Line Upon Line

Pastor Miles teaches the entire book of Joshua as a picture of the victorious, Spirit-filled Christian life described in Romans 8, showing how Israel's entrance into the promised land illustrates how believers step by faith out of wilderness wandering into rest, fruitfulness, and victory in Christ. He walks through the book's four divisions—the entrance, the conquest, the division and possession, and the perils—drawing spiritual lessons from each battle and event.

A whole-book journey through Deuteronomy, presenting it as Moses's second giving of the law to the generation poised to enter the Promised Land, and applying that "land of rest" to the Spirit-filled, victorious Christian life. Pastor Miles shows that God's good law reveals our sinfulness, drives us to grace, and—when loved and obeyed out of gratitude—leads believers from the wilderness into fruitfulness.

A walk through the book of Numbers as the wilderness chapter of God's redemptive story, paralleling Israel's failures and slow growth with the believer's struggle in sanctification (Romans 7) on the way to the rest and victory God promises. Pastor Miles shows how Israel's unbelief kept a whole generation out of the promised land, even as God faithfully provided, protected, guided, and blessed His people.

A verse-by-verse overview of Leviticus, showing that the book centers on atonement, sanctification, and holiness, and that its five offerings, its blood, and its priesthood all point to and find fulfillment in Jesus Christ. Pastor Miles emphasizes that God redeemed Israel out of Egypt by grace, then gave Leviticus to show how a saved people could approach and be cleansed by a holy God—a costly process now accomplished in Christ for believers who are themselves a royal priesthood.

A verse-by-verse walk through Exodus showing that its central theme is redemption—God's power to deliver dead, enslaved man out of Egypt and to dwell in the midst of His redeemed people. The teaching traces Israel from slavery, through Moses and the plagues, across the Red Sea, into the wilderness, and to Sinai, drawing New Testament parallels throughout.

As Jesus nears Jerusalem amid expectations of an immediate kingdom, He tells the parable of the nobleman and the ten pounds to teach that His kingdom will be established at a later return, calling His servants to faithful stewardship and warning of judgment for both unfaithful servants and rebellious citizens. His triumphal entry, lament over Jerusalem, and cleansing of the temple all confirm that He came first as a Lamb and will return as a conquering King.

As Jesus passes through Jericho on His final journey to Jerusalem, He calls Zacchaeus, a despised chief tax collector, down from a sycamore tree and declares that He must stay at his house. The encounter produces an instant transformation and salvation, illustrating that Jesus is the friend of sinners who came to seek and save the lost.

Teaching through Luke 18:15-43, Pastor Miles examines three encounters—children brought to Jesus, the rich young ruler, and blind Bartimaeus—to show that salvation is impossible for man yet possible with God, received only by childlike, humble faith that follows Jesus. Riches and religion often hinder people from Christ, while the childlike and the blind find Him.

Teaching through Luke 17:11-37, Pastor Miles examines the healing of ten lepers, where all were cleansed but only one—a Samaritan who returned to worship—was made whole. He then moves into Jesus' teaching on the kingdom of God, warning that outward religious cleansing without inward transformation is spiritually dangerous, and expounds Christ's warnings about end-times deception and His visible return.

An overview of Genesis as the book of origins, beginning with "In the beginning, God," establishing that creation reveals God's existence, power, and intelligence while Scripture reveals His will and character. The teaching traces God's redemptive plan from the fall through five key characters—Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph—who picture regeneration, justification, sonship, sanctification, and glorification.