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Matthew 5:13

Salt and Light

13 You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.

TOPIC OVERVIEW: "Mapping the Terrain—The Glorious Church"
Biblical Reference / Church / The Glorious Church
(Matthew 5:14-16) -- "Post Tenebras Lux"
Biblical Reference / Church / The Church's Prophetic Voice
(Philippians 2:14-16) -- "A True Light"
Biblical Reference / Church / The Church's Prophetic Voice
(Matthew 5:13) -- "Christians Be Christian, As Salt Is Salty!"
Biblical Reference / Church / The Church in Decline
(Matthew 5:13) -- "Salting the Earth"
Biblical Reference / Church / The Pastor, Culture & Public Duty
(Matthew 16:18) -- "Which Religion Will Last and Why?"
Biblical Reference / Church / World Religions & Worldviews
(Matthew 6:1) -- "Orienting Your Piety: Not before Men"
Biblical Reference / Church / Spiritual Disciplines
(Matthew 6:3) -- "Giving to Impress Oneself"
Biblical Reference / Church / Spiritual Disciplines
(Leviticus 19:35-36) -- "Markets & Morality"
Biblical Reference / Corruption / Greed
(Matthew 6:1) -- "When the Show Must Not Go On"
Biblical Reference / Corruption / Hypocrisy
(Proverbs 10:15) -- "The Perils of Poverty"
Biblical Reference / Economics / Poverty & Wealth
(Proverbs 28:6, 11) -- "Putting Riches in Their Place"
Biblical Reference / Economics / Poverty & Wealth
(Proverbs 7:4-27) -- "The Way of the Adulterer Leads to Death"
Biblical Reference / Family / Adultery & Fornication
(Matthew 5:27-29) -- "The Heart Sin of Internet Pornography"
Biblical Reference / Family / Adultery & Fornication
(Mark 10:11-12) -- "Biblical Compassion on the Matter of Divorce and Remarriage"
Biblical Reference / Family / Adultery & Fornication
(Hebrews 13:4) -- "The Honorable Institution of Marriage"
Biblical Reference / Family / Adultery & Fornication
(Mark 10:11-12) -- "Biblical Compassion on the Matter of Divorce and Remarriage"
Biblical Reference / Family / Divorce
(Hebrews 13:4) -- "The Honorable Institution of Marriage"
Biblical Reference / Family / Marriage & Family
(Romans 13:1-4) -- "Healthy Fear"
Biblical Reference / Government / Peace & War
(Matthew 5:38-39) -- "Is the State Required to Turn Its Other Cheek?"
Biblical Reference / Government / Punishment
(Romans 13:1-4) -- "Healthy Fear"
Biblical Reference / Government / Punishment
(Acts 7:54-60a) -- "Courage in the Line of Fire"
Biblical Reference / Virtue / Courage
(Proverbs 17:9) -- "The Lost Art of Keeping Friends"
Biblical Reference / Virtue / Character
"The Remarkable Claims of Athenagoras" -- [177]
Historical Precedents / Church / The Church's Prophetic Voice
"Humane Religion—Jonathan Blanchard" -- [1811 – 1892]
Historical Precedents / Church / The Glorious Church
"Humane Religion—Jonathan Blanchard" -- [1811 – 1892]
Historical Precedents / Corruption / Prejudice
"Mao versus the Decalogue: The Separation of God and State" -- [1945 - 1976]
Historical Precedents / Government / Church & State
"Hijacking St. Francis of Assisi" -- [c. 1181 – 1226]
Historical Precedents / Government / Environmentalism
"Sin and Grace" -- Theophylact of Ochrid (c. 1050 – after 1109)
Quotations & Writings / Family / Adultery & Fornication
"Blessed are the Warriors?" -- Augustine (354 - 430)
Quotations & Writings / Government / Peace & War
"God-Given Resentment" -- Bishop Joseph Butler (1692 – 1752)
Quotations & Writings / Government / Punishment
"We Genuinely Repent" -- Southern Baptist Convention (1995)
Quotations & Writings / Virtue / Repentance
"Is Godliness Unmanly?"
Current Trends / Church / Spiritual Disciplines
"True Security for the Elderly"
Current Trends / Economics / Poverty & Wealth
"True Security for the Elderly"
Current Trends / Economics / Taxation
KJ Quick-Take: "Why We Should Care about Adultery"
Current Trends / Family / Adultery & Fornication
"I Think She's Asleep Now"
Current Trends / Family / Adultery & Fornication
"The War Within"
Current Trends / Family / Adultery & Fornication
KJ Quick-Take: "Till Death Us Do Part, or Until I Kill You" -- [2005]
Current Trends / Family / Marriage & Family
"True Security for the Elderly"
Current Trends / Government / Forms of Government
KJ Quick-Take: "Till Death Us Do Part, or Until I Kill You" -- [2005]
Current Trends / Sanctity of Life / Euthanasia & Suicide