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Midlane Park Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, 6209 Six Mile Lane, Louisville, KY (2026)

08/31/2026

Time for Missions
Midlane Park members traveled to Jasper, Ind., on Sunday to join a special service establishing a new ARP Church. https://jasperarpchurch.org/

Below is information about a program of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Churches.

WORLD WITNESS INTERNSHIPS
For young adults who want to explore a calling to global missions!
During your internship you will:
- Be mentored by missionaries.
- Serve in local churches and outreach ministries.
- Grow in your personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
- Engage people from different nations.
The internship is a 9-month commitment, which includes:
- Having 6 months of a supervised preparation program in the U.S. (part time)
- Living approx. 3 months on the field in a multicultural context in Germany with World Witness missionaries.��Applicants must be U.S. citizens.
Personal fundraising is required. Cost TBD.
Ready to take the next step? Fill out the form!
https://worldwitness.org/internship
Img: https://www.worldmap.org/world-maps.html Map showing Missions Atlas Project (MAP)

08/24/2026

SUNDAY SERMON NOTES | Evan Patriatan | 1 John 2:1-2 | Our Divine Advocate

A paradox for Christians is presented in the first chapter of 1 John. John says that we are cleansed from all sin if we walk in the light, but next says, If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

Anticipating this seeming confusion, in the second chapter, John says: "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." (vss 1,2)

Man was created to exercise dominion over creation and to multiply, but sin and death entered by temptation, the deceit of Satan and man’s desire to be in God’s place. Sin at its core is rebellion against God.

The reason for the Jewish sacrifices was to pay the price of sin, yet our sin is too great to be fully washed away by the blood of animals. It is like trying to empty a lake using a cup.

We cannot give ourselves assurance of salvation, though many false doctrines have proposed various ways of penance to do so.

It is possible to know we are forgiven and saved. John tells us: Fight sin! But if you sin, you have an advocate who is your surety or confidence before the Judge.

A ‘Propitiation' is an Atoning Sacrifice, a Mercy Seat to satisfy the wrath of a just and perfect God. Christ has paid for our sin. Here are three ways his Propitiation solves our doubt and confusion, giving us assurance:
1) He paid for All of it -no more sacrifices are needed, 2) It is completely Undeserved, 3) We accept if freely by Faith.

What does it mean that this is for the whole world? It does not indicate that all men are saved since the Bible does not say that; it means this one-time-for-all sacrifice is sufficient for anyone who believes. And it empowers us to go tell the gospel to all.

Answer your doubts! Live with bold hope because you are once-for-all justified for all time.

Img: Wikimedia Commons, Icon of Passion of Jesus Christ, Novgorod— Top right- taking Christ into captivity; top left- The flagellation of Christ; bottom left- Bearing the cross; bottom right- The crucifixion

08/17/2026

SUNDAY SERMON NOTES | Josh Headrick | John 17:1-5 | Father, Glorify Your Son

In the sequence of Christ's final hours with his disciples, John relates the events of the evening and his many treasured promises, prophecies and, in these verses, the opening words of his prayer for these special friends.

In tribulation, we may not know how to pray for family and friends. It will be well to remember Romans 8:26, "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered."

A Bible commentator has said, "If I could only hear those prayers, I would not be afraid. ---Believe!"

Christ began his prayer for his disciples with these words: "Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee"...

The 'hour' refers to his crucifixion; his 'glorification' refers to his death and resurrection. Because of these, those whom the Father has given to the Son will receive eternal life.

Some have pondered heaven and thought it may become boring after a spell. ! Could all the categories of enjoying the Lord forever become tedious? Imagine all the joy!

We can learn from this prayer how to pray. Pray the Lord will grant to you hard work, not easy steps, that your life might glorify Christ.

What would bring the Lord the most glory from your life's work? Lord, teach us to pray!
img: Wikimedia public domain- A poppy at Gethsemane

08/10/2026

SUNDAY SERMON NOTES | Jake Hovis, M Div, PhD | Luke 23:43 | Today You Will Be With Me In Paradise

Have you ever been embarrassingly late? The malefactor* who received the gift of salvation at the last possible moment was very late to that marvelous escape from death.

When we repent with godly sorrow, we have reached the moment of God's gracious work in our heart to save us from our sins and from an eternity without Christ, without life.

The crucifixion was a time of torturing and mocking the Lord, gambling for his clothes, deriding and ridiculing him, yet he was the King of Kings.

Hung between two criminals, one asked for help: “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” (vs 39) This one typifies the person who seeks salvation without repentance; he has no sense that he is guilty before God. Grace is cheap to him; God is love and won't refuse anyone who asks.

The other malefactor understood that Christ really was the King of Jews as it was inscribed over him. He rebuked his counterpart, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” (vss 40-42)

The Gospel requires a righteous view of Christ and that he is fundamentally different from us. There is no fear of God in the worldly man.

