When is failure faithful?

Dr Mike Ovey  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Nov 2015
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When is failure faithful?

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Dr. Mike Ovey asks if current evangelicals are in denial about some important matters

A week ago I was at a major Church of England jamboree as a friend was installed in a new and more senior post.

The cathedral was packed, hats and dog collars were on view and just for a moment it was easy to pretend. Easy to pretend that the Church of England was central rather than peripheral in the life of our country and its citizens. Easy to pretend that we are a success story rather than a tale of failure. So too, frankly, with evangelicals. We meet at our conferences, theatres are packed, cafés overflow and for a moment we forget.

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