The Sword & The Trowel

Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol talks with Willy Rice, Pastor of Calvary Church in Clearwater, Florida. They discuss the upcoming Southern Baptist Convention and the need for renewal among Baptists. They also talk about Willy's nomination for SBC President and the desire to have real unity happen within SBC leaders and churches. Show Notes:Find out more about Willy Rice: https://baptistrenewal.us Ready to plan your next event? Contact Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center: https://LYBCC.com Register for the 2027 National Founders Conference - The Law & The Gospel: https://founders.org/conference/ Pre-Order "Offensive Christianity": https://press.founders.org/shop/offensive-christianity/ Pre-Order "Reforming World Missions": https://press.founders.org/shop/reforming-world-missions/ Order "Foundational Truths for Family Worship": https://press.founders.org/shop/foundational-truths-for-family-worship Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ Founders Ministries: https://founders.org Support the Work of Founders: https://founders.org/give https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/https://twitter.com/FoundersMinhttps://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss the story of Reformed Baptist movement. They talk about some of the history of the movement from the 17th century through today and how God has moved in and built the Reformed Baptist community. Show Notes:Ready to plan your next event? Contact Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center: https://LYBCC.com Register for the 2027 National Founders Conference - The Law & The Gospel: https://founders.org/conference/ Pre-Order "Offensive Christianity": https://press.founders.org/shop/offensive-christianity/ Pre-Order "Reforming World Missions": https://press.founders.org/shop/reforming-world-missions/ Order "Foundational Truths for Family Worship": https://press.founders.org/shop/foundational-truths-for-family-worship Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ Founders Ministries: https://founders.org Support the Work of Founders: https://founders.org/give https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/https://twitter.com/FoundersMinhttps://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

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. They continue in Chapter 8 on Christ the Mediator talking through Christ's death and life and how He accomplishes salvation for us and Old Testament believers. Show Notes:Ready to plan your next event? Contact Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center: https://LYBCC.com Register for the 2027 National Founders Conference - The Law & The Gospel: https://founders.org/conference/ Pre-Order "Offensive Christianity": https://press.founders.org/shop/offensive-christianity/ Pre-Order "Reforming World Missions": https://press.founders.org/shop/reforming-world-missions/ Order "Foundational Truths for Family Worship": https://press.founders.org/shop/foundational-truths-for-family-worship Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ Founders Ministries: https://founders.org Support the Work of Founders: https://founders.org/give https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/https://twitter.com/FoundersMinhttps://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

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. They continue in Chapter 8 on Christ the Mediator talking through the active and passive obedience of Christ and the comfort that Christians should take from this section of the confession. Show Notes:Ready to plan your next event? Contact Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center: https://LYBCC.com Register for the 2027 National Founders Conference - The Law & The Gospel: https://founders.org/conference/ Order "Foundational Truths for Family Worship": https://press.founders.org/shop/foundational-truths-for-family-worship Get 10% off your first Miller's Grove order with code "FOUNDERS": https://themillersgrove.com/ Pre-Order "Real Life in a Fallen World": https://press.founders.org/shop/real-life-in-a-fallen-world/ Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ Founders Ministries: https://founders.org Support the Work of Founders: https://founders.org/give https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/https://twitter.com/FoundersMinhttps://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss eldership in the local church focusing on the biblical foundations and qualifications. They provide practical guidance on raising up elders, moving to a plurality of elders, and healthy ways for elders to work together in the church. Show Notes:Ready to plan your next event? Contact Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center: https://LYBCC.com Register for the 2027 National Founders Conference - The Law & The Gospel: https://founders.org/conference/ Pre-Order "Offensive Christianity": https://press.founders.org/shop/offensive-christianity/ Pre-Order "Reforming World Missions": https://press.founders.org/shop/reforming-world-missions/ Order "Foundational Truths for Family Worship": https://press.founders.org/shop/foundational-truths-for-family-worship Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ Founders Ministries: https://founders.org Support the Work of Founders: https://founders.org/give https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/https://twitter.com/FoundersMinhttps://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

