Todd Dugard

Simul Justus et Peccator Christian, Husband, Dad, Pappy, and Pastor

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At best I am standing by quietly watching, my life shattered.
At worst, I deny I ever knew him.
Most likely, I am in the crowd shouting, "Crucify him!"
But in the end, I am Barabbas, freed because of him.

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@AirCanada Any chance you can get our flight crew to turn on the air conditioning?! AC 1348 PVR to YYZ. We’re dying on board here 🥵

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“May views, and foretastes of heaven,
give birth to such a strong persuasion in my heart, that all the reasons in the world shall not alter or break the force of my spiritual purpose.”
—Thomas Manton, “Into His Presence: Praying with the Puritans” by Tim Chester 

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Last weekend, Cheryl and I had the privilege of being back at Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows, IL, where it all started. I was given the opportunity to preach and let them know how grateful we are at @HarvestBarrie for their investment in us.

https://t.co/gP4PviQRvl

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Happy Canada Day!

Much for which to be thankful

Much for which to be concerned

“God, keep our land glorious and free!”

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Being Canadian means never getting the government you want even if the party you voted for gets elected. #CanadaElection2025 #canada

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“Indeed, so great is the love of our Father that we gain more in Christ than we lost in Adam.” Chad Bird, My Cup Runneth Over

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We’re as Canadian as we can be under the current circumstances, and for sure that means, at the very least, we’re not American.

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“I’m sorry.”

And once again, our national insecurities are flairing up with the incoming president’s bluster about us becoming the 51st state. The media is fuelling the nonsense by making it a story.

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“As Canadian as I can be under the circumstances.”

It was hilarious. And spot on. The perfect response for a people who know what they’re not (American) but not necessarily what they are. A people who have a diagnosable inferior complex. A people whose unofficial motto is…

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Back when I was a teen, there was a contest on the local radio station to have listeners fill in the blank on the phrase, “As Canadian as ______________”, a take off on the well-known expression, “As American as apple pie.”

The winning entry?

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“Oh, that others would fall in love with you! Yet all of us together could not love you enough.”

—Samuel Rutherford from Into His Presence (Praying with the Puritans) by Tim Chester

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"There is never a day in anyone's life but that they are dependent upon the grace of God for power and the blood of Jesus for cleansing." --Alan Redpath, The Making of a Man of God

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You could have marched in all Your glory
Into the heart of Rome
Showed them splendor like they'd never known
But You wrote a better story
In humble Bethlehem
Creator in the arms of common men

—Phil Wickham, Manger Throne

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Pastors, say nothing about the time change. Some people (they know who they are) will finally be on time for church. At least this Sunday.

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“When men reject what they know of God, God gives them up to their own distorted notions and perverted passions, until society stinks in the nostrils of God and of all good people.”—John Stott

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In the religion of Christian Meism, I am the preacher proclaiming my own worth, the worship leader singing my own praises, and the counsellor discipling myself along the me-centred path to what I think is life, but is destruction. If Christ is not the centre, I am.

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If you have any doubt as to how deserving “The Greatest Generation” is of that descriptor, watch Masters of the Air and you’ll know.

We still owe that generation for the almost eight decades of peace and prosperity that subsequent generations have enjoyed.

Lest we forget.

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@erichoke “Nickel wing night” when I was in my 20’s. Miss those days.

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This is how we announce the time change thing at @HarvestBarrie…