The gospel in words 'Salt'

Published: Thursday, May 28, 2009 12:06 a.m. MDT
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"Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another." (Mark 9:50)

Salt is indispensable to our physical survival. It is hard to overstate the role of salt in not only our individual lives but in the history of the Earth. In a wonderful book, "Salt, a World History," Mark Kurlansky tells us that there are more than 14,000 uses for salt. In addition to being essential in preserving our lives, salt's most ancient use was as a preservative of foods. As such, salt has deep symbolic significance.

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