Author Archives: bwmerritt

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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Polk County School Board Has Reasonable Budget Discussion

Posted on April 27, 2011 by bwmerritt

It was nice to see in The Ledger today that members of the Polk County School Board are considering cutting their own salaries to help offset the budget crisis they are trying to work through. According to Merissa Green’s article … Continue reading →

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Monday Faith Links: Do We Gloss Over Good Friday Because It’s Uncomfortable?

Posted on April 25, 2011 by bwmerritt

I want to start off these links with another good article from Relevant Magazine, which again is quickly becoming one of my favorite destinations for modern Christian perspectives. There were a number of good Easter related stories from Relevant, but … Continue reading →

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Florida Still Looming Large in 2012 GOP Presidential Race

Posted on April 20, 2011 by bwmerritt

The 2012 election is quickly approaching, and Florida is once again going to be a major player, especially in the GOP primary. I know, how’s that for being Captain Obvious? But there was a very interesting article about the situation … Continue reading →

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The Rob Bell/Who Goes to Hell (If There Even Is One) Debate

Posted on April 19, 2011 by bwmerritt

If you follow religious commentary, keep up with Christian publishing, or follow just about any pastor on Twitter, you’re probably aware of the firestorm that started a few weeks ago about Rob Bell’s new book, Love Wins. The controversy started … Continue reading →

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