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The Thin Blue Life
- Articles
When an Ambush Comes Out of Nowhere: What the D.C. Park Police Shooting Should Teach Us
Why Smart Cops Don’t Buy “Blind Faith”
More Than the Penal Code: Why Cops Are Called to Save Lives
Necessary Danger: Why Protecting Cops Protects Every Other Profession
When Applause Fades: Why Humble Cops Still Run Toward Danger
- Videos
Why America Still Needs Cops: A Christian Detective’s Case for Law Enforcement (Video)
Why Police Officers Need to Understand the Connection Between Trauma and Identity (Video)
Can a Detective Really Make a Case for Jesus? (Video)
How A Detective Might Make the Case for God (Video)
Crime Fighters: Why Would A Good God Allow Moral Evil? (Video)
- Podcasts
Cops, Christians, and a Culture on Edge (Podcast)
Cops Know the Difference Between Evidence and Proof (Podcast)
How a Murder and a Few Google Employees Demonstrated the Existence of God (Podcast)
What Should Christians Think About The State Of Law Enforcement In America? (Podcast)
How to Find Peace in the Chaos of Law Enforcement (Podcast)
Nature of Law Enforcement
On a Monday evening in Southeast Washington, D.C., a U.S. Park Police officer was shot while simply driving an unmarked vehicle as part of...
Investigating Christianity
Faith isn’t supposed to be blind, and as cops, we already live that reflects the evidential perspective of the Christian worldview. Like the earliest...
Nature of Law Enforcement
A recent story of a rescue in Kenosha, Wisconsin is an important reminder that our role as police officers is far more than simply...
Engaging Culture
Law enforcement has always been a dangerous profession, but recent announcements like Fort Worth Police Department’s decision to expand bullet‑resistant glass on patrol vehicles remind us...
Working as a Believer
Having now completed our verse-by-verse study series through each piece of a Christian’s spiritual body armor and weaponry (the Whole Armor of God —...
Investigating Christianity
I’ve been involved in jury trials for the past 30 years; I can’t even remember how many I’ve testified in as a police officer...
Working as a Believer
“And take the…Sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God” (Ephesians 6:17) What is God’s meaning and application for us here? How...
Investigating Christianity
Police officers are required to qualify with their service weapons on a regular basis. At our agency, we qualify every month, shooting a standard...
Your Legacy
“This is My command— be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you...
Working as a Believer
I’ve been part of a first responder family my entire life. I was born while my father was in the police academy and grew...
Working as a Believer
Our next piece of equipment in our study of the Armor of God (Ephesians 6:10-18), inspired by fellow cop-turned-minister Tony Miano’s excellent “Take Up...
Working as a Believer
I remember what it was like as a police recruit in training. In many ways, it doesn’t feel like it was that long ago....
Investigating Christianity
I met Tim Freel several years ago at the Breaching the Barricade Law Enforcement Conference in Elkhart, Indiana. Jim Bontrager invited me to speak...
Nature of Law Enforcement
Nature of Law Enforcement
Working as a Believer
Working as a Believer
Working as a Believer
Working as a Believer
Working as a Believer
