A Christmas Reflection Series: The Son of God — History, Ethics, and Moral Responsibility
It is reasonable to ask why a first-century figure should still command attention in a world shaped by technology, geopolitics, AI, and modern institutions.
Jesus did not offer policy prescriptions.
He did not design systems.
He did not govern.
And yet, the ethical questions his life raised remain unresolved.
What gives authority legitimacy?
How should power treat those with no leverage?
Can justice survive without moral restraint?
And what happens when societies confuse stability with righteousness?
These questions did not disappear with empire. They migrated.
Modern states are more complex, more bureaucratic, and more capable. But complexity does not eliminate moral responsibility—it often obscures it. Decisions are diffused. Accountability is diluted. Harm becomes procedural rather than personal.
Jesus’ ethical vision cuts through that fog.
By insisting that the measure of any system is how it treats the vulnerable, he introduced a form of moral evaluation that does not depend on ideology, identity, or outcome alone. It depends on coherence between values and practice.
This is why his message continues to unsettle.
It challenges both domination and grievance.
It resists moral shortcuts.
It refuses to sanctify violence, even when justified by fear or history.
In The Son of God, I argue that revisiting Jesus today is not an exercise in nostalgia or belief enforcement. It is a serious inquiry into whether societies can recover moral orientation without collapsing into cynicism or cruelty.
We live in a time saturated with information and starved of moral clarity. Positions harden quickly. Language escalates. Suffering is sorted into categories of deserving and undeserving.
Jesus offers no easy answers—but he offers a demanding standard.
Tomorrow, I’ll share a final reflection on Christmas itself—not as ritual, but as a pause for moral re-orientation.
For those who wish to explore the full argument, The Son of God is available as a holiday e-book.
Some messages endure not because they are comforting, but because they continue to ask the questions we avoid.
This reflection is drawn from The Son of God, a historical and ethical exploration of Jesus’ life and legacy, currently available as a holiday e-book.
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