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Indigenous Faith25.11 God's Universal Call to Worship (Part 1)Today, The Indigenous Faith broadcast looks to Craig Smith as he opens God's Word to Psalms 148 in a message he's titled, God's Universal Call to Worship. This series looks at all levels of creation as they all, in their unique ways, worship the One who created them. All the way from the starry host in the vast universe, to the great sea creatures under the waters that surround the globe, God's handiwork is on display as a symphony of praise, adoration, and worship of the God of the Bible. Craig shares some timely quotes from Dr. A.W. Tozer about...
2025-03-1529 minIndigenous Faith25.05 Celebrating the Indigenous Faith Book's Translation into Spanish (Part 1)Today the Smith's begin a three part series as they celebrate the translation of Craig's Indigenous Faith book into the Spanish language! That's right, this new version can now go into the over one half billion Spanish speaking world to help Indigenous believers in those cultures learn to live a biblically healthy life in the context of their tribal traditions and cultures. Today, the Smith's introduce you to the three generations of the David Bonsell family who took the time to meticulously go over the book's content, and translate it as close to what Craig wanted to convey when he w...
2025-02-0129 minIndigenous Faith25.02 Looking Back, Looking Ahead (Part 3)In today's final episode in the three part series on looking back and looking ahead, we revisit the timely devotional Craig presents from the prophet Isaiah in chapter 9 about a child being born and a son being give, and from the last part of the next verse (v. 7), he offers some interesting reflection on the truth about the zeal of God almighty will accomplish this. So what's the "this"? It's the gospel. Craig opens our minds to consider the question does God even need zeal to accomplish anything? And while it's clear He does not for most other things, the...
2025-01-1129 minIndigenous Faith24.51 Summarizing The Christ My Healer, Christ My Health Series (Part 4)In this fourth and final episode of the Smith's summary of their recent Christ My Healer, Christ My Health series, Craig and LaDonna finish their extensive review of the significant points of what the Scriptures teach about Christ's work in the sufferers. Craig reminds us of the admonition of the Lord to Moses as they were stuck between the Red Sea and the advancing Egyptian army, coming to repossess them as slaves and bring them back to Egypt's bondage. in Ex. 14:14 the Lord told them, "The Lord with fight for you, you need only to be still." Another enlightening pass...
2024-12-2128 minIndigenous Faith24.50 Summarizing The Christ My Healer, Christ My Health Series (Part 3)In this third episode of the Smith's summary of their Divine Healing, Divine Health series, Craig and LaDonna pick up where they left off at the end of last week's session. They were answering the question, Is it God's will that we all be healed at all times? Clearly the Scriptures point out that God's ways are not the ways of the health, wealth, and prosperity preachers filling the airways with their false teaching. It's an important reminder about the authority of the Scriptures in our lives and in what shapes how we do ministry. Which led to the remi...
2024-12-1429 minIndigenous Faith24.48 Summarizing The Christ My Healer, Christ My Health Series (Part 1)After two months of episodes in their Christ My Healer, Christ My Health series, Craig and LaDonna take the next few weeks to summarize all the teaching and explaining about the doctrine of Divine Healing and the doctrine of Divine Health. The Smiths felt it important enough because it is easy to forget details when it has taken 8 episodes to share on the subject matter at hand. But before the Smiths jump into this important review, they wanted to take the time to share with you some of the encouraging Scriptural passages they have recently been in during their earl...
2024-11-3029 minIndigenous Faith24.46 Christ My Healer, Christ My Health (Part 7)Have you been encouraged by this series on Divine Health and Divine Healing? We sure hope so, dear friend. In today's episode, the Smiths complete their answer to why God allows those He's called into full-time ministry to often suffer deeply while serving Him. There's not only a call to serve, but a call to suffer placed on the lives of many servants of Christ. And why should we not expect to suffer, Craig states, because the One who calls us to serve has suffered so deeply and painfully for us when He suffered on the way to and whil...
