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                    [Title] => Three crosses
                    [Summary] => They crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left.  Luke 23:33


In many paintings of the crucifixion of Jesus, the center cross on which He hung is taller or higher on a hill than the other two. We can appreciate an artist’s desire to give Christ a place of preeminence, but we have no reason to believe that Jesus was given an elevated or exalted position – higher than that of the two thieves. Those who crucified Jesus considered Him to be a common criminal, so the crosses were most likely on the same level. [DatePublished] => 2005-04-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Daily Bread [SectionUrl] => daily-bread [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271838 [Title] => Where will it all end? [Summary] => When [Jesus] suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously. – 1 Peter 2:23

Four-year-old Angelo wakes up and discovers that his new beagle puppy has chewed up his plastic guitar. The little fellow has a fit of grief. Mom’s nerves tighten. She snaps at husband Tony as he leaves for the office.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Daily Bread [SectionUrl] => daily-bread [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263458 [Title] => Eating words [Summary] => Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel. – Ezekiel 3:1

I read about an Australian woman who developed a craving for paper. She began her unusual diet as a child, and as she grew older she ate as many as 10 tissues and a half page of the newspaper every day. The woman had also consumed small quantities of blotting paper, sheets from exercise books, and petty cash vouchers.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Daily Bread [SectionUrl] => daily-bread [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 261662 [Title] => Caught red-handed [Summary] => The prophets... walked after things that do not profit. – Jeremiah 2:8

A small plane loaded with cocaine valued at $20 million was intercepted by federal agents as it flew over the Florida coast. Suddenly, bales of cocaine began falling out of the sky. One dropped on a church parking lot. Another hit a housetop. Several others came down in the Everglades.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Daily Bread [SectionUrl] => daily-bread [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 261182 [Title] => The price of food [Summary] => Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? – Isaiah 55:2

A hummingbird near Bingham Canyon, Utah, was seen pressing its bill against the biggest red "flower" in town. No one knows for sure how long it took for the bird to realize you can’t get nectar out of a traffic light!
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Daily Bread [SectionUrl] => daily-bread [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 254107 [Title] => Cost of neglect [Summary] => Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life . . . Ponder the path of your feet. – Proverbs 4:23,26


I read about a Detroit man who couldn’t find his house. He had gone to the right address but all he found was an empty lot. Completely baffled, he asked the Detroit Free Press to help him figure out what was going on. A newspaper reporter learned that not only was the house gone, but the deed to the empty lot was in someone else’s name.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Daily Bread [SectionUrl] => daily-bread [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 250771 [Title] => Misquote [Summary] => Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar. – Proverbs 30:6

Imagine the frustration of a mother as she tries to gather her family for supper. Her 8-year-old son comes through the door smuggling a dead bird behind his back. "Call Ann for dinner," says his mother. "Then wash your hands and come to the table."
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Daily Bread [SectionUrl] => daily-bread [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249446 [Title] => Awesome! [Summary] => Woe is me, for I am undone!… for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. – Isaiah 6:5

Just a few miles from New Mexico’s Carlsbad Caverns is Lechuguilla Cave. Explorers who have descended into its interior describe a wonderland whose beauty is beyond almost anything they have ever seen.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Daily Bread [SectionUrl] => daily-bread [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 246983 [Title] => You can believe it [Summary] => He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs. – Acts 1:3
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Within a chip slot of our house is a golf course. When I stand in my backyard, I see ponds waiting hungrily for my next errant shot. At times I can imagine sandtraps and trees joking about my bad days.

I mention the sport with mixed feelings. I like the golf occasionally, but living so close to the course reminds me of my failures in playing the game, which has its disadvantages.
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