David Pulliam

“We must allow, therefore, that God speaks in a way that meshes with the surrounding context, and also that he can say what he wishes to say, distinct from the context.”
― Vern Sheridan Poythress, Interpreting Eden: A Guide to Faithfully Reading and Understanding Genesis 1-3

“And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for p all the churches”
― Anonymous, Holy Bible: English Standard Version

“For some, faith was a life preserver, and life preservers had their place. She was simply more interested in learning to swim.”
― Maurice Broaddus, Pimp My Airship: A Naptown by Airship Novel

“Flavius Marcellinus, tribune and notary, was assigned this position when he presided at the Conference of Carthage in 411, where Caecilianist and Donatist bishops debated which party represented the true church in Africa. He ruled against the Donatists and enforced the legislation which had been held in abeyance during the attempt at reconciliation. Dulcitius, a tribune, was sent by Honorius and Arcadius to Africa in about 420 as an executor, charged with forcing the Donatists to turn over the property that had been remanded to the Caecilianists”
― J. Patout Burns Jr., Christianity in Roman Africa: The Development of Its Practices and Beliefs