Line Upon Line

Continuing the verse-by-verse study of Deuteronomy, this teaching from chapter 13 warns that beyond merely forgetting God, believers face the more dangerous threat of being seduced and deceived away from faithfulness. Moses charges Israel to guard against false prophets, deceptive dreamers, and corrosive relationships, dealing decisively with anything that would pull them from wholehearted devotio...

Teaching from Deuteronomy 12, Pastor Miles examines proper worship under four headings—the place, pattern, purity, and purpose of Israel's worship—and applies these to the Christian's call to sanctification, tearing down idols and exalting Christ alone. He frames the message with hope from Matthew 24 and John 14 for living unshaken in tumultuous times.

Teaching from Deuteronomy 11 (and 30, 10) showing that God delights to bless His people, but His blessings are conditional upon fearing Him, walking in His ways, loving Him, and keeping His commandments. Pastor Miles warns against the two great pitfalls of unfaithfulness (idolatry) and forgetfulness, calling individuals and the nation to choose life and blessing by returning to the Lord.

Pastor Miles surveys the rampant chaos and confusion of postmodern Western culture and shows from Deuteronomy 10 that God is the Creator who brings order out of chaos by His word. He teaches that departing from God's law—whether etched on stone or written on the human heart—inevitably produces chaos, while courageously walking in God's word brings blessing.

Returning to the book of Deuteronomy after a two-year hiatus, Pastor Miles reviews how God delivered Israel and brought them to the border of the promised land—not because of their righteousness but because of His love and grace—and warns against the snare of self-righteousness.

Pastor Miles traces the overarching story of the Bible—creation, fall, redemption, and restoration—from the garden of Genesis to the new creation of Revelation, centering on the promise of Genesis 3:15 fulfilled in Jesus. He then calls believers, as ambassadors of Christ entrusted with the ministry of reconciliation, to connect the people around them with the gospel.

Pastor Miles teaches that human beings were created for connection, a need confirmed by the COVID social-distancing experiment and by Scripture's declaration that "it is not good that man should be alone." He argues that the deep oneness lost in the fall is restored only through Christ's work on the cross, and is practically experienced through trusting Christ and becoming an engaged participant i...

Pastor Miles examines our cultural moment of widespread distrust and "shaking" through the lens of Isaiah 19, arguing that God shakes the things we trust in so we will turn to the only unshakable refuge—life in connection with God through Jesus Christ.

In this "state of the church" address, Pastor Miles reflects on how dramatically culture has changed and explains why, beginning in 2009, Cross Connection Church chose to simplify and focus—pruning programs to recover the essentials of the early church so it could effectively reach a transformed, increasingly post-Christian culture.

Tracing Peter's journey from his miraculous catch to his denial and restoration, this teaching shows that failure is part of the human condition and that God's response to our sin is not condemnation but a call to repent and follow Him again. Using New Year's resolutions as a backdrop, Pastor Jason reminds us that our failures don't break God's plan and that Jesus continually pulls sinners close.

On the Sunday after Christmas, Pastor Miles reflects on how Jesus—though fully God and fully man—grew strong in spirit, full of wisdom, and in favor with God and man during nearly thirty years of obscurity. He exhorts the church to pursue that same transformation in the new year through four steps from Colossians 3: seek, set, put off, and put on.

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Drawing from Psalm 16:11—"in your presence is fullness of joy"—Pastor Miles teaches that Christ's arrival makes fullness of joy accessible because Jesus is the way into God's presence and the embodiment of joy itself. He explains that hope, peace, and joy all flow from being justified by faith, and that increasing joy is experienced now—even in trials—as we abide in Christ.

A teaching on the peace of God, distinguishing the peace *with* God we receive through justification by faith from the peace *of* God that guards our hearts as we trust Him in every circumstance. The transcript is heavily corrupted, but its core message centers on Romans 5, Isaiah, and Philippians 4, urging believers to come to Christ for rest and peace.

On the first Sunday of Advent, Pastor Miles teaches that the coming of Jesus into the world is the coming of hope—a sure, steadfast, biblical hope that does not disappoint—into a weary, broken world burdened by sin and death. He invites the hopeless to receive God's grace, peace, and hope through faith in Christ.

The provided transcript consists almost entirely of worship music, song lyrics, and unintelligible audio artifacts, with no recoverable verse-by-verse teaching content from Pastor Miles DeBenedictis.

Pastor Miles reflects on the call of church leaders to equip the saints, grieving the division and immaturity in today's church, and answers Francis Schaeffer's question "How shall we then live?" by pointing to Paul's letter to the Philippians: our faith determines our outlook, which transforms our conduct into Christlikeness marked by humility, gentleness, patience, forbearance, unity, and love.

Drawing from Genesis 22 and his own season of intense personal trials, Pastor Mark teaches that God refines and tests us to build faith—not in our circumstances but in God Himself. Through Abraham's offering of Isaac, he draws out how we grow in faith by time in God's presence, obedient worship, trust in God's authority, and the awareness that others are watching our walk.

Part three of the "Disciplines of a Disciple" series teaches that, alongside the Word of God and prayer, the local church is a crucial instrument of sanctification—the context in which believers grow into Christ's likeness. Pastor Miles outlines seven practical ways to be committed to a local church and grounds them in the example of the early church in Acts 2.

Continuing the series "The Disciplines of a Disciple," Pastor Miles teaches that prayer is the second essential tool God has given for our sanctification, showing that anxiety and worry are inversely related to how much we pray. He explores what prayer is, why it works, the kinds of prayer, how to pray (using the Lord's Prayer and the ACTS model), and when to pray.

Pastor Miles teaches that between justification and glorification believers live in the process of sanctification, and that the Word of God is the first essential tool God gives for that transformation. He grounds this theologically in Romans 12, 2 Timothy 3, and the Psalms, then offers four practical ways—reading prayerfully, meditatively, purposefully, and devotionally—to make Scripture a regula...

Ephesians 5:15 — Pastor Miles DeBenedictis

Pastor Miles teaches that salvation has three dimensions—justification, sanctification, and glorification—and focuses on sanctification as the saving work of the Holy Spirit. He shows how the Spirit, as our Helper, gives new desires, power over the flesh, the fruit of the Spirit, and gifts for service, and offers practical steps for walking in the Spirit by faith.

Continuing the "Disciplines of a Disciple" series, Pastor Miles teaches that no one can save themselves by good works or religious righteousness—Jesus told even the devout Nicodemus he must be born again. Through Jesus' finished work on the cross we have been saved from the penalty of sin (justification), are being saved from its power (sanctification), and will be saved from its presence (glorifi...

Using the example of King David's sin and repentance in 2 Samuel 11–12 and Psalm 51, this teaching launches a new series, "Disciplines of a Disciple," arguing that the overarching story of Scripture is salvation and that the call to discipleship is first a call to be saved by God's grace through Jesus.