Indigenous Faith

In today's second of a three part series with ministry partners, Randy and Evangeline Jackson, we continue to hear their perspectives on the current move of God among North America's Indigenous youth, and how encouraging it is for those like the Jacksons and Smiths in their later years to see this happening.  Youth coming to Christ in unprecedented numbers, some being called out to serve...

Today we begin a three part series with ministry partners Randy and Evangeline Jackson as we get caught up with them and their ever growing and expanding ministry of music, preaching, and teaching.  The Lord is using the Jacksons all across North America with invitations to minister that has them criss-crossing the continent in Indigenous communities far and wide.  Of special focus is a recent Nat...

In last week's first episode of this VIP interview with LaTalia Peterson (Navajo), she began to unpackage the tragic story of the auto accident that caused her husband and father of her two young children to suffer irreversible brain damage that left him for years in a near vegetative state until his passing in 2022.  Now a single mom, and left to pick up the pieces of a life so tragically al...

Imagine being a young mother of two small children, having just married the man who is the father of the children two short months ago and being called late in the night that your husband was in a horrific auto accident and was flown three hours away to a hospital where he clung to life.  This is the story of our dear friend, LaTalia Peterson from the Navajo Nation.  You heart will ache like ours...

In today's final episode on Craig's message titled The Chief Aim of Man, Craig continues to help his listeners understand that ultimately, God desires to redirect the affection and worship of every human being from the things created to the One who created all things.  There's an answer for every human condition and worship that is not worship at all as lost people are drawn to the...

In the next two episodes, we join the congregation of the Smith's home church, Cass Lake Alliance, as Pastor Smith shares a message titled The Chief Aim of Man .  Taken from Westminster's  Lesser Catechism of 1647, Craig reminds his listeners of what the real purpose of living is for all of mankind, that of glorifying God and enjoying Him forever!   Craig draws from an outline of an old...

In today's episode, we join Craig and LaDonna Smith in their recent visit to the On Eagles' Wings Leadership Center on the campus of Hutchcraft Ministries in Harrison, Arkansas where Craig was spending a week teaching the On Eagles' Wings team members who were part of this year's class.  While there, Craig was asked to share a staff devotional message to both the OEW staff and...

In today's second and final episode from Craig Smith's message on suffering, preached at the First Baptist Church in Coweta, OK, he continues to explain the miraculous way God intervened in both Craig and LaDonna's lives by sparing them from their graves.  Most certainly, they should have died in this horrific accident as both suffered catastrophic injuries that most certainly take...

Today, Craig and LaDonna share a message Craig preached in mid-April 2024 at the First Baptist Church of Coweta, OK.  Pastored by the Smith's dear friend, Dr. Vern Charette, Craig shared about the Shalom he found in the midst of great suffering in the aftermath of their Miracle at Mile Marker 313.   The Smith's have many  listeners to the podcast that have recently joined them and are un...

In today's third and final episode of this enlightening series, Craig and LaDonna Smith continue their visit with Nick Liew (Apache) and Wes Francis (Navajo), young and emerging leaders in the highly successful On Eagles' Wings ministry.  Their maturity and effectiveness in ministry is highlighted in today's episode.  As the two continue to discuss what On Eagles' Wings is all...

In today's episode, Craig and LaDonna Smith continue their visit with Nick Liew (Apache)  and Wes Francis (Navajo), leaders of the On Eagles' Wings ministry.  Along with them continuing to share the story of God's work in their lives, they begin to explain how God is using this team of Native youth evangelists to reach Native communities with the gospel.  They  begin to explain the...

Today, Craig and LaDonna focus their attention on Going Young as they introduce listeners to an amazing  and effective Native youth ministry called On Eagles Wing' (OEW). This was a ministry Craig and LaDonna were privileged to help lead from 2003 to 2008 along with co-founders, Ron and Karen Hutchcraft.  This  ministry has recruited, trained, and equipped many Native Christian youth to share...

In today's episode, Craig, Ryan, and Paul continue to provide information on the development of the newly formed National Association of Native Evangelicals.  Its stated purpose, mission statement, and how interested folks can learn more about it through their new website is all included in today's finale.  The trio ends the conversation with how listeners can become involved, through pr...

