Christian And A Cop?

[LEAA/SOFR]

Can you do both? One brother did!

Officer Al Palmquist, Minneapolis PD (aka, Pastor Palmquist)
and friend of Billy Graham. Not just a friend, but bodyguard!


#1: Miracle At City Hall"
How Pastor David Wilkerson influenced Brother Palmquist's life
and how it led to Midwest Challenge to help teen drug addicts
and alcoholics in Minneapolis.

"The Minnesota Connection"
If you got the stomach for some gritty talk,
graphic descriptions and explicit testimonies,
then read this book. Every sheltered Christian
should see the real world.

The terrifying expose' of the pipeline between
Minneapolis and New York City, where NYC pimps
and customer's wanted "..those Scandinavian girls...".

#3: "Holy Smokies" (Original Cover)
Do you like cops? Read this.
Do you hate cops? Read this.
Are you middle of the road? Read this.

"Holy Smokies" now "The Real Centurians" (Updated Title and Cover)

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

As always, TEST EVERYTHING.

A lot looks good, but doesn't pass the test of Scripture.

Test each part, before believing or accepting that part.

Or, with better thoughts, sometimes who he (the true believer) associates with or guards, is not who they were thought to be. (enemies in fact)

 

[LEAA/SOFR]

As always, TEST EVERYTHING.

A lot looks good, but doesn't pass the test of Scripture.

Test each part, before believing or accepting that part.

Or, with better thoughts, sometimes who he (the true believer) associates with or guards, is not who they were thought to be. (enemies in fact)

Not sure what you're trying to get at, but I'll wing it.

First, how does any of this not pass the test of Scripture?

Second, do you assume that because I supported these ministries
back in the 1970's that this makes them (or me) an "enemy" of
the Gospel?

What's wrong with rescuing and saving teenage girls who were
deceived and lured into a hell called prostitution, unable to escape
from that life without help from the outside?

Some end up murdered, mutilated, set on fire, doused with acid, etc.
Get the picture?

And what's wrong with using a little brutality and firepower against
the pimps who got it coming?

We're talking about girls as young as 12, and no older than 20.

How did this make Officer/Pastor Palmquist an "enemy"?

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

First, how does any of this not pass the test of Scripture?

Most may pass (I did not test everything or anything else really, only one part).
Since most members and visitors on the forum are liking the one part that is evil,
I will refrain for now from posting it, at least until / if someone else sees and knows it also and refers to it again.
The closest I can say right now is , frquently heard in the last 2 decades religiously, politically and in more ways "no one is who they seem they are" ,
and from Scripture "What(or who) men hold in high esteem, God abhors".

Perhaps there is more than one part that is also bad, I don't know. Only test everything, before believing it or trusting 'them', for as stated frquently "no one is who they seem".

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

How did this make Officer/Pastor Palmquist an "enemy"?

It is not at all what I refer to, but rather if he is a friend of the enemy of Christ,
or if he "loves the world",
that is the test,
to verify with a positive expectation and hope always /result/ that he is truly a friend of Christ.

 

[LEAA/SOFR]

It is not at all what I refer to, but rather if he is a friend of the enemy of Christ,
or if he "loves the world",
that is the test,
to verify with a positive expectation and hope always /result/ that he is truly a friend of Christ.

Again, how does this make him a friend of the "enemy" of Christ?
Because he's did something so controversial, not in keeping with
the idealistic image of what we think Christianity is supposed to be?

If so, how did that qualify him as "loving the world"?

If you take the time to read any of his books (if you can find any now)
you would discover Officer (or Pastor) Palmquist was spiritually beholden
to many Pastor's in the Minneapolis area. Don't you think even just one
of those Pastor's would have confronted him by now and told him so?

One could have been his friend and mentor, Dr. Billy Graham.

If Dr. Graham approved of what Palmquist was doing, then it is ok with me.
I didn't hear any other Pastor's or ordinary street Christians complain either.

