
The Sword & The Trowel
The Sword & The Trowel is the weekly Founders Ministries podcast with Tom Ascol. New episodes drop every Tuesday.
Latest episodes

May 29, 2025 • 55min
TS&TT: The 1689 Confession: Creation
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 discuss Chapter 4 on Creation, as well as how to interpret the Bible, living in wisdom, and how to order our lives according to what God has said in Creation and Scripture.
Show Notes:Get a FREE Bag of Coffee from Squirrelly Joe's: https://SquirrellyJoes.com/Founders
Register for the 2025 Founders Pastors' Seminar: https://founders.org/pastorsseminar/
Get 10% off Miller's Grove Soap with code "FOUNDERS": https://TheMillersGrove.com
Pre-Order "The Business of Is-Ness": https://press.founders.org/shop/the-business-of-is-ness/
Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/
Order "Abstract of Systematic Theology": https://press.founders.org/shop/abstract-of-systematic-theology/
Shop the Founders Press Store: https://press.founders.org/
Become a part of the F.A.M. https://press.founders.org/fam/
The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/
Wield The Sword: https://founders.org/wieldthesword/
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May 22, 2025 • 49min
TS&TT: Josh Buice and Treacherous, “Anonymous” Sin
Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss the recent revelations regarding Josh Buice that led to his resignation from G3 Ministries and Pray's Mill Baptist Church. They discuss the seriousness of his sin, true repentance, and lessons we should learn.
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May 15, 2025 • 41min
TS&TT: The Business of Is-Ness: How to Live in the World God Made
Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden welcome Dr. David Schrock on the show to discuss his new book with Founders Press, The Business of Is-Ness: How to Live in the World God Made. Pastor Schrock will talk about the genesis of the book and what God has to say on the nature of man, woman, the church, and more.
Links: Pre-Order "The Business of Is-Ness": https://press.founders.org/shop/the-business-of-is-ness/
Show Notes:Get a FREE Bag of Coffee from Squirrelly Joe's: https://SquirrellyJoes.com/Founders
Register for the 2025 Founders Pastors' Seminar: https://founders.org/pastorsseminar/
Get 10% off Miller's Grove Soap with code "FOUNDERS": https://TheMillersGrove.com
Order "Abstract of Systematic Theology": https://press.founders.org/shop/abstract-of-systematic-theology/
Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/
Pre-Order "What Did God Make?": https://press.founders.org/shop/what-did-god-make/
Shop the Founders Press Store: https://press.founders.org/
Become a part of the F.A.M. https://press.founders.org/fam/
The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/
Wield The Sword: https://founders.org/wieldthesword/
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May 8, 2025 • 1h 3min
TS&TT: The 1689 Confession: God's Decree
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 discuss Chapter 3 on God's Decree and covers the topics of reprobation, predestination, God's sovereignty, and how these doctrines should lead us to humility.
Show Notes:Get a FREE Bag of Coffee from Squirrelly Joe's: https://SquirrellyJoes.com/Founders
Register for the 2025 Founders Pastors' Seminar: https://founders.org/pastorsseminar/
Get 10% off Miller's Grove Soap with code "FOUNDERS": https://TheMillersGrove.com
Pre-Order "The Business of Is-Ness": https://press.founders.org/shop/the-business-of-is-ness/
Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/
Order "Abstract of Systematic Theology": https://press.founders.org/shop/abstract-of-systematic-theology/
Shop the Founders Press Store: https://press.founders.org/
Become a part of the F.A.M. https://press.founders.org/fam/
The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/
Wield The Sword: https://founders.org/wieldthesword/
Follow Founders Ministries: Website: https://founders.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/
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All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

May 1, 2025 • 52min
TS&TT: Stuck in Space: A Conversation with Captain Barry Wilmore
Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden welcome Captain Barry Wilmore, a NASA astronaut and reformed baptist elder, who was recently stuck in space for nine months. They discuss his testimony, the need for excellence in all that we do, and the importance of church membership.
Links:
https://www.nasa.gov/people/barry-butch-e-wilmore/
Show Notes:
Get a FREE Bag of Coffee from Squirrelly Joe's: https://SquirrellyJoes.com/Founders
Register for the 2025 Founders Pastors' Seminar: https://founders.org/pastorsseminar/
Get 10% off Miller's Grove Soap with code "FOUNDERS": https://TheMillersGrove.com
Pre-Order "The Business of Is-Ness": https://press.founders.org/shop/the-business-of-is-ness/
Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/
Order "What Did God Make?": https://press.founders.org/shop/what-did-god-make/
Shop the Founders Press Store: https://press.founders.org/
Become a part of the F.A.M. https://press.founders.org/fam/
The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/
Wield The Sword: https://founders.org/wieldthesword/
Follow Founders Ministries:
Website: https://founders.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoundersMin
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/
All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

