As a parish priest of the Church Of England.
ALAN GREENAs the 20th Century developed, not surprisingly people left the church and I can see the church’s role in losing people.
More Alan Green Quotes
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But we’ve got all the language wrong and made this divide between secularism and spirituality, whereas instead it’s about being human.
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It was the game that put the Everton ship back on the road.
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I’d signed up not just for Christianity but the established Church of England.
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I don’t know where this Arctic wind has come from but it’s freezing!
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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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They care about their club, and that’s why they always have something good to say, even when it is negative
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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.
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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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Tugay is writhing around all over the place as if he were dead
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Spirituality is a natural part of ourselves, as natural as emotions.
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A few question marks are being asked in the Honduran defence
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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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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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I think what we’re really bad at doing is recognising that it is possible to have lost of different views within the church.
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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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