Line Upon Line

Drawing from the ascension of Jesus and Paul's appeal in Ephesians 4, this teaching explores how believers, who are citizens of heaven living on earth, are called to walk worthy of their calling through humility, gentleness, patience, and unity. The goal is maturity, the path is unity, and the standard is Jesus Himself.

Pastor Garrett teaches on the resurrection of Jesus Christ as the cornerstone of the Christian faith, using 1 Corinthians 15 to show that without the resurrection preaching is useless and faith is futile, then offering C.S. Lewis's "liar, lunatic, or Lord" argument and historical, prophetic, and personal evidence that Christ truly rose. He closes by inviting hearers to share in Christ's resurrecti...

Continuing a summer series on the Nicene Creed, Pastor Mark teaches on the clause "for our sake he was crucified," showing that Jesus' crucifixion was the one and only solution for sin and calling believers to respond with self-forgiveness, forgiveness of others, and freedom from the fear of death.

Guest teacher Pastor Mark expounds the creedal phrase "For us and our salvation He came down," showing that God's saving descent flowed from agape love and demands a response: living in connection with God, with His people, and with the world. Drawing on John 15:4, he calls believers to abide in Christ and become disciple-making participants in the body, even through suffering.

Drawing on the 1700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed, this teaching examines six words—"through him all things were made"—to show that Jesus, the divine Word and Creator, brings the transcendent, seemingly distant God of Genesis 1 near to us. It traces how Western philosophy reasoned God away into deism, naturalism, and nihilism, and presents Christ as the answer to modern culture's crisis of mea...

Using the Nicene Creed and John 1 as a framework, Pastor Miles examines the question Jesus put to His disciples—"Who do men say that I am?"—and the controversy with Arius that produced the creed, defending that Jesus is the eternal, divine Son, "begotten not made," who brings God's presence to us in order to bring us into God's presence. He argues that no other great question of life—meaning, orig...

Opening a summer series on the Nicene Creed, Pastor Miles examines the creed's first statement about God the Father, showing how it is drawn directly from Scripture. He distinguishes genuine belief (trust in God) from mere intellectual assent, and explores how God reveals Himself as one God, a compassionate Father, the Almighty, and the purposeful Maker of all things.

Marking the 1700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed and the Christian celebration of Pentecost, this teaching traces how Western culture shifted from a God-centered "we believe" (credimus) to a self-centered "I think" (cogito), and argues that truth, identity, and practice must be found in Christ by faith. Using Acts 2, Pastor Miles shows that the gospel—not politics, technology, or economics—is th...

Through the calling of Simon Peter and the miraculous catch of fish in Luke 5, Pastor Miles teaches that Jesus works incrementally and graciously, rewarding even reluctant obedience as He transforms ordinary people into faithful followers. The message calls listeners to take the next step of obedience—however small—trusting God for an outcome they cannot yet see.

Filling in for Pastor Miles on Memorial Day weekend, the teacher walks through Matthew 16:13 and Jesus's question at Caesarea Philippi—"Who do you say that I am?"—arguing that everyone must move from inherited, secondhand belief about Jesus to a personal, Spirit-revealed confession that He is the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Guest teacher Jason walks through James 1, using the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens as an extended illustration of how God brings beauty and growth out of the trials that "blow up" in our lives. He shows that trials test and mature our faith, exposes the lies and temptations that accompany them, and lays out a practical six-step checklist from James for enduring with joy.

Responding to Sigmund Freud's claim that belief in God and heaven is mere wish fulfillment, this teaching argues from C.S. Lewis and Scripture that our longing for an eternal world is not an illusion but a signpost pointing to what we were made for. Through Revelation 21 and Paul's confidence that "to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord," Pastor Miles shows that death is a doorw...

