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 GREENThe [book of the bible] Song Of Songs is an amazing erotic love poem that the church has tried very hard not to notice.
More Alan Green Quotes
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It’s about giving them an opportunity to reimagine Christianity.
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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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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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Xavier, who looks just like Zeus, not that I have any idea what Zeus looks like.
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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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The language of the Church Of England still reflects that Victorian time.
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It was the game that put the Everton ship back on the road.
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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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As a parish priest of the Church Of England.
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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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I want to be able to open up the really good treasures of the Church and Christianity to people.
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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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Tugay is writhing around all over the place as if he were dead
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A few question marks are being asked in the Honduran defence
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I’ve bought QPP shares but unfortunately both times I bought it they immediately dropped by over 10p.
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