The Sword & The Trowel

Today on The Sword & The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore talk about the 2020 Presidential Election - why it does (& doesn't) matter who wins, how we must stand united as Christians on God's word without compromising, and where our true hope & joy must be found during these troubling days. FREE TS&TT Mug when you join the F.A.M. | https://press.founders.org/fam/ Watch Episode...

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore welcome Dr. James Dolezal on the show to chart out some of the important aspects of the Doctrine of God and think through cultural applications in understanding it. With what's going on in the evangelical world today with regard to the God who is - there has been lots of controversy between good guys in the reformed world, and there...

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore welcome Dr. Voddie Baucham on the show to discuss the current fault lines in American Evangelicalism and the catastrophe of the social justice movement. When CRT, Intersectionality and Antiracism have become our new confession, and false unity has been exposed, how do covenantal and biblically confessional Christians navigate this sp...

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore talk about victimhood, oppression and injustice. How do we define real sin and offense in a culture obsessed with victimization? How do we respond biblically when we are sinned against? How do we keep our emotions trained by Scripture? What does biblical repentance and reconciliation look like? REGISTER NOW: 2021 National Founders Co...

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore welcome Rob McCoy, Senior Pastor of Godspeak Calvary Chapel of Thousand Oaks (California), onto the show. They discuss the suffering that Pastor McCoy and his church have been enduring at the hand of the California government. How do Christians suffer well and contend for the faith against governmental tyranny? Are we willing to coun...

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore discuss the upcoming Presidential Election. They cover church & state issues, the two primary candidate options, abortion and how to be a citizen King - what does a Christian do in a Constitutional Republic? How should Christians think regarding the upcoming election? How should we plan to vote, how should we think about it, pray...

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore discuss the recent passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. There have been many different responses from Christians to her death and reflections on her life. How should we response? Was RBG a champion for women's rights? Was she a good and faithful servant? How do we mourn her death without celebrating how she chose to...

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore discuss the East coast vs. the West coast - President Donald Trump's recent order to ban #CriticalRaceTheory from all federal agencies and L.A. County's recent ban on John MacArthur and Grace Community Church from gathering. Are these good, bad or indifferent things...how should we be thinking about them? 2021 National Founders Confe...

Is the law of God binding on believers? Are Christians freed from the Ten Commandments? What is the relationship between Moses and Christ? Since the time of the Protestant Reformation, Evangelicals have emphasized the importance of a right understanding of the relationship between the law and the gospel. This emphasis is still needed today. Tragically, the law of God has been neglected by many, an...

Is the law of God binding on believers? Are Christians freed from the Ten Commandments? What is the relationship between Moses and Christ? Since the time of the Protestant Reformation, Evangelicals have emphasized the importance of a right understanding of the relationship between the law and the gospel. This emphasis is still needed today. Tragically, the law of God has been neglected by many, an...

Is the law of God binding on believers? Are Christians freed from the Ten Commandments? What is the relationship between Moses and Christ? Since the time of the Protestant Reformation, Evangelicals have emphasized the importance of a right understanding of the relationship between the law and the gospel. This emphasis is still needed today. Tragically, the law of God has been neglected by many, an...

Is the law of God binding on believers? Are Christians freed from the Ten Commandments? What is the relationship between Moses and Christ? Since the time of the Protestant Reformation, Evangelicals have emphasized the importance of a right understanding of the relationship between the law and the gospel. This emphasis is still needed today. Tragically, the law of God has been neglected by many, an...

Is the law of God binding on believers? Are Christians freed from the Ten Commandments? What is the relationship between Moses and Christ? Since the time of the Protestant Reformation, Evangelicals have emphasized the importance of a right understanding of the relationship between the law and the gospel. This emphasis is still needed today. Tragically, the law of God has been neglected by many, an...

Is the law of God binding on believers? Are Christians freed from the Ten Commandments? What is the relationship between Moses and Christ? Since the time of the Protestant Reformation, Evangelicals have emphasized the importance of a right understanding of the relationship between the law and the gospel. This emphasis is still needed today. Tragically, the law of God has been neglected by many, an...

Is the law of God binding on believers? Are Christians freed from the Ten Commandments? What is the relationship between Moses and Christ? Since the time of the Protestant Reformation, Evangelicals have emphasized the importance of a right understanding of the relationship between the law and the gospel. This emphasis is still needed today. Tragically, the law of God has been neglected by many, an...

Is the law of God binding on believers? Are Christians freed from the Ten Commandments? What is the relationship between Moses and Christ? Since the time of the Protestant Reformation, Evangelicals have emphasized the importance of a right understanding of the relationship between the law and the gospel. This emphasis is still needed today. Tragically, the law of God has been neglected by many, an...

Is the law of God binding on believers? Are Christians freed from the Ten Commandments? What is the relationship between Moses and Christ? Since the time of the Protestant Reformation, Evangelicals have emphasized the importance of a right understanding of the relationship between the law and the gospel. This emphasis is still needed today. Tragically, the law of God has been neglected by many, an...

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore welcome Larry Taunton on the show to discuss his recent article to America's Pastors and Churches & the need for courageous men to lead against these Marxist ideologies that we see rising up in our culture. Should Pastors stay above politics? Or do they have a responsibility to be involved? What kind of opposition can we anticipa...

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore cover a lot of ground - they discuss the ongoing rioting in our country, the rebellion that's going on in the cultural mind of American and what it looks like to have backbone in this time. They talk about SEBTS, the use of force, Rep. John Deberry Jr., Eric Metaxas, tearing down statues, Ed Stetzer, Covid stats, Law & Gospel, po...

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore discuss what it means to raise your children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord - particularly in view of education. What are the implications of that regarding the Godless American governmental education system? How do you educate your children in the Christian faith? TAG book set: https://press.founders.org/shop/truth-an...

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore discuss the recent issues that John MacArthur and Grace Community Church have had in their ongoing battle with the governmental authorities. They unpack Governor Newsom's responsibility before God, the importance of the Lord's day, Christian liberty vs. Christian obligation, divine revelation vs. general revelation, Romans 13 and the...

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore welcome Dr. Tom Nettles on the show to discuss what it means to have a theology and philosophy of History as a Christian. Dr. Nettles shares wisdom on how 21st century evangelical Christians should navigate life in the West, in light of what we know from Scripture and also from History. How should God's greatest historical work, Jesu...

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore discuss the doctrine of creation and the way we have been created as embodied souls. How should this doctrine effect the way we think about the Church gathering? Are we satisfied with staying home and missing out on the face-to-face fellowship with the body? Does Jesus really reign over both the spiritual and the physical? Tom and Ja...

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore discuss John MacArthur's decision of civil disobedience and the 9Marks response from Jonathan Leeman - how do we think biblically about this? When should we comply with our government and when do we defy tyrants? By What Standard? BOOK: https://press.founders.org/shop/by-what-standard-gods-world-gods-rules/ John MacArthur's Statement...

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore call Christians to realize that the time for silence is gone and we need to be equipped to speak boldly, clearly, unapologetically and loving what God says in His word. They discuss the seriousness and reality of America's new religion - the religious impulse behind the false teaching we are seeing in our nation right now and how Chr...