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. They continue in Chapter 8 on Christ the Mediator addressing the second paragraph and talking through some of the ancient heresies and how they manifest today. Show Notes:Ready to plan your next event? Contact Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center: https://LYBCC.com Register for the 2027 National Founders Conference - The Law & The Gospel: https://founders.org/conference/ Pre-Order "Offensive Christianity": https://press.founders.org/shop/offensive-christianity/ Pre-Order "Reforming World Missions": https://press.founders.org/shop/reforming-world-missions/ Order "Foundational Truths for Family Worship": https://press.founders.org/shop/foundational-truths-for-family-worship Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ Founders Ministries: https://founders.org Support the Work of Founders: https://founders.org/give https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/https://twitter.com/FoundersMinhttps://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss the blessing and importance of family worship. They discuss their own experience of leading their families in regular worship and provide some strategies, tips, and resources that will be helpful and encouraging for you. Show Notes:Order "Foundational Truths for Family Worship":https://press.founders.org/shop/foundational-truths-for-family-worship-volumes-1-3/ Ready to plan your next event? Contact Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center: https://LYBCC.com Register for the 2027 National Founders Conference - The Law & The Gospel: https://founders.org/conference/ Pre-Order "Offensive Christianity": https://press.founders.org/shop/offensive-christianity/ Pre-Order "Reforming World Missions": https://press.founders.org/shop/reforming-world-missions/ Founders Ministries: https://founders.org Support the Work of Founders: https://founders.org/give https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/https://twitter.com/FoundersMinhttps://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss the Epstein files, immigration, the recent actions of evangelical elites, and other current cultural issues. They provide some pastoral guidance for pastors and church members on how to best think about and address these things. how Notes:Ready to plan your next event? Contact Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center: https://LYBCC.com Register for the 2027 National Founders Conference - The Law & The Gospel: https://founders.org/conference/ Order "Foundational Truths for Family Worship": https://press.founders.org/shop/foundational-truths-for-family-worship Get 10% off your first Miller's Grove order wtih code "FOUNDERS": https://themillersgrove.com/ Pre-Order "Real Life in a Fallen World": https://press.founders.org/shop/real-life-in-a-fallen-world/ Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ Founders Ministries: https://founders.org Support the Work of Founders: https://founders.org/give https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/https://twitter.com/FoundersMinhttps://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss the chaos that is happening in Minneapolis, immigration policy, and other current political/cultural issues. They address why pastors need to be thinking about these topics and provide some pastoral guidance for how to best address them. Show Notes:Ready to plan your next event? Contact Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center: https://LYBCC.com Register for the 2027 National Founders Conference - The Law & The Gospel: https://founders.org/conference/ Pre-Order "Offensive Christianity": https://press.founders.org/shop/offensive-christianity/ Pre-Order "Reforming World Missions": https://press.founders.org/shop/reforming-world-missions/ Pre-Order "Real Life in a Fallen World": https://press.founders.org/shop/real-life-in-a-fallen-world/ Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ Founders Ministries: https://founders.org Support the Work of Founders: https://founders.org/give https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/https://twitter.com/FoundersMinhttps://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

Today on the Sword & The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden welcome Josh Tinkham, Pastor of Covenant Community Church and adjunct professor of theology at Founders Seminary, to talk about general and special revelation, philosophy, and its usefulness in theology and pastoral ministry. Show Notes:Order "Foundational Truths for Family Worship": https://press.founders.org/shop/foundational-truths-for-family-worship Get 10% off your first Miller's Grove order wtih code "FOUNDERS": https://themillersgrove.com/ Pre-Order "Real Life in a Fallen World": https://press.founders.org/shop/real-life-in-a-fallen-world/ Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ Pre-Order "The Folly and Vanity of Youth": https://press.founders.org/shop/the-folly-and-vanity-of-youth/ Founders Ministries: https://founders.org Support the Work of Founders: https://founders.org/give https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/https://twitter.com/FoundersMinhttps://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

Today on the Sword & The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden welcome David Mitzenmacher, Associate Pastor of Grace Baptist Church, to talk about his new book: The Law for the Lawless. They discuss why he wrote this book, the three uses of the law, and the usefulness of God's law in ministry and households. Show Notes: Order your copy of "The Law for the Lawless" - https://press.founders.org/shop/the-law-for-the-lawless/ Ready to plan your next event? Contact Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center: https://LYBCC.com Pre-Order "The Folly and Vanity of Youth": https://press.founders.org/shop/the-folly-and-vanity-of-youth/ Get 10% off your first Miller's Grove order wtih code "FOUNDERS": https://themillersgrove.com/ Register for the 2026 National Founders Conference - Make Disciples: https://founders.org/conference/ Register for the 2026 National Founders Pre-Conference - Refreshed & Quickened: Stripping off the Burden of Egalitarianism: https://founders.org/preconference/ Order "Foundational Truths for Family Worship": https://press.founders.org/shop/foundational-truths-for-family-worship Founders Ministries: https://founders.org Support the Work of Founders: https://founders.org/give https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/https://twitter.com/FoundersMinhttps://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

Today on the Sword & The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden welcome Megan Basham to talk about the recent discovery documents that have been made public surrounding the David Sills/Jennifer Lyell case. They discuss the lessons to be learned on how to not be manipulated, personally, as churches, and as a convention, by the cultural winds in the future. Show Notes:Ready to plan your next event? Contact Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center: https://LYBCC.com Pre-Order "The Folly and Vanity of Youth": https://press.founders.org/shop/the-folly-and-vanity-of-youth/ Register for the 2026 National Founders Conference - Make Disciples: https://founders.org/conference/ Get 10% off your first Miller's Grove order wtih code "FOUNDERS": https://themillersgrove.com/ Register for the 2026 National Founders Pre-Conference - Refreshed & Quickened: Stripping off the Burden of Egalitarianism: https://founders.org/preconference/ Order "Foundational Truths for Family Worship": https://press.founders.org/shop/foundational-truths-for-family-worship Founders Ministries: https://founders.org Support the Work of Founders: https://founders.org/give https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/https://twitter.com/FoundersMinhttps://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss education and the recent discussion on if public school is sinful. They address parents' responsibility to educate their children, the role of the government in education, and provide some biblical wisdom for evaluating education options. Show Notes:Ready to plan your next event? Contact Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center: https://LYBCC.com Pre-Order "The Folly and Vanity of Youth": https://press.founders.org/shop/the-folly-and-vanity-of-youth/ Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ Register for the 2026 National Founders Conference - Make Disciples: https://founders.org/conference/ Register for the 2026 National Founders Pre-Conference - Refreshed & Quickened: Stripping off the Burden of Egalitarianism: https://founders.org/preconference/ Order "Foundational Truths for Family Worship": https://press.founders.org/shop/foundational-truths-for-family-worship Founders Ministries: https://founders.org Support the Work of Founders: https://founders.org/give https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/https://twitter.com/FoundersMinhttps://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.