The language of the Church Of England still reflects that Victorian time.
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.
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Ziege hits it high for Heskey who isn’t playing
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It was the game that put the Everton ship back on the road.
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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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That has a particular history and I think we rather lost it in the 19th Century, we became so much part of empire and colonialism.
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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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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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Being a Christian does not mean that there is one way of living a Christian life.
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I’d signed up not just for Christianity but the established Church of England.
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You don’t score 64 goals in 86 games at the highest level without being able to score goals.
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This will be their 19th consecutive game without a win unless they can get an equaliser.
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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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Phil Dowd checks his whistle and blows his watch.
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The Beatles, which had just as much influence on me as those hymns did.
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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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People do it differently in different cultures because they have different interpretations, that’s how it should be.
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