The Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry: Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers (FCPO)

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Monday, May 9, 2016

Get in the Fight!

I've been remiss about re-posting last week's newsletter (and this week's will be posted soon) but the best way to get these is to subscribe and have then come to your email (free, of course). Regardless, here again is "Get in the Fight."

MC

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Warriors on the Wall

This week's Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry newsletter and Bible study has gone out to our email subscribers (FREE) but here it is again in this venue. I've also posted a slew of pics from the National Peace Officers Appreciation Day and Breaching the Barricade LE Conference on my Facebook page. Here then is "Warriors on the Wall" with special appreciation to fellow Chaplain Jim Bontrager.

MC

Monday, September 21, 2015

Cops, Christians and "The Badge"

Our weekly e-newsletter and Bible study has once again gone out to our email subscribers and is posted on our Facebook pages as well but here it is again in this format (in our new, mobile device-friendly format): read, apply, pray and pass-on Cops, Christians and "The Badge".

MC

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Divine Appointments

This week's Centurion LE Ministry newsletter and Bible study has finally been posted to our social media pages and sent via email to our subscribers (FREE) but here it is again in this venue. So much for us here in Divine Appointments. Don't forget to pass it on!

Never before in my 30 years in law enforcement have I seen things this bad...please pray, be armored up and in a right relationship with God in Christ will also dedicating yourselves to your physical and mental training/prep in these dire last days. Stay frosty!

MC

Monday, July 13, 2015

God Wants to Use YOU

As before, this week's Centurion LE Ministry/FCPO newsletter and Bible study has gone out to our email subscribers (FREE) but here it is again in this format. Do you know that God wants to use you? That He can and will transform you for His purpose if you are willing to seek Him and walk in obedience? It is not about YOU so much as what God can do THROUGH you. Take the time to open your Bible and apply God Wants to Use YOU (and then pass it on to others).

Stay the course and (for those here in the Denver area) hope to see you at the ministry potluck and BBQ on Saturday!

MC

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Are we to obey all laws?

As usual, this week's newsletter and Bible study went out to subscribers via email but here it is again in this venue. Take the time to read, apply and pass-on "Obedience to All Laws?"

MC

Sunday, June 21, 2015

A Changed Life

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!

This week's Centurion LE Ministry and FCPO newsletter has once again gone out to our worldwide list of email subscribers (FREE), albeit with some obligatory typos and formatting issues. Accordingly, here's the corrected version -- "A Changed Life." Please take the time to open both your Bibles with the many linked resources I've included with it. There are also some important prayer requests, resources and event announcements. Finally don't forget to pass it on when done!

Have a blessed week!

MC

Monday, June 15, 2015

"Waiting on God"

As usual, this week's Centurion LE Ministry/FCPO newsletter and Bible study has gone out to our worldwide list of email subscribers (FREE) and is posted on Facebook and Twitter as well. However, here again is "Waiting on God." Don't forget to pass it on!

MC

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

The Fallen Warrior

Sorry for the delay in posting this week's newsletter (away on vacation) but the best way to receive it is to sign up to get in via email (FREE). Regardless, here's "The Fallen Warrior." Special thanks to Marc Crawford of Bearing the Sword ministry for this week's Bible study.

PASS IT ON!

MC

Monday, June 1, 2015

A Cop's True Strength and Power

Once again, our weekly e-newsletter and Bible study has gone out to our email subscribers but here it is again in this format: A Cop's True Strength and Power. Don't forget to read, apply and pass it on.

MC

Monday, May 18, 2015

Radical Cops and Radical Christians for Radical Times

This week's newsletter details our outreach mission to our own in DC and VA during National Police Week and recaps the message I shared at the RISE Christian Law Enforcement Conference. Understand that our Lord is calling us to radical faith and service in these radical times. My prayer is that it will both challenge and encourage you (and don't forget to pass it on). See Radical Cops and Radical Christians for Radical Times.

Blessings!

MC

Monday, May 11, 2015

Life-Saving Backup

This week's newsletter and Bible study comes to you from DC and VA where we're ministering to our own at the RISE Christian Law Enforcement Conference and National Police Week. I'm posting lots of pics on Facebook and I'll share more in next week's newsletter. Special thanks go to Travis Yates and Tony Miano for this week's devo/Bible study: Life-Saving Backup. Don't forget to pass it on.

MC

Monday, May 4, 2015

Understanding "Why?"

This week's Centurion/FCPO newsletter and Bible study has once again gone out to our email and social media subscribers (FREE) but here it is in this venue as well: Understanding "Why?". Lots if 411, prayer requests, announcements and of course a very applicable Bible study. Don't forget to pass it on!

MC

Monday, April 27, 2015

A Believer's Field Training

This week's e-newsletter and Bible study has once again gone out to our email subscribers but here it is again in this format. Don't forget to pass it on when done! "A Believer's Field Training."

These are dark days for us in law enforcement -- be sure you armor up and wield your sword which is the Word of God.

MC

Sunday, April 19, 2015

The Posture of Your Heart

This week's newsletter and Bible study has once again gone out to our email subscribers (FREE) but, as always, I've reproduced it here as well. Be sure to pray, read, heed and share "The Posture of Your Heart." Also special thanks to fellow Chaplain Jack Crans for sharing his message/study with us!

Stay safe (but bold in Christ)!

MC

Monday, April 13, 2015

Doing What's Right in Your Own Eyes

This week's Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry/FCPO newsletter and Bible study has once again gone out to our worldwide email subscribers and is posted on Facebook and in this venue as well. As always, my prayer is that you'll be challenged and will grow in your own faith walk through these messages. See Doing What's Right in Your Own Eyes and then pass it on to
others.

Blessings!

MC

Sunday, April 5, 2015

The Resurrection "Crime Scene"

My annual Easter newsletter and Bible study -- The Resurrection "Crime Scene" -- has gone out to our worldwide email subscribers (FREE) but is presented in this venue as well in the hope that you'll use it a both a resource and an opportunity to pass it on to others. That said, Diana and I pray that the true meaning of Resurrection Sunday -- that Christ went to the cross to die in YOUR place and then rose again three days later in victory over death and as a symbol of the eternal life that is granted to all who repent and believe (surrender/cleave) in Him -- will be a source of true hope and joy for all of you.

He is risen! He is risen indeed!

MC

Monday, March 30, 2015

American Idolatry

This week's Centurion/FCPO newsletter has once again gone out to our worldwide list of email subscribers but it is published here for you as well (and full of resources, events, prayer requests and of course a very challenging Bible study): American Idolatry. Don't forget to pass it on!

MC

Sunday, March 8, 2015

A Warrior's Narrow Way

This week's newsletter and Bible study has gone out to our worldwide list of email subscribers (and posted on Facebook as well) but here it is again in this format: "A Warrior's Narrow Way." What road are you on (narrow or wide)?

Staying the course!

MC

Monday, March 2, 2015

A Strong Life

This week's e-newsletter and Bible study went out to our email subscribers (FREE) last night but here it is again in this format with the typos corrected: A Strong Life. Don't forget to pass it on!

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.