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There was a time when the person who entered law enforcement, they may not have looked

forward to a big paycheck, but they did look forward to the respect of their community.

Now there was never an easy job, it was never a job that was entirely thankful, it was

often a thankless job, but nowadays the public sentiment in some place, especially large

urban centers, has turned so much against law enforcement, one wonders why anyone would

take the job.

Welcome back to Issues, etc. I'm Todd Wilkins on this Friday, September the 8th, we're

going to talk about the vocation of police officer, Pastor Paul Norris joins us, he's

Pastor of St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Delphi, Indiana, he served as a police officer

for 10 years in a suburb of the Dallas Metroplex.

Pastor Norris, welcome.

Hi Todd, thanks for having me on today.

How would you compare and contrast the vocations of police officer and pastor?

Usually I will tell people when they ask me that, I will say that my vocation has changed

from law to gospel.

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