2024-11-1629 minIndigenous Faith24.44 Christ My Healer, Christ My Health (Part 5)In today's episode, Craig and LaDonna Smith continue to share about the Divine Health that was being manifested in Craig's very broken body in the accident that neither he nor LaDonna should have survived. Craig shares from Exodus 14:14 the truth that God will fight our battles for us when we are physically, emotionally, and mentally unable to do so. He also shares how the issue of his identity and significance was deeply impacted by the inward working of the Spirit of God as Craig soon realized he would be unable to do the things he did for the Lord in...
2024-11-0229 minIndigenous Faith24.43 Christ My Healer, Christ My Health (Part 4)As today's edition of Indigenous Faith begins, Craig Smith answers the all-important question of how does a person transfer their focus from Christ My Healer, to Christ My Health when the Lord chooses not to give us the divine healing we are asking Him for? His answer may be surprising to you, dear friend! And as Craig notes, it was God's Holy Word that once again, in it's unique authoritative way, that provided the answers he was seeking to all the questions and issues he had to settle regarding why this tragedy met him and why his life was ch...
2024-10-2930 minIndigenous Faith24.43 Christ My Healer, Christ My Health (Part 4)As today's edition of Indigenous Faith begins, Craig Smith answers the all-important question of how does a person transfer their focus from Christ My Healer, to Christ My Health when the Lord chooses not to give us the divine healing we are asking Him for? His answer may be surprising to you, dear friend! And as Craig notes, it was God's Holy Word that once again, in it's unique authoritative way, that provided the answers he was seeking to all the questions and issues he had to settle regarding why this tragedy met him and why his life was ch...
2024-10-2830 minIndigenous Faith24.43 Christ My Healer, Christ My Health (Part 4)Craig and LaDonna Smith continue their informative and inspirational study into Divine Healing and Divine Health, as they seek today to build precept upon precept from the source of all truth, God's Holy Word. Today, Craig seeks to answer the all important question of how to move from trusting Christ for His Divine Healing to trusting and experience Christ and His Divine Health. In other words, what are we to know about God and His ways when He chooses not to heal our bodies, but instead manifest another side of His work in our lives through pain and persistent su...
2024-10-2630 minIndigenous Faith24.41 Christ My Healer, Christ My Health (Part 2)In today's episode, Craig and LaDonna Smith continue their study on the issue of Christ My Healer, Christ My Health. The Smith's point out that throughout all of the Scriptures in both the Old and New Testament, healing has always been an important part of God's interaction with mankind. The Smith's take us to passages in Exodus, Psalms, Isaiah, as well as review the work of healing in the earthly ministry of Jesus, and how that ministry was passed on to His Church to include in what it does until Christ returns for His Bride. Also, in order to und...
2024-10-1229 minIndigenous Faith22.20 When the Sleeping Giant Awakens - with Special Guest, Will GrahamIn this very special episode, Craig and LaDonna Smith welcome Dr. Will Graham, grandson of Dr. Billy Graham, to the podcast. Will has followed in his grandfather's footsteps and is an associate evangelist with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Craig and LaDonna recently joined Will, and three other Native Christian speakers at a first ever BGEA sponsored First Nations Christian Leader's Conference in Rapid City, SD. They were honored to visit with Dr. Graham on both what this conference was all about, as well as the larger issue of Native American and First Nations ministry. Almost fifty years ago Dr. B...
2024-08-1430 minIndigenous Faith24.32 Catching Up with VIP's - Randy and Evangeline Jackson (Part 3)In today's third and final episode in the VIP interview with ministry colleagues, Randy and Evangeline Jackson, the Jacksons continue to discuss end time prophecy with hosts Craig and LaDonna Smith. The day after this episode is released globally, Randy and Evangeline will be preaching and singing at a prophecy conference at the Smith's home church in Cass Lake, Minnesota. August 11-14 are the dates for this important series at the Cass Lake Alliance Church. As you listen to today's episode, Craig and LaDonna would ask you to pray for this important conference that will help attendees get a bet...
