Welcome back to the Ask Pastor John Podcast with longtime pastor and author John Piper.

Today's question is an important one, and it comes from a listener named Daniel, Hello

Pastor John.

Very often Christians point out the sin of homosexuality is a major problem in this country.

While they seemingly forget about the massive amounts of sinners addicted to other sinful

patterns in life.

This homosexuality is truly more detrimental to a society than other sins.

How would you weigh the cultural impact of this sin against, say, the sins of pride in

overeating and greed, Pastor John?

How would you answer that question from Daniel?

My answer to the last question can be straight forward.

I do not doubt that millions more people are ruined in this life and the next through

greed and covetousness, through pride, through selfishness, through excessive anger, then

are ruined through same-sex orientation or through homosexual behavior.

The reason for that, opinion on my part, is twofold, one.

On the one hand, the sins of greed and pride and selfishness and anger are more widespread

than either same-sex attraction or homosexual behavior.

And on the other hand, the sins of greed and pride and selfishness and anger are more subtle

and disguise themselves more easily as acceptable.

So yes, the number of people who are ruined in this life and the next by the sins of greed,

pride, selfishness, anger is vastly greater than the number of people ruined by same-sex

orientation or sinful, homosexual behavior.

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