I wrote this piece this time last year. It is more applicable than ever.

Compared to liberal societies, traditional societies gave clear rules on how to live and often came with a cost—oppression. A traditional society was as likely to give us gold, frankincense, and myrrh, as it was to give us a nail of iron, a crown of thorns, and a cross of wood. The crucial point is that it did not tolerate dissent and Jesus was a dissenter. He flipped tables and cursed hypocrites. He said No.

This has significant implications on how we live in a free society—if we choose to remain free.