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 GREENAnd that’s not going to be achieved by shouting at them to convert or they’ll go to hell.
More Alan Green Quotes
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John Moncur has been much more effective since he came on
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Phil Dowd checks his whistle and blows his watch.
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The language of the Church Of England still reflects that Victorian time.
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Ziege hits it high for Heskey who isn’t playing
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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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You don’t score 64 goals in 86 games at the highest level without being able to score goals.
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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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A few question marks are being asked in the Honduran defence
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The Beatles, which had just as much influence on me as those hymns did.
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I’d signed up not just for Christianity but the established Church of England.
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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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Well, he had two stabs at the cherry
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I don’t know where this Arctic wind has come from but it’s freezing!
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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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John Arne Riise was deservedly blown up for that foul
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