and Gentile, Paul's conversion and missionary journeys, the first word of the gospel (repentance), and the resurrection as t...

A survey of the Gospel of John that shows how the fourth Gospel uniquely reveals Jesus as the Son of God who gives life, structured around John's twin themes of "believe" and "life," the seven "I am" statements, and the seven miracles that substantiate them. The teaching closes by contrasting Jesus' encounters with the heathen (the woman at the well) and the religious (Nicodemus), showing that bot...

A "Through the Bible" overview of Luke's Gospel, presenting Jesus as the Son of Man who came to seek and save the lost, with detailed study of key passages including Jesus' rejection at Nazareth, the healing of the paralytic, the centurion's faith, John the Baptist's question, the cost of discipleship, persistent prayer, and the road to Emmaus.

A book-by-book overview of Mark's Gospel, which presents Jesus as the Servant who came not to be served but to give His life a ransom for many, structured around His authority and ministry (chapters 1–8) and His passion as the ransom (chapters 8–16). The teaching closes with a detailed walk through the Olivet Discourse in Mark 13, connecting it to Revelation 14 and Isaiah 63 and the call for belie...

An introductory survey of the Gospel of Matthew that explains what distinguishes the New Covenant from the Old, why there are four Gospels, and how Matthew presents Jesus as the prophesied King, before walking through the Sermon on the Mount as a description of life in the kingdom of heaven.

A survey of the 400 "silent years" between Malachi and Matthew, tracing how God—though not speaking through prophets—sovereignly reshaped the political and religious world (through Alexander, the Seleucids and Ptolemies, Antiochus Epiphanes, the Maccabees, and Rome) to prepare His people for the coming of Christ. Pastor Miles connects Daniel's prophecies to this history and applies the lesson to c...

A verse-by-verse walk through Malachi, the last book of the Old Testament, framed around seven questions a backslidden post-exilic Israel raised against God. The teaching closes the Old Testament journey and points forward to the 400 years of silence, the coming messenger John the Baptist, and the unchanging, giving character of God.

Pastor Miles surveys the entire book of Zechariah, walking through the prophet's eight night visions (chapters 1–6) and the later prophecies of the Messiah's first and second comings (chapters 7–14). The teaching shows how God called the returned remnant to repent, promised to restore Jerusalem, judge their enemies, cleanse His people, pour out His Spirit, and ultimately return to reign as King.

The book of Haggai addresses the remnant of Israel who, after returning from 70 years of Babylonian exile, had grown discouraged and abandoned the rebuilding of God's temple to focus on their own paneled houses. Through the prophet Haggai, God corrects their misplaced priorities, encourages the discouraged leaders Zerubbabel and Joshua, and promises blessing and greater glory in the latter house,...

Pastor Miles teaches through the three chapters of Zephaniah, the last pre-exilic prophet to Judah, showing how God's call to repentance, the judgment upon Jerusalem and the surrounding nations, and the promised restoration of a remnant all point forward to the great and terrible day of the Lord. He links Zephaniah's imagery to Revelation, Matthew 24, Isaiah 63, and other passages describing Chris...

This teaching walks through the three chapters of Habakkuk, showing how the prophet wrestled with God's plan to judge wicked Judah using the even-more-wicked Babylonians, and how he learned to leave what he could not understand in God's hands by faith. The message draws out a four-step pattern for facing troubling circumstances and concludes with the prophet's bold declaration that "the just shall...

A verse-by-verse study of Nahum that confronts the often-neglected attributes of God's wrath, jealousy, and justice while holding them together with His love, mercy, and slowness to anger. Nahum's prophecy of doom upon Nineveh—cruel, conceited, idolatrous, and impenitent a century after Jonah—becomes comfort for God's people and a picture of judgment poured out on Christ in our place.

A verse-by-verse walk through the seven chapters of Micah, a contemporary of Isaiah, showing how God brought charges of judgment against both Samaria and Jerusalem for spiritual harlotry, corrupt leaders, false prophets, and hireling priests, yet promised a future restoration through the ruler born in Bethlehem. The teaching repeatedly applies Micah's warnings to America, calling the church to rep...

A verse-by-verse walk through the book of Jonah, showing a disobedient prophet, a sovereign God who arranges storm, fish, gourd, and worm, and the repentance of wicked Nineveh. The teaching contrasts the merciful heart of God with the vengeful heart of man and calls hearers to ask where they stand in the story.

A verse-by-verse study of Obadiah, the shortest book in the Old Testament, focused on God's judgment against Edom (descendants of Esau) for their pride. Pastor Miles treats Edom as a picture of the flesh and shows that lasting deliverance and full possession of our inheritance come only through dying to self at Mount Zion in Christ.

The book of Amos records God's judgment upon the prosperous-yet-wicked northern kingdom of Israel through an unschooled shepherd-prophet whom God called to warn of coming destruction. Amos surveys the surrounding nations, exposes Israel's idolatry and oppression of the poor, recounts the escalating judgments God sent to call them back, and closes with the promise of a remnant and a future restorat...

Pastor Miles teaches through the three chapters of Joel, showing how the prophet uses a present-day invasion of locusts as a picture of the day of the Lord and a call to whole-hearted repentance. The teaching traces Joel's prophecy from the current judgment, through God's gracious promise of restoration and the outpouring of the Spirit, to the future great and terrible day of the Lord and the salv...

A verse-by-verse walk through Hosea, showing how God commanded the prophet to marry an unfaithful wife as a living portrait of Israel's spiritual adultery and God's relentless, redeeming love. Through judgment on the northern ten tribes, God reveals His pattern of disciplining His people to purify them and ultimately restore a remnant.

A survey of the book of Daniel showing how the first six chapters establish that God preserves those who walk in righteousness through trial and tribulation, and how chapters 7-12 reveal the succession of Gentile kingdoms and the prophecies of the abomination of desolation, the 70 weeks, and the end of the age. Pastor Miles connects these prophecies to Jesus' words in Matthew 24 and to current eve...

A through-the-Bible overview of Ezekiel, focusing on why God pours out wrath and jealousy on His own people, using chapter 16's harlot allegory, chapter 18's principle that each soul is judged for its own sin, and the closing prophecies of Israel's restoration and the Gog/Magog invasion. The teaching presses the believer's call to warn the wicked and the righteous alike in light of coming judgment...

A verse-by-verse walk through Lamentations, showing how Jeremiah's five poetic laments over the destruction of Jerusalem reveal both the thoroughness of God's righteous judgment and the depth of His mercy. Pastor Miles draws from the book a present-day call to the church: to recover vision, repent, and become cross-cultural missionaries to a dying generation in our own towns.

A survey of the book of Jeremiah, tracing the long, lonely, sorrowful ministry of the weeping prophet who proclaimed coming destruction to a hard-hearted Judah while still extending God's gracious call to repent. The teaching highlights God's promise of a New Covenant fulfilled in Christ, who writes His law on our hearts, forgives sin, and replaces the wicked heart of stone with a heart of flesh.

A panoramic walk through the book of Isaiah, showing how prophecy is "God's fingerprint" on Scripture, how the book divides into condemnation, context, and comfort, and how its central theme—"a remnant shall return" and "the Lord has saved"—points to the Messiah. The teaching highlights God's patience, his judgment as purifying discipline, and the rich messianic prophecies that anticipate Christ c...

A verse-by-verse walk through the Song of Solomon, showing it to be God's beautiful, poetic instruction on love and intimacy within marriage. Pastor Miles traces its structure as a love story while also pointing to its allegorical picture of Christ's love for His bride, the church.