Jesus Wife Fragment Authenticy Questioned

Baptist Press takes a look at what scholars are saying about a small, newly translated Coptic manuscript fragment indicating that Jesus may have had a wife here.

Warren Hospitalized

Megachurch pastor Rick Warren is in a California hospital. The Saddleback pastor said he was having pain in his arms and numbness in his fingers. He's now undergoing tests. He has canceled plans to lead a church event tomorrow (Thursday).

Suit over Muslim attack in Michigan

A group called the Bible Believers are suing a Sheriff's office in Detroit, Michigan for not protecting two of its members from being attacked by Muslims. The group claims the Wayne County Sheriff and two of his deputies stood by while the Christian men were hit by bottles, rocks and other debris while they were witnessing at the Arab International Festival in Dearborn this summer. Here's a video of what happened.

Banner Controversy

NBC News offers this reports on a story we told you about last week - run-through banners at football games at a Texas school.

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Update on TX Verse Ban

The ban on Bible verses on banners at a Texas school we told you about yesterday is on hold. A judge has stepped in, issuing a temporary restraining order while he considers a lawsuit filed by parents of cheerleaders. The parents claim in the suit that the ban amounts to speech censorship. Cheerleaders at Kountze High School in Beaumont were told to stop by the school superintendent.

Bible Verses on Banners Banned at TX Football Games

Texas educators are telling cheerleaders to stop putting Bible verses on banners for high school football games. The Texas Association of School Boards told the Kountze Independent School District to get rid of the verses after a resident complained that the banner one of the teams runs through at the start of games has a Bible reference. The cheerleaders say no school money was involved and the signs were not designed on school property.

Fragment: Jesus Married?

A Harvard professor says she has identified a scrap of papyrus suggesting some early Christians believed Jesus was married. Read the story here.

Baylor Prof wins Philosophy Award

C. Stephen Evans is winner of the C.S. Lewis Book Prize Competition. The Baylor Philosopy prof took the award for the best book published in the philosophy of religion or philosophical theology written for a general audience in the last five years with his Natural Signs and the Knowledge of God: A New Look at Theistic Arguments. Minnesota's University of St. Thomas hands out the award which is funded by the John Templeton Foundation. It includes a $15,000 prize.

Wal-Mart: You Can't Sing God Bless American Here

Wal-Mart officials are now apologizing to an elementary school choir after one of its Florida stores would not allow students to sing God Bless America inside the store on Sept. 11. Here is video report from WSVN-TV. WSVN-TV -

Winan operated Scam

One of the Winans gospel music family is facing fraud charges in Detroit. Authorities say Michael Winans Jr. operated a Ponzi scheme, where investors lost more than $8 million. Winan's lawyer says his client plans to plead guilty and try to repay the people who lost money. He sold the bogus oil bonds, knowing they were worthless, to more than one thousand church-goers. Michael Winans Jr. is the grandson of Mom Winans and Pop Winans and the son of a member of The Winans, a quartet of brothers. Authorities say the scam did not involve other members of the Winans family.

Christian Album Tops Pop Chart

TobyMac is the first to put a Christian album on the top of the Billboard chart in some 15 years. Eye On It is the first since 1997 to hit number one when LeAnn Rimes’s You Light Up My Life – Inspirational Songs made it. Bob Carlisle’s Butterfly Kisses made it to number one earlier that year. Several Christian albums have reached #2 in the last two years. That list includes: Casting Crowns’ Come to the Wall, Red’s Until We Have Faces and David Crowder Band’s Give Us a Rest all peaked at number two.

Christian girl accused of blasphemy in Pakistan released from jail

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Toby Ready to Take over #1

Billboard predicts that TobyMac's Eye On It will soon hit #1 on the Billboard 200. The album took #1 on iTunes when it was released and currently holds the #7 spot, ahead of One Direction and Usher. The Christian hip hop artist and former member of DC Talk explains the song Made For Me in the video posted below.

Cult Leader Sun Myung Moon dies

Sun Myung Moon is dead at the age of 92 in South Korea. He had been battling pneumonia. Millions joined his Unification Church, which hoped to replace Christianity. He was known for holding mass weddings, holding anti-communist views and building a global media empire that included the Washington Times in the U.S.

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Who gets .church or .Bible? Read the story here.

Church told not to Change Sign more than Twice

A strange and seemingly petty law is pitting a northern Virginia church against the county where its located. Read the story in the Washington Posthere.

Atheist Prayer Set

KTUL-TV has a video report on an atheist who will be giving the opening prayer at the Tulsa City Council meeting this morning. KTUL.com - Tulsa, Oklahoma - News, Weather

Growing disbelief

The Economist looks at atheists in America who are "getting both more numerous and louder" in an article here.

TobyMac: Music for the Masses

Fox News interviews Christian musician TobyMac in the video below.

American Bible Challenge

Fox News interviews Jeff Foxworthy about his new Bible show. The video is posted below on ChristianNewsToday.com.