were also insulting Him with

Praying about going through a particular curriculum. Weighing the pros and cons, and leaning toward the various cons at this point. Don't get me wrong -- by any measure, it's a good curriculum. Just doesn't seem right for the needs of my group at this particular time. While gathering feedback from a brother currently going through the program, I heard about a particular perspective this series of lessons brings to various teaching positions: the offensiveness of sin to God.

Example: divorce. One can teach that divorce breaks a union that God formed. You can teach about how complicated it makes one's life shuffling kids between parents, having two Christmases, etc. You can teach about how the kids are emotionally affected. You can teach about the cost of lawyers and settlements and practical complications. And all of these are standard reasons -- and good reasons -- why one should not get divorced.

But you are missing one massive reason: God HATES divorce. The Word is clear on this point, but we miss how critical this point really is. In fact, if you only taught this one point, it should be enough to matter to a Christian. The fact that this sin is OFFENSIVE to God. It literally angers Him and makes Him morally outraged. And not picking on divorce -- TTP goes through various other worldly perspectives (evolution, infanticide, et al), and shows how these issues are not simply just logical or philosophical issues; they are issues that God has a clear position on where counter positions offend His being.

Every day I am in a constant state of managing the outrage and anger I have in my being at various people offending me to some degree over some issue. I never stopped to think that God had a similar temperament, where things outrage Him all day every day. And perhaps the best part of TTP is that idea: aligning our perspective to His perspective, and making us think more about what outrages Him than what outrages us.