PATIALA: A day after Sewa Singh Sekhwan Punjab Public Relations minister locked the Gurdwara at Kahnuwan to prevent entru of former Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, the granthi (priest) at Gurdwara Dukhnivaran Sahib here who Monday presented Siropao(robe of honour) to Manpreet Singh Badal has reportedly gone underground soon after the ceremony. The Gurdwara Dukhnivaran Sahib is controlled by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC).
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A day after Sekhwan locked Gurdwara, Manpreet Badal gets due honour by Sikh priest
Renowned Punjabi singer and actor Harbhjan Mann has been suffering from dengue and has been hospitalised at S P S Apollo Hospital, Ludhiana. According to Dr Anupreet Kaur of Apollo Hospital, “Harbhajan Mann was admitted in the hospital on Tuesday as his platelet count was only 14,000.
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Habhajan Mann renowned Sikh singer in hospital
Atheists are supposed to be the arrogant ones because we presume to publicly challenge or deny theistic claims, but you aren’t likely to find (m)any atheists claiming that morality only exists in a secular, atheistic context.
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Jim Wallace: Ethics & Morality Didn't Exist Before Christianity
Attorneys for Warren Jeffs, former leader of the polygamous FLDS Church, are seeking to quash an extradition warrant signed by Utah Governor Gary Herbert that would turn Jeffs over to Texas state authorities for trial on sexual assault and bigamy charges there. The move comes after the Utah Supreme Court overturned Jeffs’ Utah conviction on charges of being an accomplice to rape because of improper jury instructions. (See prior posting ).
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Warren Jeffs Fights Extradition To Texas
The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday announced the rather unusual move of filing an amicus brief ( full text ) in a case pending in a state trial court. Estes v
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Justice Department Files Amicus Brief In Mosque Case To Argue That Islam Is A Religion
We talk a lot about God’s love. We talk about it being endless and unconditional. And we know how important it is for us to really believe in that love and to be convinced in the depths of our soul that we cannot lose that love.

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How We Think and Talk About God’s Love
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Co-star of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" hopes to set example for young women
Rick Steves, perhaps responsible for more boarding passes than any travel guide in the United States, wants us to come home better citizens. Courtesy of Rick Steves Rick Steves will talk about the spiritual aspect of travel during his appearance Wednesday.

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Rick Steves to discuss his new book, "Travel as a Political Act," with Sacramento audience
The Glendale-based pancake house is suing International House of Prayer, alleging the church is violating its trademark. IHOP says its first ad campaign using that term was launched in 1973. Glendale-based IHOP has served up a federal lawsuit against a church with ministries in Pasadena and elsewhere, alleging International House of Prayer is violating its trademark.
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IHOP sues church that calls itself IHOP
This week I am in Asia, teaching an MDiv course on Preaching Biblical Narrative. I’d value your prayers for the course, the students, the travel and the family back home. On here I thought I would preload a series of posts reflecting on the place of biblical narrative in our preaching. I hope it will spark comments, but I don’t know if I’ll have internet access to approve the comments, so apologies if yours doesn’t appear for a few days.

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Preaching and Story – Part 1