Line Upon Line

A verse-by-verse teaching on Acts 5:17-42, where the Sadducees imprison the apostles in fury, God miraculously frees them through an angel, and the apostles boldly return to the temple to preach Christ, declaring they must obey God rather than men. Pastor Miles draws out the contrast between the leaders' fear of man and the apostles' fear of God, and applies it to standing boldly for the gospel am...

A through-the-Bible overview of the epistle of James, framed as the "Proverbs of the New Testament," exploring its practical exhortations on how faith grows (through trials and the Word), how faith is recognized (through justice, mercy, and humility/bridled speech), and how faith fails (through quarrels, love of the world, presumption, and fraud). The teaching closes with James's call to prayer an...

The concluding study of the "Profiting in the Prophets" series turns from the prophetic word to its application, using the latter portion of the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24-25) to call believers to be watching, waiting, and working in light of Christ's certain return. Pastor Miles argues that the prophetic promise is both a comfort and an exhortation to holiness, faithfulness, and Spirit-empowere...

A verse-by-verse study of the account of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5, showing that God examines the heart and motive behind our giving, and that greed and hypocrisy invite spiritual death while purity in the church invites God's blessing and growth.

A through-the-Bible overview of Hebrews, arguing that God's final and supreme revelation is His Son, who is greater than the prophets, angels, Moses, Aaron, Abraham, and Melchizedek. The teaching traces the book's call to leave religious formality and move on to maturity in faith, hope, and love, while addressing authorship, dating, and the doctrine of apostasy.

Working verse-by-verse through Zechariah chapter 1, Pastor Miles shows how God called a backslidden, returned remnant to "turn to me, and I will turn to you," and how God's promise to judge nations that divide Israel speaks directly to our own day. Delivered on the very anniversary (the 24th of Shabbat) of Zechariah's vision, the message urges the church to take comfort in prophecy, find peace in...

A study of Acts 4:32-37 examining the gracious giving of the early church, which flowed from their recognition that everything belongs to God and they were merely managers of His resources. Pastor Miles teaches that Christ-centered unity, community, and charity produce great power and grace in the church, and closes with six biblical principles for giving.

Paul's brief, personal letter to Philemon appeals for the runaway slave Onesimus, now a believer, to be received back not as a slave but as a beloved brother in Christ. The letter pictures the gospel: those once unprofitable and enslaved to sin are made profitable and free because Christ paid the debt and stands with us.

A study of the book of Joel and its central theme of the great and terrible day of the Lord, showing how Joel's vision of an invading army applies to current world events and how the church must respond with prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Pastor Miles calls believers to wake up, examine themselves, and seek revival as the second coming of Christ draws near.

Drawing from Isaiah 2, Joel 3, and Zechariah 12, Pastor Miles teaches that the world's longing for peace will remain elusive until Christ returns, and that current Middle East conflicts and the rise of radical Islam fulfill biblical prophecy. He calls believers to recognize evil, see God's hand in current events, and seize the great opportunity to share Christ's love with Muslims and others who do...

As the early church faced its first real spiritual opposition, the believers responded not with protest or fear but with prayer—remembering who God is and what He has said, recognizing how His word applied to their situation, and asking for boldness rather than escape. Pastor Miles draws from Acts 4:23-31 a model for how Christians should meet trial and persecution today.

A verse-by-verse walk through Paul's letter to Titus, focusing on Paul's charge to appoint qualified elders and set the Cretan churches in order through sound doctrine. The teaching emphasizes that God's grace both saves us and instructs us to live soberly, righteously, and godly while awaiting Christ's return.

A verse-by-verse study of Isaiah chapter 1 (with chapter 5) in which God stands as prosecuting attorney against His own people Judah, exposing their rebellion, rejecting their hollow worship, comparing them to Sodom and Gomorrah, and yet calling them to repentance with the promise that scarlet sins can be made white as snow. The teaching applies this warning to modern America and exhorts believers...

