Episode 13: Salt of the earth
You may have friends or relatives that you think of as "salt of the earth" kind of people. It’s meant as a compliment, to say that they’re honest, trustworthy, and so on. It’s a way of saying that the world needs more people like that. The saying goes back to Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount. It’s one of two metaphors he uses to give his hearers a vision of the life and character to which God is calling them.
