Line Upon Line

Paul's brief, personal letter to Philemon appeals for the runaway slave Onesimus, now a believer, to be received back not as a slave but as a beloved brother in Christ. The letter pictures the gospel: those once unprofitable and enslaved to sin are made profitable and free because Christ paid the debt and stands with us.

A study of the book of Joel and its central theme of the great and terrible day of the Lord, showing how Joel's vision of an invading army applies to current world events and how the church must respond with prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Pastor Miles calls believers to wake up, examine themselves, and seek revival as the second coming of Christ draws near.

Drawing from Isaiah 2, Joel 3, and Zechariah 12, Pastor Miles teaches that the world's longing for peace will remain elusive until Christ returns, and that current Middle East conflicts and the rise of radical Islam fulfill biblical prophecy. He calls believers to recognize evil, see God's hand in current events, and seize the great opportunity to share Christ's love with Muslims and others who don't know Him.

As the early church faced its first real spiritual opposition, the believers responded not with protest or fear but with prayer—remembering who God is and what He has said, recognizing how His word applied to their situation, and asking for boldness rather than escape. Pastor Miles draws from Acts 4:23-31 a model for how Christians should meet trial and persecution today.

A verse-by-verse walk through Paul's letter to Titus, focusing on Paul's charge to appoint qualified elders and set the Cretan churches in order through sound doctrine. The teaching emphasizes that God's grace both saves us and instructs us to live soberly, righteously, and godly while awaiting Christ's return.

A verse-by-verse study of Isaiah chapter 1 (with chapter 5) in which God stands as prosecuting attorney against His own people Judah, exposing their rebellion, rejecting their hollow worship, comparing them to Sodom and Gomorrah, and yet calling them to repentance with the promise that scarlet sins can be made white as snow. The teaching applies this warning to modern America and exhorts believers to boldly proclaim the gospel before the coming day of judgment.

As Peter and John are arrested for preaching the resurrection through Jesus, the early church grows by the power of the Holy Spirit, not human eloquence. Pastor Miles teaches that there is salvation in no other name than Jesus Christ, and that believers must boldly proclaim this exclusive gospel even as a secularizing culture pressures the church to keep quiet.

A verse-by-verse walk through 2 Timothy, Paul's final letter, written from a Roman dungeon as he faced martyrdom and exhorted a timid Timothy to stand strong in a collapsing world. The teaching highlights Paul's charges to Timothy—stir up his gift, not be ashamed, hold fast sound doctrine, and faithfully preach the word—drawing parallels to the perilous last days believers face today.

A verse-by-verse study of Exodus 6–14 showing how the ten plagues each dethroned a false god of Egypt, paralleling Israel's twofold rejection and eventual reception of their deliverer—a type of Christ. Miles then applies Isaiah 19 and Leviticus 26 to argue that the same "indicators of judgment" appear when a nation departs from God, including modern America.

Pastor Miles reads the weekly synagogue Torah portion (Exodus 1–5) as a prophetic mirror of current events, tracing parallels between Pharaoh's rise and a new American administration: a leader who does not favor Israel, brings unrighteous decrees and heavy burdens, prompts Israel's cry to God, and is answered by a Moses-type deliverer who comes with plagues before deliverance. He ties this to Genesis 12's blessing/curse promise and the end-times signs of Matthew 24, urging the church to be watchful.