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Otherwise, they can rest in the knowledge that God is in control, however chaotic things become. "He is sovereign. Who could have predicted the evangelical revival or the Anglo-Catholic revival? They came out of unlikely places," Duncan said. "We would prefer to complain about how bad things are, and about things we don't have control over, rather than doing what we can do. Is there anything stopping us from clothing the naked or feeding the hungry? Absolutely not."

Douglas LeBlanc is an Associate Editor of Christianity Today.

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Other LeBlanc dispatches appearing on our site today include:

Gene Robinson Takes Questions in a Church called Gethsemane | Speaks on reparative therapy, potential schism, and whether he really "left" his wife for his male lover.

Deputies Slice into the Gordian Knot | The Episcopal Church's House of Deputies approve Gene Robinson as New Hampshire Bishop. The House of Bishops will vote today.

Praise the Lord and Pass the Condoms | Southern Hemisphere primates warned that approving Gene Robinson would place the church outside most of the world's 72 million Anglicans. "You'll get over it," responded about 60 percent of the House of Deputies.

See LeBlanc's earlier dispatches from the General Convention:

Gene and Me | My history with the openly gay man elected bishop of Rochester

Integrity Doles Out God's Not-So Inclusive Love | The Integrity Eucharist has become a triennial sort of mass pity party.

Gay Rites Would Not Bless Ecumenism | Could also impair Anglican work overseas.

More coverage of the General Convention is available from the ECUSA website, which has streaming video. Conservative and orthodox perspectives are available from Classical Anglican Net News, the American Anglican Council's A Place to Stand, and David Virtue's Virtuosity.

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