As a teenager I was very clear that I wasn’t in the church just to toe the line, but I saw there was a capacity within Christianity and the bible not to fall into line but to question the status quo, that’s what kept me in the church.
ALAN GREENBut we’ve got all the language wrong and made this divide between secularism and spirituality, whereas instead it’s about being human.
More Alan Green Quotes
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The disciples had arguments with Jesus! It is about listening to one another, and respecting one another with those differences.
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The [book of the bible] Song Of Songs is an amazing erotic love poem that the church has tried very hard not to notice.
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That level of expectation that I’m going to be conservative is really disappointing, but it is how many people think about clergy and the church
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And that’s not going to be achieved by shouting at them to convert or they’ll go to hell.
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Phil Dowd checks his whistle and blows his watch.
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I want to be able to open up the really good treasures of the Church and Christianity to people.
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I was listening to the sort of music that did that questioning.
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A few question marks are being asked in the Honduran defence
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Xavier, who looks just like Zeus, not that I have any idea what Zeus looks like.
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It was the game that put the Everton ship back on the road.
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Here’s Brian Flynn. His official height is five feet five and he doesn’t look much taller than that
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Being a Christian does not mean that there is one way of living a Christian life.
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The bible is not a blueprint for every day of your life, it is an inspiration not a blueprint.
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In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government.
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I promise to look after everyone in the community, not just those who come to church, not just white people, not just the Christians.
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