A nice comparison to the work of Al Palmquist rescuing teen girls from
their pimps would be the words of President Reagan: "If not us, who?
If not now, when?"

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Sorry, it just gets worse and worse the more you post. Bye for now, until or when Yahweh permits more.

 

[LEAA/SOFR]

You're disagreeing with me for the sake of disagreement.

You said alot of this doesn't pass the test of Scripture,
but you failed to cite which Scripture and in what context.

You're an Anabaptist, a pacifist who simply does not believe
in violence of any form. This probably explains why you're
so opposed to Officer/Pastor Palmquist.

I'm guessing that means you're opposed to the U.S. Military
and any Christian becoming a Soldier, Sailor, Airman or Marine,
a One-Size-Fits-All-Theology Christian. We either go along to get
along, or we're shunned.

You're making it worse and worse with each of your posts opposing
me on every front.

I'm a licensed Private Detective, and I carry a gun (with permit).
What do you think of that?

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

You're an Anabaptist, a pacifist who simply does not believe
in violence of any form. This probably explains why you're
so opposed to Officer/Pastor Palmquist.

Neither of these statements is warranted , nor true.

I believe I posted to test everything. You did not test everything yet, obviously,
or you wouldn't post in such a way.
You will find out what you never suspected. (if you search diligently, or if Yahweh simply reveals it to you, or both)
If you love the truth, you will accept it, though it is often devastating and embarrassing (as Scripture says).

The 'evidence' you want and need is widely available online, but is not usually accepted here, nor popular here, where people often have believed without true knowledge, have accepted on face value, and reject the truth when it comes up.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

I'm a licensed Private Detective, and I carry a gun (with permit).
What do you think of that?

Good? Then you ought to know better than to proceed on assumptions .
You ought to know how to investigate your subjects.
Best leave it at that for now. It will take you quite some time to find out.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

You're making it worse and worse with each of your posts opposing
me on every front.

I don't remember opposing you, per se. Some one you trusted or had faith in or believed to be truthful was completely deceived. This is not as uncommon as you think, but will be a surprise to you when you find out, if you find out.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Don't you think even just one
of those Pastor's would have confronted him by now and told him so?

(working in reverse through the posts, as able)
It was the pastors, one especially in particular, who totally deceived him and apparently also you (although perhaps you never actually fell for that one; maybe you did test everything ? but it doesn't look like you even tried ).
Without knowing the pastors, I'll admit it might have only been one, but it always turns out otherwise in the past, so far, without exception.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

You're making it worse and worse with each of your posts opposing
me on every front.

I'm a licensed Private Detective, and I carry a gun (with permit).
What do you think of that?

Hint: look up online apostate pastors. After a short search, you might know, IF you want to.

 

[LEAA/SOFR]

So I take it you're the only truely righteous one here..or anywhere,
and that you and others like you have all the truth and no one else
does. Is this correct?

Sounds pretty cult like to me.

I know how to investigate my subject's but what I don't like about you
is your insistence that everything I believe in is somehow wrong and
without "testing". You simply do not like what it is I stand for and believe
in because it doesn't mesh with your views.

I want you to test the following: in all my other posts here, have you ever
seen any post of mine where I came across as having all the answers based
on my view of Scripture? Or did I just leave it alone and respect others.

You're sure as blazes not respecting my views, and how dare you accuse
another brother of being deceived by another Pastor when you don't even
know them or having ever met them. You're just afraid that they might be
right about what they're doing for the Lord. Your theology is only bent on
conformity to what you want for the church, and that my friend is religious
legalism, no different then the Scribes and Pharisees whom Jesus rebuked.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

I know how to investigate my subject's but what I don't like about you
is your insistence that everything I believe in is somehow wrong and
without "testing". You simply do not like what it is I stand for and believe
in because it doesn't mesh with your views.

