Matthew 5:13-20 – Drew Downs

Just a Little Bit Better — on the low bar of faith

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9 min read

In describing the path before them, Jesus offers metaphors of salt and light to inspire us, but the least we can do is not be total jerks.

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3 min read

As Jesus continues preaching the sermon on the mount, modern readers need to remember the wider context of our greater calling.

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When Jesus compares his followers to salt, it offers a complex note to the modern understanding of nutrition, health, life, how to be.

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7 min read

Getting at what Jesus is speaking to requires we remember the Beatitudes. And placing that above our own logic.

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2 min read

In the passage right after the Beatitudes, Jesus describes his followers as being like salt. And a light, too.

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3 min read

Before we can talk about being “the salt of the earth” we must remember the Beatitudes and our poverty in spirit.