Line Upon Line

Examining the healing of the ten lepers in Luke 17:11-19, Pastor Miles teaches that gratitude is one of the keys to the fullness of joy God desires for us, and that while many receive God's blessings, far fewer return to give Him thanks. He shows that Jesus moves toward the outcast, sees and answers faith-filled prayer, and brings wholeness to those who praise the glory of His grace.

Opening a November series on gratitude, Pastor Miles teaches from Psalm 100 that thanksgiving is the will of God and the secret to genuine happiness. He argues that a key to gratitude is remembering God's works, and that reframing all of life as service to a good Creator, Lord, and Provider produces joy that overflows to others.

Closing the Book of Judges with chapters 20–21, this teaching examines the civil war provoked by the moral atrocity at Gibeah, showing that while outrage at evil is right, fallen humanity's attempts at justice always fall short or go too far—and that the only sufficient answer to evil and to our own sin is the wrath of God satisfied at the cross by the coming King of Kings.

A study of Judges 19, one of the most disturbing passages in Scripture, showing how a people who departed from God's moral rule descended into total moral chaos. Pastor Miles argues that outrageous immorality demands moral outrage, and that the only true cure for human depravity is the gospel of the cross of Christ.

Judges 18 records how the tribe of Dan, refusing to take the difficult inheritance God gave them, sought an easier conquest, stole Micah's idol and priest, and massacred the peaceful people of Laish — illustrating what happens to a people with no moral governance and no contentment. Pastor Miles shows that we tend to wander when we are not planted, and that only God's grace, not a king, can cure a...

Drawing on Paris Reidhead's classic message "Ten Shekels and a Shirt" and the story of Micah in Judges 17, Pastor Miles confronts the danger of a utilitarian, man-centered Christianity that treats God as a means to our own happiness. True devotion seeks God himself for his glory, not merely the gifts and blessings he provides.

Examining Judges 16, Pastor Miles teaches the final act of Samson's life—his fall through Delilah, his capture, and his death—as a sobering warning about the danger of trusting our own strength and toying with sin, set against the backdrop of God's irrevocable gifts and relentless mercy.

Through Judges 15 and the story of Samson's escalating revenge against the Philistines, Pastor Miles examines the temptation to do the right thing in the wrong way, the danger of personal vengeance, and the surprising grace of God who uses imperfect, foolish people to accomplish His purposes.

A verse-by-verse study of Judges 14 examining Samson—a man of supernatural strength but weak character—who repeatedly walks into avoidable spiritual traps. The teaching warns against underestimating the weakness of strong men and the seductiveness of temptation, while affirming that God accomplishes His purposes even through flawed, broken vessels.

Opening a new series on Samson called "Strong Man, Weak Character," Pastor Miles studies Judges 13 and the angelic announcement of Samson's birth to Manoah and his barren wife. He draws out that whatever good is in our lives is by God's grace, that God creates and calls each person to a purpose, and that fulfilling that purpose requires dedicated consecration, fervent prayer, and worship that invi...

A teaching from Philippians 4 (with support from James 1, Romans 5, Philippians 3, and 2 Timothy 4) on how believers can find genuine joy in difficult circumstances by trusting God's commands, dwelling on what is true and good, bringing worries to God in prayer, and reaching forward toward the prize of God's heavenly call in Christ.

In the final chapter of Hosea, Pastor Miles teaches that Israel's coming destruction was self-inflicted and entirely preventable, yet God still offered restoration through repentance. The same simple message endures today: turn from sin to God, offer the sacrifice of a humble and contrite heart, and receive His reviving grace and the blessings of righteousness.

Drawing on the final chapters of Hosea, Pastor Miles shows how Israel's success bred pride, how compounding sin leads to ruin "gradually, then suddenly," and how God's certain judgment can only be answered by the resurrecting power of God in Jesus Christ. He warns against placing ultimate hope in earthly rulers and calls believers to know and share the gospel as the only true hope.

Using the story of Jacob's transformation into Israel as the backdrop, this teaching unpacks Hosea 12, where God charges the deceitful northern kingdom to repent like their father Jacob did. The message warns that deception and wealth cannot save, and that mercy comes only through humble repentance before God.

Drawing from Hosea 11, this teaching examines how God lovingly nurtured Israel only to be repeatedly abandoned, and how their exile was the result of their own refusal to repent rather than any divine indifference. Pastor Miles applies Israel's experience to our own privileged but spiritually drifting culture, urging believers to anchor their hope not in this world or in earthly outcomes but in Go...

A verse-by-verse teaching through Hosea 10, showing how Israel turned God's blessings into idolatry and faced loving discipline, with the central insight that God is not doing something *to* us but *for* us. The teaching calls believers to sow righteousness, break up hard ground, seek the Lord, and foster faithfulness by remembering who we are, why we are here, and how we are to live.

Drawing from Hosea 9, Pastor Miles teaches that Israel's economic collapse, political upheaval, and coming exile were the inevitable consequences of centuries of idolatry and unfaithfulness to God. He outlines five ways sin destroys—bringing people down, making them foolish, inviting God's wrath, multiplying sorrow, and removing them from God—and points to Christ as the only remedy for both indivi...

Drawing on Hosea 8 and the warnings of Deuteronomy 28, Pastor Miles teaches that Israel's accelerating ruin was a mess of its own making, brought on by centuries of idolatry and rebellion against God. Yet the message ends in hope: God allows people to reap the consequences of their choices not because He delights in judgment, but because He desires to redeem and restore broken, messy lives through...

In Hosea 7:1, God declares Israel guilty of fraud after offering them a chance to repent; pulling back the surface, He finds iniquity rather than true repentance. Pastor Miles draws out four metaphors of fraud—an overheated oven, a half-baked cake, a silly dove, and a treacherous bow—while emphasizing that God's ultimate desire is still to heal His people.

A study of Hosea 6:1 that holds together the love and grace of God toward His people with the reality of accountability and coming judgment. The teaching warns that empty religious ritual cannot replace a genuine, repentant relationship with the one true God.

Continuing through Hosea 5, Pastor Miles teaches that God judges sin without partiality—beginning with His own people and leaders—and warns that persistent, presumptuous sin sears the conscience and brings God's relentless judgment, pictured as a maggot, rot, and a lion. Yet the message ends in hope: God relents when He sees repentance, and Christ bore that relentless wrath in our place.

Drawing on Hosea 4, Pastor Miles examines how Israel's spiritual collapse in the 8th century BC—marked by lost truth, mercy, and knowledge of God—flowed largely from failed religious leadership, and warns that a culture's destruction follows when God's messengers deliver the wrong message and people imitate ungodly patterns. He calls for faithful leaders, watchful believers, and especially godly f...

Using Hosea 3 alongside Ephesians 5 and the prophets, Pastor Miles teaches that marriage is a tangible, temporal picture of God's desire to be united with us in love, and that God's consistent character is faithful love toward a persistently unfaithful people—ultimately fulfilled in Christ's redemption of His bride.

Pastor Miles introduces the book of Hosea, setting it in the historical context of 8th-century BC Israel and the theological framework of Deuteronomy. He shows how God called Hosea to marry an unfaithful wife as a shocking sign to a people who had spiritually committed adultery against God, demonstrating both God's justice and the grace that brings forth a redeemed remnant.

On the day of Pentecost, Pastor Miles traces the meaning of two mountains in Hebrews 12—Mount Sinai, where the law came down and 3,000 died, and Mount Zion, where the Holy Spirit came down and 3,000 were saved—showing that the New Covenant of grace in Christ surpasses the old Covenant of law, and closing with a call to baptism.