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Church buys grand champion steer
___By Ferrell Foster
___Texas Baptist Communications
___HUNTSVILLE--First Baptist Church sent a tremor of excitement through Huntsville April 4 when the pastor opened bidding on the grand champion steer at the Walker County Fair youth livestock sale, said one local businessperson.
___"People almost couldn't believe their ears."
___The bidding stopped at $15,000. First Baptist Church had bought itself one of the best steers in the county. The money had come from several anonymous businesspeople in the church, not from church funds. The steer will be slaughtered for a church barbecue to be held in June for employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
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What could be in week without TV?
___By John Hall
___Staff Writer
___"Must-see TV" is myth, according to an author who wants pastors to promote a television-free week in their congregations.
___Kevin Lee, author of "Fixing Our Eyes: A Guide to a Television-free Week," says the average American watches 3.5 hours of television a day, according to Lee. Multiplied out, that equals one day a week, two months a year and about 10 years of the average life--time Lee believes could be better spent.
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More on new Bible translations
__The Baptist Standard's April 1 issue carried a set of stories about language used in the new Holman Christian Standard Bible and the Today's New International Version. Tony Cartledge, author of those articles, has written an editorial in the North Carolina Biblical Recorder, adding more insight into the issue. See it here.
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