Line Upon Line

A verse-by-verse walk through the seven chapters of Micah, a contemporary of Isaiah, showing how God brought charges of judgment against both Samaria and Jerusalem for spiritual harlotry, corrupt leaders, false prophets, and hireling priests, yet promised a future restoration through the ruler born in Bethlehem. The teaching repeatedly applies Micah's warnings to America, calling the church to rep...

A verse-by-verse walk through the book of Jonah, showing a disobedient prophet, a sovereign God who arranges storm, fish, gourd, and worm, and the repentance of wicked Nineveh. The teaching contrasts the merciful heart of God with the vengeful heart of man and calls hearers to ask where they stand in the story.

A verse-by-verse study of Obadiah, the shortest book in the Old Testament, focused on God's judgment against Edom (descendants of Esau) for their pride. Pastor Miles treats Edom as a picture of the flesh and shows that lasting deliverance and full possession of our inheritance come only through dying to self at Mount Zion in Christ.

The book of Amos records God's judgment upon the prosperous-yet-wicked northern kingdom of Israel through an unschooled shepherd-prophet whom God called to warn of coming destruction. Amos surveys the surrounding nations, exposes Israel's idolatry and oppression of the poor, recounts the escalating judgments God sent to call them back, and closes with the promise of a remnant and a future restorat...

Pastor Miles teaches through the three chapters of Joel, showing how the prophet uses a present-day invasion of locusts as a picture of the day of the Lord and a call to whole-hearted repentance. The teaching traces Joel's prophecy from the current judgment, through God's gracious promise of restoration and the outpouring of the Spirit, to the future great and terrible day of the Lord and the salv...

A verse-by-verse walk through Hosea, showing how God commanded the prophet to marry an unfaithful wife as a living portrait of Israel's spiritual adultery and God's relentless, redeeming love. Through judgment on the northern ten tribes, God reveals His pattern of disciplining His people to purify them and ultimately restore a remnant.

A survey of the book of Daniel showing how the first six chapters establish that God preserves those who walk in righteousness through trial and tribulation, and how chapters 7-12 reveal the succession of Gentile kingdoms and the prophecies of the abomination of desolation, the 70 weeks, and the end of the age. Pastor Miles connects these prophecies to Jesus' words in Matthew 24 and to current eve...

A through-the-Bible overview of Ezekiel, focusing on why God pours out wrath and jealousy on His own people, using chapter 16's harlot allegory, chapter 18's principle that each soul is judged for its own sin, and the closing prophecies of Israel's restoration and the Gog/Magog invasion. The teaching presses the believer's call to warn the wicked and the righteous alike in light of coming judgment...

A verse-by-verse walk through Lamentations, showing how Jeremiah's five poetic laments over the destruction of Jerusalem reveal both the thoroughness of God's righteous judgment and the depth of His mercy. Pastor Miles draws from the book a present-day call to the church: to recover vision, repent, and become cross-cultural missionaries to a dying generation in our own towns.

A survey of the book of Jeremiah, tracing the long, lonely, sorrowful ministry of the weeping prophet who proclaimed coming destruction to a hard-hearted Judah while still extending God's gracious call to repent. The teaching highlights God's promise of a New Covenant fulfilled in Christ, who writes His law on our hearts, forgives sin, and replaces the wicked heart of stone with a heart of flesh.

A panoramic walk through the book of Isaiah, showing how prophecy is "God's fingerprint" on Scripture, how the book divides into condemnation, context, and comfort, and how its central theme—"a remnant shall return" and "the Lord has saved"—points to the Messiah. The teaching highlights God's patience, his judgment as purifying discipline, and the rich messianic prophecies that anticipate Christ c...

A verse-by-verse walk through the Song of Solomon, showing it to be God's beautiful, poetic instruction on love and intimacy within marriage. Pastor Miles traces its structure as a love story while also pointing to its allegorical picture of Christ's love for His bride, the church.

Pastor Miles teaches through Ecclesiastes as Solomon's grand experiment to find meaning "under the sun" apart from God, which leads only to the conclusion that all is vanity. The book's resolution—remember the Creator in your youth, fear God, and keep His commandments—points to an eternal perspective that alone makes man whole.

A walk through the book of Proverbs, rooted in Solomon's prayer for wisdom in 1 Kings, showing how the book divides into six sections and teaches us to navigate life by fearing the Lord and trusting Him completely.

An overview of the book of Psalms as the book of human emotion, surveying its five-book structure, its many authors across a thousand years, and its portrayal of Christ and the character of God. The teaching emphasizes that the Psalms invite us to approach God honestly in every emotion, remembering that He remains on His throne and is worthy of eternal praise.

A verse-by-verse walk through the book of Job, tracing its three movements—the dilemma, the debates, and the deliverance—to show that suffering is not always the result of hidden sin, that God remains intimately involved even when distant-feeling, and that the believer's hope rests in a living Redeemer and a latter end better than the beginning.

A verse-by-verse walk through the book of Esther, read allegorically: the king pictures the soul, Queen Esther and Mordecai picture the spirit and Holy Spirit, and Haman the Agagite pictures the flesh that must be destroyed. The teaching highlights the hidden hand of God working all things together for good, even when His name is never mentioned, and closes by addressing the problem of pain in lig...

A walk through the book of Nehemiah as "The Road to Restoration," showing how God rebuilds and strengthens His people after exile. The teaching divides the book into the reconstruction of the wall (chapters 1–7) and the restoration of the people (chapters 8–13), drawing spiritual meaning from the ten gates and from Nehemiah's bold resistance to evil.

A verse-by-verse walk through Ezra, showing God's faithful fulfillment of His prophetic word as He raises up the pagan king Cyrus to return His people to the land, restore the temple, and reform their hearts. The book pictures the gospel: Christ the King restores us, and the Spirit reforms us from the inside out.

A walk through 2 Chronicles showing how the book focuses on King David's line and the temple, and how the heart of each king—the "soul" of the nation—determined whether Judah followed God toward blessing or the flesh toward destruction. The teaching contrasts the wicked kings who departed from the Lord with the kings who brought restoration, calling believers to a perfect heart fully devoted to Go...

A through-the-Bible overview of 1 Chronicles, framed around the book's two great themes—the king (David) and the temple—and the principle of inclusion and exclusion in God's work, which always turns on the condition of the heart. Pastor Miles traces David's reestablishment of worship, his return of the ark, God's covenant to build David a house, and David's careful preparation of Solomon to build...

A verse-by-verse overview of 2 Kings, framing the divided nation (northern ten tribes and southern Judah/Jerusalem) as a picture of the human person—body, soul, and spirit—with the king representing the soul that directs the nation toward either the flesh or the spirit. The teaching traces Israel's slide into decay, division, and destruction, the ministry of the prophets, and climaxes in the faith...

A through-the-Bible overview of 1 Kings, tracing Solomon's rise in wisdom and the building of the temple, his decline through divided affections, and the resulting division of the kingdom—all underscoring that God looks at the heart, not external religion. The teaching closes with the ministry of Elijah on Mount Carmel and the call to choose whom we will serve.

A book-overview teaching of 2 Samuel, tracing the reign of King David through three movements—his triumphs, his transgression, and his troubles—and showing that what made David "a man after God's own heart" was not perfection but faith and a willingness to repent.

A survey of 1 Samuel that traces three central figures — Samuel the last judge and first prophet, Saul the man of the flesh, and David the man after God's own heart — and draws out the contrast between a life lived in the flesh and a life lived by faith. The teaching urges believers to learn from these examples, to utterly destroy the flesh, and to give their hearts wholly to God as David did.