Line Upon Line

Teaching from 1 Timothy 1, Pastor Miles explains that Paul charged Timothy to keep the Ephesian church in sound doctrine and away from fables and endless genealogies. The purpose of right doctrine is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith—so the fruit of a church reveals whether its teaching is true.

Teaching from 1 Timothy 1:8, Pastor Miles explains that the law of God is good if used lawfully—it was not given to make people good but to convict sinners of their need and point them to the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. He warns against preaching bad law both from the pulpit and through a "fake good life" of accidental Phariseeism.

Paul charges Timothy to remain in Ephesus to guard the church's teaching, leading and teaching sound doctrine while defending against error. The mark of right doctrine is not impressive talk but love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith.

Teaching from John 1:29-46 on how John the Baptist and the first disciples pointed people to Jesus, and how every believer is called to do the same by simply inviting others to "come and see." Pastor Miles shows that Jesus seeks seekers, knows them fully, and has a plan for everyone who comes to Him.

A verse-by-verse study of the closing exhortations of Hebrews 13, showing how genuine faith in Jesus produces excellence in Christian living. Pastor Miles works through six practical marks of a transformed life: loving others in word and deed, honoring marriage, refusing the love of money, following godly leaders, and offering God acceptable sacrifices of praise and good works.

Drawing on Hebrews 12, Pastor Miles teaches that hope for a better future—anchored in Christ and the glory of heaven—enables believers to endure present suffering. He argues that suffering is temporary, purposeful, and used by God in His loving discipline to make us more like Christ.

A verse-by-verse walk through Hebrews 11, the "hall of faith," drawing eleven truths about faith from the lives of the named and unnamed men and women who trusted the invisible God against all odds. The teaching emphasizes that righteousness comes by faith, not works, and that we are called to endure faithfully like those who came before us.

Pastor Miles teaches through Hebrews 10:26-39, addressing the centuries-old debate between God's sovereignty and man's responsibility in salvation and showing that this passage is a real, conditional warning to believers to maintain their faith until the end. He argues that the choice before us is binary—Christ or judgment—and that a true knowledge of God's just and gracious nature should drive us to press on with confidence toward an eternal reward.

Building on Hebrews' ten-chapter case for the superiority of Jesus, Pastor Miles teaches that the "therefore" of Hebrews 10:19 marks the turn from doctrine to response: because Christ is a better priest who offered a better sacrifice, believers can boldly draw near to God and should respond with growing faith, hope, and love.

Pastor Miles teaches Hebrews 9:16-28 to show why Christ's once-for-all death was necessary, contrasting the repeated, insufficient sacrifices of the Old Covenant with the eternal redemption secured by Jesus' own blood. He argues that the New Covenant—forgiveness of sin and God's law written on the heart—was God's plan from the beginning, providing rest that the law could never give.