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By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “…that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the LORD and Savior through your apostles.” 2 Peter 3:2 Paul Harvey, when he was alive, spoke about many fascinating facts, exciting adventures of history, »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the LORD, one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as one day.” 2 Peter 3:8 One of the BIG factors that we never experience »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! O beautiful for pilgrim »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Humble yourself, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time He may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:6-7 You do not often think of »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you!” James 4:8 The archetypical Father, the One to whom all fathers draw their name, the model father of perfection for all fathers to copy, the supreme teacher of »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Greater love has no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 The greatest amphibious assault of all human warfare, modern or ancient, took place last Thursday, 80 years ago, mostly in »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us always spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “And this is eternal life, that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.” John 17:3 We are social creatures. Our lives are interwoven in relationships with many other social creatures. We do »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.” John 21:25 John makes a supposition, »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “And when He had said these things, as they were looking on, He was lifted up, and a cloud took Him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as He went, behold, two men stood by them »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of Him. Even so, Amen.” Revelation 1:7 Ascension Day is May »

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them, ‘Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to »