A Seat at the Table • Matthew 15:21–28

A Canaanite woman with no claim on Israel's Messiah begs Jesus to heal her daughter…and Jesus says nothing at all. The disciples want her gone. What follows is one of the most surprising exchanges in the Gospels, and it ends with Jesus calling this woman’s faith “great.” This sermon on Matthew 15 asks what it means that the only person who rightfully belonged at God's table gave up his seat to…