The Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry: Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers

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Thursday, May 23, 2019

Police Week 2019: "Trained for War"

Psalm 144:1 was a theme verse for our 2019 Police Week outreach in DC, but this verse has powerful application for ALL:
Police Week 2019: "Trained for War"

Thursday, September 20, 2018

The 9/11 Series -- "Why?", "When Towers Fall" and "Let's Roll!"

It you're not on my email list (email me at thecenturionministry@gmail.com), of if you missed them, here's my 3-part Bible study series based on the 9/11 attacks (much application for us here):
(1) "Why God?" (God's own answer to the proverbial, "Why does a loving God...?")
(2) "When Towers Fall" *(Part 2 of the "Why God?" question)
(3) "Let's Roll!" (God has a message for us in the heroism of Todd Beamer and this Flight 93 co-patriots).

Blessings!

Thursday, August 23, 2018

The Spirit of the Law vs. the Letter of the Law

Here's last week's Centurion newsletter and Bible study: The Spirit of the Law vs. the Letter of the Law. So much here for you!

MC

Thursday, August 9, 2018

Pursuing Truth

Here's our newsletter and profession-focused Bible study for the last week of July (again, email or following on social media is the fastest way to get these): Pursuing TRUTH!

MC

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

As Iron Sharpens Iron

And here's last week's Centurion newsletter and Bible study: As Iron Sharpens Iron

Monday, May 21, 2018

The Word and the Witness

Not yet on our newsletter/Bible study mailing list (email me requesting to be added)? Not following on social media? Here then is "The Word and the Witness" (recap of our introductory study through the Gospel of John).

MC

Monday, April 23, 2018

On Cops and Loving Our Enemies

Does God really expect those of us who serve in law enforcement to love our enemies? Especially when so many hate us? Can't encourage you enough to open your Bibles (and your hearts) to Cops and Loving Our Enemies.

Blessings!

MC

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

A Nation Desperate for God

Here's the Centurion newsletter and Bible study from the week of March 4th: "A Nation Desperate for God."

MC

Monday, March 5, 2018

"Take Courage" and "Where's Our Cover?"

While email or social media remains the best and quickest way to get our newsletters and Bible studies, here again are:
(1) "Take Courage!"
(2) "Where's Our Cover?"

Reach out if I can be of service

MC Williams
thecenturionministry @gmail.com

Monday, February 12, 2018

Over Our Dead Bodies

What are you willing to do to warn (provide backup) to a lost officer, friend or family member? Here's "Over Our Dead Bodies" (incredibly important Bible study/devo). Pass it on.

MC

Monday, January 29, 2018

Bold and Obedient

Here's the Centurion newsletter and Bible study for the week of January 14th, 2018: Bold and Obedient.

Pass it on!

MC

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

A Cop's Christmas

Here's the re-post of our final newsletter/Bible study of 2017. Praying God's blessings and covering over you in 2018. Here then is "A Cop's Christmas."

Happy New Year!

MC

Monday, October 23, 2017

Latest Newsletters/Bible Studies: "Playing in the Mud" and "Watchmen on the Wall"

I got a bit behind (email and social media remain the best ways to get these), but here's the latest

(1) Playing in the Mud

(2) Watchmen on the Wall

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Being Used by God

And here's this week's: "Being Used by God"

Monday, August 7, 2017

God is With Us in the Battle AND A Character Witness for Christ

Here's the latest two Centurion/FCPO e-newsletters and Bible studies that have gone out to our worldwide readership (email me at fullarmor911@yahoo.com to get signed up):

(1) God is With Us in the Battle

and

(2) A Character Witness for Christ

Stay safe out there -- but radically bold in Him.

MC

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

A Cop's Power

Here's last week's newsletter and Bible study -- A Cop's Power. As always, the best way to get these is via email or following me on social media ("MC Williams" or "The Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry" on Facebook, for example).
Blessings!
MC

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Our "Declaration of Dependence"

Yes...you heard right -- "dependence." Take the time to open your Bibles and dig into this week's newsletter and Bible study -- "A Cop's Declaration of Dependence."

