Altars and Ashes Podcast

B.D. Fleming, Robbie Stringer, and Austin Tucker

A media arm of Gracepointe Church in Summerfield, Florida dustandglorymedia.substack.com

  1. Oct 26

    How Faith, Feminism, and Politics Are Driving Young Men and Women Apart

    What should Christians do when young men and women increasingly struggle to share a vision for life together? In part two, Austin Tucker, B.D. Fleming, and Robbie Stringer turn toward the responsibilities of the church and the Christian household. We discuss biblical manhood and womanhood, the purpose of marriage, and how parents and pastors can prepare young people to build faithful homes in a culture that trains them for conflict. Young men need more than resentment dressed up as masculinity. Young women deserve something better than a vision of freedom that despises dependence, marriage, and motherhood. Both need Christ. This conversation calls Christians to raise sons and daughters who can honor one another, embrace their God-given responsibilities, and build a future together under His lordship. Get full access to Dust & Glory Media at dustandglorymedia.substack.com/subscribe

    How Faith, Feminism, and Politics Are Driving Young Men and Women Apart

  2. Oct 18

    How Faith, Feminism, and Politics Are Driving Young Men and Women Apart

    Same generation. Different convictions. What’s pulling young men and women in opposite political directions? In part one, Austin Tucker, B.D. Fleming, and Robbie Stringer examine the Gen Z political gender gap discussed in The Guardian’s 2024 reporting. We consider how Christians should evaluate the information, question the assumptions behind the headlines, and recognize the competing worldviews shaping our sons and daughters. What happens when men and women are taught to view one another as rivals? How has feminism shaped our understanding of freedom, marriage, and responsibility? And does identifying as conservative mean someone actually thinks biblically? Scripture sets the standard, including when our own political tribe needs correcting. Here is a link to the article we are speaking about! Get full access to Dust & Glory Media at dustandglorymedia.substack.com/subscribe

    How Faith, Feminism, and Politics Are Driving Young Men and Women Apart

  3. Oct 10

    When Division Becomes a Sin

    Some people divide a church from the pulpit. Others do it in the parking lot. Pride calls itself discernment. Gossip calls itself a prayer request. Personal ambition calls itself a burden for the church. In this episode of Altars & Ashes, Austin Tucker, B.D. Fleming, and Robbie Stringer examine what Scripture says about those who sow discord, gather factions, and draw disciples after themselves. From Korah’s rebellion to Diotrephes’ hunger for preeminence, we consider how division takes root and what faithful Christians must do when it does. But biblical unity requires truth. Honest concerns deserve a hearing, leaders remain accountable to Scripture, and confronting false teaching can protect the fellowship of the church. Paul’s confrontation of Peter shows why keeping quiet isn’t always keeping the peace. We discuss refusing gossip, receiving correction, pursuing restoration, and protecting the flock when persistent division demands discipline. Christ purchased His church with His blood. You do not get to tear apart what Christ died to gather. Get full access to Dust & Glory Media at dustandglorymedia.substack.com/subscribe

    When Division Becomes a Sin

  4. Oct 2

    Just & Necessary? Iran, Israel, and Who Goes to War

    When should Christians support a war? The 1689 Baptist Confession permits rulers to wage war on “just and necessary occasions.” In this episode, B.D. Fleming, Austin Tucker, and Robbie Stringer examine what those words require as we discuss Iran, America’s relationship with Israel, and who should fight…and decide. In this episode: * The sword under God: The authority and responsibility of civil rulers. * Just and necessary: What the 1689 and Calvin teach about lawful war. * The Iran war: Its justification, objectives, costs, and conditions for peace. * America’s greatest ally? How to assess our relationship with Israel when national interests align or diverge. * Israel and Scripture: Whether biblical promises require support for the modern state’s military policies. * Who fights, who decides? Women in combat and whether exemption from fighting should affect authority to vote for war. * The households who bear the cost: Our obligations to servicemen, their families, and civilians caught in the fighting. Read alongside the episode: Romans 13:1–7; Psalm 82:3–4; Luke 3:14; 1 Timothy 2:1–2; the 1689 Baptist Confession, chapter 24; and Calvin’s Institutes, 4.20.11–12. A question to carry with you: What evidence would change your judgment about a war you currently support or oppose? Get full access to Dust & Glory Media at dustandglorymedia.substack.com/subscribe

