“The language of the Church Of England still reflects that Victorian time.”

In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government.

Well, he had two stabs at the cherry

This will be their 19th consecutive game without a win unless they can get an equaliser.

Being a Christian does not mean that there is one way of living a Christian life.

I’ve bought QPP shares but unfortunately both times I bought it they immediately dropped by over 10p.

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.

Ziege hits it high for Heskey who isn’t playing

I want to be able to open up the really good treasures of the Church and Christianity to people.

Here’s Brian Flynn. His official height is five feet five and he doesn’t look much taller than that

The disciples had arguments with Jesus! It is about listening to one another, and respecting one another with those differences.

The bible is not a blueprint for every day of your life, it is an inspiration not a blueprint.

As the 20th Century developed, not surprisingly people left the church and I can see the church’s role in losing people.

I’d signed up not just for Christianity but the established Church of England.

Spirituality is a natural part of ourselves, as natural as emotions.

But we’ve got all the language wrong and made this divide between secularism and spirituality, whereas instead it’s about being human.

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

The notion that the church, the press, and the universities should serve the state is essentially a Communist notion.

That requires that we listen to one another and get challenged and grow by living with difference within the body of the church.

In missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.

The ones that are running rampant within our churches largely go unaddressed.

Whether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles.

You plant the gospel. You don’t plant churches.

It’s not so much that the church has a mission, it’s that the mission of God has a church.

The [book of the bible] Song Of Songs is an amazing erotic love poem that the church has tried very hard not to notice.