Pastor Miles examines Revelation 21 to correct common misconceptions about heaven, showing that the believer's hope is not an ethereal, floaty afterlife but the kingdom of God—the new Jerusalem—coming down to a renewed earth where Jesus will reign and undo the curse of sin. He traces the biblical promise that Jesus will make all things new, transforming believers and all creation on the day of the...

Examining Luke 4:31-44, this teaching shows that Jesus was never unclear about his mission—he came to proclaim the kingdom of God—and that his miracles authenticated rather than constituted that mission. It challenges followers to surrender their own agendas, embrace Jesus as king, and make his kingdom their focus.

Beginning at the earliest point of Jesus' ministry in Nazareth, Pastor Miles shows that the rejection of Jesus was woven into His story from the start, demonstrating that the road to Calvary began in His hometown. Yet through the resurrection, that rejection becomes redemption for all who accept Jesus as the resurrected Redeemer rather than reject Him as the Messiah He revealed Himself to be.

On Palm Sunday, Pastor Miles teaches Luke 4:1-13, Jesus's wilderness temptation, showing that temptation is common to all humanity and falls into the categories of the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. He demonstrates that Jesus overcomes temptation by being filled with and led by the Holy Spirit, wielding Scripture, and humbly relying on the Father — the same pattern...

John the Baptist preaches that genuine change begins with personal repentance, not external revolution, and points to a mightier One who will baptize with the Holy Spirit (salvation) and with fire (judgment). The teaching unfolds these two baptisms and shows that those who turn to Christ in faith receive a new identity as beloved children of the Father in His coming kingdom.

Continuing in Luke 3, John the Baptist confronts the multitudes with "bear fruits worthy of repentance," teaching that God moves us into His will by changing our desires, that genuine repentance and faith produce visible external evidence, and that fleeing the inescapable wrath of God requires turning to Him rather than relying on heritage. True repentance looks like integrity—doing right even whe...

A study of Luke 3:1-6 examining the wilderness ministry of John the Baptist against the bleak political and religious backdrop of first-century Israel, showing how God shows up at the right time, in unexpected ways, and calls his people to join him. Pastor Miles applies this to our own day, arguing that God is once again on the move and inviting believers to be "all in."

Drawing from the rapid, sparse summary of Jesus's first thirty years in Luke 2:21-52, Pastor Miles examines how God's view and use of time differ dramatically from our culturally-driven, productivity-obsessed approach to life. He calls believers to trust that God's timing is perfect and purposeful, and to faithfully "do the next thing" — even the mundane — while waiting on the Lord.

A verse-by-verse study of Luke 2:1-20 showing how God brought the King of Kings into the world in obscure, humble circumstances—commandeering Rome's authority to fulfill prophecy and announcing the Savior's birth to lowly shepherds. The teaching draws four points: God's plan annexes earthly authority, His purpose thrives in humble places, His promise breaks through in power, and His coming demands...

Drawing from the birth and naming of John the Baptist in Luke 1:57-80, Pastor Miles teaches that obedience to God overrides tradition, culture, and personal ambition, and that yielding to Christ's lordship means embracing God's purpose for our lives—even when it differs from what family, culture, or we ourselves had planned.

Examining the opening of Luke's Gospel, Pastor Miles explores how the story of Christianity begins with two obscure pregnant women, revealing a biblical "subtext" that highly values women, conception, childbearing, and motherhood — values our culture has increasingly abandoned. He argues that a disordered value system produces a disordered culture and church, and applies this to current debates ov...

The opening chapters of Luke introduce Zacharias and Elizabeth, an old and barren couple whose patient waiting in hope pictures all of Israel—and all humanity—longing for a deliverer. Their story shows that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the ultimate answer to humanity's hope, reaching all the way back to the promise of Genesis 3:15 and opening once again the way to the tree of life.

An introduction to the Gospel of Luke that explains why there are four gospels, who Luke was, and the heart of his message: the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which is lost. The teaching presents Jesus as the Savior of sinners who pursues the broken, despised, and rejected, and calls believers to join His mission of reaching others.