And that’s not going to be achieved by shouting at them to convert or they’ll go to hell.
ALAN GREENAs 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.
More Alan Green Quotes
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It was the game that put the Everton ship back on the road.
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Then the hippy stuff like Pink Floyd started to raise questions about how I lived my life and the world in which I lived.
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As a parish priest of the Church Of England.
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That requires that we listen to one another and get challenged and grow by living with difference within the body of the church.
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John Moncur has been much more effective since he came on
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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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Xavier, who looks just like Zeus, not that I have any idea what Zeus looks like.
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Tugay is writhing around all over the place as if he were dead
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As the 20th Century developed, not surprisingly people left the church and I can see the church’s role in losing people.
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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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Here’s Brian Flynn. His official height is five feet five and he doesn’t look much taller than that
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Do you pay much attention to the dealing notes?
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John Arne Riise was deservedly blown up for that foul
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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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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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