Line Upon Line

Through three encounters in John's Gospel—Nicodemus, the Samaritan woman, and the man at Bethesda—Pastor Miles shows that everyone is searching for a messiah, a man, or a miracle, and that the risen Jesus is the only one who satisfies our deepest thirst for eternal life. The teaching culminates in the resurrection as proof of Jesus's magnificent claims and a call to confess Him as Lord.

Through Joshua's encounter with the Commander of the Lord's army before Jericho, this Palm Sunday teaching shows how God leads us into unworkable situations to deepen our dependence and trust, calling us to humble worship and persistent prayer rather than using God as a piece of our own plans.

Teaching from Joshua 5, Pastor Miles shows that God often works us into unworkable situations to deepen our dependence and trust in Him, and that when Christ appears as Commander of the Lord's army, our proper response is humble worship and surrender rather than trying to fit God into our own plans. He closes by urging persistent prayer for the "Jerichos" in our lives—hardened loved ones God still...

Teaching through Joshua 5:1–12, this message examines the circumcision and Passover at Gilgal as Israel entered the promised land, drawing out lessons on covenant, parenting as an eternal calling, and how God's provision sometimes looks like loss. The passage points ultimately to Christ, in whom our true circumcision and reproach-removal are accomplished.

A study of Joshua 4 showing how God commanded Israel to build a memorial of twelve stones after their miraculous crossing of the Jordan, teaching that God's timing is perfect, that He desires His people to remember His faithfulness, and that stepping into His blessing requires obedience. The crossing foreshadows Christ as the only way from the land of judgment to the land of blessing.

Drawing from Joshua 3, Pastor Miles teaches that God's victorious strength is seen most clearly when His people, weak and out of options, follow Him by faith, keep behind Him, and sanctify themselves—so that He alone makes a way through impassable obstacles. As Israel crossed the Jordan, they passed from being merely "a people" to becoming "a nation," picturing how we only fully become what God in...

A verse-by-verse study of Joshua 2, where Joshua sends two spies into Jericho who lodge with Rahab the harlot. Pastor Miles shows how this seemingly small "parenthesis" fits God's larger redemptive plan—rescuing Rahab, confirming Israel's confidence through her testimony, and placing a pagan woman in the line of the Messiah.

As Israel transitions from Moses to Joshua, Pastor Miles teaches that life always involves change, challenge, and the temptation to step back in fear—but God calls His people to move forward in faith, empowered by the Holy Spirit, taking possession of the promises that are theirs in Christ. Victory comes not through human strength but through courage in and obedience to God's Word.

Teaching from Joshua 1, this message calls believers to move forward and take ground by faith rather than standing idle out of fear, just as Joshua led Israel into the Promised Land after Moses's death. Victory, prosperity, and rest come not by human strength but through Spirit-empowered courage and obedience to God's word.

Setting aside his prepared message, Pastor Miles "calls an audible" to address the Asbury University revival and argue that there is no hope for Western culture apart from a genuine move of the Spirit of God. Using the wilderness rock-water stories of Numbers and the living-water passages of John, he reminds the church that God moves powerfully when people are desperately thirsty for Him, and that...

Through the strange and challenging story of Moses being barred from the Promised Land in Numbers 20, Pastor Miles teaches that God remains consistent and true to His word and will, and that even our faithful servants face consequences when they misrepresent Him through unbelief. Yet God's purposes are bigger than the details we fixate on—Moses ultimately stood with Christ on the Mount of Transfig...

As the church transitions from studying Deuteronomy into Joshua, Pastor Miles introduces Joshua through the account of the twelve spies in Numbers 13, showing that Moses (the law) could only bring Israel so far, while progress into God's blessing and rest depends on faith and faithful obedience. Joshua and Caleb saw the Promised Land with eyes of faith, while the rest of the Exodus generation peri...

As the study transitions from Deuteronomy into the historical books, Pastor Miles introduces Joshua by tracing God's redemptive plan from creation, the fall, the call of Abraham, and the Exodus to Joshua's first appearance in Exodus 17. The teaching shows how Joshua's name—"Jehovah is salvation"—and the wilderness lessons of God as provider, salvation, and banner reveal who God is to His people on...

Drawing on 24 years of ministry history and the upheaval of the COVID years, Pastor Miles offers a New Year's message built around one word for 2023: pivot. Using Paul's redirected second missionary journey in Acts 16, he urges believers not to keep trying to return to 2019 but to reorient around their God-given purpose, mission, vision, values, and strategy and move forward.

Pastor Miles shares a New Year's message reflecting on his 24 years of ministry and the church's 2008–2018 revitalization, then on the disruption of 2020 and the years of trying to return to "normal." Drawing on Acts 16, where Paul is repeatedly blocked and must pivot toward Macedonia, Miles offers "pivot" as his word for 2023, urging believers to stop trying to recover 2019 and to move forward ac...

A verse-by-verse teaching on Jonah 3 that presents Nineveh's repentance as the largest revival in Scripture and reveals God as a God of second chances who loves both individuals and cities. The message argues that disobedience and genuine repentance each carry divine consequences, that our job is to faithfully proclaim God's powerful word, and that Jesus is the perfect Jonah.

A teaching on living in connection with one another as part of the church's mission, tracing community from Eden's perfection through sin's fracturing to the restoration found only in Jesus, who equips and calls every believer to use their gifts, pursue unity, and forgive one another. The message stresses that being an active, forgiving part of Christ's body is not optional but a command from God.

Teaching from Jonah chapter 2, this message uses Jonah's prayer from the belly of the fish to expose the spiritual danger of unforgiveness and bitterness. Pastor Mark argues that Jonah's nationalistic hatred of the Assyrians separated him from God, and that genuine repentance is proven by obedience and by extending to others the grace, mercy, and forgiveness God has shown us.

Drawing on John 17:1-3 and Jesus's prayer the night before the cross, Pastor Miles addresses our culture's crisis of meaning and argues 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 oneness with Him through Jesus Christ.

Opening the Book of Jonah, this teaching examines how a prophet of God ran from his calling out of ethnic hatred for Nineveh, and how God mercifully pursued him while bringing pagan sailors to faith. The message challenges believers to examine who they would rather avoid than reach, and to choose obedience over rebellion as they enter a new year.

A Christmas-morning message concluding a series on God's gifts, focusing on grace as the root gift from which all others flow. Pastor Miles teaches that God's abundant grace in Christ saves, transforms, and gives believers a favored status, and calls us to freely share that grace with others.

On Christmas morning, Pastor Miles concludes a series on God's gifts by focusing on the gift of grace—God's unmerited, abundant favor poured out in Jesus Christ, which saves, transforms, and commissions believers to share that grace freely with others.

This Advent teaching presents hope as one of God's great gifts, given in Christ to a hopeless and broken world. Pastor Miles distinguishes biblical hope—a sure and steadfast anchor for the soul—from blind optimism and wishful thinking, and calls believers to draw near to God, hold fast, encourage others, and share this hope.

This Advent message teaches that love is one of God's greatest gifts, supremely demonstrated in the Incarnation of Jesus Christ at Christmas. Pastor Miles contrasts science's reductionistic view of love with the biblical categories of love, concluding that God's love in Christ is given for our joy, the praise of His grace, and to be shared with others, leading into communion.

Pastor Miles teaches that God delights to give good gifts, that every good and perfect gift comes from Him, and that these gifts—including gratitude—are given for our enjoyment, for God's glory, and to be used as blessings to others. He calls believers to recognize and actively use their God-given gifts.