{"podcast":{"title":"The Sword & The Trowel","slug":"the-sword-the-trowel-1576915","podcast_index_feed_id":1576915,"rss_url":"https://feeds.castos.com/1dzg1","website_url":"https://founders.org/the-sword-the-trowel/","image_url":"https://episodes.castos.com/6015949f6e6558-84128287/images/Sword-Trowel-3.jpg","author":"Founders Ministries","episode_count":418,"summary":"The Sword & The Trowel is the weekly Founders Ministries podcast with Tom Ascol. New episodes drop every Tuesday.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T08:19:02.008088+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sword-the-trowel-1576915"},"episode":{"title":"TS&TT: Thinking Pastorally about Minneapolis, ICE, and Current Politics","slug":"ts-tt-thinking-pastorally-about-minneapolis-ice-and-current-politics","published_at":"2026-02-05T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sword-the-trowel-1576915/ts-tt-thinking-pastorally-about-minneapolis-ice-and-current-politics","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sword-the-trowel-1576915","url":"https://the-sword-and-the-trowel.castos.com/episodes/tstt-thinking-pastorally-about-minneapolis-ice-and-current-politics","audio_url":"https://episodes.castos.com/6015949f6e6558-84128287/2349520/c1e-rd40nbox8p4h7onvn-47o42kjmbm30-vd8tix.mp3","summary":"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.","meta_description":"Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss the chaos that is happening in Minneapolis, immigration policy, and other cur…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2462,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-sword-the-trowel-1576915/episodes/ts-tt-thinking-pastorally-about-minneapolis-ice-and-current-politics/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sword-the-trowel-1576915/ts-tt-thinking-pastorally-about-minneapolis-ice-and-current-politics.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}