Line Upon Line

In the closing "farewell" chapter of Joshua, Pastor Miles explores how the Bible's farewell speeches teach that human thriving is conditional: we fare well *if* we apply the wisdom of God's revelation. Joshua reminds Israel that all they possess is God's gracious gift, and that success and survival in the land depend on faithful obedience to God's word—a principle that ultimately points to Jesus C...

Using Joshua 22, where Israel nearly went to war against the eastern tribes over a misunderstood altar, Pastor Miles warns against the cultural and personal impulse to "shoot first and ask questions later." He calls Christians to follow Christ's example of being slow to anger and leading with mercy and grace in an age of outrage.

Drawing from Joshua 21:43-45, where "not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken," Pastor Miles teaches that the God of the whole Bible is gracious and merciful from cover to cover and will not fail to fulfill His promises and spiritual blessings to us in Christ. Believers are guaranteed in Christ the fullness of every spiritual blessing—chosen, adopted, redeemed, given rest, pea...

Drawing on the Cities of Refuge in Joshua 20 and the events of October 7th in Israel, Pastor Miles teaches that Scripture shows us both how to think and how to live through life's twists and turns, including how to respond justly to evil and injustice. Because human life bears the image of God, injustice rightly provokes anger and demands a just response—but that response must be slowed, weighed,...

Using the daughters of Zelophehad and the tribe of Ephraim's request for more land in Joshua 17, Pastor Miles argues that the Bible is not the source of misogyny and oppression—as today's gender ideology claims—but the divine revelation that elevates human dignity, and that God plants a "divine discontent" in His people to drive them to courageously possess the fullness of their inheritance.

Using the firefighter practice of "mop up"—extinguishing hidden hot spots so they don't flare up later—Pastor Miles teaches Joshua 16, where Ephraim and Manasseh fail to fully dispossess the Canaanites from their inheritance. He shows how this incomplete possession later led Israel into idolatry and judgment, and applies the principle that unattended secret sin imperils believers, urging confessio...

Continuing in Joshua 15, Pastor Miles traces the Bible's grand narrative of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration, showing how Israel's inheritance pictures the believer's promised blessing in Christ. He urges believers to meet a lost culture with Christ's compassion rather than anger, and to imitate the tenacity of Caleb's daughter Achsah in boldly asking God for His blessing.

Pastor Miles steps back to give a high-level overview of the Bible's grand narrative from Genesis through Joshua, showing how creation, fall, redemption, and restoration center on a promised descendant of Abraham—Jesus. He sets up the final section of Joshua, framing it as moving from "taking ground" to "possessing the possession" of God's promised inheritance by faith and faithfulness.

Concluding the summer series through Daniel, Pastor Miles teaches from Daniel 12 that suffering is the normal experience of God's people, but God is present with them, empowers and strengthens them, and will ultimately deliver them through a future resurrection. He warns against date-setting and prosperity theology, urging believers to keep their final focus on resurrection and inheritance.

A teaching through Daniel chapter 11 that traces the detailed prophecy of world kingdoms from the time of Cyrus through Antiochus Epiphanes, then argues that verse 36 onward looks beyond Antiochus to a future Antichrist. The message emphasizes that God's strategic plan is never frustrated, His people are not ultimately overcome, and prophecy should drive believers to faithful engagement in the mis...

Through Daniel chapter 10, this teaching explores the reality of spiritual warfare—the unseen world that interacts with our own—and calls Christians to recognize they are engaged in a real battle and to stand in God's strength through prayer and the Word. Pastor Miles shows how Daniel's persistent prayer was opposed by demonic powers yet aided by the angels Gabriel and Michael, and how the victory...

Tracing the prophecies of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel, Pastor Miles shows how God revealed in advance the exile to Babylon, the deliverance through Cyrus, and a 490-year "meta timeline" pointing to the coming of Messiah. He argues that Daniel 9's "seventy weeks" is best understood as a general pattern of God's redemptive plan rather than an over-specific calculation, calling believers to humble p...

