Subversive Jesus, Craig Warren Greenfield
Subversive Jesus, Craig Warren Greenfield
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Subversive Jesus
An Adventure in Justice, Mercy, and Faithfulness in a Broken World

Author: Craig Warren Greenfield

Narrator: Alan Irving

Unabridged: 5 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 12/06/2022


Synopsis

When Jesus left the most exclusive gated community in the universe to come live with the people he loved and gave his life for, he turned everything we know and believe about life on its head. Jesus said that he came to bring good news to the poor, but most Western Christians remain disconnected and isolated from the poor and their contexts of injustice. Even our churches echo society’s pressure to isolate ourselves from the margins (e.g. by moving to a better suburb) and instead teach us how to be “nice people” who worship a “nice Jesus” and don’t disrupt the status quo. Convinced that Jesus places love for the poor and the pursuit of justice central, Craig Greenfield has sought to follow in Christ’s footsteps by living among people at the edges of society for the last fourteen years. His quest to follow this Subversive Jesus has taken Craig and his young family from the slums of Asia to inner city Canada and back again. This is the story of how Jesus led them to the margins: initiating the Pirates of Justice flash mobs, sharing their home with detoxing crackheads, welcoming homeless panhandlers and prostitutes to the dinner table, and ultimately sparking a movement to reach the world’s most vulnerable children. This book is a strong and potentially controversial critique of the status quo too often found in our churches, but it offers an inspirational and hopeful vision of another way. While readers may not relocate to a slum, they will certainly come to view their lives and ministry through a fresh lens—reconsidering how they are uniquely called by Jesus to subversively love the poor and break down systems of injustice in their sphere of influence.

About Craig Warren Greenfield

Social entrepreneur, activist and author, Craig Greenfield is passionate about God’s heart for the world’s most vulnerable. Craig is the founder and director of Alongsiders International, a fast-growing movement of young Christians reaching the world’s poorest children. A storyteller and inspirational speaker, Craig’s passion is to amplify the voice of the poor, communicating God’s heart for the least in churches, conferences and colleges around the world. Craig is happily married to Nay, a Cambodian-New Zealander and they have two young children: Jayden and Micah.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian on January 11, 2022

Teetering on awarding a fifth star. The book is sharpened to a point. He held my attention for as long as he asked for it. When he had that attention, he showed by example radical things God COULD lead into and ways, until then, to exemplify Him right where we are. Got it at the public library, whic......more

Goodreads review by Savannah on July 28, 2023

The message of this book is comparable to Rosaria Butterfield's 'The Gospel Comes with a House Key', but with more of an emphasis on enabling and equipping. It wasn't quite what I was expecting, but still an excellent read.......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on April 06, 2016

Jesus didn’t quietly fit into the politically correct culture of his day. He hung out with the people who others looked down upon – poor, children, tax collectors and prostitutes. In Subversive Jesus, Craig Greenfield tries to sort out what kind of life Jesus is calling his followers to lead in pres......more

Goodreads review by Jerry on May 16, 2016

I was almost immediately turned off by this book when one of the first things I saw was a quote by Shane Claiborne. I pressed on because that's the deal and eventually arrived at page 24-25. What I read on those two pages inspired me to press on further: From the time of the murder of every young bo......more

Goodreads review by Leslie on June 25, 2017

My husband and I read this together and loved it. It provoked much reflection and discussion about how we life our lives out as followers of Christ. At times it made us very uncomfortable and overwhelmed, but also opened our hearts and minds to a new perspective as we prayed our way through this boo......more