Line Upon Line

Paul arrives alone in the sensual, idolatrous city of Corinth, resolving to know nothing but Jesus Christ crucified. Through his partnership with Aquila and Priscilla and his reasoning in the synagogue, God builds a church, encouraging Paul to keep preaching boldly despite fear and opposition.

A verse-by-verse study of Isaiah 32-33, showing how the prophecy of a king reigning in righteousness points ultimately to Jesus, who will be a shelter, shade, and refreshing river to His people. Pastor Miles applies the warning against complacent women at ease and the coming Assyrian judgment to the church and to America, calling for repentance and trust in God as our only refuge and King.

Moving from the prophetic warnings of the man of sin to the believer's great salvation, Pastor Miles teaches that salvation is wholly a work of God—rooted in His love, choosing, sanctifying, and calling—while man's responsibility is to believe the truth, stand fast, and persevere. He works through 2 Thessalonians 2:13 to the end of chapter 3, addressing election versus free will, the comfort and e...

A verse-by-verse study of Isaiah 29 through 31 in which Pastor Miles examines God's pronouncement of "woe" upon Jerusalem (Ariel) for empty religiosity, pride, rebellion, and misplaced trust in Egypt rather than the Lord. The teaching shows how God uses the coming Assyrian judgment to purify His people, then patiently waits to be gracious to all who will turn back to Him.

In 2 Thessalonians 2, Paul corrects the church's confusion that they were already experiencing the day of the Lord's wrath, teaching that two events—the falling away (apostasia) and the revealing of the man of sin—must come first. Pastor Miles surveys the premillennial framework, the four rapture views, and ten characteristics of the Antichrist, exhorting believers not to be deceived but to keep t...

Teaching through Isaiah 28, Pastor Miles examines God's pronouncement of judgment against the prideful, drunken northern tribes of Ephraim and then against Judah and Jerusalem, who mocked Isaiah's repetitive "line upon line" message. He shows that all human refuges of lies are swept away by God's righteous standard, leaving Jesus Christ as the only sure foundation laid in Zion.

An introductory study of 2 Thessalonians, setting the historical context of Paul's second letter to the persecuted Thessalonian church and walking through chapter 1's themes of grace and peace, the church's growth in faith, hope, and love, and the coming righteous judgment of God upon those who reject the gospel.

A verse-by-verse study of Isaiah 25-27, beginning with the prophet's song of praise after the judgment of Isaiah 24, showing that God is faithful and true to His word, a refuge for His people, the destroyer of His enemies, and the one who will swallow up death and wipe away every tear. The teaching emphasizes that the Lord keeps in perfect peace those whose minds are stayed on Him, and that God's...

In Paul's closing exhortations to the Thessalonians, Pastor Miles teaches that believers are to know, respect, and esteem their God-ordained leaders, live at peace with one another, and practice a dozen sanctifying works. He concludes that our complete sanctification is God's faithful work in us—accomplished through the Spirit, the Word, the admonition of elders, and fiery trials—readying us for e...

Isaiah's final burden against Tyre—the wealthy "Babylon of the Sea"—reveals God's judgment on human pride and commercial arrogance, a judgment historically fulfilled by Assyria, Babylon, and Alexander the Great. Isaiah 24 then expands this picture into the worldwide day of the Lord, traced through Revelation, Joel, and Matthew 24, with the assurance that the church is not appointed to wrath but to...

On Resurrection Sunday, Pastor Miles teaches from 1 Corinthians 15:1 that the gospel is grounded in three historic events—Christ's death, burial, and resurrection—and dwells especially on the often-overlooked burial of Jesus, showing its meaning through Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus and its application to the believer's death and new life in Christ.

A Palm Sunday teaching that moves through Matthew 21's triumphal entry into a verse-by-verse meditation on Psalm 118, the last of the Hillel Psalms sung by pilgrims entering Jerusalem. Pastor Miles shows how "Hosanna" ("Save now, we pray") finds its only answer in Jesus, the rejected stone who became the cornerstone of our salvation.

