Line Upon Line

Drawing on Paul's appeal to Philemon to receive his runaway slave Onesimus, this teaching shows that forgiveness is the personal responsibility of every Christian, made possible because Christ bore the just punishment for our sin and absorbed a debt we could never pay. Because we have been forgiven much, we should be compelled to extend forgiveness freely, unchaining us from the bitterness that destroys.

Through the story of Philemon, Onesimus, and Paul, this teaching shows that the forgiveness we receive from God in Christ is pure grace that must in turn make us gracious and forgiving toward others. Drawing on Philemon 1, it argues that forgiveness is the fitting response of the forgiven sinner, that grace makes us more useful to God, and that eternal outcomes outweigh temporal difficulties.

In Micah chapter 3, Pastor Miles examines God's judgment against the corrupt leaders of Judah—the princes, priests, and prophets—who led the people into sin through injustice, greed, and false comfort. The teaching challenges believers to see their own sin as God sees it rather than minimizing it by comparison to others.

In Micah chapter two, God pronounces "woe" upon His people for the sin of covetousness—premeditating wicked schemes to seize their neighbors' lands and houses. Because they devise iniquity, God devises a corresponding judgment of exile, yet His punishment aims at purification, promising that a refined remnant will ultimately return.

Opening a new series on the book of Philemon, Pastor Miles introduces the letter's first-century context and its central theme of forgiveness and liberty, arguing that the gospel of grace is the greatest good in the world and the only true source of freedom from the tyranny of death and slavery to sin.

An introductory session to a nine-week study of Micah, explaining the inductive Bible study method (observation, interpretation, application) and setting the historical, biblical, and prophetic context for the book before examining its opening verse. Micah, an eighth-century BC minor prophet near Jerusalem, brought God's corrective word to a wayward Israel and Judah, calling them to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.

Opening a new series on the book of Philemon, this teaching frames Paul's short letter as a message about liberty and forgiveness, arguing that the gospel is the true engine of freedom in the world. Pastor Miles unpacks Philemon's praiseworthy character as evidence that God's forgiving grace produces sweet fruit in transformed lives.

A verse-by-verse teaching on Psalm 133, showing that the unity of God's people gathered to worship is both good and pleasant, illustrated by the anointing oil running down Aaron's beard and the dew of Hermon descending on Zion. The message argues that there is no life in Christ apart from the community of the saints, and calls believers to live life in connection with God, one another, and the world through Jesus.

Working through Psalm 67, Pastor Miles shows that God delights to bless His people not as an end in itself but so that His salvation—Jesus—would be known among all nations, producing global joy and worship. Believers are blessed to be a blessing, called to experience and extend the gospel until all peoples praise God.

A verse-by-verse study of Psalm 67, tracing God's blessing back through the Aaronic blessing (Numbers 6) and the Abrahamic covenant (Genesis 12) to show that God blesses His people for the purpose of global praise, joy, and the spread of salvation in Jesus to all nations.