Line Upon Line

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 invites God's presence.

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 God's coming kingdom.

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.