Craig Greenfield (@craigasauros) is the founder and director of Alongsiders International, a grassroots movement equipping young Christians in the developing world to reach out to their neighbors. He is the author of the upcoming book, Subversive Jesus: an adventure in justice, mercy and faithfulness in a broken world (to be published by Zondervan in early 2016).
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How Would Jesus Heal an Addict?
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"Would you give an addict a clean needle, so they could stay alive until they found freedom from their addiction? Would you give a prostituted woman condoms, so she could protect herself until she found freedom from prostitution?"
Clearly, the famous evangelical leader I was speaking with in Cambodia didn't think we should be helping people in this way. He was adamant that Jesus would never give out condoms or clean needles. He insisted that the little clinic we were running in a Phnom Penh brothel was a waste of time and inconsistent with the gospel.