Line Upon Line

Pastor Miles teaches Deuteronomy 2:26-37, addressing the "genocide" passages so often used against the Bible by skeptics. He argues that before God judges, He always offers words of peace, that God is righteous in His judgments, and that all people—including us—deserve judgment and need the grace, mercy, and peace found only in Jesus Christ.

Pastor Miles addresses how Cross Connection Church will move forward amid COVID-19 restrictions, explaining why returning to a heavily restricted in-person service is undesirable and proposing instead an Acts 2 model of gathering from house to house. He frames this moment as an evangelistic opportunity in which God continues to build His church.

Using Israel's thirty-eight years of wandering in Deuteronomy 2, Pastor Miles teaches that the deadly contagion that quarantined a generation in the wilderness was unbelief, and that God uses aimless wandering, provoked jealousy, and the discomfort of defeat to stir His people to trust Him and possess the life He has promised.

Drawing from Deuteronomy 1, Pastor Miles teaches that God's aim is to make us dependable people who can speak order into chaos—but this is only possible as we ourselves become dependent upon Him. Using Israel's failure to enter the Promised Land out of fear and self-reliance, he calls believers to enlightened reliance upon God rather than independence.

Drawing from Deuteronomy 1, Pastor Miles teaches that in chaotic, uncertain times we are in desperate need of leaders—and citizens—marked by knowledge, understanding, wisdom, and faith. Using the twelve spies as a case study, he warns that the data of experts, while true, must be balanced by wisdom, understanding, and trust in God.

Preaching on Easter Sunday in the midst of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, Pastor Miles uses the road to Emmaus account in Luke 24 to show that the risen Jesus draws near to grieving, confused disciples whose hopes have been shattered. Just as Jesus walked with Cleopas and his companion, He is nearer than we think, aware of our burdens, and eager to give us perspective, peace, and Himself.

Pastor Miles teaches from James 1:2-4 on Palm Sunday, showing how God uses trying circumstances—including the present coronavirus crisis—as chosen tools to test, purify, and mature the believer's faith. He calls Christians to choose joy in trials because God is at work completing the believer into Christlikeness, and closes with communion and a gospel invitation.

Teaching from Philippians 1, Pastor Miles draws encouragement from Paul writing in lockdown to a house-meeting church, showing that even bound and uncertain circumstances can turn out for the furtherance of the gospel and for God's transforming work in us. He closes with a gospel invitation and the assurance that temporary trials remind Christians of eternal glory.

Speaking to his church amid the early COVID-19 pandemic, Pastor Miles addresses how Christians should respond to global chaos, urging wisdom, responsiveness, and trust in God. Drawing from John 9, Isaiah 26, and especially Philippians 4:4-9, he teaches that believers can rejoice, remain steady, find peace through persistent prayer, and fix their attention on God so as to draw near to the God of peace and share that peace with a fearful world.

Drawing from Israel's failure of nerve at Kadesh Barnea in Deuteronomy 1, Pastor Miles addresses the fear and uncertainty of the COVID-19 crisis, urging believers to trust in the God who stands above all troubling circumstances. He warns that unbelief grieves God and forfeits His blessing, while faith in Christ offers peace that becomes a powerful witness to a fearful world.