TS&TT: The 1689 Confession: God's Covenant

The Sword & The Trowel

Founders Ministries

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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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 discuss Chapter 7 on God's Covenant addressing what God has done by dealing with humanity by way of covenant and how this doctrine is central for both Christian ministry and Christian life. Show Notes: Ready to plan your next event? Contact Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center: https://LYBCC.com Pre-Order "The Law for the Lawless": https://press.founders.org/shop/the-law-for-the-lawless/ Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ Register for the 2026 National Founders Conference - Make Disciples: https://founders.org/conference/ Register for the 2026 National Founders Pre-Conference - Refreshed & Quickened: Stripping off the Burden of Egalitarianism: https://founders.org/preconference/ Pre-Order "Real Life in a Fallen World": https://press.founders.org/shop/real-life-in-a-fallen-world/ 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.

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0:00.0	Thank you for joining us for this conversation today on the Sword and the Trowel.
0:03.0	Today, Pastor Tom and I talk about chapter 7 of the Second London Baptist Confession,
0:08.0	and that is on God's Covenant with Man.
0:10.0	It's a really important central doctrine for Christian ministry and for the Christian life.
0:15.0	I hope it's a helpful conversation for you. Take a listen.
0:23.7	Welcome to The Sword and the Trowel. The Sword and the Trowel is of founders' ministries and founders exist for the recovery of the gospel and the reformation of local churches.
0:28.8	I'm Graham Gundin. I'm Tom Askell. And today we want to continue in our series after a long hiatus.
0:35.0	Yes. Our series in the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith, and we are today
0:39.2	in Chapter 7 on God's Covenant. God's Covenant. This is a chapter that stands alone in the
0:45.6	1689. It's not in the Westminster Confession as a separate chapter. I think I'm right about that.
0:51.4	No, I think it is. Is it is it i think it is a chapter
0:54.2	differently and obviously the things that are in it yeah it's way different okay well is it chapter
0:58.8	seven in the westminster as well yeah chapter seven of god's covenant with man is the is the
1:03.7	chapter in the westminster confession okay all right well my bad on that then but yeah this is
1:08.8	only three paragraphs long and it sets forth in a very
1:13.2	simple way, which I find helpful, what God has done in dealing with humanity by way of covenant.
1:21.6	God's only ever dealt with mankind by covenant. We see that in the Garden of Eden with Adam.
1:28.9	The word covenant's not there.
1:30.2	It is found in Josea, chapter 6, verse 7, I think it is.
1:33.6	That's right.
1:34.2	When it says, like Adam, they broke God's covenant.
1:37.6	The Israelites broke God's covenant.
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