Did Jesus make a racial slur by calling a foreign woman a dog?

Ask Away

Vince and Jo Vitale

Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Christianity has long claimed to be for every person, irrespective of who you are or where you're from. Does Jesus undermine that claim and show himself not to be divine, or even not worth following, by making a racial slur against a foreign woman? In this episode of Ask Away, Vince and Jo talk about what we should make of this confusing interaction between Jesus and the "Canaanite" woman in Matthew 15 and Mark 7. ------ We’re so glad you joined us for Ask Away. If you have a question that needs answering, we’d love to hear it. Send us an email at askawayquestion@gmail.com or call and leave a voicemail at ‪(321) 213-9670‬. Ask Away is hosted by Vince and Jo Vitale, and produced by Studio D Podcast Production. New episodes come out regularly, so make sure to subscribe. The best way you can support Ask Away is to leave a review. All you have to do is open up the Podcast App on your phone, look for Ask Away, scroll down until you see ‘Write a Review’ and tell us what you think. If you’d like to see videos from Vince and me, invite us to speak, or make a financial gift so that more people’s questions can be heard on Ask Away, visit Kardiaquestions.com See you next time, and remember, if you have a question, it’s worth asking.

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0:00.0	I was a skeptic who came to faith through asking hard questions.
0:04.2	I'm a long-time Christian whose faith was challenged by hard questions.
0:08.4	Whatever your story is, we all ask questions.
0:12.0	But some questions are more difficult to answer than others.
0:15.8	And some questions keep us up at night.
0:18.4	Who am I?
0:19.6	Does my life have value?
0:21.2	What determines my identity and purpose?
0:23.7	Is there a God?
0:24.9	Does he care?
0:26.0	What will happen when I die?
0:27.8	Is it even possible to know the truth?
0:29.7	We believe every question is valuable, and we receive every question as a gift.
0:35.8	So welcome to the podcast, where we invite you to Ask Away.
0:42.0	Hi everyone, welcome to Ask Away. I'm Joe Vitaly and I'm here with Vince. We are delighted that
0:48.0	you're able to join us today, whether you're a new listener or you've been listening for a long
0:51.6	time. If you're enjoying the podcast, we just invite you to
0:54.7	leave a review if you have that opportunity because we so appreciate hearing how you're finding
0:59.7	it and what you make of the episodes so far. Today is fun because we're recording on the 4th of July,
1:05.5	and I'm hoping that this is finally the year that I get my corn dog. I've been saying that for as long as we've
1:11.6	been living here. And for some reason, everyone else in the country seems to be eating them on
1:15.8	the 4th of July, but I'm always the only one who can never find one.
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