Obedient Warrior

Obedient Warrior is a contradiction by definition. It’s a dilemma.

Warrior: A protector. A defender of freedom and order.
Obedient: Trying to live surrendered to a guy named Jesus.

We’re police officers who’ve lived in the real world—chaos, tragedy, dark humor, and death. We fall short daily. We get knocked down, dust ourselves off, and keep moving forward, living in the tension between these two worlds.

Our mission is to wrestle honestly with where those realities collide:
warrior by profession, the Bible as our guide.

This isn’t clean or tidy. It’s brutally real.

If you’re in law enforcement, the military, or a first responder who wrestles with this tension, you’re in the right place.

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Obedient Warrior

Welcome To Obedient Warrior: Faith And The Thin Blue Line

January 31, 2026 • Obedient Warrior

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Welcome to Obedient Warrior. Here we have honest conversations about the paradox of being an “Obedient Warrior”— police officers committed to protecting and serving our communities while trying to follow Jesus in the face of real-world evil, trauma, and split-second decisions.

We dive into the difficult topics, and we're open about the quiet battles many officers face.

If this resonates, follow the show, leave a review, and tell us your greatest difficulties between your faith and the badge. Your story might guide our next conversation.

Veteran Cops Introduce The Dilemma

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I've been a police officer going on 15 years now.

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So I've been a cop for eight years, roughly.

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Both SWAT operators.

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We we are not soft on crime.

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Yeah.

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Cops versus criminals.

Can A Christian Wear The Badge

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Can I even be a cop and be a Christian? What's this look like?

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Like, how do I try to follow Jesus in the midst of some of these scenes that we walk through regularly?

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I don't want to say it's like taboo, but nobody talks about

Force, Enemy Love, And Mercy

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it.

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Is force okay? Can we even be police officers? Is that even godly? Like, what does it look like to love my enemy? How could I ever live out that principle and be a police officer and try to be a protector and a defender? What does that look like? Like it says, blessed are the merciful. Do we need forgiveness?

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Because we This is a hard topic, I feel like, for me.

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This is a super hard topic. It's a dilemma for guys. Like, I feel like the common police officer, like they have these internal like struggles. Nobody's answering those questions.

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Those are like those areas that we're willing to dive into.

The Silent Struggle Inside The Job

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So obedient warrior is a dichotomy, is a paradox, is a dilemma. Ironically, went to school for ministry and became

Obedient Warrior Defined

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a cop. Yeah, it led to all kinds of you know personal trials and tribulations and alcohol and all that stuff. My belief in his interactions with the world deeply changed. It made me realize like there's something here I need to dig into to try to bridge this gap with guys who, just like me, are

From Ministry To Badge And Back

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asking these questions. I believe in God. I believe the scriptures, like even at their word or truth. But there's this other thing going on in the world, this reality of evil and trauma and tragedy.

A Vision To Bridge The Gap

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There really isn't a podcast that fills

Let’s Launch It

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that.

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All right. Let's do it.