What Did Jesus Actually Say About Being Rich?

For the past few years I have lived in an urban slum community on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia. So my interest in issues of poverty is more than academic. When my hungry 8-year-old neighbor, Srey—not a statistic, but a real person with hopes and dreams—tugs at my arm and asks for a piece of bread as I walk through the alley to my home—it’s very real.Living here has forced me to dig deeper into Jesus’ teachings about poverty and wealth, because like most readers of th