TS&TT: The Sin of Anxiety

The Sword & The Trowel

Founders Ministries

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 850 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss the issue of anxiety—is it a sin, what role should modern counseling and medicine play, and what does the Bible say. They provide practical guidance and best practices for pastors while they are counseling those who struggle with anxiety. Show Notes:Need Yonderchild? Email podcast@founders.org to get connected and start producing your own content. Preorder "The Baptist Standards": https://founderspress.org/shop/the-baptist-standards 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 Preorder "Misconceiving IVF": https://founderspress.org/shop/misconceiving-ivf 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.

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0:00.0	Thank you for joining us for this episode today on the Sword and the Trial.
0:02.9	Today, Pastor Tom and I talk about the issue of anxiety.
0:06.4	We ask, is it a sin?
0:07.6	How do we deal with it with our modern therapeutic methods when it comes to taking
0:12.3	psychotropic drugs?
0:13.7	What does the Bible say about anxiety and how should we as pastors think about counseling
0:18.0	people through anxiety?
0:19.7	I hope it's a helpful conversation for you. Take a listen. Welcome to The Sword and the Trial. The Sword and the Trial is a podcast of Founders Ministries and Founders Exists for the Recovery of the Gospel and the Reformation of Local Churches. I'm Graham Gundin. I'm Tom Askell. Today's episode is brought to you by the Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center up there in North Central Florida.
0:39.2	A wonderful sponsor is happy to be able to partner with them.
0:41.8	Yes.
0:42.0	And I encourage you to check them out.
0:44.3	Today, Pastor Tom and I want to talk about something that is not controversial in the slightest because we hate talking about controversial issues.
0:50.8	Wait a minute.
0:51.3	You're making me very, very anxious.
0:54.1	We want to talk about anxiety anxious. We want to talk about
0:55.0	anxiety today. We want to talk about what it is, is it a sin, ways to deal with it, what the Bible
1:00.9	says about it as well. It is certainly a massive issue in our culture. I think that by most
1:09.0	estimates, 20% of people suffer from clinical anxiety disorder.
1:15.6	At least that's how it's presented.
1:17.6	And that's severe anxiety.
1:19.6	That's not counting the anxiety that most people deal with on a regular basis.
1:24.6	And as pastors, it's something that we deal with frequently as well.
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