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Departed Words - Shorts
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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- Departed Words - Shorts
Christ Central to Faith, Love, Hope - Franklin Camp
Franklin Camp walks through Colossians 1 as a Christ-centered blueprint for the whole letter. He argues that every section of the chapter keeps returning to…
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Paul's Suffering for the Gospel - Franklin Camp
This lesson lays out Colossians as a Christ-centered letter, with Franklin Camp showing how every major section of chapter 1 points back to the supremacy of…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Preachers Erasing Church Identity - G.K. Wallace
The Church Jesus Built: Distinctive New Testament Worship and Salvation G.K. Wallace argues for restoring New Testament Christianity by following the apostles’…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Personal Encounters with God? - G.K. Wallace
Christ, personal encounters, and the authority of Scripture This short solo segment argues strongly against claims of a “personal encounter” with Christ when…
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Faith: Outer vs Inner - G.K. Wallace
Outer faith vs inner faith in salvation G.K. Wallace explains a distinction between “outer faith” and “inner faith,” arguing that reading and believing the…
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Gospel in Earthen Vessels - G.K. Wallace
What Angels Can’t Tell You About Salvation This short message explains why the gospel has been entrusted to human messengers rather than angels, and why that…
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Testimonies vs Gospel - G.K. Wallace
The Gospel, Not Personal Testimony Paul Wallace argues that in gospel meetings, personal experience should never replace the actual message of the gospel. He…
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Jesus' Attitude Toward the Bible - G.K. Wallace
Jesus and Scripture: What Christ’s Example Says About the Bible This short message focuses on how Jesus treated Scripture and why that matters for anyone…
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Miracles vs Law: God's Creation
God, Miracle, and Law This short solo segment explains a theology of creation that contrasts miracle with law. G.K. Wallace argues that while God used miracle…
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God's Way of Saving Man - G.K. Wallace
God's way of saving man God's providence, law, and gospel are framed here as the central means by which God saves people, with a strong emphasis on the gospel…
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Miracles: Signs of God's Representatives - G.K. Wallace
Miracles, signs, and Moses at the burning bush This short solo segment explains miracles as part of God’s creative and constituting work, not just spectacle…
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Prayer in Harmony with God's Will - G.K. Wallace
Praying for the Sick in Harmony with God’s Will This short teaching centers on prayer for healing and the importance of aligning requests with God’s will. G.K…
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Miracles Cease with Full Revelation - G.K. Wallace
Miracles, revelation, and why the Bible is complete G.K. Wallace argues that miracles served as a seal on God’s revelation and that, if Scripture is complete…