Line Upon Line

Continuing the "Fly on the Wall" series in Exodus, this teaching examines how God introduces himself to Moses and Israel at Sinai—not with words of wrath, but leading with mercy. It traces God's self-revelation in Exodus 34:6-7 and shows how his justice and mercy ultimately meet at the cross.

Opening a summer series called "Fly on the Wall," Pastor Miles examines Exodus 3 and the burning bush to argue that we know almost nothing apart from revelation, and that God has disclosed both His nature and His will as the God who sees, hears, knows, and comes down to deliver and bless. This same God revealed at Mount Sinai is revealed at Mount Calvary in Jesus Christ.

Drawing on the human inclination toward religion and his recent travels through Europe, Pastor Miles examines Luke 11:37-54, where Jesus pronounces six woes against Pharisees and scribes whose ritual observance masks an unrighteous heart. The teaching warns that religion for religion's sake produces a false sense of goodness, frustrates Jesus, harms others, and becomes a barrier to God rather than a bridge.

A verse-by-verse teaching on Luke 10:38-42, the account of Martha and Mary, showing that Martha's busy service was good but disordered—Jesus calls us to sit at His feet first so that our service flows from worship rather than duty. The lesson is not to do fewer things, but to do the right thing first.

Pastor Miles examines the parable of the Good Samaritan in its full context — a know-it-all lawyer testing Jesus with the self-justifying question "Who is my neighbor?" — to show that the law demands a perfect love no one can perform, and that only Christ can transform the heart from which true, merciful love flows.

Beginning with Jesus' startling words to the returning seventy—"I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven"—Pastor Miles traces the prehistory of Satan's rebellion: God created humanity, lower than angels yet crowned to rule over them, and the anointed cherub Lucifer refused to serve image-bearers made of dust. The teaching connects this ancient revolt to humanity's creative capacity, the tower of Babel, and modern technology, urging believers to rejoice that their names are written in heaven and to discern whether the powerful tools of our age serve human flourishing or oppressive domination.

Pastor Miles draws on Luke 10 and the current revolution in technology and AI to show that the harvest is great and the kingdom mission belongs not only to famous saints but to ordinary, unnamed believers. He calls the church to begin every missional endeavor with prayer, to be prepared for God to move their own hearts to go, and to recognize the urgency of an eternal harvest.

Preaching unexpectedly from the Christmas annunciation in Luke 2 on Easter Sunday, Pastor Miles shows that the resurrection turns the angel's Advent promise of "good tidings of great joy" into present reality. The empty tomb fulfills the four themes of Advent—joy, hope, peace, and love—securing them for believers and commissioning them to share that good news.

A Good Friday meditation on Jesus's final word from the cross, *tetelestai* ("it is finished"), showing it as the triumphant declaration of a victor who has accomplished the purpose for which he came. Pastor Miles unpacks five things finished at the cross and challenges believers to live as though the work is truly done rather than striving as if it weren't.

Drawing on his background in tech and his current PhD research in AI ethics, Pastor Miles traces the 70-year history of artificial intelligence, explains how today's agentic AI is reshaping every computer-based job, and argues that the deepest issue raised by AI is an anthropological one: the conflict between a naturalist worldview and the biblical answer to the question, "What is man?"