The Departed Words podcast is created from digitized old media to keep alive the sermons, lessons, and wisdom of preachers and teachers from the churches of Christ whose material would otherwise be lost to the sands of time. Listen to these interesting shorts, and then consider subscribing or listening to Departed Words.
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Preaching as a Sacred Trust - Franklin Camp
Franklin Camp opens this lesson by framing Colossians as Paul’s answer to the question, “What think ye of Christ?” The chapter is treated as a Christ-centered blueprint for the chu…
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Faith, Love, Hope: Christian Virtues - Franklin Camp
Franklin Camp walks through Colossians 1 as a sustained case for the centrality, completeness, and supremacy of Christ. He frames the chapter as Paul’s answer to the question, “Wha…
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Jesus' Words Matter - G.K. Wallace
G.K. Wallace challenges listeners to consider whether the words of Jesus and the inspired teachings of the apostles truly matter. Speaking directly to young people, he warns agains…
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The Cause of Unity - G.K. Wallace
This sermon examines the tension between Christian unity and doctrinal distinctiveness, arguing that true unity must be grounded in truth rather than broad agreement without convic…
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Jesus' Prayer for Unity - G.K. Wallace
This message argues that true Christian unity cannot be built by ignoring doctrine, names, or church organization. G.K. Wallace contrasts modern ecumenical thinking with the New Te…
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Preachers Erasing Church Identity - G.K. Wallace
The Church Jesus Built: Distinctive New Testament Worship and SalvationG.K. Wallace argues for restoring New Testament Christianity by following the apostles’ doctrine, not modern…
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Baptism for Salvation - G.K. Wallace
This sermon by G.K. Wallace argues that the New Testament church can be identified by its worship practices, doctrine, and baptismal teaching. He emphasizes that unity comes throug…
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Pentecostal Preacher's Miracle Claim - G.K. Wallace
This short segment centers on G.K. Wallace recounting a debate with Pentecostal preacher Charles Jessup about whether miraculous powers continue in the church. The discussion matte…
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Catholic Bible Notes: Explaining Contradictions - G.K. Wallace
G.K. Wallace explains how Catholic Bibles often include notes and footnotes that shape how readers interpret passages that appear to conflict with Catholic doctrine. He focuses on…
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Paul's Perilous Sacrifice - Winfred Clark
In this lesson, Winfred Clark examines the sacrifices the apostle Paul was willing to make out of his genuine love and concern for the Thessalonian Christians. Drawing from Acts 17…
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Understanding God's Revelation - G.K. Wallace
G.K. Wallace examines Paul’s teaching about revelation and the work of the Holy Spirit, emphasizing that God revealed His truth through the Spirit and that the apostles spoke that…
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God's Word: Inspired, Not Tampered - G.K. Wallace
This short teaching emphasizes what makes scripture authoritative: it is presented as the inspired Word of God, not merely text on a page. G.K. Wallace explains translation as the…
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Rejecting God's Revelation - G.K. Wallace
This short teaching explains what it means to be “the natural man” and why spiritual truth is received differently depending on a person’s response to God’s revelation. G.K. Wallac…
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Personal Encounters with God? - G.K. Wallace
Christ, personal encounters, and the authority of ScriptureThis short solo segment argues strongly against claims of a “personal encounter” with Christ when they contradict Scriptu…
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Faith: Outer vs Inner - G.K. Wallace
Outer faith vs inner faith in salvationG.K. Wallace explains a distinction between “outer faith” and “inner faith,” arguing that reading and believing the Bible alone does not save…
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Gospel in Earthen Vessels - G.K. Wallace
What Angels Can’t Tell You About SalvationThis short message explains why the gospel has been entrusted to human messengers rather than angels, and why that gives ordinary believer…
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Testimonies vs Gospel - G.K. Wallace
The Gospel, Not Personal TestimonyPaul Wallace argues that in gospel meetings, personal experience should never replace the actual message of the gospel. He centers the passage on…
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Jesus' Attitude Toward the Bible - G.K. Wallace
Jesus and Scripture: What Christ’s Example Says About the BibleThis short message focuses on how Jesus treated Scripture and why that matters for anyone asking what it means to fol…
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Miracles vs Law: God's Creation
God, Miracle, and LawThis short solo segment explains a theology of creation that contrasts miracle with law. G.K. Wallace argues that while God used miracle in the creation of Ada…
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God's Way of Saving Man - G.K. Wallace
God's way of saving manGod's providence, law, and gospel are framed here as the central means by which God saves people, with a strong emphasis on the gospel as the power of salvat…