    Just & Necessary? Iran, Israel, and Who Goes to War

  5. Sep 25

    Crowned With Glory, Bent Toward Idols

    The modern world cannot decide whether man is a god or an animal. One minute, you’re an accident of biology. The next, you’re sovereign enough to define reality itself. Scripture gives a different answer: man is neither god nor beast. He is made in God’s image, crowned with glory, and commissioned to rule under his Maker. But the serpent’s promise still beats in the human chest: “Ye shall be as gods.” In this episode of Altars & Ashes, Austin Tucker, B.D. Fleming, and Robbie Stringer tackle the question beneath our fights over identity, education, sexuality, work, and human dignity: What is man? From Genesis to Romans, we examine why image-bearing means more than having value, how sin bends God’s good gifts toward idols, and why total depravity doesn’t mean every man is as wicked as he could be. The image survives the Fall. But no amount of education, technology, or political power can cure the rebellion in our hearts. Our hope is Christ, the perfect image of the invisible God, who redeems His people and conforms them to His likeness. Glory in the dust. An image in ruins. And hope in Christ. Altars & Ashes Podcast | Foundations of Christian Worldview Get full access to Dust & Glory Media at dustandglorymedia.substack.com/subscribe

    Crowned With Glory, Bent Toward Idols

  6. Sep 19

    By What Standard?

    Everybody submits to an authority. Some trust the experts. Others trust their feelings, their traditions, or whatever the crowd decided this morning. Even the man who says, “I think for myself,” has placed somebody on the throne. The question is which authority gets your knee. Join B.D. Fleming, Austin Tucker, and Robbie Stringer as we examine the authority beneath every worldview. We tackle autonomous reason, the difference between science and scientism, the limits of personal experience, and the place of tradition. Reason is a gift. Experience matters. Experts deserve a hearing. But none of them gets to sit in judgment over the God who made us. Scripture is the standard by which every claim must be tested, including the claims we desperately want to believe. That reaches into our marriages, our classrooms, our politics, and the way we raise our children. If your Bible never corrects you, you’ve probably trained it to repeat you. “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Isaiah 8:20 (KJV) God has spoken. Who gets the final word in your house? Get full access to Dust & Glory Media at dustandglorymedia.substack.com/subscribe

    By What Standard?

  7. Sep 12

    What Is a Worldview?

    Everybody has a worldview. The question is whether yours bows before Christ or an idol. In the opening episode of our new short series, Foundations of Christian Worldview, Austin Tucker, B.D. Fleming, and Robbie Stringer examine the basic framework through which every person understands God, man, truth, goodness, and the purpose of life. No one approaches reality neutrally. Every man trusts an authority, worships a god, and believes some story about what has gone wrong with the world and how it can be saved. From secular education and therapeutic individualism to materialism and modern politics, every worldview has its own creation, fall, gospel, and promised kingdom. Remove the living God, and you haven’t removed religion. You’ve simply changed gods. Christ is not Lord over some small religious corner of life. He is Lord over education, government, business, beauty, marriage, technology, the household, and every square inch of creation. A worldview used only on Sunday isn’t a worldview. It’s a hobby. The battle begins with a simple question: By what standard? Stand firm. Build faithfully. And let your household blaze as an altar to the King. Get full access to Dust & Glory Media at dustandglorymedia.substack.com/subscribe

    What Is a Worldview?

  8. Sep 4

    Stop Admiring the Ruins and Start Building

    It is possible to agree with every argument we have made this season and still never build anything. You can talk about Christian education, strong households, economic cooperation, and living near faithful believers. You can read the book, listen to the podcast, and nod along. Five years later, your life may look exactly the same. In the final episode of Season 4, we turn from vision to action. What should you actually do during the first 90 days of building a Christian borough? The framework is simple: Audit. Identify. Test. Act. Begin with your own household. Examine your spiritual health, finances, relationships, church commitments, and geographic reality. Identify a few faithful families who may share the vision. Then stop talking and eat together. A borough is not built from people who agree with your Twitter feed. It is built from households capable of sharing ordinary life. From recurring meals and Christian education to geographic proximity, economic cooperation, apprenticeships, and mutual aid, this episode lays out a practical path for turning agreement into costly alignment. The first step is not buying land, forming a committee, or writing a charter. It is dinner. Trust becomes cooperation. Cooperation becomes habit. Habit becomes culture. Culture becomes institution. Institution becomes inheritance. And inheritance becomes civilization. Someday, somebody has to stop admiring the ruins and pick up the trowel. There is no reason it cannot be you. Get full access to Dust & Glory Media at dustandglorymedia.substack.com/subscribe

    Stop Admiring the Ruins and Start Building
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  • Creator
    B.D. Fleming, Robbie Stringer, and Austin Tucker
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    63
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Dust & Glory Media
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    Altars and Ashes Podcast