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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. »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His Name in vain.” Exodus 20:3 “OMG” is a phrase, an expletive, a frequent expression even »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, ‘Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Blessed is the one who READS ALOUD the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.” Revelation 1:3 The only book in the Bible »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” 1 Corinthians 5:17 New Year, new you? What does a new year have to say about a new »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “And going into the house they saw the child with Mary His mother, and they fell down and worshipped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered Him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.” Matthew 2:11 You have just experienced »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be Ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.” »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.” Galatians 4:4-5 Of all the »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. "6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “The mind of a person plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.” Proverbs 16:9 Free will appears to be exactly that to the heart of man, but the Lord is always the One who determines the full »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. All Hallows Eve “You believe that there is One God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.”James 2:19 It rolls around every year at the end of October, interestingly, the day before Reformation Day. But Halloween is so much »