The Sword & The Trowel

Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss fiscal transparency and the work being done in the Federal government by DOGE. They talk about the need that the SBC and other christian organizations have for a DOGE-like movement for transparency.

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Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss the first weeks of the Trump administration and specifically the heightened attention to immigration, deportations, and birthright citizenship. They talk about biblical ways that pastors, churches, christians, and American citizens should think through these issues.

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Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden welcome Dr. Voddie Baucham to discuss the recent announcement of Founders Seminary. They talk about the impetus of Founders Seminary and the need for solid education and training for pastors in our day.

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Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss money, wealth, and properly stewarding our resources. They frame the topic by following John Wesley's program of gaining all you can, saving all you can, and giving all you can.

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Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden continue in their series of walking through the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith. Today they finish their discussion of chapter 1 on The Holy Scriptures, addressing special revelation, the canon of Scripture, and the role of church history in interpreting Scripture.

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Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss the physical and temporal needs that face churches today particularly in areas of self defense. They will address some of many threats and terror acts that we have seen on the rise in our nation and how pastors and christian men should respond.

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Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden review some of the Lord's work over the last year and plans for the future. They also discuss resolutions and their usefulness by looking at some that Jonathan Edwards made as a young man.

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Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden welcome Dr. Richard Barcellos, Pastor of Grace Reformed Baptist Church, for a time of "true or false" questions. They address typology, creeds and confessions, biblical interpretation and more.

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Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden welcome Alex Kocman, Director of Communication and Engagement for ABWE, to discuss his new book Striving for the Faith: A Journey through Philippians for Life on Mission. They discuss missions and the duty and responsibility that all christians have to live life on mission.

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