2009-09-20T13:09:01-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/dog/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2015:21-28&version=NIV 2009-09-20T13:09:01-05:00 Jesus often challenged the idea that God's love extended only to the people of Israel. In this account, he heals a Canaanite woman's daughter because of her earnest faith, despite the fact that Canaanites would have been considered "dogs" by the religious establishment.