Gratitude

The public square is increasingly hostile to religion. But don’t be surprised when Olympic athletes overflow with thanks to God.

Church attendance is down. Giving is iffy. Ministers are tired. But God is with us in lean times too.

An excerpt on sanctification and conceit from theologian Cornelius Plantinga’s new book, Gratitude: Why Giving Thanks Is the Key to Our Well-Being.

Christians worship a strange Giver who gives strange gifts in strange ways.

It’s easy to forget that even the smallest gifts point to incredible divine abundance.

An imaginary soirée with Douglas Murray, the Christian-friendly agnostic author of “The War on the West”.

The words I say every Sunday guide me toward gratefulness.

A growing body of research backs the benefits of divine gratefulness, in good times and bad.

A selection of the late author’s CT publications.

Biblical Hebrew uses similar names for “vanity” and the slain brother. That’s no accident.