Line Upon Line

Pastor Miles teaches through Ecclesiastes as Solomon's grand experiment to find meaning "under the sun" apart from God, which leads only to the conclusion that all is vanity. The book's resolution—remember the Creator in your youth, fear God, and keep His commandments—points to an eternal perspective that alone makes man whole.

A walk through the book of Proverbs, rooted in Solomon's prayer for wisdom in 1 Kings, showing how the book divides into six sections and teaches us to navigate life by fearing the Lord and trusting Him completely.

An overview of the book of Psalms as the book of human emotion, surveying its five-book structure, its many authors across a thousand years, and its portrayal of Christ and the character of God. The teaching emphasizes that the Psalms invite us to approach God honestly in every emotion, remembering that He remains on His throne and is worthy of eternal praise.

A verse-by-verse walk through the book of Job, tracing its three movements—the dilemma, the debates, and the deliverance—to show that suffering is not always the result of hidden sin, that God remains intimately involved even when distant-feeling, and that the believer's hope rests in a living Redeemer and a latter end better than the beginning.

A verse-by-verse walk through the book of Esther, read allegorically: the king pictures the soul, Queen Esther and Mordecai picture the spirit and Holy Spirit, and Haman the Agagite pictures the flesh that must be destroyed. The teaching highlights the hidden hand of God working all things together for good, even when His name is never mentioned, and closes by addressing the problem of pain in lig...

A walk through the book of Nehemiah as "The Road to Restoration," showing how God rebuilds and strengthens His people after exile. The teaching divides the book into the reconstruction of the wall (chapters 1–7) and the restoration of the people (chapters 8–13), drawing spiritual meaning from the ten gates and from Nehemiah's bold resistance to evil.

A verse-by-verse walk through Ezra, showing God's faithful fulfillment of His prophetic word as He raises up the pagan king Cyrus to return His people to the land, restore the temple, and reform their hearts. The book pictures the gospel: Christ the King restores us, and the Spirit reforms us from the inside out.

A walk through 2 Chronicles showing how the book focuses on King David's line and the temple, and how the heart of each king—the "soul" of the nation—determined whether Judah followed God toward blessing or the flesh toward destruction. The teaching contrasts the wicked kings who departed from the Lord with the kings who brought restoration, calling believers to a perfect heart fully devoted to Go...

A through-the-Bible overview of 1 Chronicles, framed around the book's two great themes—the king (David) and the temple—and the principle of inclusion and exclusion in God's work, which always turns on the condition of the heart. Pastor Miles traces David's reestablishment of worship, his return of the ark, God's covenant to build David a house, and David's careful preparation of Solomon to build...

A verse-by-verse overview of 2 Kings, framing the divided nation (northern ten tribes and southern Judah/Jerusalem) as a picture of the human person—body, soul, and spirit—with the king representing the soul that directs the nation toward either the flesh or the spirit. The teaching traces Israel's slide into decay, division, and destruction, the ministry of the prophets, and climaxes in the faith...

A through-the-Bible overview of 1 Kings, tracing Solomon's rise in wisdom and the building of the temple, his decline through divided affections, and the resulting division of the kingdom—all underscoring that God looks at the heart, not external religion. The teaching closes with the ministry of Elijah on Mount Carmel and the call to choose whom we will serve.

A book-overview teaching of 2 Samuel, tracing the reign of King David through three movements—his triumphs, his transgression, and his troubles—and showing that what made David "a man after God's own heart" was not perfection but faith and a willingness to repent.

A survey of 1 Samuel that traces three central figures — Samuel the last judge and first prophet, Saul the man of the flesh, and David the man after God's own heart — and draws out the contrast between a life lived in the flesh and a life lived by faith. The teaching urges believers to learn from these examples, to utterly destroy the flesh, and to give their hearts wholly to God as David did.

A verse-by-verse teaching through the book of Ruth, set during the time of the judges, showing how this short story functions as "the romance of redemption" — a picture of Christ the kinsman redeemer who purchases a field and wins a Gentile bride. The teaching traces the meaning of the names, the law of the kinsman redeemer, and the way Ruth foreshadows the gospel of grace.

A verse-by-verse walk through Judges, showing how Israel's repeated cycle of failure in the promised land pictures the believer's ongoing battle with the flesh, and how God's raised-up deliverers point us to wielding the Word of God against sin.

Pastor Miles teaches the entire book of Joshua as a picture of the victorious, Spirit-filled Christian life described in Romans 8, showing how Israel's entrance into the promised land illustrates how believers step by faith out of wilderness wandering into rest, fruitfulness, and victory in Christ. He walks through the book's four divisions—the entrance, the conquest, the division and possession,...

A whole-book journey through Deuteronomy, presenting it as Moses's second giving of the law to the generation poised to enter the Promised Land, and applying that "land of rest" to the Spirit-filled, victorious Christian life. Pastor Miles shows that God's good law reveals our sinfulness, drives us to grace, and—when loved and obeyed out of gratitude—leads believers from the wilderness into fruitf...

A walk through the book of Numbers as the wilderness chapter of God's redemptive story, paralleling Israel's failures and slow growth with the believer's struggle in sanctification (Romans 7) on the way to the rest and victory God promises. Pastor Miles shows how Israel's unbelief kept a whole generation out of the promised land, even as God faithfully provided, protected, guided, and blessed His...

A verse-by-verse overview of Leviticus, showing that the book centers on atonement, sanctification, and holiness, and that its five offerings, its blood, and its priesthood all point to and find fulfillment in Jesus Christ. Pastor Miles emphasizes that God redeemed Israel out of Egypt by grace, then gave Leviticus to show how a saved people could approach and be cleansed by a holy God—a costly pro...

A verse-by-verse walk through Exodus showing that its central theme is redemption—God's power to deliver dead, enslaved man out of Egypt and to dwell in the midst of His redeemed people. The teaching traces Israel from slavery, through Moses and the plagues, across the Red Sea, into the wilderness, and to Sinai, drawing New Testament parallels throughout.

As Jesus nears Jerusalem amid expectations of an immediate kingdom, He tells the parable of the nobleman and the ten pounds to teach that His kingdom will be established at a later return, calling His servants to faithful stewardship and warning of judgment for both unfaithful servants and rebellious citizens. His triumphal entry, lament over Jerusalem, and cleansing of the temple all confirm that...

As Jesus passes through Jericho on His final journey to Jerusalem, He calls Zacchaeus, a despised chief tax collector, down from a sycamore tree and declares that He must stay at his house. The encounter produces an instant transformation and salvation, illustrating that Jesus is the friend of sinners who came to seek and save the lost.

Teaching through Luke 18:15-43, Pastor Miles examines three encounters—children brought to Jesus, the rich young ruler, and blind Bartimaeus—to show that salvation is impossible for man yet possible with God, received only by childlike, humble faith that follows Jesus. Riches and religion often hinder people from Christ, while the childlike and the blind find Him.

Teaching through Luke 17:11-37, Pastor Miles examines the healing of ten lepers, where all were cleansed but only one—a Samaritan who returned to worship—was made whole. He then moves into Jesus' teaching on the kingdom of God, warning that outward religious cleansing without inward transformation is spiritually dangerous, and expounds Christ's warnings about end-times deception and His visible re...

An overview of Genesis as the book of origins, beginning with "In the beginning, God," establishing that creation reveals God's existence, power, and intelligence while Scripture reveals His will and character. The teaching traces God's redemptive plan from the fall through five key characters—Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph—who picture regeneration, justification, sonship, sanctification,...