The Sword & The Trowel

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore talk about Governor Ron DeSantis and his recent statement to President Biden. What is the doctrine of the lesser magistrate? What are our civil duties as Christians? To what standard do we hold our civil authorities in their leadership and actions?   2022 National Founders Conference: Militant & Triumphant | https://founders.org/2022conference/ IOPT Convocation: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/convocation/ Strong and Courageous: Following Jesus Amid the Rise of America's New Religion | https://press.founders.org/shop/strong-and-courageous/ Become a part of the F.A.M. | https://press.founders.org/fam/ Be It Resolved Conference Sermons: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXMbCWFEKybJWzlfldMXWN2jQEvKNRzMS The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/ Founders Cinedoc: By What Standard? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFHfa0s1XLM Wield The Sword: https://founders.org/wieldthesword/ The Sword & The Trowel: https://founders.org/the-sword-the-trowel/   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.

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, for a special bonus episode, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore are joined by Voddie Baucham to address the recent plagiarism charges from Joel McDurmon against Dr. Baucham in his best selling book, Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe.   50% off Fault Lines when you use the code: McDurmon | https://press.founders.org/shop/fault-lines-the-social-justice-movement-and-evangelicalisms-looming-catastrophe/ 2022 National Founders Conference: Militant & Triumphant | https://founders.org/2022conference/ IOPT Convocation: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/convocation/ Become a part of the F.A.M. | https://press.founders.org/fam/ Be It Resolved Conference Sermons: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXMbCWFEKybJWzlfldMXWN2jQEvKNRzMS The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/ Strong and Courageous: Following Jesus Amid the Rise of America's New Religion | https://press.founders.org/shop/strong-and-courageous/ WATCH NOW: Founders Cinedoc: By What Standard? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFHfa0s1XLM   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.

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore dive into COVID, vaccine passports, the role of government, renewing your mind, and not being conformed to the pattern of this world through the Great Stereopticon.   2022 National Founders Conference: Militant & Triumphant | https://founders.org/2022conference/ IOPT Convocation: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/convocation/ Become a part of the F.A.M. | https://press.founders.org/fam/ ORDER Just Thinking: About the State: https://press.founders.org/shop/just-thinking-about-the-state/ Be It Resolved Conference Sermons: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXMbCWFEKybJWzlfldMXWN2jQEvKNRzMS The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/ Strong and Courageous: Following Jesus Amid the Rise of America's New Religion | https://press.founders.org/shop/strong-and-courageous/ WATCH NOW: Founders Cinedoc: By What Standard? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFHfa0s1XLM   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.

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore are joined on the show once again by Darrell Harrison & Virgil Walker (hosts of the Just Thinking Podcast) to talk about their upcoming book with Founders Press: Just Thinking: About The State. Is it important for Christians to tackle the difficult issue of balance between the role of government and their faith? Why is this book needed for our current culture and the evangelical church?   ORDER Just Thinking: About the State: https://press.founders.org/shop/just-thinking-about-the-state/ Just Thinking Podcast: https://justthinking.me/ 2022 National Founders Conference: Militant & Triumphant | https://founders.org/2022conference/ IOPT Convocation: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/convocation/ Be It Resolved Conference Sermons: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXMbCWFEKybJWzlfldMXWN2jQEvKNRzMS Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe: https://press.founders.org/shop/fault-lines-the-social-justice-movement-and-evangelicalisms-looming-catastrophe/ The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/ Become a part of the F.A.M. | https://press.founders.org/fam/ Strong and Courageous: Following Jesus Amid the Rise of America's New Religion | https://press.founders.org/shop/strong-and-courageous/ WATCH NOW: Founders Cinedoc: By What Standard? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFHfa0s1XLM   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.

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore discuss the idea of militancy, SBC pirates, being fundamentalists, cultural drift, and the takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention - a conversation based on recent articles from Nathan Finn, David French and Thomas Kidd.   Nathan Finn Article | Southern Baptist Fundamentalism, Then and Now: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/evangelical-history/southern-baptist-fundamentalism-then-and-now/ David French Article | Under Attack from Fundamentalist Pirates, Evangelical Baptists Refused to Give Up the Ship: https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/under-attack-from-fundamentalist Thomas Kidd Article | Who Is a Fundamentalist?: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/evangelical-history/who-is-a-fundamentalist/ 2022 National Founders Conference: Militant & Triumphant | https://founders.org/2022conference/ By What Standard? BOOK: https://press.founders.org/shop/by-what-standard-gods-world-gods-rules/ Be It Resolved Conference Sermons: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXMbCWFEKybJWzlfldMXWN2jQEvKNRzMS A Late Comment on the Recent Convention | Tom Nettles: https://founders.org/2021/07/12/a-late-comment-on-the-recent-convention/ Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe: https://press.founders.org/shop/fault-lines-the-social-justice-movement-and-evangelicalisms-looming-catastrophe/ The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/ Become a part of the F.A.M. | https://press.founders.org/fam/ Strong and Courageous: Following Jesus Amid the Rise of America's New Religion | https://press.founders.org/shop/strong-and-courageous/ WATCH NOW: Founders Cinedoc: By What Standard? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFHfa0s1XLM   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.

