Which are the most sinful states in the U.S.? This is Jim Denison's daily article for Friday, February 22nd, 2019.

A new study has compared America's 50 states using 43 indicators of immorality. The dataset ranges from violent crimes to excessive drinking to gambling disorders.

Unsurprisingly, Nevada ranks first primarily because of greed and lust.

Florida comes in second because of jealousy, lust, and vanity.

The rest of the top, or bottom, 10 in order are California, Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, and Arizona.

The least sinful states in order are Vermont, Maine, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Idaho.

Sin may be measured collectively, but it is committed personally, and it never stays secret.

A Minnesota man was eating a hot dog at a hockey game last month.

He wiped his mouth with a napkin and tossed the remains in the trash.

Authorities then used DNA on the napkin to tie him to an unsolved murder from 1993.

In similar news, DNA from a genealogical database has led authorities to arrest a Colorado man

for the murder of an 11-year-old girl in

1973. Last fall, DNA evidence led to an arrest in a 1997 murder. Meanwhile, prosecutors

in the Jesse Smollett case say they have the $3,500 check used by the actor to pay two brothers

to stage his assault last month. Smollett was arrested yesterday for allegedly

filing a false report about the January 29th incident. After paying a $10,000 bond, he was released

and is due back in court on March 14th. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson alleged

yesterday that the brother's motive for helping Smollett was money. There was never a thought in

their mind that we would be able to track them down, he added. In Numbers 3223, Scripture warns us, be sure your sin will find you out.

There's something about temptation that causes us to think this warning doesn't really apply to us.

We will get away with it. No one will know. No one will be hurt. No consequences will follow.

Or so we think.

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