Brian Hamilton Case Study

Within this previous month a Indiana state police trooper was fired, and is facing multiple lawsuits for preaching to motorist during traffic stops. Trooper Brian Hamilton was warned several times before to “Stop proselytizing to people during traffic stops”, but continued to pursue what he believed was “his calling of God”. Regardless of what Hamilton believed, his case spurred several lawsuits over the separation of church and state. According to Indy Star “Senior Trooper Brian Hamilton was a 14-year veteran of the agency. The department said he was terminated after a two-month internal investigation into a complaint that he questioned a citizen 's religious affiliation in January”. It is also stated that “Hamilton 's firing comes two days …show more content…
“Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God”. This first came to mind because I see Hamilton as a devoted servant of God. Although Hamilton was warned many times about spreading the word to those of which he thought needed it, he never gave up. He offered a sacrifice (his job) to praise God. Mark 16: 15-16 also says “And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned”. This leads into Fischer and Hart’s chapter 10, titled Christian Spirituality, Prayer, and Sacrament. This chapter speaks on the importance of each individual 's spirituality, stating “Christian spirituality is the concrete way Christians live out their relationship with the God of Jesus”. There is a lot of controversy about Hamilton 's decisions, but as said in this Chapter everyone has different ways of living out, and expressing their relationship with