2024-08-1029 minIndigenous Faith24.26 The Chief Aim of Man (Part 1)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 Puritan preacher who stated years ago we glorify God in four important ways, Appreciation, Adoration, Affection, and Submission. A biblically healthy Indigenous Faith is lived out in these four very important ways as C...
2024-06-2929 minIndigenous Faith24.25 The Supernatural River of God DevotionalIn 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 students and the staff of Hutchcraft Ministries. In this devotional Craig has titled The Supernatural River of God, he takes the audience into the book of Ezekiel to an incredibly important and relevant imag...
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Freedom Hillside PodcastJune 19: by Rev. Lady Patricia Smithby Rev. Lady Patricia SmithPraising God No Matter What Key Scripture - Psalm 34: 1-3 Lifeline Lesson #224
2024-06-2014 minIndigenous Faith24.24 Finding Shalom in the Midst of Suffering (Part 2)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 people's lives immediately. But here they are, sixteen years past this life altering event, continuing to serve the Lord and His purposes. Most importantly, Craig unpackages how the indwelling Christ made all the difference for him in his dee...
2024-06-1529 minIndigenous Faith24.23 Finding Shalom in the Midst of Suffering (Part 1)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 unaware of what happened on June 9, 2009 when both the Smiths should have died from the injuries they suffered in a catastrophic auto accident in northern New Mexico. Please be sure to listen to both episo...
2024-06-0829 minIndigenous Faith24.22 Going Young - Today's Emerging Native Leaders - Nick Liew and Wes Francis (Part 3)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 about, the visit concludes with the Smith's taking you to the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation in upstate New York to hear Wes wrapping up the OEW visit there with a powerful presentation of the gospel. It shows how God is usin...
2024-06-0129 minIndigenous Faith24.09 Hoshea, The Wicked King of Israel (Part 1)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 southern Kingdom of Judah. Hoshea followed the path of wickedness of Ahaz, leading Israel into more compromise, debauchery, and pagan worship. Craig and LaDonna can only introduce Hoshea today, and wi...
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Eye On A.I.#168 Ian Bremmer on Regulating AI for a Safer FutureJoin host Craig Smith on episode #168 of Eye on AI as we sit down with Ian Bremmer, the founder and president of the Eurasia Group, a leading global political risk research and consulting firm. In this episode, we delve into the complex world of AI governance and the geopolitical challenges of regulating transformative technology. Ian Bremmer shares his expert insights into the rapidly evolving landscape of AI development and its implications for global politics, security, and economy. We discuss the necessity of international cooperation and regulatory frameworks to manage the risks and harness the potential o...
2024-02-0754 minIndigenous Faith23.51 Ending 2023 With a Special Visit with Dr. Vern Charette (Part 2)Craig and LaDonna Smith continue their visit with Dr. Vern Charette and Emmitt McKenzie on issues relating to brother Vern's recent Facebook post on Syncretism in the Sanctuary. Emmitt McKenzie takes us into his world as an urban raised Native who came to Christ and now serves as one of the most powerful evangelists who speaks truth without compromise, and offers his comment on these important issues. From there, Craig, LaDonna, and brother Vern delve into a review of the Smith's recent episodes on the Kings of the Old Testament, and current world events as it relates to end ti...
2023-12-2329 minEye On A.I.#161 Harut Martirosyan: What Secrets Lie Behind Armenia's AI Surge?This episode is sponsored by Babbel. Babbel is conversation-based learning built with science-backed cognitive tools like spaced repetition and interactive lessons created by real language teachers and voiced by real native speakers. Get 55% off your Babbel subscription 👉 babbel.com/eyeonai On episode #161 of Eye on AI, join Craig Smith as he sits down with Harut Martirosyan, CTO of Intent.ai. In this episode, we explore Harut's journey in AI, highlighting his role in shaping ad targeting technology and fostering Armenia's tech ecosystem. Harut shares insights about Armenia's technological heritage, the inf...
