Arrested for Bible Reading

A Riverside County church is suing the California Highway Patrol because members were arrested at a Department of Motor Vehicles office - for reading Bible verses to those who were waiting. The DMV says the group needed a permit. The Hemet Calvary Chapel considers it a violation of members First Amendments rights. Watch video of the arrest below.

God and Cheating

How your viewpoint on God affects your willingness to cheat. Read the article in the LA Times here.

The Boot for Bisexuality

A Christian High School in California is getting flack for kicking out a student for talking about being bisexual on Facebook. The CBS affliliate in Sacramento has details.

Church Robbery

Two masked men burst into a Bible study in Sanford, Florida, demanding money last night. They robbed everyone at gunpoint at the Iglesia Apostolica church.

Church Threatened

A DC church is getting threats after comments from Sean Hannity. Read about it here.

Church Walkout

Some longtime members Crystal Cathedral orchestra members walked out of Easter Sunday services after they found out the church was only going to pay half the amount of money promised them them. The megachurch went into bankruptcy recently and has a debt load of nearly $60 million. Church officials will be in court over the matter next month.

Wilkerson Dies

UPDATE: The accident was a head-on collision. State troopers say the car drifted into on-coming traffic and ran into an 18-wheeler in East Texas at a Neches River bridge. Wilkerson's wife and another women were injured.

David Wilkerson died in a car accident today. The 79-year-old pastor started the Times Square Church. The crash happened in Texas. His wife, Gwen, was hurt in the accident as well. She's in critical condition. He came to national promenence early in his career when he started a ministry to gang members and drug addicts in New York. His tory was told in the best-selling book The Cross and the Switchblade. Times Square Church, which was founded in 1987, is now led by Pastor Carter Conlon and has more than 8,000 members.

Megachurch Hires Hollywood Director

Read about how a large Chicago church plans to make movies here.

Dove Winners

Among this year's Dove Award winners last night:

Francesca Battistelli - Artist of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year, Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year

Toby Mac - Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year

Marvin Sapp - Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year

Tamela Mann - Traditional Gospel Album of the Year

Point of Grace - Country Album of the Year

NEEDTOBREATHE - Group of the Year, Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year

Sandi Patty - Inspirational Album of the Year

Chris August - Male Vocalist of the Year, Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year

Group 1 Crew - Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year, Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year

Billboard Battle

CCM History

Today's New York Times offers an op-ed piece on the beginnings of Christian Contemporary Music. Read it here.

Minister Shoots Self Inside Church Amid Luring Allegations

Minister Shoots Self Inside Church Amid Luring Allegations: MyFoxPHOENIX.com

147 Years Ago Today

It was on this date in 1864 that the U.S. Congress added In God We Trust to U.S. coins.

Eggs Dropped from Copter

A Jacksonville church dropped some 20,000 eggs from a helicopter on a field for children. Here's a video of what the pastor called "Pandemonium" in a tweet.

Obama or Jesus

Some people in New York state are upset over a portable sign outside a church that reads, "President Obama or King Jesus." The Gardiner Reformed Church in Gardiner says it was the topic of the pastor's Sunday sermon. Pastor Gary Sissel says he did not intend to offend anyone with the message, which compared the power exercised by the president to the "humble" show of power by Jesus in the triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

Protest at Mosque

Terry Jones, the Quran burning Florida pastor, wants to protest in front of a mosque. But a Michigan judge has told him to appear in court first. The protest is scheduled for later this week in Dearborn at the Islamic Center of America. Prosecutors have asked the judge to make Jones post a bond to cover the cost of additional police officers during the demonstration. When Jones burned a Quran at his small church in Gainesville, Florida last month, riots broke out in Afghanistan, leading to an attack on a United Nation's facility that killed seven staff workers.

Universalism Among Christians

One in four Christians say all people are eventually be saved, according to a new survey by Barna polling. Nearly the same number say a person’s religion does not matter because all faiths teach the same lessons. Four out of ten born again Christians say Christians and Muslims worship the same God. Barna says 43% of Americans agreed with the statement “It doesn’t matter what religious faith you follow because they all teach the same lessons." 54% percent disagreed with the statement. Rob Bell’s book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived has recently stirred debate over universalism. Time magazine's Easter Week edition features a cover story on Bell’s controversial views. Read more about the topic here.

School Blocks Own Paper

Liberty University refused to say why it blocked access to the campus newspaper part of last week. No one on campus could access the Lynchburg’s News & Advocate. But several news organizations are reporting that the site was blocked after the newspaper ran a story about the amount of federal student aid the school receives. The article by reporter Liz Barry ran with the headline ”Liberty tops state in federal aid for its students.” The school got some $445 million in federal financial aid last fiscal year. That's more than the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which received $420 million from the federal government, according to Salon.com. Read the full article here.

Fraudbusting Pastor Pleads Guilty‎

Barry Minkow, who did a 7 years in prison for fraud and later founded the Fraud Discovery Institute, plead guilty to insider trading just a few days ago. He could go back to prison for 5 more years as a result. Minkow became a pastor in San Diego after his release from prison and a film was made about him. The ZZZZ Best carpet cleaning swindler invested in the $4-million production and plays himself in the independently financed movie. He resigned from San Diego's Community Bible Church last month. Here's the movie trailer.

Palau in Vietnam

Luis Palau held revival meetings in Ho Chi Minh City over the weekend. The gatherings in Vietnam's largest city was the first time in the nation's history that an international Christian leader has been invited to preach on such a wide scale. Palau will speak in the capital city of Hanoi next weekend, though the meetings still need government approval.