Line Upon Line

Using the example of Timothy's mother Eunice and grandmother Lois from 2 Timothy 1 and Acts 16, Pastor Miles teaches that the greatest legacy a parent can leave is not wealth but a genuine faith in Jesus Christ—lived out daily and handed down. He contrasts the world's idols of success and prosperity with the biblical values of long life, lineage, and legacy.

A verse-by-verse study of Judges 11 and the story of Jephthah, showing how God graciously uses flawed people while warning believers not to live with one foot in the world. The teaching examines Jephthah's rejection, rise, rash vow, and tragic outcome as a caution against being shaped more by surrounding culture than by the true and living God.

Pastor Mark Childress teaches Judges 10:1 as a caution rather than a condemnation, tracing how Israel deconstructed, self-destructed, and reconstructed its covenant relationship with God in a single chapter. He applies the lessons of prosperity, pride, and lost humility to the church and concludes with a "well done" celebration of how the congregation is loving people and making disciples.

Through the account of Abimelech's bloody rise and fall in Judges 9, this teaching shows that when a people turns its back on God, they are left only with bad choices and reap ungodly consequences. The real problem is never merely the wicked ruler but a nation that has forgotten God, and the remedy is to keep our eyes on Jesus and fulfill our God-given purpose to make disciples.

A study of Judges 8 contrasting Gideon's faithful, God-reliant beginning with his prideful, vengeful, and self-glorifying finish, showing that in the Christian life it is not how you start but how you finish that matters. The teaching warns against trusting in one's own strength after victory and calls believers to lay aside sin and fix their eyes on Jesus.

Pastor Miles presents the resurrection of Jesus Christ as the most important event in human history and the foundation upon which all of Christianity stands or falls. Tracing the disciples' journey from following Jesus for selfish reasons, to fleeing in fear at his death, to becoming bold martyrs, he argues that their radical transformation is only plausibly explained by their having seen the Rise...

A Good Friday meditation on how the cross—once a symbol of fear, shame, and death—became the worldwide emblem of hope and salvation through Christ's suffering. Pastor Miles surveys the full scope of Jesus's passion and explains why a day of horror is rightly called "good."

Through the opening chapter of John's Gospel, Pastor Miles examines three witnesses (John the Baptist, Andrew, and Philip), the seekers they encountered, and the skeptic Nathaniel, to call every believer to the work of being a witness who points people to Christ. The teaching emphasizes that Jesus came with a sacrificial purpose, seeks seekers, makes his followers into finders of seekers, and love...

Through the story of Gideon in Judges 6–7, Pastor Miles teaches that God delights in using weak, fearful, ordinary people to accomplish great things so that He alone receives the glory. He calls believers to step out in faith despite their fears, beginning with small acts of obedience that God multiplies for His kingdom.

A verse-by-verse teaching on Judges 6 showing how Israel's idolatry brought the oppressing Midianites, how God sent a prophet to recall them to the words of Deuteronomy, and how God called the fearful, reluctant Gideon to deliver them. The message presses listeners to identify the "midianites" consuming their lives and to step forward in faithful obedience so God can pour out His power through wil...

Continuing the story of Deborah in Judges 5, this teaching examines Deborah's song of victory as a model for how praise overcomes anxiety and how God calls His people away from the sin of inaction into obedient service. Through the example of the tribes who answered the call—and those who stayed home—it challenges believers to worship wholeheartedly and to actively serve as the hands and feet of J...

Through Judges 4, this teaching shows how Israel "again did evil in the sight of the Lord," exposing our own weakness and slavery to sin, and how God delivers the unlikely and unexpected—pointing forward to the cross, where Christ was "nailed" to set us free from sin's punishment, power, and presence.

Teaching from Judges 3:5-30, the cycle of Israel's sin and deliverance and the story of Ehud and Eglon, Pastor Miles argues that the "nation" of Israel in the judges era was small and local, and that God uses ordinary people who simply show up and take responsibility. He challenges believers to recognize that big cultural problems are really local problems that God-empowered, ordinary Christians a...

Drawing from the framing chapter of Judges (chapter 2), this teaching examines how Israel descended into idolatry through small steps of compromise, and how God—though He allows His people to reap the consequences of sin—remains merciful, raising up judges to deliver those who repent and return to Him.

Opening the Book of Judges, Pastor Miles shows how Judges 1–2 functions as a sequel to Joshua, recalling Israel's victory before charting their slide into compromise. The teaching contrasts the deuteronomic equation—faith plus obedience yields victory and blessing—with its inverse, demonstrating how small compromises and the neglect of prayer lead nations and individuals toward defeat and cursing.

An introduction to a new series in the Book of Judges, framed by Judges 2's account of "a generation that did not know the Lord." Pastor Miles argues that the West's slide from a judeo-Christian worldview mirrors Israel's cycle of forsaking God, and that the only solution to our cultural dumpster fire is the gospel of Jesus Christ.

A verse-by-verse study of John 17:9-26, focusing on Jesus' prayer for His disciples and for all who will believe through their word, showing how the unity of God's people glorifies Christ and becomes a supernatural witness to the world. The teaching closes by examining why we fail to make Christ known, and calls believers to know the Word, pray, and obey while guarding their unity.

This teaching on life in connection with one another traces humanity's design for community from Eden through the fall, and shows that the only cure for sin's damage to our relationships is Jesus, who places us in His body with gifts to serve one another in forgiveness, kindness, and unity. Being an active, forgiving part of the body of Christ is not optional but a command God uses to accomplish H...

Drawing on Jesus's prayer in John 17, Pastor Miles addresses the cultural "crisis of meaning" and teaches that human beings were created by God for a specific purpose: to know God experientially, to glorify Him forever, and to live in unity and communion with Him through Christ.

A Christmas celebration teaching that asks "Why is this night different from all other nights?" and answers by tracing the prophetic thread of Christ's coming from Genesis 3:15 through the Old Testament to its fulfillment in the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. Though the event happened in obscurity, it is the most significant event in human history, around which our entire calendar and culture is bui...

A Christmas Eve meditation on the angels' announcement in Luke 2, showing how Christ's humble birth—proclaimed first to lowly shepherds—brings glory to God in the highest, peace on earth, and the possibility that we can be fully pleasing to God. Pastor Miles closes by urging believers to imitate the shepherds in praising God and proclaiming the good news.

In the final week of an Advent series, Pastor Miles teaches that the coming of Jesus is the advent of love—the foundation beneath the peace, hope, and joy of Christmas. Drawing chiefly from Romans 5 and Ephesians 2, he shows that because God is love and Jesus is love incarnate, God's love for us in Christ compels us to love and share that love with others.

On the third Sunday of Advent, Pastor Miles teaches that the arrival of Christ makes "fullness of joy" accessible, since Jesus Himself embodies the joy of God's presence. Drawing from Psalm 16, John 14-15, Isaiah 9, and Romans 5, he shows that lasting joy is received through faith in Christ and grows toward abundance as we abide in Him, His word, and His love.

This Advent message proclaims that the coming of Jesus is the coming of hope—not the blind optimism or wishful thinking of the world, but a sure and steadfast hope that anchors the soul through every storm. Tracing the thread of hope from Eden to Eternity, Pastor Miles shows that ultimate hope is found only in Christ and his coming kingdom.

As the church enters the Advent season, Pastor Miles teaches that the coming of Christ, the Prince of Peace, brings biblical *shalom*—total human flourishing and reconciliation with God and one another. He shows both how to access this peace through faith in Christ's finished work and how to experience it daily by setting one's mind on God in prayer.