The Gospel According to Dogs
What Our Four-Legged Saints Can Teach Us
Chapter One
"If anyone is in Christ," says St. Paul, "he is a new creature" (2 Corinthians 5:17, RSV). "It does not matter at all whether or not one is circumcised," says Paul; "what does matter is being a new creature" (Galatians 6:15, GNB). Okay, so Christians are "new creatures." But just exactly what kind of "new creatures" have they become? They're now dogs. Jesus makes this clear when a Canaanite—that is, a "canineite"—woman falls at his feet. This woman is dogging the footsteps of Jesus and his disciples and making a complete nuisance of herself (Matthew 15:21–28). "Send her away," the disciples say, "for she keeps shouting after us" (v. 23). So Jesus turns to her and says, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the hous ... read full excerpt from: Gospel According to Dogs, The ebook