A teaching from Daniel 8 that cautions against sensationalized "newspaper" or "YouTube" eschatology and models sound, plain-sense interpretation, showing how Daniel's vision of the ram and goat accurately foretold the rise of Medo-Persia, Greece, Alexander the Great, and Antiochus Epiphanes. Pastor Miles argues that prophecy is given to comfort and steady God's people, not to fuel fear or speculat...

Pastor Miles begins teaching the apocalyptic section of Daniel, opening with Daniel's troubling vision of four beasts in chapter 7. He argues that while prophetic passages are unclear in their specifics and must be held humbly, their general message brings hope: in the end God wins, reigns, and His people receive and possess the kingdom forever.

A study of Daniel 5:1, examining King Belshazzar's blasphemous feast in besieged Babylon, the appearance of the finger of God writing judgment on the wall, and Daniel's interpretation. The teaching applies these events to warnings against pride, presuming on God's grace, the certainty of judgment, and Christ's power to cleanse unholy vessels.

Working through Daniel 4 — the only chapter authored by King Nebuchadnezzar himself — Pastor Miles traces the proud king's God-ordained humiliation and eventual repentance, contrasting his self-exaltation with the humility God requires and ultimately with Christ, who humbled Himself to death and was therefore exalted. The teaching calls hearers to humble themselves in repentance before God's thron...

Examining Daniel 3, Pastor Miles shows how Nebuchadnezzar's prideful demand that all bow to his golden image mirrors today's "cancel culture," and how Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego model courageous, faithful refusal to conform. The teaching reminds believers that God is present in the fire and that genuine faith is proved authentic under pressure, even when standing firm does not guarantee rescu...

In Daniel 2, King Nebuchadnezzar's troubling dream and his death-threat to Babylon's wise men set the stage for Daniel, who—trusting the God of heaven who reveals secrets—both receives and interprets the dream. The vision of a great statue destroyed by a stone is a Messianic prophecy of successive earthly kingdoms giving way to the eternal kingdom of God established through Christ.

Opening a summer study in Daniel, Pastor Miles uses the experience of Daniel and his friends in Babylon to show how God's people can find their footing and stand faithfully in a culture turned upside down. Daniel's resolve not to defile himself models how believers must purpose in their hearts to remain loyal to God no matter their circumstances.

A contextual introduction to the book of Daniel that traces the entire storyline of Israel in the Old Testament through the lens of the "deuteronomic principle"—if Israel obeyed God they would be blessed, but if they disobeyed they would be cursed and ultimately exiled. This background sets the stage for understanding how Daniel and his friends came to be captives in Babylon and how God remains at...

Pastor Miles teaches Joshua 14 and Caleb's God-granted inheritance, then connects it to the believer's inheritance in Christ—guaranteed by the Holy Spirit—on the Feast of Pentecost, the day marking the blessing of the Spirit, the birth of the church, and the baptism of the first converts.

Using the gibeonites' plea for help in Joshua 10, Pastor Miles teaches that opposition and spiritual warfare are the normal Christian experience once we are "marked out" by our covenant with Christ. The challenge is to remain faithful and trust greatly in the God who fights with great power for His people.

Teaching through Joshua 8, Pastor Miles confronts the challenging question of why God in the Old Testament appears harsh and severe, especially in commanding the destruction of Ai. He argues that God's judgment is just, cause-based, patient, and preceded by calls to repentance, and that God's merciful nature in the Old Testament is consistent with Jesus in the New Testament and points to a coming...

A teaching on Joshua 7, where Achan's secret theft of devoted things from Jericho brought defeat and judgment on all Israel, illustrating that high spiritual moments carry the danger of catastrophic falls and that God values sanctification over earthly success. Pastor Miles closes by pointing to Christ as the only refuge from the coming judgment that all sinners deserve.

Pastor Miles examines the fall of Jericho in Joshua 6 as an extraordinary biblical claim and demonstrates how archaeological and historical evidence consistently validates the biblical narrative, arguing that validated supernatural events point to a supernatural cause. He closes by applying the story's significance: every believer faces a "Jericho" too great to overcome in their own strength, but...