The Sword & The Trowel
by Founders Ministries
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TS&TT: Should Christians Use IVF?
Aug 27, 2026
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TS&TT: The 1689 Confession: Adoption
Aug 20, 2026
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TS&TT: Why Your Church Needs a Confession
Aug 13, 2026
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TS&TT: The 1689 Confession: Justification
Aug 6, 2026
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TS&TT: The Dangers of Roman Catholicism
Jul 30, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 8/27/26 | TS&TT: Should Christians Use IVF? | Today on the Sword & The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden welcome Dr. Josh Holler, Pastor of the First Baptist Church in St. John, MO, to talk about his new book: Misconceiving IVF. They discuss why he wrote this book, the ethics surrounding In vitro fertilization (IVF), and why Christians need to be thinking clearly about this issue. Show Notes: Get your copy of Misconceiving IVF: https://founderspress.org/products/misconceiving-ivf Get 10% off your first Miller's Grove order with code "FOUNDERS": https://themillersgrove.com/ 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 Ready to start your own podcast or just need help with production? Email [email protected] to get connected with Yonderchild. Order "The Baptist Standards": https://founderspress.org/shop/the-baptist-standards 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. | — | ||||||
| 8/20/26 | TS&TT: The 1689 Confession: Adoption | 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 address Chapter 12 on Adoption and discuss God's fatherhood and us as His children. Although this chapter is just one paragraph, it is filled wonderful truth to comfort and encourage His people. Show Notes:Use code "FOUNDERS" to receive a FREE lapel pin with your Keep Watch order: https://keep-watch.co/ Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ 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 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. | — | ||||||
| 8/13/26 | TS&TT: Why Your Church Needs a Confession | Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss confessionalism. They address the theological and practical benefits for churches, specifically baptist churches, to adopt and maintain a confession Show Notes:Use code "FOUNDERS" to receive a FREE lapel pin with your Keep Watch order: https://keep-watch.co/ Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ 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 Ready to start your own podcast or just need help with production? Email [email protected] to get connected with Yonderchild. Order "The Baptist Standards": https://founderspress.org/shop/the-baptist-standards 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. | — | ||||||
| 8/6/26 | TS&TT: The 1689 Confession: Justification | 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 address Chapter 11 on Justification and discuss how this doctrine can be encouraging and liberating to the believer when understood correctly. Show Notes:Use code "FOUNDERS" to receive a FREE lapel pin with your Keep Watch order: https://keep-watch.co/ Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ 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 Ready to start your own podcast or just need help with production? Email [email protected] to get connected with Yonderchild. Preorder "The Baptist Standards": https://founderspress.org/shop/the-baptist-standards 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. | — | ||||||
| 7/30/26 | TS&TT: The Dangers of Roman Catholicism | Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss some recent discussion around the Sabbath on social media. They address the enduring command of the Sabbath from the Bible, the 1689 confession, and from natural law. Show Notes:Use code "Founders" to receive a FREE lapel pin with your order: https://keep-watch.co/ Get 10% off your first Miller's Grove order with code "FOUNDERS": https://themillersgrove.com/ 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 Ready to start your own podcast or just need help with production? Email [email protected] to get connected with Yonderchild. Preorder "The Baptist Standards": https://founderspress.org/shop/the-baptist-standards 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. | — | ||||||