This is completely false - and that being the case how then could you ever investigate anything ?
I don't know what you believe, or even if you posted what you believe.
I don't know what you stand for even, so I have no idea if it meshes with anything I believe or not.

I just noted, to put it most simply, that one of the persons you referred to as if credible, was never credible, as already proven for over 50 years.
If you had tested that one person, you would not hold them in any esteem.

 

[LEAA/SOFR]

I am a good investigator. And you still fail (or refuse) to identify
the person you deem suspect. I have a pretty good idea, but I'm
going to make you openly identify him or her. Don't worry...Jeff,
I won't resort to Jack Bauer type methods, I promise.

You just have a big mouth is all, so you either put up or shut up.

In the meantime, I have other matters. I have to get ready for court.
I've was subpoenaed last month to testify for the prosecution. I'm going
to help put away a "born-again" slime-ball who beat up a pregnant woman
last year.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

I've was subpoenaed last month to testify for the prosecution. I'm going
to help put away a "born-again" slime-ball who beat up a pregnant woman
last year.

For your own conscience sake, and others who were hurt for over 50 years,
take as much care to do the same for the one who served the devil over 50 years -
we can't mention him here due to he is not here and cannot defend himself. Though it was his very own words that convict him years ago frequently and without repentance. Yes, his very own words..... don't take my word nor any man's word for it.... exercise due diligence, and search for the truth as you will or did for your court case. Always tell the truth - no perjury.
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p.s. Since Yahweh's Word does say "test everything" before believing it,
even if an Apostle Paul or angel of light delivers a message,

the failure to test is on those who believed what they heard instead of testing it.

There may even be more than one bad link, more than one bad apple in the bunch (it happens , and it is known only after/by testing as written in Scripture).

Remember how many times groups of .... men in any profession, even law enforcement, and lawyers especially, as well as pastors and priests ....
have turned out to be 'bad' for decades with no one reporting them ?

If only ONE PERSON had done what is right, they might have spared many congregations, thousands of people, from devastated faith and destroyed families and lives.

 

[Resha Caner]

Can you do both? One brother did!

Has this been challenged somewhere? If so, I'd refer them to "Whether Soldiers Too Can Be Saved" by Luther.

 

[LEAA/SOFR]

Luther turned to the question of whether military vocations- even
if they required acts of extreme violence- could be regarded as a
profession fitting for a Christian. His answer was a resolute yes.
He acknowledged that the work of a soldier at war "seems an
unChristian work completely contrary to Christian love".

Killing in combat is a work of love. A soldier fighting in a just war
is not fighting for personal or national gain but rather in defense
of others. The soldier fights not to defend himself, but the life and
property of his fellow citizens, that is, his neighbors.

So too, this can be applied fully to Officer/Pastor Palmquist fighting
to save the lives of innocent young teen girls (again as young as 12!)
from the brutal, inhuman acts of the pimps and the johns of the
streets of not just Minneapolis and New York City, but every American
city! When Al used deadly force, he was doing so in accordance to
Romans 13:1-6, but also in accordance to state law. In once instance
he smashed in the apartment door of one such pimp in the middle of
the night waking him, slammed him against the wall and jammed his
service .357 Magnum revolver in that pimps face, and let him know
under no circumstances was he to have any more contact with "that girl"
a former underage hooker now in protective custody. If the pimp didn't
listen, Al would be back and there will be unintended consequences!

Palmquist was (and maybe still is) 6' 3", and lean muscle mass!!

In the meantime, the pimp was arrested on other warrants and treated
roughly by back-up police officers hauling him down to the squad car
for transport.

Problem solved.

 

[delta-team]

Never heard of this guy, until now, but that doesn't mean God
limits His work to just everyday Christians either. We all can't
be musicians, office workers, ushers or deacons. There might
be a special place in heaven for Officer Palmquist. Risking his
life helping teenage hookers escape that life is a dirty business
and takes a special courage. Have you had any contact with him
since then? Is he even still alive?