Have a safe week -- but radically bold in Christ.

MC

Monday, June 26, 2017

Where's Your Backup

Here's our June 12 Centurion/FCPO newsletter and Bible study: Where's Your Backup?

MC

Thursday, May 25, 2017

In Valor There is Hope: Police Week 2017 Newsletter and Devotional

And this catches you up -- my Police Week 2017 report/newsletter and Bible study -- "In Valor There is Hope."

MC

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

When God Closes Doors

Here again is last week's e-newsletter and Bible study -- "When God Closes Doors." I will of course post this week's edition sometime next week but remember that getting signed up via email (send to thecenturionministry@yahoo.com or just click the link in this study) and/or catching my posts on social media is the best way to get these. Police Week is upon us -- great reminder to have a Code 3 sense of urgency in sharing the hope we have in Christ with our own.

Blessings!

MC

Our Core Verses

COPS -- God's ministers for good and a terror against evil. We do not bear the sword in vain.

(Paraphrase...for full text, see the Bible in Romans 13:1-4)

Psalm 82:3-4

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.ressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.he widow.

Colorado Law Enforcement Ministry Meeting Schedules

The Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry (FCPO-Denver)

On the local front (meaning Colorado Front Range) we typically meet for iron sharpens iron fellowship and Bible study every 2nd and 4th Tuesday evening of each month at Calvary Castle Rock. Email me for details at thecenturionministry@gmail.com or give me a shout at 720-371-1022

Men of Courage Law Enforcement Ministry

Buena Vista (CO) PD Sgt. Dean Morgan is leading a law enforcement fellowship/Bible study in Chaffee County and the surrounding area. Contact Dean at interceptor@policeone.com for more info.

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TCLEM Mission Statement

The mission of The Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry (TCLEM), is to educate law enforcement officers (police, deputies, troopers, investigators, parole/probation, corrections, military, etc.) about God's unique call on their lives as outlined in God's word (Bible) and to lead officers and their families to a saving knowledge of and close personal relationship with our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. Through same, we also seek to positively impact our profession by raising up Christian servant-leaders and reduce our historically high rates of divorce, alcoholism, depression, suicide and related issues.

Law enforcement is a God-ordained ministry of service and protection for our society as outlined in the Bible in Romans 13. Inasmuch as our very authority as peace officers is given to us by God, TCLEM seeks to affirm our calling as servant-warriors ("sheepdogs") and leaders while at the same time developing the our spiritual, family and personal lives through Bible study, peer fellowship, and group accountability along with active involvement in a solid Christ-centered/Bible-based church. We also seek to infuse our profession with godly leaders who will in fact LEAD (serve) from a biblical world view.

What We Believe (Statement of Faith)

(1) WE BELIEVE the only true basis of Christian fellowship is Christ's sacrificial agape love, which is greater than any secondary differences we possess, and without which we have no right to claim ourselves Christians.

(2) WE BELIEVE in all the fundamental doctrines of orthodox evangelical Christianity as detailed in God's word (Bible).

(3) WE BELIEVE the sixty-six books of the Bible (i.e. Old and New Testament) comprise the totality of Holy Scripture and is inerrant in the original text, and remains God-breathed/God-inspired and infallible in all its substance, and therefore, it is the supreme and final authority in faith, theology, and life. 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Psalm 119:11, 89, 105.

(4) WE BELIEVE that our Lord has called us to share the Word of God in such a way that its message can be applied to an individual's life and, in particular as it relates to our service in the God-ordained calling of law enforcement. We also believe that it is the responsibility and privilege of every Christian to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ and to seek to make growing disciples. Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8.

(5) WE BELIEVE there is only One true, eternally existent God. He exists in three co-equal persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The triune God is the Creator and Sustainer of all things, and is worthy of worship and obedience. Deut. 6:4-5; Genesis 1:31, Luke 3:21-22; Matthew 28:18-20, Rev. 4:11.

