Line Upon Line

Continuing through Romans, Paul turns from the open hedonist and the moralistic judge to a third group—the self-righteous religionist who trusts in Jewish privilege, the Law, and circumcision yet fails to keep what he teaches. The teaching shows that religion only reaches skin-deep, that all three groups stand guilty before God, and that true circumcision is of the heart, setting the stage for the...

Continuing his study in Romans, Pastor Miles examines how Paul turns from the hedonist of chapter 1 to the moralist of chapter 2, showing that those who judge others stand equally guilty before God because sin is fundamentally a matter of the heart. The teaching argues that God's perfect, heart-searching judgment leaves every person—hedonist, moralist, and religionist alike—inexcusable and in need...

Paul is not ashamed of the gospel because the gospel both announces God's salvation and confronts humanity with its lostness. Before Romans can speak of grace, it must establish God's verdict — 'there is none righteous' — and trace how, when people suppress what God has revealed, He 'gives them up' to the consequences of misplaced worship.

Teaching through Romans 1:8–17, Pastor Miles examines Paul's thanksgiving for the Roman believers' active faith, his prayerful and debtor's heart to preach the gospel, and his bold declaration that he is "not ashamed of the gospel" because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.

Examining Romans 1:1-7, this teaching unpacks the gospel of God as the eternally planned, prophetically promised good news concerning Jesus Christ—fully God and fully man, proven by His resurrection. Through Jesus we receive grace and an apostolic calling not in order to earn salvation, but for obedience to the faith, carrying the gospel to all nations.

Examining Romans 1:1-7, this teaching unpacks the gospel of God as the eternally planned, prophetically promised good news concerning Jesus Christ—fully God and fully man, proven by His resurrection. Through Jesus we receive grace and an apostolic calling not in order to earn salvation, but for obedience to the faith, carrying the gospel to all nations.

An expository teaching on Romans 1:1, where Paul identifies himself as a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, and separated unto the gospel of God. Pastor Miles draws from these three descriptors a pattern for every believer: we are all servants of Christ by virtue of His Lordship, and we discover our specific calling and appointed task only as we serve faithfully in whatever God sets...

An introduction to Paul's Epistle to the Romans, set within the chronology of Acts, explaining how the Roman church likely came to be through Paul's trained church-planting team, and surveying the letter's purpose as a doctrinal primer that unites Jewish and Gentile believers in Christ.

A review of the book of Acts focused on its central theme of gospel proclamation, showing that the church's essential, unchanging mission—commanded by Jesus and modeled by the early church—is to preach the simple gospel of Christ crucified, buried, and risen. Every believer, empowered by the Spirit, is called to be a gospel proclaimer in the face of opposition until Christ returns.

A study of the conversion of Saul of Tarsus that traces the church's escalating persecution and presents Acts as a story of radical transformation—God's power converting His chief persecutor into His chosen vessel. The teaching applies this to believers today, who are transformed in order to become transformers in their community.

A study of Acts that traces the birth and growth of the early church through God's power, demonstrating that wherever God's power is at work in His church, the opposition of the enemy will inevitably arise. Pastor Miles charges the church to respond to persecution not with apology and silence, but with Spirit-empowered boldness in proclaiming the gospel.

A re-entry teaching into the book of Acts that reframes the church as God's empowered, ordinary people sent into every sphere of life, then traces five demonstrations of God's power in the first six chapters of Acts and introduces the church's new "Connect" community ministry.

As Paul closes 2 Corinthians and prepares for his third visit, he calls the church to self-examination—to test whether Christ is truly in them and to live an examined life prayerfully, biblically, and publicly. Pastor Miles teaches that the proof of Christ's presence is not worldly power or harshness but the fruit of the Spirit, and that when self-examination exposes sin, the answer is repentance...

Examining 2 Corinthians 12, Pastor Miles explores Paul's "thorn in the flesh," arguing it was not a physical ailment but the satanic-led opposition of false apostles, and uses it to address the difficult question of why God allows suffering in the believer's life. He concludes that God permits suffering—originating from Him, sourced through Satan—to humble us, refine us, deepen our dependence on H...

Paul reluctantly stoops to "foolish" self-commendation in 2 Corinthians 11 to protect the Corinthian church from false apostles. He gives four "for" reasons—God's jealousy for them, their betrothal to Christ, their drift from the gospel, and their departure from Paul himself—warning that any teaching added to the simplicity that is in Christ is a satanic seduction.

Paul defends his ministry against slanderous "super apostles" at Corinth by exposing their false claims and refusing to measure himself by human standards. Drawing on 2 Corinthians 10:7 and parallel passages, he teaches that God looks at the heart rather than outward appearance, and that the only boasting worth pursuing is glorying in the Lord and seeking His commendation.

As Paul opens the final four-chapter section of 2 Corinthians, he confronts the critics who slandered his character and ministry, doing so not by self-exaltation but by appealing to "the meekness and gentleness of Christ." Pastor Miles traces the painful backstory of Paul's relationship with Corinth and then turns the spotlight on us: true Christlike meekness is power under control, possible only...

Paul shows the Corinthian church how the collection for Jerusalem was handled with complete integrity—received and carried by multiple trusted men of good report, selected by the churches—so that no reproach would fall on the ministry. From this, Pastor Miles draws principles for stewardship and presses believers toward joyful, sacrificial, cheerful giving motivated by God's grace and the promise...

Paul exhorts the Corinthians to complete the giving they began a year earlier, illustrating that giving is a sanctifying work by which God purges greed from the believer's heart. From 2 Corinthians 8:10-15, Miles teaches that God honors willing desire, calls us to finish good intentions in action, and establishes a biblical model of equality in which all gather, all share, and none lack.

Continuing through 2 Corinthians 8, Pastor Miles teaches that New Testament giving is wholly a giving of grace—never a mandate, tax, or means to receive—and that Paul's audacious comparison between the Macedonian and Corinthian churches reveals giving to be a threefold test: of our love, of our faith, and of God's faithfulness. The supreme example and motivation is Jesus Christ, who though rich be...

Pastor Miles introduces the giving section of 2 Corinthians 8–9 by examining the example of the Macedonian churches, who gave generously despite poverty and affliction. He explains the relationship between Old Testament tithing and New Testament gracious giving, then walks through thirteen principles of giving exemplified by the Macedonians.

An extended preface to 2 Corinthians 8–9, this teaching frames the offering Paul collected for the poverty-stricken church in Jerusalem, exposing how the topic of money stirs the carnal heart and calling believers to trust God as their ultimate provider. Pastor Miles rejects both prosperity and poverty theology, surveys God's faithful provision in Scripture, and lays out biblical principles of giv...

Drawing on 2 Corinthians 7:8-10 and the painful history between Paul and the Corinthian church, this teaching contrasts godly sorrow, which produces repentance leading to salvation, with worldly sorrow, which is merely grieved at being caught and ends in death. Pastor Miles unpacks seven marks of godly sorrow and shows that both rebuke and discipline, when motivated by compassion, reflect the very...

This third message in the *Reconcile* series teaches that the fall severed humanity's communion with God and community with one another, and that Christ alone restores what was lost through the cross. Believers, reconciled and made one in Christ, are called to live out that restored oneness before a world that is unknowingly longing for it, becoming ambassadors and ministers of reconciliation.

Continuing the "Reconcile" series, Pastor Miles teaches that all sinners—including those the church most avoids—are estranged from the Father they long for, and that Christians are called to incarnational ministry: like Jesus, we move into the neighborhood, learn the culture, and bring the lost into connection with God through the cross. Using Jesus and the Samaritan woman in John 4, he shows that...