As we watch with horror the unfolding human suffering caused by the terrors of war created by one man’s ambition to expand his country’s territory it can be hard to understand whether God really cares about humanity; often our own bad experiences make us feel tempted to question the same thing, if God really cares why does he allow these things to happen? Pastor Charles Fleming uses the account of Jesus’ encounter with the Syro-Phoenician woman to consider whether God cares and how much our own offences colour our conclusions.