Line Upon Line

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...

Paul writes to a church he never planted, confronting the rising Gnostic heresy in its three forms—intellectualism, legalism, and mysticism—and pointing instead to the transforming power of God in "Christ in you, the hope of glory." The teaching urges believers to set their minds on things above, put off the old life, put on love, and let the peace of God rule as an umpire over the heart.

In an age of growing hostility toward the Bible, Pastor Miles argues that the prophetic Scriptures are "the more sure word of prophecy," showing how Isaiah 61, Daniel 9, Joel 3, the constellations, and recent celestial and geopolitical events all point to Christ's certain second coming. He urges believers not to set dates but to be watchful, holy, and ready for the Lord's return.

Examining the disciples' question on the Mount of Olives—"Will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"—Pastor Miles shows that Jesus redirects their expectation of an earthly kingdom toward the inheritance believers already possess: God Himself, guaranteed by the indwelling Holy Spirit. Until Christ returns, believers are commissioned and empowered to be witnesses from Jerusalem to the ut...

Paul's letter to the Philippians is the epistle of joy, written to a beloved church he planted on his second missionary journey. Though the church had sound doctrine, they had a practice problem rooted in disunity, and Paul calls them to humble, others-focused living by holding up four examples—Jesus, Timothy, Epaphroditus, and himself.

Opening a series on biblical prophecy, Pastor Miles uses Isaiah 40's command to "comfort my people" — spoken amid the prophecy of coming Babylonian judgment — to show that God reveals the future so His people can be comforted by the promise of the Messiah's coming. The teaching argues that predictive prophecy proves Scripture's divine inspiration and that those who truly believe Christ will return...

A survey of Ephesians showing how the first three chapters establish the believer's position in Christ—the spiritual blessings given by Father, Son, and Spirit—and how chapters four through six call us to a corresponding practice. The teaching emphasizes that the church is Christ's body, temple, mystery, new man, bride, and soldier, whose ultimate purpose is to display God's manifold wisdom to all...

Teaching from John 21, Pastor Miles shows how the disciples' fruitless night of fishing—done apart from Christ's instruction—reveals that we accomplish nothing without Jesus. He traces the chapter's call to wait on the Lord, dine before doing, examine our motives, count the cost, and follow Christ without comparing ourselves to others.

A verse-by-verse overview of Galatians, the "Magna Carta of Christian liberty," in which Paul defends the gospel of justification by faith alone against the Judaizers who had seduced the Galatian churches into legalism. The teaching traces Paul's argument that the law was a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, and that believers are called to walk in the Spirit rather than the flesh.

A study of John 20:30-31, framing the entire Gospel of John around its seven signs and seven "I am" statements, all written so that readers might believe Jesus is the Christ and have life in His name. The teaching surveys four people/groups in John 20 and how each responded to the risen Lord, concluding with the call to believe though we have not seen.

A walk through 2 Corinthians, which Pastor Miles titles "The Passion of Paul," showing how Paul confronts a carnal, knowledge-seeking, faction-divided church by boasting not in himself but in the cross of Christ and in his own weakness, through which God's strength is made perfect. The teaching calls believers to rely wholly on God's sufficiency, preach Christ rather than themselves, and come out...

Standing two days before the 2008 election, Pastor Miles uses Paul's resolve in Acts 20:24 and Elijah's confrontation on Mount Carmel to call the church to courageous, unashamed witness in a culture moving toward judgment. He argues that voting and public engagement are biblical, that silence amounts to consent to unrighteousness, and that the world needs not a new definition of the gospel but a n...

A through-the-Bible overview of 1 Corinthians, framing the book as a letter of rebuke and correction to a carnal, people-pleasing church living in a sensual, knowledge-seeking culture much like our own. The teaching moves through the book's two halves—carnality (chapters 1–11) and spirituality (chapters 12–16)—emphasizing the preaching of Christ crucified, the centrality of love, the resurrection,...

A panoramic introduction to Paul's epistle to the Romans, showing how its central message—the just shall live by faith—has fueled revivals and the Reformation, and tracing the book's threefold structure of salvation: the revelation, illustration, and application of God's righteousness.