| 7/23/26 | TS&TT: The Sabbath: Is It Only an Old Testament Command? | Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss some recent discussion around the Sabbath on social media. They address the enduring command of the Sabbath from the Bible, the 1689 confession, and from natural law. Show Notes:Use code "FOUNDERS" to receive a FREE lapel pin with your Keep Watch order: https://keep-watch.co/ Get 10% off your first Miller's Grove order with code "FOUNDERS": https://themillersgrove.com/ 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 Ready to start your own podcast or just need help with production? Email [email protected] to get connected with Yonderchild. Preorder "The Baptist Standards": https://founderspress.org/shop/the-baptist-standards 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. | — | ||||||
| 7/16/26 | role of women in churchchurch planting+3 | Graham Gunden | The Baptist StandardsFounders Ministries+3 | — | women voting in churchchurch service+3 | FoundersFounders | 55m 20s | ||
| 7/9/26 | Effectual CallingRegeneration+3 | Graham Gunden | Misconceiving IVFThe Baptist Standards+3 | — | Effectual CallingRegeneration+3 | — | 40m 07s | ||
| 7/2/26 | America's 250th anniversaryloving the nation+3 | Graham Gunden | Misconceiving IVFThe Baptist Standards+1 | Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center | Americaanniversary+5 | Miller's GroveFOUNDERS | 50m 04s | ||
| 6/25/26 | church influencelocal politics+3 | David MitzenmacherSeth Tweeddale | Grace Baptist ChurchGrace Community Church | Lee County, FLOrmond Beach, FL | churchlocal politics+5 | — | 46m 09s | ||
| 6/18/26 | Southern Baptist Conventionchurch reformation+4 | Graham Gunden | Southern Baptist ConventionFounders Ministries+5 | — | Southern Baptist Conventionchurch reformation+4 | — | 44m 03s | ||
| 6/12/26 | cultureChristianity+4 | Dr. Voddie Baucham | The Sword & The Trowel | — | cultureChristianity+4 | — | 7m 34s | ||
| 6/11/26 | prayerChristian action+5 | Dr. Voddie Baucham | The Sword & The Trowel | — | prayerChristianity+6 | — | 8m 17s | ||
| 6/4/26 | Free WillCalvinism+3 | — | Founders MinistriesThe 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith+2 | Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center | Free WillCalvinism+3 | — | 46m 46s | ||
| 5/28/26 | Christ the Mediator1689 Confession+3 | — | Founders MinistriesLake Yale Baptist Conference Center+4 | — | 1689 ConfessionChrist the Mediator+3 | — | 37m 49s | ||
| 5/21/26 | Christianitymen's strength+3 | Chase Davis | The Well ChurchFounders Ministries+1 | — | Offensive ChristianityChase Davis+3 | — | 46m 28s | ||
| 5/14/26 | anxietysin+3 | Graham Gunden | Founders MinistriesLake Yale Baptist Conference Center+2 | — | anxietysin+5 | — | 45m 32s | ||
| 5/7/26 | same-sex attractiongospel hope+4 | Dr. Jared Moore | Cumberland Homesteads Baptist ChurchFounders Ministries | — | same-sex attractiongospel+5 | — | 52m 58s | ||
| 4/30/26 | assassinationcorruption+4 | Graham Gunden | Foundational Truths for Family WorshipReal Life in a Fallen World+4 | United States | assassinationcorruption+5 | — | 45m 38s | ||
| 4/23/26 | biblical parentingfamily worship+3 | Graham Gunden | Lake Yale Baptist Conference CenterFounders Ministries+4 | — | parentingfamily worship+5 | — | 49m 46s | ||
| 4/16/26 | loveChristianity+3 | Alex Kocman | ABWELake Yale Baptist Conference Center+2 | — | Ordered to LoveAlex Kocman+5 | — | 43m 10s | ||
| 4/9/26 | pastoral ministrycalling+3 | Graham Gunden | Offensive ChristianityReforming World Missions+5 | — | pastoral callingministry preparation+4 | — | 46m 14s | ||
| 4/2/26 | Baptist renewalSouthern Baptist Convention+3 | Willy Rice | Calvary ChurchSouthern Baptist Convention+5 | — | Baptist renewalSouthern Baptist Convention+5 | — | 40m 58s | ||
| 3/26/26 | Reformed Baptist historyChristianity+3 | Graham Gunden | Lake Yale Baptist Conference CenterFounders Ministries+3 | — | Reformed Baptisthistory+5 | — | 50m 50s | ||
| 3/19/26 | Christ the Mediatorsalvation+3 | — | Lake Yale Baptist Conference CenterFounders Ministries+4 | — | Christ the Mediatorsalvation+3 | — | 39m 39s | ||
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Chart history for The Sword & The Trowel
Peaked at #150 in TH, currently #150 in TH.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| TH | — | #150 | #150 | — |
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1 placement across 1 market.
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1 placement across 1 market.