2023-12-2044 minEye On A.I.#160 Atul Deo: The Future of Generative AI at AmazonThis episode is sponsored by Shopify. Shopify is a commerce platform that allows anyone to set up an online store and sell their products. Whether you’re selling online, on social media, or in person, Shopify has you covered on every base. With Shopify you can sell physical and digital products. You can sell services, memberships, ticketed events, rentals and even classes and lessons. Sign up for a $1 per month trial period at http://shopify.com/eyeonai On episode #160 of Eye on AI, join Craig Smith as he sits down with At...
2023-12-0649 minEye On A.I.#159 Peter Chen: Building the AI-Driven Future of RoboticsThis episode is sponsored by Oracle. AI is revolutionizing industries, but needs power without breaking the bank. Enter Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): the one-stop platform for all your AI needs, with 4-8x the bandwidth of other clouds. Train AI models faster and at half the cost. Be ahead like Uber and Cohere. If you want to do more and spend less like Uber, 8x8, and Databricks Mosaic - take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/eyeonai In episode #159 of Eye on AI, Craig Smith sits down with Pe...
2023-12-0351 minEye On A.I.#158 Connor Leahy: The Unspoken Risks of Centralizing AI PowerThis episode is sponsored by Netsuite by Oracle, the number one cloud financial system, streamlining accounting, financial management, inventory, HR, and more. Download NetSuite’s popular KPI Checklist, designed to give you consistently excellent performance - absolutely free at NetSuite.com/EYEONAI On episode 158 of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith dives deep into the world of AI safety, governance, and open-source dilemmas with Connor Leahy, CEO of Conjecture, an AI company specializing in AI safety. Connor, known for his pioneering work in open-source large language models, shares his views on the...
2023-11-291h 05Eye On A.I.#157 Karen Hao: Inside OpenAI's Tumultuous SagaThis episode is sponsored by ISS, a leading global provider of video intelligence and data awareness solutions. ISS offers a robust portfolio of AI-powered, high-trust video analytics for streamlining security, safety and business operations within a wide range of vertical markets. So, what do you want to know about your environment? To learn more about our video intelligence solutions, visit https://issivs.com/ On episode #155 of Eye on AI, Craig Smith sits down with Karen Hao, who is currently a contributing writer for The Atlantic with an impressive background as a foreign correspondent f...
2023-11-2341 minEye On A.I.#156 Gordon Crovitz: Will AI SPREAD Misinformation & Fake News?This episode is sponsored by Celonis, the global leader in process mining. AI has landed and enterprises are adapting. To give customers’ slick experiences and teams the technology to deliver. The road is long, but you’re closer than you think. Your business processes run through systems. Creating data at every step. Celonis reconstructs this data to generate Process Intelligence. A common business language. So AI knows how your business flows. Across every department, every system and every process. With AI solutions powered by Celonis enterprises get faster, more accurate insights. A new level of automation potential. And a step...
2023-11-2248 minEye On A.I.#154 Sal Khan: Revolutionizing Education with AIThis episode is sponsored by Oracle. AI is revolutionizing industries, but needs power without breaking the bank. Enter Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): the one-stop platform for all your AI needs, with 4-8x the bandwidth of other clouds. Train AI models faster and at half the cost. Be ahead like Uber and Cohere. If you want to do more and spend less like Uber, 8x8, and Databricks Mosaic - take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/eyeonai Join us on episode #154 of Eye on AI as Craig Smith sits d...
2023-11-1545 minEye On A.I.#153 Ed Anuff: Unpacking AI's Role in Data ManagementThis episode is sponsored by Celonis ,the global leader in process mining. AI has landed and enterprises are adapting. To give customers slick experiences and teams the technology to deliver. The road is long, but you’re closer than you think. Your business processes run through systems. Creating data at every step. Celonis reconstructs this data to generate Process Intelligence. A common business language. So AI knows how your business flows. Across every department, every system and every process. With AI solutions powered by Celonis enterprises get faster, more accurate insights. A new level of automation potential. And a st...
