Red Letters: Salt and Light

As a church, one of the great struggles God's people always have is determining how we are to relate and interact with the culture around us. Genesis Church is located in the great town of Eureka, Missouri. Often, it is easy to love our town, but we may forget that there is darkness and decay in all cultures, even our own town. On one hand, followers of Jesus are to be different than the world around us, yet, on the other hand we should not live as spiritual hermits closing ourselves off. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus uses two great metaphors, salt and light, to describe how those who follow Jesus should relate to the world around them.