Apr 24, 2025 • 52min
TS&TT: The 1689 Confession: God and the Holy Trinity (Part 2)
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. The continue their discussion through Chapter 2 on God and the Holy Trinity, specifically focusing on God, His attributes, and the Trinity.
Show Notes:Get a FREE Bag of Coffee from Squirrelly Joe's: https://SquirrellyJoes.com/Founders
Register for the 2026 National Founders Conference - Make Disciples: https://founders.org/conference/
Get 10% off Miller's Grove Soap with code "FOUNDERS": https://TheMillersGrove.com
Pre-Order "The Business of Is-Ness": https://press.founders.org/shop/the-business-of-is-ness/
Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/
Order "Abstract of Systematic Theology": https://press.founders.org/shop/abstract-of-systematic-theology/
Shop the Founders Press Store: https://press.founders.org/
Become a part of the F.A.M. https://press.founders.org/fam/
The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/
Wield The Sword: https://founders.org/wieldthesword/
Follow Founders Ministries:
Website: https://founders.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoundersMinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/
All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

Apr 17, 2025 • 1h 6min
TS&TT: What Christians Should Know About the Current Global Chaos
Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden welcome Brandon Weichert, a foreign policy and technology expert, to discuss politics, unrest in the Middle East, and America's role in foreign conflicts.
Links:https://www.amazon.com/stores/Brandon-J.-Weichert/author/B08JQKR3QN?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=be891e0b-edf6-4ebc-a61c-c54552e8218d
Show Notes:Get 10% off Miller's Grove Soap with code "FOUNDERS": https://TheMillersGrove.com
Pre-Order "The Business of Is-Ness": https://press.founders.org/shop/the-business-of-is-ness/
Get a FREE Bag of Coffee from Squirrelly Joe's: https://SquirrellyJoes.com/Founders
Order "The Pilgrim’s Progress: A Poetic Journey": https://press.founders.org/shop/the-pilgrims-progress-a-poetic-journey/
Register for the 2026 National Founders Conference - Make Disciples: https://founders.org/conference/
Order "Abstract of Systematic Theology": https://press.founders.org/shop/abstract-of-systematic-theology/
Shop the Founders Press Store: https://press.founders.org/
Become a part of the F.A.M. https://press.founders.org/fam/
The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/
Wield The Sword: https://founders.org/wieldthesword/
Follow Founders Ministries:
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All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

Apr 10, 2025 • 51min
TS&TT: The 1689 Confession: God and the Holy Trinity (Part 1)
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 begin a discussion through Chapter 2 on God and the Holy Trinity, unpacking the doctrine of God, exploring who He is, and His relationship to His creatures.
Links:https://founders.org/give/
https://founders.org/series/from-nicaea-to-now-the-trinity-christ-and-the-pursuit-of-precision/
Show Notes:Get a FREE Bag of Coffee from Squirrelly Joe's: https://SquirrellyJoes.com/Founders
Register for the 2026 National Founders Conference - Make Disciples: https://founders.org/conference/
Get 10% off Miller's Grove Soap with code "FOUNDERS": https://TheMillersGrove.com
Pre-Order "The Business of Is-Ness": https://press.founders.org/shop/the-business-of-is-ness/
Pre-Order "What Did God Make?": https://press.founders.org/shop/what-did-god-make/
Shop the Founders Press Store: https://press.founders.org/
Become a part of the F.A.M. https://press.founders.org/fam/
The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/
Wield The Sword: https://founders.org/wieldthesword/
Follow Founders Ministries:
Website: https://founders.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoundersMinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/
All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

Mar 27, 2025 • 47min
TS&TT: The Dangers of Our Egalitarian Age
Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss the dangerous infiltration of egalitarianism into all aspects of our life. They talk about how we have been discipled to view all of life through this flattened, anti-hieracharchical view and how it is opposed to the way God actually made the world.
Show Notes:Get a FREE Bag of Coffee from Squirrelly Joe's: https://SquirrellyJoes.com/Founders
Register for the 2026 National Founders Conference - Make Disciples: https://founders.org/conference/
Get 10% off Miller's Grove Soap with code "FOUNDERS": https://TheMillersGrove.com
Pre-Order "The Business of Is-Ness": https://press.founders.org/shop/the-business-of-is-ness/
Pre-Order "What Did God Make?": https://press.founders.org/shop/what-did-god-make/
Shop the Founders Press Store: https://press.founders.org/
Become a part of the F.A.M. https://press.founders.org/fam/
The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/
Wield The Sword: https://founders.org/wieldthesword/
Follow Founders Ministries:
Website: https://founders.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoundersMinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/
All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

Mar 20, 2025 • 51min
TS&TT: Q&A: Eastern Orthodoxy, Baptism & More
Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden answers some questions that have been submitted. They discuss conversions to Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, the topic of "Servant Leadership", how young is too young for baptism, and more.
Show Notes:Get 10% off Miller's Grove Soap with code "FOUNDERS": https://TheMillersGrove.com
Pre-Order "What Did God Make?": https://press.founders.org/shop/what-did-god-make/
Get a FREE Bag of Coffee from Squirrelly Joe's: https://SquirrellyJoes.com/Founders
Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/
Register for the 2026 National Founders Conference - Make Disciples: https://founders.org/conference/
Pre-Order "Resist Tyrants, Obey God": https://press.founders.org/shop/resist-tyrants-obey-god/
Shop the Founders Press Store: https://press.founders.org/
Become a part of the F.A.M. https://press.founders.org/fam/
The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/
Wield The Sword: https://founders.org/wieldthesword/
Follow Founders Ministries:
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All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.