As you know, the United States is going toe-to-toe with Vladimir Putin and Russia over their invasion

of Ukraine.

Russia is a nuclear state and earlier this month, Ukraine's Minister of Defense revealed

that Kiev, which is the capital city of Ukraine, has received threats of nuclear retaliation

from Russia through unofficial channels if they continue to fight pro-Russian separatists

in eastern Ukraine.

And here we are talking about sexual sins on this podcast, like yesterday when we talked

about Burger King, Apple, Subaru, and Target.

Some people say we're just wasting our time talking about people's private lives, talking

about sexual lust and homosexual sins.

Shouldn't our attention be drawn to the standoff with Russia right now?

Isn't that more important than talking about corporations that promote sexual sin?

The answer is no, says John Piper, and has sermon battling the unbelief of lust, which

he preached 25 years ago on the text 1 Thessalonians of chapter 4, verses 1-8.

Here's what he said.

So what?

That's the question of our culture.

So what?

I mean, come on.

Let's deal with something important, like nuclear arms or justice.

Get off this personal piety, these private individual choices that have no relevance for

what's going on in this world that's crashing down around us.

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