The disciples had arguments with Jesus! It is about listening to one another, and respecting one another with those differences.
ALAN GREENThat requires that we listen to one another and get challenged and grow by living with difference within the body of the church.
More Alan Green Quotes
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John Moncur has been much more effective since he came on
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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 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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Well, he had two stabs at the cherry
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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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I’d signed up not just for Christianity but the established Church of England.
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Do you pay much attention to the dealing notes?
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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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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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It’s about giving them an opportunity to reimagine Christianity.
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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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I grew up in the church, with traditional hymns, but at the same time I was beginning to listen to pop music, the mid-60s.
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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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