2023-11-1259 minEye On A.I.#152 Alex Kendall: How Close Is AI to Taking the Wheel?This episode is sponsored by Netsuite by Oracle, the number one cloud financial system, streamlining accounting, financial management, inventory, HR, and more. Download NetSuite’s popular KPI Checklist, designed to give you consistently excellent performance - absolutely free at NetSuite.com/EYEONAI On episode #152 of Eye on AI, Craig Smith sits down with Alex Kendall, founder and CEO of Wavye, a company building autonomous vehicle technology using AI. In this episode, Alex provides an inside look at Wavye's approach to autonomous driving, which leverages world models and reinforcement learning to create an AI...
2023-11-0856 minEye On A.I.#151 Asa Cooper: How Will We Know If AI Is Fooling Us?This episode is sponsored by Celonis ,the global leader in process mining. AI has landed and enterprises are adapting. To give customers slick experiences and teams the technology to deliver. The road is long, but you’re closer than you think. Your business processes run through systems. Creating data at every step. Celonis reconstructs this data to generate Process Intelligence. A common business language. So AI knows how your business flows. Across every department, every system and every process. With AI solutions powered by Celonis enterprises get faster, more accurate insights. A new level of automation potential. And a st...
2023-11-0559 minEye On A.I.#150: Yann LeCun on World Models, AI Threats and Open-SourcingThis episode is sponsored by Oracle. AI is revolutionizing industries, but needs power without breaking the bank. Enter Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): the one-stop platform for all your AI needs, with 4-8x the bandwidth of other clouds. Train AI models faster and at half the cost. Be ahead like Uber and Cohere. If you want to do more and spend less like Uber, 8x8, and Databricks Mosaic - take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/eyeonai Welcome to episode 150 of the ‘Eye on AI’ podcast. In this episode, host...
2023-11-0255 minEye On A.I.#149 Alex Klein: The Next Wave of AI To Rock The Music IndustryThis episode is sponsored by Digimarc, the leader in digital watermarking. Digimarc digital watermarks invisibly guard your digital assets to protect against misuse, prove copyright ownership, and verify authenticity. In an era of artificial intelligence, don’t leave your images and other digital content exposed. Demand superior content protection and maintain trust in your brand with Digimarc. Checkout Digimarc - https://www.digimarc.com/ This episode is sponsored by Celonis ,the global leader in process mining. AI has landed and enterprises are adapting. To give customers slick experiences and teams the technology to deli...
2023-10-3055 minEye On A.I.#148 Ahmed Imtiaz: Exploring AI Generative Models, Model Autophagy Disorder & Open-Source ChallengesThis epsiode is sponsored by Oracle. AI is revolutionizing industries, but needs power without breaking the bank. Enter Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): the one-stop platform for all your AI needs, with 4-8x the bandwidth of other clouds. Train AI models faster and at half the cost. Be ahead like Uber and Cohere. If you want to do more and spend less like Uber and Cohere - take a free test drive of OCI at oracle.com/eyeonai Welcome to episode 148 of the ‘Eye on AI’ podcast. In this episode, host Craig Smith sits down with...
2023-10-2600 minEye On A.I.#147 Yilun Du: AI Debates, Reinforcement Learning, & The Power of Generative ModelsThis episode is sponsored by Crusoe. Crusoe Cloud is a scalable, clean, high-performance cloud, optimized for AI and HPC workloads, and powered by wasted, stranded or clean energy. Crusoe offers virtualized compute and storage solutions for a range of applications - including generative AI, computational biology, and rendering. Visit https://crusoecloud.com/ to see what climate-aligned computing can do for your business This episode is sponsored by Celonis ,the global leader in process mining. AI has landed and enterprises are adapting. To give customers slick experiences and teams the technology to deliver. The ro...
