Magi, Wise Men, or Kings?

Entertainment Scorsese's 'Silence' Asks What It Really Costs to Follow Jesus Martin Scorsese adapts Shusaku Endo's acclaimed novel about faith, mission, and suffering. Brett McCracken

Women Why Millions Watched this Church Christmas Video The underage narrators get the story right. Almost. Kate Shellnutt

SPONSOR CONTENT How to Be at Peace and Get What You Want Fortune 500 CEO Brad Hewitt's wisdom for moving past our insatiable cravings. Brad Hewitt

Gleanings Congrats, Frank Wolf: Obama Approves Expansion of International Religious Freedom Act IRFA modernization gives State Department new tools to protect Christians (and others) persecuted by ISIS. Tom Strode - Baptist Press

Book Awards What Happens when Churches Read Together The Bible, certainly—but also history, literature, current events, and everything else under the sun. C. Christopher Smith

The Exchange Convening Thought Leaders: The Evangelism Leaders Fellowship The BGCE hosts the first gathering of a new initiative. John C. Richards, Jr.

The Exchange Theology for Life: Launching a New Weekly Podcast I Am Co-Hosting with Wheaton Professor Lynn Cohick Follow us on Twitter and iTunes. Ed Stetzer

Women Why Advent Is More Jewish Than You Think As a Messianic Jew, I see the rich origins of this liturgical season. Michelle Van Loon

Pivot Deal-Breakers: 7 Ways God May Tell a Pastor to Leave a Church Long-term pastorates are almost always good for the church and the pastor. But when these things happen, it's time to go. by Karl Vaters

Christian History Magi, Wise Men, or Kings? It's Complicated. Christian tradition finds meaning in each of these mysterious monikers. Chad Ashby

Book Awards The Wrath the World Needs An excerpt from 'The Crucifixion,' CT's 2017 Beautiful Orthodoxy Book of the Year. Fleming Rutledge