{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":""YOU are the Salt of the Earth."","description":"I cannot think of a more beautiful tribute to committed Christ-followers everywhere\u2014including YOU\u2014than Jesus\u2019 words here in the Sermon on the Mount: \u201cYou are the salt of the earth.\u201d As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, Jesus, ever the master of the metaphor, came up with a doozie with this one. \u201cYou are the salt of the earth.\u201d I am excited about this for a couple of compelling reasons: 1. The rich and rewarding meaning of this metaphor, which we will get to in a moment. 2. \u201cYou are the salt of the earth\u201d provides us with a wonderfully enriching teachable moment, one where I get to take you behind the scenes, as it were, and demonstrate for you in real time how we arrive at the proper interpretation of a passage\u2014this passage in Matthew 5\u2014and from there how to make an appropriate application of a passage\u2014any passage\u2014to our lives today. So you\u2019re getting a two-for-the-price-of-one in this podcast -- What the passage means, and how we arrive at its meaning. Because truth be told, one of the reasons the Church in America is, IMHO, sadly diminishing its influence in our world today is precisely because of a misunderstanding and misapplication of this beautiful verse, \u201cYou are the salt of the earth.\u201d So we have a lot going on here in this Jesus in HD Encore Podcast\u2014an encore because I am currently leading a Study Tour in Israel, returning to Peter in HD next week. Please remember that depending upon your web browser and connection speed, it may take up to 60 seconds for this podcast to begin to play. God bless you richly as you listen. ","author_name":"Dewey Bertolini's podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/deweybertolini.com","html":"