2023-10-2255 minEye On A.I.#146 Viren Jain: How Google's AI is Pioneering Brain Mapping ResearchThis episode is sponsored by Celonis ,the global leader in process mining. AI has landed and enterprises are adapting. To give customers slick experiences and teams the technology to deliver. The road is long, but you’re closer than you think. Your business processes run through systems. Creating data at every step. Celonis recontrusts this data to generate Process Intelligence. A common business language. So AI knows how your business flows. Across every department, every system and every process. With AI solutions powered by Celonis enterprises get faster, more accurate insights. A new level of automation potential. And a st...
2023-10-181h 03Eye On A.I.#145 Riley McComrack: Digimarc's CEO on Digital Watermarking in the Age of AIThis episode is sponsored by Shopify. Shopify is a commerce platform that allows anyone to set up an online store and sell their products. Whether you’re selling online, on social media, or in person, Shopify has you covered on every base. With Shopify you can sell physical and digital products. You can sell services, memberships, ticketed events, rentals and even classes and lessons. Sign up for a $1 per month trial period at http://shopify.com/eyeonai On episode #145 of Eye on AI, Craig Smith sits down with Riley McCormack, President and CEO of Digimarc, pi...
2023-10-151h 03Eye On A.I.#144 Matt Hicks: Red Hat’s CEO on Open Source, Linux, and the AI RevolutionThis episode is sponsored by Netsuite by Oracle, the number one cloud financial system, streamlining accounting, financial management, inventory, HR, and more. Download NetSuite’s popular KPI Checklist, designed to give you consistently excellent performance - absolutely free at NetSuite.com/EYEONAI On episode #144 of Eye on AI, Craig Smith sits down with Matt Hicks, President and CEO of Red Hat, a leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions. In this episode, Matt takes us through the evolution of Linux and the rise of the open source models. We explore how...
2023-10-1156 minEye On A.I.#143 Scott Aaronson: Revealing the Truth About Quantum ComputingThis episode is sponsored by Crusoe. Crusoe Cloud is a scalable, clean, high-performance cloud, optimized for AI and HPC workloads, and powered by wasted, stranded or clean energy. Crusoe offers virtualized compute and storage solutions for a range of applications - including generative AI, computational biology, and rendering. Visit crusoecloud.com to see what climate-aligned computing can do for your business. On episode #143 of Eye on AI, Craig Smith sits down with Scott Aaronson, Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at The University of Texas and director of its Quantum Information Center.
2023-10-091h 09Eye On A.I.#142 Arjun Subramonian: The Intersection of AI, Diversity, and EthicsThis episode is sponsored by Celonis, the global leader in process mining. AI has landed and enterprises are adapting. To give customers slick experiences and teams the technology to deliver. The road is long, but you’re closer than you think. Your business processes run through systems. Creating data at every step. Celonis recontrusts this data to generate Process Intelligence. A common business language. So AI knows how your business flows. Across every department, every system and every process. With AI solutions powered by Celonis enterprises get faster, more accurate insights. A new level of automation potential. An...
2023-10-0446 minEye On A.I.#141 Peter Voss Reveals the Future of Artificial General Intelligence This episode is sponsored by DataStax, the real-time AI company. With DataStax, any enterprise can mobilize real-time data and quickly build smart, high-growth applications at unlimited scale, on any cloud. Companies building real-time generative AI apps can leverage the DataStax vector search capabilities to build LLM, AI assistant, and more. Sign up now at https://bit.ly/3sHUdGx On episode #141 of Eye on AI, Craig Smith sits down with Peter Voss, founder, CEO, and Chief Scientist of Aigo.ai. Join us as we take a deep dive into the world of artificial general intelligence (AGI)
2023-10-011h 02Eye On A.I.#140 Isabelle Guyon: The Future of AI and Support Vector MachinesThis episode is sponsored by MindStudio by YouAi. MindStudio is the best way to build an AI business. Start driving some serious revenue before everyone else. Mind Studio allows you to use conversational language to program incredibly powerful AI tools. No coding knowledge is needed to start your AI business. Sign up now- https://bit.ly/MindStudioEyeonAI On episode #139 of Eye on AI , Craig Smith sits down with Isabelle Guyon, a pioneer in the world of machine learning and pattern recognition, and Chair Professor at the University of Paris-Saclay. Isabelle Guyon, renowned for her groundbreaking...