Isaiah pronounces a burden against the Valley of Vision (Jerusalem), prophesying judgment at the hands of the Assyrians because God's people, though religiously formal, had departed from Him in their hearts. The teaching shows how God removed His protective hedge, how Jerusalem trusted in their walls, weapons, and water instead of repenting, and how this serves as a warning to nations today, inclu...

Teaching through 1 Thessalonians 5:1, Pastor Miles argues that the "day of the Lord" coming as a thief in the night refers not to the rapture but to a day of judgment and wrath that falls upon the unwatchful world, while the church—appointed not to wrath but to salvation through Christ—is called to wait, watch, and work until His return.

Pastor Miles teaches Isaiah 21, the burden against Babylon (the "desert of the sea"), connecting its literal fulfillment in the 539/586 B.C. Medo-Persian conquest to the coming judgment on Babylon the Great in Revelation. He emphasizes that the day of the Lord comes suddenly upon those at false ease, and calls believers to be faithful, watchful witnesses who urge the world to flee for refuge in Ch...

Paul corrects the Thessalonians' grief over believers who had died, assuring them that the dead in Christ have not missed the Lord's return but will rise first and be caught up with the living to meet Christ in the air. The teaching surveys the doctrine of the rapture, the four major views of its timing, and calls believers to live watchful, working, and ready for Christ's imminent return.

Studying Isaiah 18-20, Pastor Miles examines God's refusal to let Judah make an unholy alliance with Ethiopia and Egypt against the coming Assyrian army, teaching that God's people must trust Him alone. He then traces the "indicators of God's judgment" upon Egypt and applies them as warnings to modern nations whose idols God shakes when He removes His hand of protection.

A verse-by-verse study of Isaiah 15–17, tracing God's burden of judgment upon Moab, Syria (Damascus), and the northern ten tribes of Ephraim. Pastor Miles examines Moab's origin, the reasons for their judgment (pride, idleness, idolatry), the completeness and speed of God's judgment, and the prophetic foreshadowing of the day of the Lord and the coming Messiah.

Pastor Miles teaches from 1 Thessalonians 4:1-10 that God's revealed will for every believer is sanctification—worked out as purification, consecration, and concretely as sexual purity. He argues that living in sexual immorality contradicts our calling and that God will judge such practice, while urging believers to please God and abound more and more in holiness.

Opening Isaiah's series of judgments against the nations, this teaching examines the burden of Babylon as both a literal judgment fulfilled by the Medo-Persians in 539 BC and a foreshadowing of the global day of the Lord and the judgment of Lucifer. It stresses that God is unchanging and just, judging His own people first before turning to the nations, while always providing refuge in Christ.

Paul, unable to bear his concern for the persecuted Thessalonian church, sent Timothy to establish and comfort them in their faith—teaching that God appoints believers not only to salvation but to suffering, which He uses as a refining fire to sanctify us until the coming of Christ.

In 1 Thessalonians 2:1-20, Paul defends his character against the slander of the enemies of the gospel in Thessalonica, demonstrating that he ministered with pure motives, boldness, and self-sacrifice. Pastor Miles shows how the same enemy slanders Christian messengers today, and how believers, entrusted with the gospel, are called to validate it by living worthy of God's calling.

A verse-by-verse study of Isaiah 11–12, showing how the "rod out of the stem of Jesse" is a messianic prophecy fulfilled in Jesus, who bears the sevenfold Spirit of the Lord, judges in perfect righteousness, and brings about a glorious restoration in which His gathered people draw water from the wells of salvation.

Paul arrives in Corinth, a wealthy, immoral commercial center, where he meets Aquila and Priscilla, works as a tentmaker, reasons in the synagogue, and is encouraged by the Lord to keep preaching boldly. The teaching then turns to 1 Thessalonians, written from Corinth, examining the young Thessalonian church's work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope amid tribulation.

Drawing from Isaiah 9:8–10:34, Pastor Miles examines God's fourfold judgment against the northern ten tribes of Israel, showing how God used wicked nations like Assyria as the rod in His hand to discipline His people for the purpose of purification. He argues that the same unchanging God still works through devastating events today, calling nations to repentance.