FEEDING THE DOGS

Holy Trinity Ankeny

English - August 21, 2023 13:09 - 19 minutes - 14.3 MB - ★★★★ - 5 ratings
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When Jesus encounters a Canaanite woman begging him to heal her daughter his response is, at best, curious. It seems offensive. He calls her a dog who is unworthy to eat at the table. To say this is out of character for Jesus seems obvious. But what if Jesus is not grumpy, but (as he is all the time in Matthew) in teaching mode? What if this story has a deep message that spoke to the disciples then and speaks to us today?