Indigenous Faith

In this final episode on the infilling of the Holy Spirit, Craig and LaDonna explain the process of how being filled with the Spirit of God happens.  They define it as being both a crisis and progressive work of the Holy Spirit on a daily basis as He fills and leads His own.    Drawing from their own personal experiences that led them to the Spirit-filled life, Craig and LaDonna share practical st...

The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is one of the more controversial doctrines in the Christian faith that has divided the church over centuries.  More conservative parts of the Body of Christ affirm that to being baptized into the Body of Christ at your spiritual birth.  Our Pentecostal friends believe it to be a second work of the Spirit, and evidenced by the gift of speaking in tongues.  So, which v...

In this second episode of the Smith's four part series on the Infilling of the Holy Spirit, Craig and LaDonna continue to lay the biblical foundation for finding power for daily living out our  Indigenous Faith .  Spiritual issues are known and understood by Indigenous people before ever coming to Christ.  But the spirituality that the Smiths are presenting is based on the universal, absolute...

As the Smiths continue to move Indigenous listeners through the fundamentals of Indigenous Faith , they turn their attention in this new four part series to the importance of being filled with the Holy Spirit.  This truth, which has become of the more controversial doctrines of Christian faith, can be easily understood when you focus your attention on Christ, Himself. In this important series, Cra...

In this second part of of this important teaching on  Believer's Baptism, Craig Smith continues to give the biblical rationale for new followers of Christ to be baptized, regardless of whether it had been done previously as an infant, child, or even adult.  Baptism is not salvation, faith in Christ alone is what is needed to be saved.  But once saved, we are called to walk in biblical obedien...

In this, the first of a two-part series on the importance of baptism as the first step for new believers, Craig takes us to the New Testament book of Hebrews to explain what believer's baptism is about.  Not only does he unpackaged this important passage, but explains an important process that helps believers understand what difficult passages are trying to say to us.  It's so important...

In this the final episode of the First Things First series, Craig and LaDonna Smith finish laying the groundwork for what it means to be truly saved through Jesus Christ and His sacrificial death  on Calvary's cross.  This is life's most important decision that not only gives us the hope of eternal life, but life worth living here on earth.  It's the starting point for every person...

The main thing is to make the main thing the main thing!   That was a quote from Lee Iacocca, the head of Dodge Chrysler auto manufacturing company.  Under his watch the minivan came into existence.  His encouragement was to prioritize the main things to be successful. The same holds true about prioritizing the main things to be saved and delivered from the bondages of sin that hold all mankind ba...

As the Smiths turn the corner from addressing the Canadian Residential School issue, they want to review the five points they offered in their recent Mourning the 215 Children series that will help bring understanding and healing from those so affected by these atrocities.  In this new three part series, the Smiths introduce you to the only hope for all mankind, the gospel of Jesus Christ.  In ord...

In this, the final, Part 4 episode of their series titled Mourning the 215 Children, hosts Craig and LaDonna Smith seek to provide practical and biblical answers to the many questions that arise from the gruesome discovery of the bodies of 215 Indigenous children found in a mass grave on the campus of a government funded, church run Residential School in Kamloops, British Columbia.  The Smiths don...

In this, the third of four episodes on the horrific discovery of the bodies of 215 children buried in a mass grave in a Residential School in Kamloops, British Columbia, Craig and LaDonna Smith continue to provide biblical and historical context in response to this unimaginable tragedy.  They continue to unpackage  how the church that claims it represents Christ could deviate off course to such a...

In what has become Craig and LaDonna Smith's most painful yet important podcast to date, they continue their response to the recent and gruesome discovery of 215 Indigenous children on the grounds of a government funded, church run Residential School in Kamloops, British Columbia.  Craig and LaDonna are seeking to provide answers to some important and justifiable questions grieving Indigenous...

At the end of May 2021, the bodies of 215 Indigenous children, some as young as 3 years old, were discovered in a mass grave at a government funded, church run Residential School in Kamloops, British Columbia.  Buried for decades, this horrific finding has opened many deep wounds of Canada's First Nations and Native American peoples.  The tragedy is only deepened by the fact that in the 125 p...

In the conclusion of this two part message, Craig Smith opens up God's Word to help bring truth to troubled souls seeking to find relief from the fears that grip us all.  For the Christian, life can be tough and getting tougher each day as faith is being challenged in the world around us.  What happens when even government entities try and restrict the exercise of our faith, which is happenin...

In this first part of a two part message, Craig Smith dives into the challenging issue of fear.  We've all faced it at one time or another.  Whether it be violence in our streets or homes, a global pandemic that wants to take your life, or any other thing that brings fear into our lives, Craig reminds us that there's hope in Christ and His powerful Word to take us safely through the dang...

In this concluding of a three part message, Craig and LaDonna Smith tell their own personal and family story through the context of what they affectionately call,  Their little Home Church.   All of our spiritual journeys, as Indigenous believers in Jesus Christ, must be connected to a local home church where we can systematically hear God's Word preached and taught, and where we can assemble...

In this second of a three part message, Craig and LaDonna Smith tell their own personal and family story through the context of what they affectionately call,  Their little Home Church.   All of our spiritual journeys, as Indigenous believers in Jesus Christ, must be connected to a local home church where we can systematically hear God's Word preached and taught, and where we can assemble wit...

In this, the first of a three part message, Craig and LaDonna Smith tell their own personal and family story through the context of what they affectionately call,   Our little Home Church.   Our spiritual journeys, as Indigenous believers in Jesus Christ, must be connected to a local home church where we can systematically hear God's Word preached and taught, and where we can assemble with ot...

Asaph was one of the human writers God used to give us His Holy Word.  Asaph wrote some of the Old Testament Psalms.  He left an incredible legacy which lasted hundreds of years and in many generations that followed him of faithful worshippers and worship leaders for God.  But as Craig's devotional message points out, Asaph was just like us.  He was a man who struggled with disappointments an...

Hosts, Craig and LaDonna Smith, explain what their new podcast, "Indigenous Faith" is all about.  They also share about their recent battle with the Coronavirus and how it affected the launch of this new ministry service.