Line Upon Line

Jesus's teaching in Luke 6 calls disciples out of the blindness of hypocrisy and into honest self-examination, so that—abiding in Christ—they bear the fruit of the Spirit and build a storm-resistant life through obedience. The teaching also confronts the prosperity gospel's misuse of this passage and clarifies the true nature of Jesus's promised blessing.

Drawing on a recent trip to Israel, Pastor Miles teaches Jesus' command in Luke 6 to love your enemies and not resist evil, while holding it in tension with the Bible's parallel call for governing authorities to execute justice. He argues that the citizen of Christ's kingdom lives by a different value system, trusts God for justice through the magistrate rather than personal vengeance, and points...

A teaching on Luke 6:20-26 (the Sermon on the Plain) examining Jesus' four blessings and four woes both physically and spiritually, and warning that the church's greatest pitfall is the "Pharisee in the mirror"—judging others' performance instead of pursuing our own sanctification.

Guest pastor Neil unpacks Jesus' answer to the greatest commandment in Mark 12:28-31, teaching that loving God completely, others compassionately, and ourselves correctly are the central calling of the Christian life. He argues that knowing our identity in Christ as fully known and fully loved is the wellspring from which loving God and neighbor flows, and closes with practical "T" action steps.

Drawing from Luke 6:12-19, Pastor Miles teaches that Jesus intentionally calls, chooses, names, and appoints individuals to His mission, and that a life worth imitating comes not through worldly success but through following Christ. He traces the progression from seeker to hearer to follower to learner to appointed messenger, urging believers simply to "show up" and be with Jesus.

A verse-by-verse study of Luke 6:1–11 showing how Jesus's view of the Sabbath collided with the rigid legalism of the religious leaders, revealing that God gave the Sabbath as a blessing of rest, not a burden of righteousness—a rest ultimately fulfilled in Christ Himself.

Drawing from Jesus's words in Luke 5:33-39, Pastor Miles teaches that fasting—though not required under the new covenant—is a practical spiritual discipline and a weapon of spiritual warfare that disciplines the flesh, strengthens the spirit, and prepares believers for battle in an age of evident demonic activity and emerging revival.

Returning to Luke 5, Pastor Miles examines Jesus' calling of Levi the tax collector and his feasting with sinners against the backdrop of first-century Israel's factions and the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk. He argues that Jesus approaches the reproached and includes the excluded, and that the gospel—not violence or politics—is the only power that can transform individuals and a fractured...

Through the healings of the leper and the paralytic in Luke 5, this teaching shows who Jesus is — willing to cleanse, able to forgive, and worthy of glory — and that great faith in Christ always receives more than it seeks. It calls believers to a life of prayer and bold friendship that brings others to Jesus.

Closing out a summer series on the Nicene Creed, Pastor Miles focuses on its final words—"We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come"—and shows how the reality of Christ's resurrection transforms the way believers face death, sorrow, and daily faithfulness. Speaking from his own recent grief over his brother's death, he grounds Christian hope in the certainty that d...

Using the fourth "we believe" statement of the Nicene Creed, Pastor Miles teaches that the church is the overflow of the triune nature of God—one God in three persons—who designed individuals to be united together as one in Christ. He argues, especially in light of his brother Danny's sudden death, that the church is God's plan A for redeeming, reconciling, and sustaining his people, and that "jus...

Drawing on Hebrews 1 and the Nicene Creed's affirmation that the Holy Spirit "has spoken through the prophets," this teaching argues that we live in the last days and that God has revealed himself so we might know his will and ways. Fulfilled prophecy is presented as the fingerprint of God on history, validating the Scriptures and pointing ultimately to Jesus, the fullness of God's revelation.

A study of Acts 1 and the Nicene Creed's statement about the Holy Spirit, showing that the centuries-old "filioque" controversy ("and the Son") became a distraction from the church's true mission. The Holy Spirit was promised and given to empower God's people to accomplish God's mission, and we must keep our focus there rather than on divisive arguments.

A teaching on the second coming of Christ, drawn from the Nicene Creed's affirmation that Jesus "will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead." Pastor Miles shows that Christ's return has always been a central, promised hope of the church and calls believers to wait, watch, and work faithfully until that day.

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.