Line Upon Line

Preaching from 1 John 1:1-4 on Resurrection Sunday, Pastor Miles traces how Jesus' earliest disciples first followed Him for self-serving reasons, fled in fear when He was crucified, yet were utterly transformed into bold martyrs. He argues that the resurrection is the only plausible explanation for that transformation and that, without it (as Paul affirms in 1 Corinthians 15), there is no point t...

In the closing of 2 Timothy 4, Paul offers one final word of encouraging grace as he faces death. Pastor Miles traces Paul's transformation from persecutor to apostle, his thirty years of faithful suffering, and his gracious release of those who abandoned him, anchoring believers' hope not in this world but in God's heavenly kingdom.

Opening a new series in 1 John, Pastor Miles introduces the apostle John as an eyewitness of Jesus who wrote so that believers would have fullness of joy, holiness, and assurance of eternal life. The teaching insists that eternal life, fellowship, and joy are found only in Christ—and that knowing Him compels us to bear witness rather than remain complacent.

Drawing on Paul's final words in 2 Timothy 4, this teaching examines how Paul, facing execution, declared "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith," and calls believers to wage spiritual warfare, run the race of gospel proclamation with endurance, and trust God's grace even after failure.

A teaching on 2 Timothy 3:14–4:2 affirming that all Scripture is inspired by God and useful for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness, so that believers may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. Pastor Miles argues that all people need what Scripture offers and that faithful stewards must preach the word, knowing they will give an account before God.

Drawing on Paul's final charge to Timothy in 2 Timothy 4, this teaching urges believers to faithfully and patiently proclaim God's inspired Word—even when the world is not receptive. Like the prophets of old, the persistent sower endures seasons of drought and continues the work until the harvest.

Teaching through 2 Timothy 3:10-15, this message presents Paul's final instructions to Timothy as an "end-time survival guide," emphasizing that godly living invites persecution and that believers endure by following godly mentors, continuing in what they've learned, remembering their milestones, staying connected in Christ, and anchoring in Scripture. The teaching repeatedly calls listeners to fi...

Examining 2 Timothy 3:1-9, Pastor Miles teaches that Scripture commands us to know the last days will be perilous, and explains that what makes these times perilous is not the world's sin but the intrusion of worldly carnality into the church. He calls believers to manifest the fruit of the Spirit, to examine themselves, and to turn away from caustic, corrupting churchgoers whose lives deny the po...

Paul tells Timothy that God's "great house," the church, contains both vessels of honor and vessels of dishonor; though God graciously welcomes all kinds of people, He intends to transform them. Through pursuing godliness and fleeing youthful lusts, believers become vessels of honor useful to the Master, who is an expert at turning broken, dishonorable vessels into display pieces for His glory.

Paul's last words to Timothy charge believers to be diligent workers who rightly divide the word of truth, while avoiding quarrels over words and shunning the subversive, divisive teaching that spreads like gangrene in the church. The teaching distinguishes essential doctrines from non-essentials and calls Christians to graciously hold the line without dividing over minor points.

A guest teacher walks through 2 Timothy 2:11-13, using Paul's life and final words from prison to explain what it means to die and live with Christ, to endure trials, the danger of denying Him, and the unchanging faithfulness of God toward the faithless.

Building on a series exploring Jesus's purpose statements, Pastor Miles teaches from John 10:10 that Christ purposed to give abundant life by destroying the work of the thief, and that we lay hold of this abundant, meaningful life by adopting Christ's evangelistic purpose as our own. The teaching closes with a call to write down and pray for three lost people.

Pastor Miles concludes a series on meaning and purpose by examining John 10:10, showing that Christ's evangelistic purpose—to give abundant life by destroying the work of the destroyer—becomes the framework for a meaningful human life. He argues that we find life more abundantly by adopting Christ's own purpose, even though that path invites opposition.

Through the story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19, Pastor Miles teaches that grasping Jesus's purpose—to seek and save the lost—reframes our own purpose, giving meaningful direction to every place God has placed us. We are called to be lights in dark places, bearing witness to the truth wherever we live, work, and play.

Using the story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19, Pastor Miles argues that grasping the purpose of Jesus—who came to seek and save the lost—reframes our own sense of purpose, showing that God has placed each believer where they are to be a light in dark places. This is the second message in a short series on purpose.

Opening a new series on purpose, Pastor Miles examines Mark 10:35-45, where Jesus corrects James and John's pursuit of greatness and declares His own purpose: "the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." This sacrificial-service purpose stands contrary to humanity's natural will to power and gives believers a deeper, more meaningful purpose than...

This Advent message teaches that our deepest spiritual needs—grace, peace, and hope—all flow from the love of God, which is grounded in God's very nature and demonstrated in the gift of Christ on the cross. Drawing chiefly from Romans 5, Pastor Miles argues that because we have received God's love, we are compelled to love God and to love others with the patient, kind, sincere love described in 1...

Drawing from Romans 5, Pastor Miles concludes a Christmas series on the spiritual needs every person has, arguing that the abundant life is impossible without God's love, grace, peace, and hope—which together produce a joy that is not circumstantial but increasing and enduring. This joy, announced by angels as "good tidings of great joy for all people," is available to everyone but found only in C...

Through the burial of Jesus by Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, this teaching shows how experiencing the love of Christ at the cross transforms secret followers into public, fully invested disciples. What was the worst day in history for the disciples became the best day for these two men, because Jesus' death moved them to act.

Using the account of the ten lepers in Luke 17, this Thanksgiving teaching shows how faith in Jesus produces both obedience and praise, and how only the one grateful Samaritan returned to receive a fuller blessing of wholeness. It challenges believers to be marked by gratitude and to proclaim the praises of Christ.

Opening a Christmas series called "All I Want for Christmas," this teaching from John 1:14-17 argues that beneath all our material wants lies a deep spiritual need for grace, which is found only in Jesus Christ. Drawing on Maslow's hierarchy of needs and Augustine, Pastor Miles shows that Christ's incarnation brings the fullness of grace freely to all who trust in Him.

This Advent teaching explores Shalom—the biblical peace that means universal flourishing and "life as it ought to be"—and shows how grace from God produces peace with God through the cross of Christ, which then allows believers to experience the peace of God by reorienting their focus to Him through prayer and meditation.

A Christmas-season study of Romans 5:1-11 showing that grace from God brings peace with God, which gives us hope in God—a hope defined not as optimism or wishful thinking but as the absolute certainty of future good grounded in God's promise and oath. Pastor Miles argues that humanity cannot truly live without this hope, which is found only in Christ and results in our sanctification and evangelis...

Drawing on Paul's three pictures in 2 Timothy 2—the good soldier, the competent athlete, and the faithful farmer—Pastor Miles teaches that though God graciously gives believers gifts and strength for the mission, they must still choose to use them through endurance, discipline, and patience, following the example of Christ who endured the cross for the sake of those who need the gospel.

Using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Augustine's confession of a restless heart, Pastor Miles argues that human beings have a deep spiritual need beyond material satisfaction—a need met only by the grace of God revealed in the incarnation of Jesus Christ. Drawing from John 1:14-17, he shows that Christ's Advent is the arrival of the grace we deeply need and ultimately desire, given freely and abu...