salt & light (PAUSED)
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A hood boy who sells drugs and is a past member of a gang, meets a Pastors daughter who tries to save his soul before its too late. Will love get in the way? Or will the love of Jesus get in the way?
""You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden."
Matthew 5:13-14
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