Links to Your World--Tuesday March 13

In the article, “The American Anthem,” learn how “Amazing Grace” went from ignored in Britain to acclaimed in America.

A story that makes “Rocky 7” a plausible option.

Does going door-to-door work as an evangelism strategy? It depends on your neighborhood according to this article.

Learn how to help us build a “Prodigal-Friendly Church” at this site.

Learn about a major part of our missions-support strategy in this article: “Cooperative Program enables church to join hands with 16M Baptists.”

Children plagued by online porn (article here).

In “Poor Among Plenty,” learn how poverty is growing in the U.S. suburbs.

At the “Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator,” I scored a 79. I have some work to do.

Who Goes to Hell? (HT: Monday Morning Insight)

The Visitor’s Card is a blog maintained by a young woman looking for a church. In this post, she writes: “There’s no getting around that stranger feeling when you’re new, of course. Any church can only do so much about it. But I think the key thing is this: The sincerity with which I was greeted by ordinary members did more to make me feel comfortable there than any official greeting would have. Visitor’s cards, acknowledgement by the pastor (or whatever), official greeter types, all have a certain feeling to them -- duty? procedure? something -- that isn’t present when an ordinary person just says hi. It’s a little like work, actually: Whether the boss takes you to lunch on your first day has less to do with whether you’re happy than whether your co-workers say hi as they pass your desk.”

Here’s part three in a series on practical ways to get to know your neighbors. It will help you put the Hillcrest “INVITE Strategy” to work. Watch for our One-Day Seminar on the INVITE Strategy coming soon!

In this article, learn six strategies that will help you clean out your kitchen and put you on the road to healthy eating.

American Society for Velociraptor Attack Prevention has a website. Don’t say you weren’t warned.

Do you care enough to confront a friend or relative who needs it?