In part two of this three part series, Craig Smith continues his interesting discussion with colleagues, Paul Straubel (director for the Center for Indian Ministries in Bemidji, MN), and Dr. Ryan O'Leary (Ojibwe), the newly appointed president of the National Association of Native Evangelicals, as they discuss this newly formed organization, its goals, purpose, and vision.  In today's ep...

In today's episode of Indigenous Faith , Craig begins a three part visit with dear friends Paul Straubel and Dr. Ryan O'Leary (Ojibwe), as they introduce a new emerging organization called the National Association of Native Evangelicals (NANE).  Along with several other leaders, Craig, Paul, and Ryan have been developing this new organization, designed to serve all Native evangelical min...

Today's episode of Indigenous Faith is the finale in the series on not just King Josiah, but on the Smith's review of some of the kings of Israel and Judah.  Have you enjoyed this series as much as the Smiths enjoyed sharing it with you?  They trust and pray that it has not only been an enjoyable journey but enlightening as well.  There's so much to learn from God's Word in bot...

In today's episode, Craig and LaDonna continue to let God's Word tell the powerful story of King Josiah, who became known as one of the most godly and righteous leaders over God's Chosen People, the Children of Israel.  As the king tore down the idols and sacrificial places to the demonic Baal, Asherah, and Molech, he also turned the hearts of his people back to the Lord after the d...

In today's third installment on the life of King Josiah, we begin to see that how he ruled gained him the blessing and favor of God.  The Lord had favor on not only this king, but the people he ruled over, the Children of Israel.  He did several important things as he turned the hearts of the people away from embracing the pagan gods of the nations around them and towards the One True Living...

In part two of the Smith's study on King Josiah, Craig and LaDonna continue to unpackage the reasons why this study into the lives of the kings of Israel and Judah.  Along with the obvious of their leading God's people into syncretism if they were described by God as evil, or away from syncretistic behaviors when they were described by God as righteous, the Smiths also present the need f...

Craig and LaDonna Smith begin today their final study in the lives of the kings of the Old Testament.  By now, you know the drill...they identify whether these kings were labeled by God as wicked kings, or godly and righteous kings.  In the episodes to come, the Smiths attention turns to King Josiah, who was known historically as one of the most godly and effective rulers in Israel and Judah'...

As the Smiths wrap up this 3 part series on King Hoshea, LaDonna continues to read the very consequential passage in Deuteronomy 28 that defines God's responses to both obedience and disobedience of His Chosen People, Israel.  It's not like they didn't know what would happen if they chose to disobey God's instructions in holy living. They brought upon themselves their own torme...

In today's episode, Craig and LaDonna continue their study into the life of another wicked king, this time King Hoshea, who led Israel during Ahaz's rule over Judah.  They continue to walk us through the judgements of God because of their unholy alliances with the  Unholy Trinity  of Baal, Asherah, and gods of child sacrifice.  Banishment from their land which included Samaria, they were...

Welcome to another episode of  Indigenous Faith.   In today's podcast, Craig and LaDonna Smith continue down the road of their studies in the life and times of some of the Old Testament Kings of Israel and Judah.  Today, they switch kingdoms and present one of the kings of the northern kingdom of Israel.  Hoshea comes on the scene in the 12th year of King Ahaz, who ruled wickedly over the sou...

In today's concluding episode of the Smith's look into the life and leadership of the wicked King Ahaz, the Smiths seek to tie in the lessons learned from these Old Testament stories into our own life experiences to help us know how to sort out the supernatural and delineate the holy from the unholy.  Using the tough lessons learned from not only Ahaz, but others like King Solomon, who m...

In this third episode in the Smith's series on the Wicked King Ahaz, Craig and LaDonna continue going over the 20 verses in 2 Kings 16 that speak of the life and times of King Ahaz.  They begin to summarize what the Scriptures are saying about Ahaz' life and reign, and end up taking their listeners down several trails of truth that show how these verses apply to our current times and cur...