Line Upon Line

Teaching through Deuteronomy 4:15-24, Pastor Miles examines God's prohibition of idolatry, our innate compulsion to worship, and the truth that God is a consuming fire and a jealous God—jealous not of us but for us and for His glory. He warns that worshiping anything other than God corrupts His glory and misrepresents Him to others.

Opening a new series on Deuteronomy 4, Pastor Miles teaches that while salvation comes only through Christ, living under God's unchanging statutes and judgments invites His blessing, and disregarding them brings destabilization and ruin—both personally and nationally. He calls God's people to hide His word in their hearts, let His grace shine through their lives, and pass these truths on to their children.

Pastor Miles introduces a new series in Deuteronomy titled "Statutes and Judgments," teaching from Deuteronomy 4:1 that life and blessing—for ancient Israel and for any society—come only through hearing and obeying the superordinate principles of God's law, which ultimately point us to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

A Father's Day teaching that examines the office and calling of fatherhood through three Scripture examples—God in Eden, the prodigal son, and the father of the demon-possessed boy—to show that a father's highest task is leading children to repentance and restoration in Christ, not mere obedience.

Using Moses's plea to enter the Promised Land in Deuteronomy 3, Pastor Miles teaches that God sometimes answers persistent, faithful prayer with a final "no," and that this particular "no" carries a deeper meaning: the law (Moses) cannot bring us into salvation—only Joshua, that is, Jesus, can.

Tracing the Bible's redemptive storyline from Genesis through Deuteronomy 3, Pastor Miles shows how the two-and-a-half tribes who settled east of the Jordan introduced a division that bred lasting conflict in Israel—and applies that warning to our own divided nation by calling believers to be slow to speak, slow to wrath, and ruled by love.

This teaching works through Deuteronomy 3, where Moses recounts Israel's victories east of the Jordan and the dividing of the land among the tribes, before being told he himself would not enter the Promised Land. It calls believers to fix their hearts and minds on God's faithfulness rather than the disappointments and divisions of the world.

On Pentecost Sunday 2020, Pastor Miles explains why Cross Connection Church is not yet gathering in person, appealing for unity in the body of Christ, and walks through Acts 2 to show that the church's true essence is devotion to the apostles' teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayer. The teaching closes with the celebration of communion.

On Pentecost Sunday 2020, Pastor Miles addresses why Cross Connection is not yet gathering in its facility, lamenting the division within the body of Christ over the issue and calling believers to the unity, humility, and like-mindedness Scripture commands. He then walks through Acts 2 to show the four things the early church remained devoted to—the apostles' teaching, fellowship, the breaking of bread, and prayers—and leads the church in communion.

Studying Deuteronomy 3 and Israel's defeat of Og king of Bashan, Pastor Miles addresses why God's judgment without mercy offends modern sensibilities, then redirects to the passage's greater point: God faithfully delivers victory to those who trust Him by faith. He opens by honoring the recently deceased Ravi Zacharias, John Wesley's Aldersgate experience, and calls listeners to trust Christ alone for salvation.