The Feast of Repentance

Michael Ovey's 'The Feast of Repentance' explores repentance as a central, joyous theme of the gospel, particularly drawing from Luke's parables and pastoral imagination.

Ovey argues that repentance is not merely sorrow but an occasion for celebration because it reunites sinners with a gracious Father and restores right relationship with God. The book balances theological depth with pastoral application, helping ministers and laypeople appreciate repentance's transformative, communal, and celebratory dimensions.

Ovey addresses pastoral challenges in calling people to repent, offering liturgical and biblical resources to foster genuine sorrow for sin and hopeful joy in restoration.

The work has been influential in contemporary Reformed circles for reclaiming repentance's centrality in preaching and pastoral care.