When we are stressing someone’s solid worth and usefulness, we say, “People like that are the salt of the earth.”Where did that expression originate and what exactly does it mean, within a Christian perspective?Matthew 5:13 (Jesus speaking), “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men.”In the ancient world salt was highly esteemed. Nearly 1,500 years before Christ, salt was an important and valuable item.Leviticus 2:13, (God speaking), “And every ...