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This is Theology Applied.

Hi, this is Pastor Joel with Right Response Ministries.

We have another episode of Theology Applied, our podcast last show.

Today I'm privileged to have as a special guest

Mark Hamilton. Mark Hamilton and I have gotten to know each other recently through social media

and then having a call on the phone and he wears many hats. He is a pastor of a church

called Faithful Stones and he'll share some of that with us. But that's not really his day job. He's a bivocational

pastor. His primary vocation in terms of income for his family is he is a detective in Buffalo,

New York. He also does a lot with fitness. If you ever check out his Instagram, you'll see a lot

of fitness tips. And he does a lot of that, not just for vanity or image or those kinds of things, but to train public servants and how to

be more equipped and more effective in their jobs. He's also a husband. He's also by God's

grace, a father of five. So without further ado, Mark Hamilton, anything I miss, feel free to introduce yourself. Welcome to the

show. Well, thank you for having me, Joel. It's a pleasure and a joy to be here. I'm

overwhelmed by God's grace, how he has brought us together. Yes, as you said, I am a husband of a lovely wife, a nice lady, as I joke with her.

She's a nice lady and she laughs because she truly is.

She's a worthy woman, as Ruth says.

And she loves her family.

She loves God and she loves the people of God.

Our girls, we're raising to love God most so that if they love God most, they will love us just fine.

And everyone else, too. So we are happy to have our family growing and by

God's grace tell me tell me a little bit about what what is it like being a detective what's it

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