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore address #Sermongate: the recent exposing of plagiarism done in the pulpit by Pastor Ed Litton, President of the SBC. What constitutes as plagiarism in preaching? What should biblical preaching and sermon preparation look like? How should a church respond when their pastor is in sin?   2022 National Founders Conference: Militant & Triumphant | https://founders.org/2022conference/ A Late Comment on the Recent Convention | Tom Nettles: https://founders.org/2021/07/12/a-late-comment-on-the-recent-convention/ By What Standard? BOOK: https://press.founders.org/shop/by-what-standard-gods-world-gods-rules/ Pastor Plagiarism Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAW1eRP0sfZDsX3sscnWHeQ Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe: https://press.founders.org/shop/fault-lines-the-social-justice-movement-and-evangelicalisms-looming-catastrophe/ Statement from Pastor Ed Litton: https://goredemption.com/pastors-statement/ The 2021 Southern Baptist Convention: What Just Happened?: https://founders.org/2021/06/17/the-2021-southern-baptist-convention-what-just-happened/ The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/ Become a part of the F.A.M. | https://press.founders.org/fam/ Strong and Courageous: Following Jesus Amid the Rise of America's New Religion | https://press.founders.org/shop/strong-and-courageous/ WATCH NOW: Founders Cinedoc: By What Standard? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFHfa0s1XLM   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.

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore dive into a full #SBC21 debrief. They discuss the "Be It Resolved" Founders Conference, what happened with Resolution 9, the election of our new SBC President Ed Litton, the leaked letters from Russell Moore, sexual abuse allegations and why on earth anyone should stay in the SBC.   The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/ The 2021 Southern Baptist Convention: What Just Happened?: https://founders.org/2021/06/17/the-2021-southern-baptist-convention-what-just-happened/ Five Things Concerned Southern Baptist Churches Can Do Right Now: https://founders.org/2021/06/22/five-things-concerned-southern-baptist-churches-can-do-right-now/ How SBC Churches May Discriminately Support Convention Causes: https://founders.org/2021/06/23/how-sbc-churches-may-discriminately-support-convention-causes/ Scotch-taping the Fault Line: SBC Reflections: https://founders.org/2021/06/24/scotch-taping-the-fault-line-sbc-reflections/ God's Good Hierarchical Design: https://founders.org/2021/05/03/gods-good-hierarchical-design/ Resolution on the Incompatibility of Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality with The Baptist Faith and Message: https://southernbaptistsagainstracism.org A Critical Analysis of Resolution 9 | Tom Nettles: https://founders.org/series/a-critical-analysis-of-resolution-9/ 2022 National Founders Conference: Militant & Triumphant | https://founders.org/2022conference/ Become a part of the F.A.M. | https://press.founders.org/fam/ Strong and Courageous: Following Jesus Amid the Rise of America's New Religion | https://press.founders.org/shop/strong-and-courageous/ By What Standard? BOOK: https://press.founders.org/shop/by-what-standard-gods-world-gods-rules/ WATCH NOW: Founders Cinedoc: By What Standard? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFHfa0s1XLM   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.

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore sat down with Pastor Conrad Mbewe in the Founders studio to hear his testimony of salvation and how he became the "Spurgeon of Africa". He shares the heart and history behind the African Christian University and the importance of training Christians in the Word.   Dear Timothy SALE: https://press.founders.org/shop/dear-timothy-revised-edition/ African Christian University: https://acu-usa.com/ 2022 National Founders Conference: Militant & Triumphant | https://founders.org/2022conference/ #WieldTheSword: Aesthetics | Mark Coppenger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz8HEJXB9s8 Become a part of the F.A.M. | https://press.founders.org/fam/ Strong and Courageous: Following Jesus Amid the Rise of America's New Religion | https://press.founders.org/shop/strong-and-courageous/ By What Standard? BOOK: https://press.founders.org/shop/by-what-standard-gods-world-gods-rules/ WATCH NOW: Founders Cinedoc: By What Standard? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFHfa0s1XLM   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.

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore discuss the upcoming 2021 Southern Baptist Convention. They dive into the Resolution on the Incompatibility of Critical Race Theory & Intersectionality with the BFM that has been submitted for #SBC21. Should Resolution 9 be rescinded? Should this new resolution be passed? What does the future hold in the SBC? How do leaders faithfully shepherd in these days?   Resolution on the Incompatibility of Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality with The Baptist Faith and Message: https://southernbaptistsagainstracism.org Be It Resolved | SBC21 Founders Conference: https://founders.org/sbc21/ A Critical Analysis of Resolution 9 | Tom Nettles: https://founders.org/series/a-critical-analysis-of-resolution-9/ 2022 National Founders Conference: Militant & Triumphant | https://founders.org/2022conference/ #WieldTheSword: Aesthetics | Mark Coppenger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz8HEJXB9s8 Become a part of the F.A.M. | https://press.founders.org/fam/ Strong and Courageous: Following Jesus Amid the Rise of America's New Religion | https://press.founders.org/shop/strong-and-courageous/ By What Standard? BOOK: https://press.founders.org/shop/by-what-standard-gods-world-gods-rules/ WATCH NOW: Founders Cinedoc: By What Standard? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFHfa0s1XLM   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.

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore discuss The Institute of Public Theology. They share the history of how IOPT came to be, why it was created and the vision for the days and years ahead. All of life and all of pastoral ministry is theological and all theology is for all of life. IOPT aims to train a coming generation of pastors and Christians to know the times, preach the Word, believe the Word, and do the Word.   The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/ Be It Resolved | SBC21 Founders Conference: https://founders.org/sbc21/ 2022 National Founders Conference: Militant & Triumphant | https://founders.org/2022conference/ #WieldTheSword: Aesthetics | Mark Coppenger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz8HEJXB9s8 Become a part of the F.A.M. | https://press.founders.org/fam/ Strong and Courageous: Following Jesus Amid the Rise of America's New Religion | https://press.founders.org/shop/strong-and-courageous/   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.