You might say that the Bible is the Book of Ingratitude, one story after another showing how people forget all the good things God has done for them. This shouldn’t surprise us because we are chronically ungrateful to people (such as parents) who have been kind and generous. Time and time again, people in the Bible resolve to do better—then backslide once more. The great mystery is not human ingratitude and backsliding but the fact that God is always willing to forgive. 1. According