(6) WE BELIEVE in one God who is Creator of heaven and earth, Spirit, personal, transcendent, sovereign, life, love, truth, almighty, simple (i.e. one without parts), timelessly eternal, unchangeable, wise, just, holy, relational, dynamic and infallible in all things.

(7) WE BELIEVE that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully human, possessing two distinct natures which are co-joined in one person, that He was miraculously conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, lived a sinless and miraculous life, provided for the atonement of our sins by His vicarious substitutionary death on the Cross, was bodily resurrected by the power of the Holy Spirit, physically ascended back to the right hand of God the Father in heaven, and lives to make intercession for us. After Jesus ascended to Heaven, He poured out His Holy Spirit on the believers in Jerusalem, enabling them to fulfill His command to preach the gospel to the entire world, an obligation shared by all believers today. John 1:1-3,14; Matthew 1:18-25; Philippians 2:5-9; Colossians 1:15; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Acts 1:11.

(8) WE BELIEVE that all people are by nature separated from God and responsible for their own sin, but that salvation, redemption, and forgiveness are freely offered as a gift by the Lord Jesus Christ to all based on His grace alone. When a person sincerely repents of their sin and enters into a life-saving/life-changing personal relationsship (not "religion") with Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, they are immediately born again and sealed by the Holy Spirit, all their sins are forgiven, and they become a child of God -- changed, and destined to spend eternity with Him. John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-10; 2 Corinthians 5:21.

(9) WE BELIEVE in all the gifts of the Holy Spirit mentioned in the Scriptures, and that they are valid for today, and should be exercised within scriptural guidelines, seeking to exercise them in love that the whole Body of Christ might be edified. John 14:16-19; 16:7-15; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Romans 8:9,11; Titus 3:5.

(10) WE BELIEVE in the pre-tribulation rapture of the church, and we believe that the physical second coming of Christ with His saints to rule on the earth will be personal, premillennial, and visible. This motivates us to holy living, heart-felt worship, committed service, diligent study of God's Word, regular fellowship, and participation in the two ordinances the Lord gave the church - adult baptism by immersion and Holy Communion. Revelation 3:10, Thessalonians 5:9.

(11) WE BELIEVE there is a real personal devil of great evil, cunning, and power, who seeks to tempt, kill, steal, and destroy, yet his power is limited by God to only what God permits him to do; that the devil has been defeated positionally at the cross of Christ, and will be defeated practically at Christ's glorious second coming which will ultimately eventuate in the quarantine and punishment of the Satan (aka the Devil, Beast, and False Prophet, etc.) in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone where they will be tormented day and night forever (what has been traditionally called "Hell"). Luke 10:18; Matthew 4:10; John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11, etc.

(12) WE BELIEVE that our Lord is clear that there is ONLY ONE WAY to Christ and that is through a life-changing personal relationship with the Risen Savior. Jesus told his disciples, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). He did not merely point the way to God. He himself claimed to be the only way to the Father and the source of eternal truth and life. The way to God is through personal faith in Jesus Christ. Intellectual acceptance of Christ is not enough. You must come to him determined to turn from what displeases him, with a total trust in Christ's saving power for you.

Are you ready to receive Christ today? If so, scroll up towards the top of this page to the links under How Can I be Saved (AKA True "Officer Safety"). Please feel free to contact me if you need help in this area -- it would be my honour to lead you "home" to Christ!

If you sincerely put your faith in Christ, God promises not only to forgive you, but also to receive you into his family. It's the greatest discovery you will ever make!

Donate to the Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry

We do accept donations to support our ministry and outreach, including but not limited to leading officers to Christ, support for wounded officers; "officer down" outreach; chaplain and counseling services; speaking engagements; website expenses; ministry apparel, etc. Donations can be made out to The Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry and mailed to

P.O. Box 630854
Littleton, CO 80163

That said, support your church first...and then donate if the Holy Spirit inspires you to do so. Thanks in advance for your support.