Monthly Archives: May 2011

Defending God’s Judgment and Christ’s Return

Posted on May 31, 2011 by bwmerritt

If you haven’t already seen the link from my Facebook page, I wrote a response to Billy Townsend’s criticism of evangelicals following the Harold Camping rapture controversy. The response is posted on Lakeland Local, which you can read here. I’m … Continue reading →

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Monday Faith Links: Balancing Faith and Patriotism, John Piper & Rick Warren

Posted on May 31, 2011 by bwmerritt

On Memorial Day it seemed fitting to find something relevant to honoring our country while still keeping our ultimate allegiance with Jesus Christ. I found the perfect article on the Gospel Coalition website, where author Kevin Deyoung lists five points … Continue reading →

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Polk County’s Top 10 Coaches in All Sports

Posted on May 30, 2011 by bwmerritt

Not sure how smart this is for me to try to do this, but after I put together my top 10 football coaches list a few weeks ago, I started thinking of other lists I could do. For some reason, … Continue reading →

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Monday Faith Links: Harold Camping’s False Prophecy, Tim Pawlenty, and Calvinism

Posted on May 23, 2011 by bwmerritt

The big topic, unfortunately, in religious circles for the past week was the predicted rapture that was supposed to take place on May 21. Harold Camping’s prediction proved to be false, which wasn’t much of a surprise to most Christians … Continue reading →

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Late Monday Faith Links: How Social Media Affects the Church, PCUSA Gay Stance, Etc.

Posted on May 18, 2011 by bwmerritt

Sorry for another delay in this post. We had some old friends in town for a few days, and that took precedence. Definitely had a great time at Disney and just hanging out. But, it’s time to get back to … Continue reading →

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Polk County: Prep Softball Capital of Florida

Posted on May 13, 2011 by bwmerritt

I want to give major props to my former co-worker at The Ledger, Roy Fuoco, who put together a great package about high school softball’s history in Polk County this week. Roy did three separate pieces for the package: A … Continue reading →

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Monday Faith Links: More Rob Bell Hindsight

Posted on May 11, 2011 by bwmerritt

So this is the late Tuesday edition of my Faith Links, and I apologize again for the delay. Relevant Magazine put up a very interesting follow story to the Rob Bell controversy relating to his book Love Wins. I covered … Continue reading →

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Monday Faith Links . . . Delayed

Posted on May 10, 2011 by bwmerritt

I’ll have my Monday Faith Links posted later this afternoon, on Tuesday. Sorry for the delay, was a very busy weekend in the Merritt house.

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Monday Faith Links: Should Christians Celebrate Osama Bin Laden’s Death?

Posted on May 2, 2011 by bwmerritt

This is a little later in the day than I would normally post these links, but I was a tad bit distracted last night when the news started breaking that Osama bin Laden had been located and killed by the … Continue reading →

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