The Gospel is a transaction-- a great exchange of our sin for Christ's righteousness, but we must understand our need to repent of sin.

May God reveal to us our sins of commission or omission and help us to repent. Like the criminal who received mercy, may we place our hope in Christ alone, not in our deeds, heritage, or the false doctrine of the easy-believe-ism.
*malefactor or criminal, often termed a thief in expositions of this passage
img: Francesco Allegrini da Gubbio, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons -Christ and the Good Thief

08/03/2026

SUNDAY SERMON NOTES - C**t Howell | Daniel 3, 4 | "Saved from the Fire, Save from Ourselves"

Question: When cultural pressures ramp up, to whom will you bow?

Daniel 3 tells of the gold statue made by King Nebuchadnezzar as a focus for worship of himself. He gathered all the important people of Babylon to attend its dedication. All were to bow in worship of the image when music sounded, but the Jews did not.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego chose instead to be thrown into a fiery furnace. They realized that their God may not prevent their death from burning, but knew they could only serve and worship Him.

After they were bound and cast into the furnace, the king was astonished to see four men, loosed and walking about in the fire, unharmed. He called the three out of the fire, and not even their hair was singed.

Then Nebuchadnezzar blessed their God and decreed that any who spoke against Him would be cut in pieces and their houses destroyed, and the three Jews were promoted.

We think of small compromises in business or political matters or sexual ethics that our culture lures us to pursue— if we are willing to compromise our obedience to the Word of God.

We can be sure that if we stand firm and refuse to bow to the world, the Lord will meet us in the fiery furnace and we will be delivered from trials in his timing.

Though Nebuchadnezzar turned for a while from self-adulation, the sin was not conquered, and a dream warned him he would become like a beast for seven years until he had humbled himself to acknowledge God's sovereignty over his life and the earth. The interpreter of the dream was Daniel who genuinely cared for him despite so many reasons to the contrary.

This story ends with the king’s acknowledgement: “Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase." (Dan 4:37)

Pride is a spiritual insanity; many stubbornly refuse to yield their lives to the Lord. Dark circumstances may be a severe mercy in these cases.

Let's be united by faith to him who lives forever. Jesus entered the fiery furnace of God's righteous demand of the cross. Stand against the world; be anchored in God's sovereignty and character.
img: Wikimedia Commons: Nebuchadnezzar- William Blake

07/27/2026

Sunday Sermon Notes | Bobby Conti, M.Div, SBTS | Gal 4:21-31, "A Tale of Two Women"

In Proverbs we read, "There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death." (Prov. 14:12; 16:25)

Paul wanted the Galatians to understand their dilemma and danger.

In life, Christians may pursue wrong paths. Legalism leads to death; heresy draws us away from the Gospel. But as we pray and read the Word, we are directed into all truth.

When we don't understand God's promises, we will not benefit from them.

Abraham had two sons. Ishmael was born by Hagar after the flesh (self effort) and represents ethnic Israel. Isaac was the son of Sarah born from the promise (God’s providence) and typifies those who believe in Christ by faith. Ethnic Israel has no advantage over the children of the Lord.

Paul wrote: But what does Scripture say? “Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.” (Gal 4:30)

This passage teaches us:
1 The Gospel helps us understand God's promises.
2 The Gospel helps us obtain the blessings of God.
3 The Gospel teaches us whose child we are.
God's promises are faithful and true.

At times we may believe we have found truth, but it leads to death. Abide in the Word and live as children of God.

"...brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman." (vs 31)
Img: Jan Victors painting of Hagar Banished, public domain

07/20/2026

During the worship service today we sang America the Beautiful and My Country 'Tis of Thee. These are hymns that express biblical truths.

SUNDAY SERMON NOTES | Reverend Joey Donahue, retired Presbyterian Reformed (ARP) pastor, preached on Galatians 5:1, "Liberty".

The celebration of America's 250th birthday brings a focus on freedom and liberty. America is still the nation the world looks to for freedom and opportunity. We do not take it for granted.

There is conversation today about Christian Faith and Patriotism. Is one the same as the other? In some ways, yes.

Some feel that Christians are a great threat to liberty, yet this nation's beginning was rooted in Bible truth.

The ground of liberty is found in religious conviction. Our Constitution was written for a moral people.

The purpose of government is to protect our rights and serve justice, not to be a 'nanny'. Nor does the Lord want to be our nanny.

God designed man to be a volitional and rational creature whose heart craves freedom and liberty. A Christian has a moral obligation to pursue responsible freedom.

Many now believe that communism with its offer of state provisions is their answer to security, but it is slavery.

The Presbyterians were the leading force behind the colonies' bond of union, because of the General Synod of the Presbyterian Church in the new land. It was the only representative of a fully developed federal republican institution.

