Weekly Newsletter

Hello Friends,
Last night’s dinner was ok, certainly not Iron Chef worthy, and on a scale of 1-10, I would rate it as a 6.5. As I tasted a few bites I realized the chicken needed more salt. Adding salt to food enhances its flavor. In small amounts, salt helps to reduce the bitterness of food. This is why sweet things like cookies and cakes, always have a pinch of salt added to them.
In three of the four Gospel accounts, Jesus connects His disciples to salt. In Matthew 5:13 He tells them, “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.”
Salt is a chemical compound composed primarily of sodium chloride and is used to preserve, purify, and season food. In the ancient world, salt could be mined, gathered from evaporated seawater or harvested from marshes. None of this salt would be like our modern-day table salt, which is nearly pure sodium chloride. These ancient sources of salt would contain sodium chloride, giving it its distinct flavor, but they would also contain a number of impurities and other compounds. The end result in such a case would be, in essence, unsalty salt—totally useless and good for nothing “but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.”
Salt was a valuable social and economic commodity, what better image could Jesus have used to describe the influence His followers should have on the world. Just as salt enhances the flavor of our favorite food, we should be busy enhancing the lives of those around us.
How Salty Are You?
The more we dedicate ourselves to following in Christ’s footsteps and living God’s way of life, the more effective we are at seasoning the world around us, and the brighter we will shine.

From our sermon series, “What’s in the Box?” This Sunday we will look at Barnabas and see what we can learn from him.

God bless all of you,
See you Sunday at 10am
Pastor Robyne