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    Dazed and Confused  

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    So I'm sitting here on my lunch breack at CLM catching up on my blogs.  Over the last few days I keep finding out about some of my favorite preachers have such single-sided views of scriptures and it really breaks my heart.  I get that not everyone can preach a 12 year series on the book of Romans (not a jab at you Tony, I'm thinking of J Piper,) and thats totally cool. But to say that not all Scripture is applicable to where I'm at now is just stupid. People who play Bible rullete tend to hold to this view. In fact I would argue that expository preaching, and sequential Bible study enables us to apply the Bible in our particular context better than any other preaching or studying practice. I would also argue that this is the way Jesus and the apostles taught as well,( Road to Emmauss anyone?) Its also interesting to me that those who preach this way are also the most culturally engaging preachers as well, (Matt Chandler, Mark Driscoll, Tim Keller,  heck even Rob Bell did an exposition of Philipians last year!) Anyways, just my two cents, what are your thoughts?

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    The Salt of the Earth  

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    "One of the most valuable trade items from earliest times was salt. It is
    not a condiment like pepper or mustard or ketchup, but a mineral, NaCl,
    sodium chloride. Humans need it to live. Our nervous systems can’t
    function without it. Its prevalence shows in the many phrases connected
    with salt: a valuable person is the “salt of the earth,” which is how Christ
    referred to his apostles; a useless person is “not worth his salt.” One of
    the oldest ways of obtaining salt was by boiling or evaporating sea water.
    This was done in ancient Egypt; in ancient Gaul (the Romans’ name
    for France); in France in the eighteenth century, to avoid paying the salt
    tax; and in India in the twentieth century as a way to gain independence
    from England and the British salt monopoly. This is a very expensive
    and labor-intensive way to get salt compared to mining rock salt.

    Currently in the United States, between two and three million tons of
    salt are mined each year from a mine that runs under the center of the
    United States, from Detroit and Cleveland south to Louisiana. This salt
    mountain is as big as Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain on earth. Only
    four percent of the salt that is mined is consumed; the other ninety-six
    percent is used to de-ice roads and by the chemical industry, which breaks
    it down into sodium and chloride."

    taken from Cusine and Culture by Linda Civito

    "Let me tell you why you are here. You're here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You've lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.
    Here's another way to put it: You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I'm putting you on a light stand. Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you'll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven."

    Jesus taken from Matthew 5:13-16

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