The Presbyterians took a very prominent part in the American Revolution. "The Revolution of 1776, so far as it was affected by religion, was a Presbyterian measure. It was the natural outgrowth of the principles which the Presbyterianism of the Old World planted in her sons, The English Puritans, the Scotch Covenanters, the French Huguenots, the Dutch Calvinists, and the Presbyterians of Ulster... The war was spoken of in England as 'The Presbyterian rebellion'." (Bancroft) Its churches lined up on the side of the colonists and urged independence.

Devotion to Scripture and living the truths proclaimed was their driving force.

Paul exhorted the Galatians to 'Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bo***ge.' (Gal 5:1)

Our freedom in Christ must find expression in freedom of worship and liberty of conscience in our country's liberty. We must stand up for America's liberty.

A prayer: "God shed His grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea."
img: Robert McGill Mackall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

07/13/2026

SUNDAY SERMON NOTES | Jake Hovis, M Div, PhD | Luke 23:32-34 | Father, Forgive Them

The last words of men are significant to ponder. Charles Spurgeon said, 'Jesus died for me.' Our words reflect what is in our hearts.

Jesus' spoke seven 'last words.' The first was, "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do."

Christ had suffered betrayal, flogging, mocking, rejection and tremendous insults and said nothing. But when the Roman soldiers nailed him to the cross, he prayed aloud for them.

We, too, should always pray, and not allow suffering to keep us from the throne of grace.

Christ prayed for 'the bad guys.' His selfless concern is mind-boggling. A powerful person would normally want revenge.

The soldiers were taking an innocent life—the only truly innocent life in the world. This was a crime against God and man-- a horrendous act of the greatest magnitude. But they did not know.

In a larger sense, we nailed Christ to his cross; without his sacrifice we are not saved. 'While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.' (Rom 5:8) Now we ought to act as if we have been forgiven.

Christ's words to us must also be through us to others. In Matthew 18 he commands his followers to forgive their debtors not seven times, but seven times 70.

In the parable of the man who owed the king $7 billion (10,000 talents), the king forgave his debt, but that man refused to forgive the one who owed him only $11,000 (100 denari).

We must forgive our debtors from our heart if we are harboring resentment.
img: Wikimedia: The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant / Jan van Hemessen

07/06/2026

Sunday Sermon Notes | Bobby Conti, M.Div, SBTS | Galatians 4:11-20 | "Paul's Plea for the Gospel"

At times a Christian may need to guide a new believer in respect to doctrine. Be gracious to new believers. Love the Lord, and love others more effectually!

Paul entreated the Galatians humbly, gently and in a Christ-like way. Gospel faithfulness is shown in three ways in today's passage.

In vss 11-12, Paul presents himself as a role model for these new believers. At times we look to leaders among us for guidance. If a man like Paul has been our mentor in the church, we should be grateful.

Paul was concerned he may have labored in vain in his ministry, but the Lord promised, "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me"—and not be cast out. True believers cannot lose their salvation. A comfort for pastors.

Paul reminded them how he preached despite his infirmity of the flesh; and this infirmity was not despised by them, but they received Paul as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. Accept him now! "Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?" vss 13-16

Then, in vss 17-20 Paul pleads with them to see that the Judaizers were blocking the way to salvation by their teaching. Paul was anguished and wanted to be with them so he could change his tone; he is perplexed.

Paul's emotional warning is to preserve the truth of the Gospel, that Christ might be formed in the Galatians.

Though we can never fully arrive in this life at a perfect understanding and practice of our faith, we must work each day toward that goal. How are you doing in Bible reading and prayer?
Img: Saint Paul writing his epistles, wikimedia commons

06/29/2026

SUNDAY SERMON NOTES | Evan Patriatan | 1 John 1:5-10 | Walk in the Light of God

A baby bird can show us how Christians learn to walk in the faith. The bird watches his mom and dad to understand how to fly, and we Christians must observe the lives of mature Christians to learn how to grow strong and bear fruit.

The Christian life is meant to be lived in fellowship with others; our faith was never meant to be lived in isolation.

John's message to his readers is twofold:
1) God is light and in him is no darkness at all.
- God permits bad things to happen but it is always for good purposes and good will result; God is never the author of evil.
2) If we say we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness, we lie and truth is not in us.
- The proof of our faith is shown by our works and deeds. Our behavior reflects what is in our heart.

Walking is a step-by-step process. Walking in darkness means we have slipped away from serving and honoring the Lord through disobedience to his commands, and one step into wrong becomes two and then more as we lose our footing in the kingdom.

Those who struggle against sin and fear its mark on their lives are not unbelievers. If you are encouraged by fellowship, you are not in darkness. If you pray and seek help to walk uprightly, then you are not in darkness.

If you think you are OK despite backsliding, think again. "We deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us." (vs 8)

Verse 9 says, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

God will not sneer at us if we repent and seek forgiveness with a sincere heart.

John ends with the truth that everyone sins: "If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us."

Make it a habit to walk in truth and light, remembering God's promise to forgive our sins when we show sorrow and turn from them.

Img by vrolanas in Pixabay.com

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