Stubborn Faith That Clings

MATTHEW 15:21-28

The sermon centers on a Gentile mother—a Canaanite woman—who comes to Jesus desperate for her suffering child. What jars us is not her plea, but Jesus’s initial silence and sharp refusal. His words are unsettling, and the text does not soften them. Instead, it draws us into the tension, inviting us to encounter a Savior who does not always respond as we expect—and a faith forged through exclusion, silence, and misunderstanding.