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		<title>PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE GOING ANY FURTHER!!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi there! You are probably looking for my blog that has since moved to http://sakokassabian.com . I decided to upload my own design and get away from the free stuff so follow me on that one please. Thank you!!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakokassabian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6779998&amp;post=217&amp;subd=sakokassabian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dirk Kuyt &#8211; A man that knows how to be a team player</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dirk Kuyt is a soccer player who plays for my favorite team, Liverpool. He was bought as a forward but has since been converted to a right midfielder role. He does not have a lot of skill or a lot of speed for that matter. The reason he is always in the team is because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakokassabian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6779998&amp;post=201&amp;subd=sakokassabian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God in the midst of suffering</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the quake in Haiti and all the suffering that ensued, the perennial question is raised once again, If suffering, where is God? Does He even exist? How can He let this happen? I know that there are a lot of answers out there and that there are a lot of valid [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakokassabian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6779998&amp;post=198&amp;subd=sakokassabian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dude! We are on the same team!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday, I wasn&#8217;t preaching and so I didn&#8217;t have to prepare/finish up my sermon so I decided to go to the church on my street for an early sunday service. It&#8217;s always nice to attend a church service where you have no responsibilities. I always feel like if I go to anything my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakokassabian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6779998&amp;post=195&amp;subd=sakokassabian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>American professional sports need genuine passion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I realized this at the Clippers game I went to about a week ago. As I saw the cheerleaders getting onto the floor timeout after timeout and putting on a &#8220;show&#8221; for the fans. Even when the game is going on, the fans are relatively quiet and I even had a girl sitting in front [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakokassabian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6779998&amp;post=192&amp;subd=sakokassabian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t waste your time with Social Justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*This post is written primarily to a Christian audience* During the past year at our church, as we got more involved in social justice in our local community, we started to forget why we do it. Everything slowly started turning into a humanitarian effort and the initial care and love has slowly dried up. As [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakokassabian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6779998&amp;post=189&amp;subd=sakokassabian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I haven&#8217;t watched porn in 6 years, so why do I still struggle with lust?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Forgive me if the title is a little disturbing but I really want to deal with some issues.* Isn’t this a question we hear all the time at church? Not exactly worded this way but along the lines of, “how do I stop watching porn?” “Why can’t I do it?” Our typical answer has been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakokassabian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6779998&amp;post=186&amp;subd=sakokassabian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Confessions of a High School Pastor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is somewhat of a follow up to my last blog. This is what I shared with the high school group on sunday. We hear many stories of failure that leads to a great comeback. Well, that&#8217;s not what you are going to get here, at least not yet. This is my story, thus far. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakokassabian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6779998&amp;post=175&amp;subd=sakokassabian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just plain old burnt out</title>
		<link>http://sakokassabian.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/just-plain-old-burnt-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m tired. Really really tired. Have you seen a post from me for a while? No. I don&#8217;t even know where to begin to explain my situation. I just need to vent a little bit. Over the past few months (since I started seminary at Talbot) it seems as though I have just been spiraling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakokassabian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6779998&amp;post=172&amp;subd=sakokassabian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Sanctification Gap &#8211; Are we saved&#8230;and that&#8217;s it?</title>
		<link>http://sakokassabian.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/the-sanctification-gap-are-we-saved-and-thats-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is something that I have been dealing with in my Spiritual Formation Class lately and is something that has gotten me thinking as well. It is something I have dealt with personally and I have also seen many others deal with it. Historically, Protestants have been very good on justification. During the time of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sakokassabian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6779998&amp;post=167&amp;subd=sakokassabian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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