“Crumbs that Give Seats at the Table”
Sermon given by Pastor Robb on June 15, 2025.
Concludes So That’s What That Means? sermon series and transitions into summer Finding Faith Off the Beaten Path sermon series.
Covers Isaiah 29:13-21 and Matthew 15:21-28.
For many people, one of the most perplexing stories in the Gospels is of Jesus apparently calling a Canaanite woman a dog - using a slur and seeming to pick favorites for God’s love and power when that is so antithetical to the values expressed in the rest of his recounted ministry. But as we’ve seen in other sermons in this series, context often gives us a bigger and clearer picture with more faithful meaning. This story may actually help us encounter Jesus as more alive, clever, joyful and insightful than we can sometimes experience in the text - and encourage us in how we follow Jesus in our relationships too.
