Bread for Canaanites
April 07, 2019 | Mike Stancak
Passage: Matthew 15:21-39
The Bible is increasingly labelled a book that sanctions sexism and racism, a manual for colonial oppression, or at best a well-meaning but antiquated collection of literature from a people who did their moral best, but fell short of our post-modern ideals. This Sunday’s passage will challenge that assumption. The truth is that Jesus’ Church, from the start, was launched to be a multi-national, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural people, all assembled together under their shared identity in Christ. This Sunday, we will see Jesus announce the Kingdom outside the bounds of ethnic Israel, and learn that only under the grace of Christ can our culture’s ideals ever be achieved.
Series Information
Matthew 12:22 - 20
In the next installment in our Matthew series as we see conflict heating up around Jesus. As his ministry continues, it becomes clear that the values of the Kingdom clash with the arrogance, pride, and apathy of his day, and people start to polarize around him. I'm sure the same will be true of us. At every step we'll find that Jesus' grace is sufficient for the journey, as we learn the way of the Upside-Down Kingdom.