2023-09-2847 minEye On A.I.#139 Dmitry Shapiro: Breaking Barriers with No Code AIThis episode is sponsored by Shopify. Shopify is a commerce platform that allows anyone to set up an online store and sell their products. It’s the leading commerce platform designed for a business of any size. Whether you’re selling online, on social media, or in person, Shopify has you covered on every base. With Shopify you can sell physical and digital products. You can sell services, memberships, ticketed events, rentals and even classes and lessons. Sign up for a $1 per month trial period at http://shopify.com/eyeonai On episode #139 of Eye o...
2023-09-2057 minEye On A.I.#138 Dan O'Connell: How AI is Disrupting Business CommunicationsThis episode is sponsored by MindStudio by YouAi. MindStudio is the best way to build an AI business. Start driving some serious revenue before everyone else. Mind Studio allows you to use conversational language to program incredibly powerful AI tools. No coding knowledge is needed to start your AI business. Sign up now- https://youai.ai/mindstudio On episode #138 of Eye on AI. Craig Smith sits down with Dan O'Connell, the Chief AI and Strategy Officer at Dialpad and a seasoned expert in the world of AI-driven business communications. Check out Dialpad- https://w...
2023-09-1330 minEye On A.I.#137 Raul Martynek: How AI Will Change Data Centers ForeverThis episode is sponsored by Netsuite by Oracle, the number one cloud financial system, streamlining accounting, financial management, inventory, HR, and more. Download NetSuite’s popular KPI Checklist, designed to give you consistently excellent performance - absolutely free at NetSuite.com/EYEONAI On Episode #137 of Eye on AI, we dive deep into the world of data storage and its connection to AI. Join host Craig Smith as we unravel valuable insights shared by Raul Martynek, CEO of Data Bank, and explore the evolving landscape of data centers and their pivotal role in powering AI...
2023-09-0647 minEye On A.I.#136 Mike Knoop: Zapier Co-Founder on The Power of AI in AutomationThis episode is sponsored by MindStudio by YouAi. MindStudio is the best way to build an AI business. Start driving some serious revenue before everyone else. Mind Studio allows you to use conversational language to program incredibly powerful AI tools. No coding knowledge is needed to start your AI business. Sign up now- https://youai.ai/mindstudio On episode #136 of the Eye on AI podcast, Craig Smith sits down with Mike Knoop, Co Founder of Zapier, a tool that simplifies workflows by connecting various apps and services, making automation accessible to a wide range of...
2023-08-3049 minEye On A.I.#135 Diaa El All: How AI Could Change Music ForeverThis episode is sponsored by MindStudio by YouAi. MindStudio is the best way to build an AI business. Start driving some serious revenue before everyone else. Mind Studio allows you to use conversational language to program incredibly powerful AI tools. No coding knowledge is needed to start your AI business. Sign up - YOUAI.AI/mindstudio On episode #135 of the Eye on AI podcast, Craig Smith sits down with Diaa El All, founder and CEO of Soundful, an AI tool that generates royalty free background music at the click of a button for your videos...
2023-08-2338 minEye On A.I.#134 Alex Zhavoronkov: Unraveling AI's Crucial Role in PharmaThis episode is sponsored by Shopify. Shopify is a commerce platform that allows anyone to set up an online store and sell their products. It’s the leading commerce platform designed for a business of any size. Whether you’re selling online, on social media, or in person, Shopify has you covered on every base. With Shopify you can sell physical and digital products. You can sell services, memberships, ticketed events, rentals and even classes and lessons. Sign up for a $1 per month trial period at shopify.com/eyeonai On episode #134 of the Eye on AI podcast, Craig Smith...