As Peter and John are arrested for preaching the resurrection through Jesus, the early church grows by the power of the Holy Spirit, not human eloquence. Pastor Miles teaches that there is salvation in no other name than Jesus Christ, and that believers must boldly proclaim this exclusive gospel even as a secularizing culture pressures the church to keep quiet.

A verse-by-verse walk through 2 Timothy, Paul's final letter, written from a Roman dungeon as he faced martyrdom and exhorted a timid Timothy to stand strong in a collapsing world. The teaching highlights Paul's charges to Timothy—stir up his gift, not be ashamed, hold fast sound doctrine, and faithfully preach the word—drawing parallels to the perilous last days believers face today.

A verse-by-verse study of Exodus 6–14 showing how the ten plagues each dethroned a false god of Egypt, paralleling Israel's twofold rejection and eventual reception of their deliverer—a type of Christ. Miles then applies Isaiah 19 and Leviticus 26 to argue that the same "indicators of judgment" appear when a nation departs from God, including modern America.

Pastor Miles reads the weekly synagogue Torah portion (Exodus 1–5) as a prophetic mirror of current events, tracing parallels between Pharaoh's rise and a new American administration: a leader who does not favor Israel, brings unrighteous decrees and heavy burdens, prompts Israel's cry to God, and is answered by a Moses-type deliverer who comes with plagues before deliverance. He ties this to Gene...

Drawing from Acts 2, Pastor Miles examines the "what, why, and how" of the church by surveying Christ's command (the Great Commission), the practice of the early church, and the exhortations of the apostles. He calls every believer to be discipled and equipped for the work of ministry, accomplished not by human strength but by the power of the Holy Spirit.

A through-the-Bible overview of Paul's first letter to Timothy, written between his two Roman imprisonments to a young pastor he had discipled at Ephesus, charging him to guard sound doctrine, lead the church rightly, and flee the love of money. Pastor Miles walks through the letter's central themes: Christ as our sufficient source, the proper use of the law, qualifications for leadership, the chu...

On the tenth anniversary of his joining the church staff, Pastor Miles teaches from 2 Corinthians 1:12 that none of us is sufficient in ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God, who is always faithful, desires intimate fellowship with us, and reveals His will through His word. He shares the two words God gave him for 2009 — simplify and focus — and calls the church to lay aside clutter and competi...

Continuing the "Profiting in the Prophets" series, Pastor Miles turns from predictive prophecy to didactic prophecy, walking through the book of Malachi to show how God's final word before 400 years of silence rebukes seven heart-attitudes of His people—denying His love, despising His name, defiling His table, distorting His word, departing from His law, depriving His house, and defaming His chara...

Studying Acts 2:37 and its surrounding verses, this teaching examines how the church got its start—not by man but by the Holy Spirit through the preaching of repentance—and what characterized the early church: devotion to the apostles' doctrine, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayer. Pastor Miles contrasts God's pattern of church-building with the modern church-growth movement and calls Calvar...

Paul's third letter to the Thessalonians encourages a persecuted church marked by faith, hope, and love, corrects their fear that the day of the Lord had already come, and rebukes those who, expecting Christ's return, had stopped working. Pastor Miles surveys all three chapters, emphasizing the comfort of Christ's coming, the signs that precede the day of the Lord, and the call to remain orderly a...

A verse-by-verse walk through 1 Thessalonians, tracing Paul's pastoral love for a young church he could only briefly visit, his teaching on the second coming and the rapture, and his clarification that believers are delivered from God's wrath even though they will still face tribulation. The teaching emphasizes that faith pleases God, that believers who have died will return with Christ, and that...

Teaching from Acts 1:12-26 on the disciples gathered in the upper room in one accord, waiting and praying before Pentecost, and choosing a replacement for Judas. Pastor Miles explores the importance of like-mindedness, the discipline of waiting, the nature of biblical prayer, and how the Holy Spirit—not the casting of lots—now guides the church into ministry, framed around commissioning Pastor Pat...