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individuals. The text under review, Whosoever Will: A Biblical-Theological Critique of Five-Point Calvinism is a collection of essays resulting from the Southern Baptist Convention conducted in November 2008. As Pastor Mac Brunson explains, “Here are the clarion voices that are crystalline clear about one of the most important issues of our day. This scholarly work with pastoral practicality gives great guidance through a thorny issue”. This review will summarize the text’s content and survey…

interesting history? Like the fact that most of Lake Jackson sits on an old sugar plantation by the late Abner Jackson, hence the name. The museum mainly sponsored by local businesses enables the museum to offer free admission to all visitors. In fact, The Clarion at Brazosport College was the sponsor for January 2015. All visitors…

Graveyard for the Hardworking Three Messages from Elegy The poem Elegy, written by Thomas Gray, is about the working class, or better known as the lower class. Thomas Gray is a romantic poet, which means that he mainly focuses on nature and the simple life. The definition of lower class is, “the social class that has the lowest status; the working class.” In this specific poem it is relating to the people and the overall town; the town is what some may call a farming town. Such as, how people…

car, at which time he stopped. Parker said he told the man to stop, at which time the man charged him. According to Corinth Police Chief Ralph Dance, the man was able to get his hand on the officer’s gun during a struggle and turn it on him” (The Clarion Ledger). When my parents told me the news, that’s when my heart stopped. Then all I could think about was when was the last time I told him I loved him. This has taught me how fragile life can be, because every life should…

Andrew Jackson President Andrew Jackson barred the proposed bill re-chartering the Second Bank of United States in July 1832. He disputed that the bill, in the form with which it had been presented to him, was totally incompatible with sound policy and justice as well as the constitution. In the veto message, the President argued that the Bank’s license was completely unfair by virtue of the fact that it gave the bank extensive, almost monopolistic power in the market particularly in the…

Being part of a library means you spend your time helping others and sharing knowledge for a specific reason requested, whether you are assisting a patron or a colleague. One of the primary goals of being a part of a library, whether it is public, academic, special, or other types, is to be able to freely share information, resources, and access with people across the spectrum, regardless of who they are. In addition to these aspects being a part of our job, we respect the notion of learning and…

In the year of 1846, after Mexican troops engaged with General Taylor’s forces killing several Americans, President James K. Polk pushed for a declaration of war against Mexico and on May 13, the Mexican War was declared. Although the engagement between Mexican troops and Taylor’s forces was one of the few events that led up to the Mexican War, it’s the events throughout the war that helped the United States reach Manifest Destiny. The textbook “The American Republic Since 1877” is one of many…

The memoir, “Just Mercy”, by Bryan Stevenson is a book that gives a look into the real-life sturggle against injustice in the story of an activist lawyer (Conover). “ A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time” (bryanstevenson.com). This book gives a first-hand accounbt of thr rosdblovkd one man had to face concerning jsutice. Stevenson's book so…

In Professions for Women, Virginia Woolf issues a clarion call through the characterization of the first person narrator by the theme of women fiercely challenging presumed roles and opportunities. Let us light a candle for Woolf and other pioneering women, who fought for women’s rights and gender equality…

Karl Marx and Social Conflict Theory Current day sociology has been greatly influenced by the works of Karl Marx. Marx, along with Max Weber and Emilé Durkheim, are considered by some, to be the three founding fathers of present day sociology. Sociology can best be described as the study of the development, structure, history and technology of human social behaviors. Karl Marx, has a storied past. He was born in 1818 in Prussia to a wealthy family and was one of nine children. From an early age…