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 GREENThat has a particular history and I think we rather lost it in the 19th Century, we became so much part of empire and colonialism.
More Alan Green Quotes
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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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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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John Arne Riise was deservedly blown up for that foul
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It’s about giving them an opportunity to reimagine Christianity.
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I’d signed up not just for Christianity but the established Church of England.
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The Beatles, which had just as much influence on me as those hymns did.
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Do you pay much attention to the dealing notes?
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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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Being a Christian does not mean that there is one way of living a Christian life.
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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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It was the game that put the Everton ship back on the road.
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A few question marks are being asked in the Honduran defence
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The language of the Church Of England still reflects that Victorian time.
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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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And that’s not going to be achieved by shouting at them to convert or they’ll go to hell.
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