 | Richard C. Meyer - Religion - 2004 - 164 pages
...sent out as Christian business persons, lawyers, journalists, homemakers, volunteers in the community to be the salt of the earth, the light of the world as Christ's representatives today. We are the ministry to Jesus Christ, alive for God and His Son through... | |
 | Fredrik Sunnemark - History - 2003 - 287 pages
...12:2. In the written version in Strength to Love, King/Paul defines the addressees of the letter as "the salt of the earth," "the light of the world," and the "vitally active leaven in the lump of the nation." See page 129. 10. "Paul's Letter to American Christians,"... | |
 | Roger E. Van Harn - Religion - 2005 - 652 pages
...disciples and others listening in. But this instruction is not for "insiders" only. The disciples are to be the salt of the earth, the light of the world (5:13-16). And at the conclusion of the book, they are charged to "Go therefore and make disciples... | |
 | Mary Beavers - Religion - 2005 - 138 pages
...always includes these three aspects of life, love and lips. Being the Good News: Evangelism is being the "salt of the earth," the "light of the world," and the "aroma of Christ." Christians are to be the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13a), not merely the salt... | |
 | Religion - 2006 - 554 pages
...personal sanctity is not a New Testament concept. Jesus' followers are to live in the world. They are to be the salt of the earth, the light of the world, showing forth the light of the good news of God's love through the works of love they do (Matthew 5:13-16).... | |
 | Alan Jacobs - Biography & Autobiography - 2008 - 125 pages
...to be revealed as the wisdom by which he was himself to live, and to die. Israel, he had urged, was to be the salt of the earth, the light of the world, through turning the other cheek, going the second mile; now he was to expose his whole body to the... | |
 | 89 pages
...hide it. Our reading of the Gospel makes it clear that this is a part of following Christ. He wants us to be the salt of the earth, the light of the world (Mt 5). Certainly being open about our faith is an important way to shake a few doubts into people... | |
 | Charles Gore - Apologetics - 1926 - 1070 pages
...its appeal to the world mainly by the life which men saw it living. In this way His disciples were to be the salt of the earth, the light of the world, the city set on a hill. And when the Church recovered herself from her first moral peril, due to the... | |
 | Religious education - 1880 - 328 pages
...that they may be filled. So must it be with all who want a share in the kingdom of heaven. And then— to be " the salt of the earth "— " the light of the world " — that is the appointed office of Christ's people. This is exactly what the Jews failed in. See... | |
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... the light of the world, and the leaven to leaven the corrupt mass.1 We simply observe that the power of the Saviour is not compulsory. 
