The Canaanite Woman
Podcast – Pasadena Mennonite Church
English - March 24, 2020 21:03 - 25.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality mennonite anabaptist peace justice community jesus christ pasadena los angeles Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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For our second COVID-19 Zoom service, Erica Nellessen preached to us from Mathew 15:21-28 — a passage about a Canaanite woman, which it turns out is a significant phrase in itself.
this is a disruptive story. It’s in your face.
Some of Jesus’ actions here are confusing at best and violent and racist at worst. But this is an encounter that disrupts our view of who Jesus is, who his followers are and how the kingdom operates.
It’s a story that I had never heard preached in all my years in the church.
It’s been avoided for a reason.
But here we are talking about the messy Jesus and the woman who wouldn’t take no for an answer.
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