Links to Your World--Tuesday April 24

Ravi Zacharias will be in town next week. On Monday night, April 30, he will be at the First Evangelical Free Church to critique Islam. Register online for $20 or pay $25 at the door. Learn more here. On Tuesday morning, May 1, he will speak at Austin’s Prayer Breakfast, one of the National Day of Prayer events in our area. Cost is $30 a ticket, or you can sponsor a table for $300 and invite guests to join you. Sign up here. Ravi is an internationally recognized speaker with many books to his name.

Here we go again. The Austin police department is investigating officers suspected of viewing porn on duty. A month ago it was the EMS department that had to investigate the same issue with their employees. The words of Jesus that we’ll study at Hillcrest this Sunday, April 29, can transform our community.

The Southern Baptist Texan did a special report on the subject of pornography in a recent issue. They covered internet porn addiction, and how a wife should respond to her husband’s addiction.

“Seeing women primarily as potential sex partners changes the way men view women,” says author Gary Thomas in the article, Blinded By the Sight . “It affects what we value about them; it distorts the way we relate to them.”

The men of your Ministry Staff have x3watch on our computers, and we recommend it to you.

If you’re a church leader, spend some time with Andy Stanley. All six of his “Drive” conference sessions are online here. (HT: Connexion)

If you’re tired of paying the bills for your kids cell phone texting addiction, enter them in this contest and get some money back.

You’re never too old to win Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Good reading: Abstract of Systematic Theology by JP Boyce

“The Christian Church has had a love-hate relationship with the arts.” (Faith Imitates Art)

Have you read the previous posts this week? They include the "Song of the Week" ("Heart of Hearts" by the late Mark Heard) and continuing coverage of our church's vision. Also, make sure you read "The Ignored Master." To keep up with the journal, sign up for e-mail updates or assign the feed to your news reader or Google Personalized Home Page.