Devotionals by Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret.
Love One Another
By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Love one another as I have loved you.” John 13: 34-35 My world is made up of me, myself, and I. As a self-thinking, self-absorbed human being, we tend to consider ourselves as a world unto ourselves. In a »
The Resurrected Christ’s Appearances
By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared unto me.” 1 Corinthians 15:8 We are now in the period of the 40 days between Resurrection Sunday, Easter, and Jesus’ ascension into heaven. During that time, the resurrected »
God, Our Savior
By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God, our Savior, and of Christ Jesus, our hope.” 1 Timothy 1:1 The Apostle Paul begins his first epistle to Timothy with what might appear to you a switch »
The Thousand Year Walk
By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.” Luke 24:27 In a walk to Emmaus the afternoon of Resurrection Day, Jesus met and walked with two of »
Crucifixion: The Worst Form of Execution
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 »
The Character of a Child
By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them, for of such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 19:14 Are you, as an adult, able to observe the character of a little child? Parents are very often »
How To Love
By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 Many Valentines and the card buyers who send them really amount to nothing more than noisy gongs and clanging cymbals. »