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Mimicking Mary

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.” Luke 2:19 “And His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.” Luke 2:51 There would be no Nativity story to tell without Mary! Because it »

Crucified in Service

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and »

Two Types of Thanksgiving

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Therefore, since we are receiving a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:28-29 Before or after a fabulous Thanksgiving »

Vigilance

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Be sober-minded; be vigilant. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” 1 Peter 5:8 Fifty three years ago, I was an Infantry Platoon Leader in Vietnam. I was a member of »

God’s Wrath

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “…and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.” 1 Thessalonians 1:10 The wrath of God is something you ought to avoid at all cost. »

Founder’s Day

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 A writer once described Paul Anderson as “the strongest man in the world, and he also lifts weights.” He was referring to where Paul’s greatest strength truly »

Is God Real?

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!” Job 23:3 Can’t see Him. Can’t hear Him. Can’t touch Him. No wonder people think He may not be real. The catechism »

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