2023-08-171h 23Eye On A.I.#133 Michael Jordan: How Deep Learning Has Completely Changed IndustriesThis episode is sponsored by Netsuite by Oracle, the number one cloud financial system, streamlining accounting, financial management, inventory, HR, and more. Download NetSuite’s popular KPI Checklist, designed to give you consistently excellent performance - absolutely free, at NetSuite.com/EYEONAI. On episode #133 of the Eye on AI podcast, Craig Smith sits down with Michael Jordan. A revered scientist and distinguished professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Michael’s expertise spans machine learning, statistics, and artificial intelligence. In this episode we explore the intricate landscape of deep learning, its statistical bedrock, and the myriad...
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JAWBone with Dr. J and Dr. CraigThe Greatest Man in the World with Dr. Craig Bruce SmithDr. Craig Bruce Smith joins the podcast to talk about the eliteness of George Washington and the continuing relevancy of the American Revolution.
2023-08-0827 minEye On A.I.#132 Scott Downes: Navigating the Language of AI & Large Language ModelsOn episode #132 of the Eye on AI podcast, Craig Smith sits down with Scott Downes, Chief Technology Officer at Invisible Technologies. We crack open the fascinating world of large language models (LLMs). What are the unique ways LLMs can revolutionize text cleanup, product classification, and more? Scott unpacks the power of technology like Reinforcement Learning for Human Feedback (RLHF) that expands the horizons of data collection. This podcast is a thorough analysis of the world of language and meaning. How does language encode meaning? Can RLHF be the panacea for complex conundrums? Scott breaks down...
2023-08-021h 04Eye On A.I.#127 Clemens Mewald: Redefining the Boundaries of Artificial Intelligence & GPT-4Welcome to Episode 127 of the Eye on AI podcast with host Craig Smith and guest Clemens Mewald. In this episode, we dive into the world of AI and its transformative impact on industries. Join us as we explore Instabase, the cutting-edge company led by our guest, a seasoned engineer with an impressive background at Google Brain, Databricks, and now Instabase. Discover how Instabase is revolutionizing automation and content capture across various organizations using AI-driven methods. Uncover the mission behind Instabase and delve into the intricate details of AI Hub, a groundbreaking marketplace for AI models and products.
2023-06-291h 02Eye On A.I.#126 Noam Chomsky: Decoding the Human Mind & Neural NetsWelcome to episode #126 of Eye on AI with Craig Smith and Noam Chomsky. Are neural nets the key to understanding the human brain and language acquisition? In this conversation with renowned linguist and cognitive scientist Noam Chomsky, we delve into the limitations of large language models and the ongoing quest to uncover the mysteries of the human mind. Together, we explore the historical development of research in this field, from Minsky’s thesis to Jeff Hinton’s goals for understanding the brain. We also discuss the potential harms and benefits of large language models, comparing them...
2023-06-2358 minEye On A.I.#124 Sina Kian: Reshaping Privacy in the AI & Machine Learning RevolutionWelcome to episode #124 of the Eye on AI podcast, where we bring you the latest insights into the fascinating world of artificial intelligence. In this episode, Craig Smith is joined by Sina Kian, General Counsel and COO at Aleo, as they dive deep into the revolutionary realm of zero-knowledge proofs. Join us as we explore the incredible potential of zero-knowledge proofs in safeguarding sensitive data while leveraging it for machine learning and AI applications. Sina Kian provides shares how this innovative technology can reshape privacy, digital identity, and even social media authentication. During this conversation...
2023-06-0857 minIndigenous Faith23.19 The Anatomy of Failure (Part 1)Craig and LaDonna Smith transfer from the many weeks of presenting their Indigenous Faith teaching materials to an important and related subject matter, the matter of biblical obedience. It was Israel's disobedience that cost them many times and in many ways as they faced the judgement of God for their disobedience. In the next few weeks, Craig presents a message he's titled The Anatomy of Failure, which looks at how Israel fell down the slippery slope to compromise and, yes, to syncretize ultimately with the gods of this world. We don't normally fall away from the Lord in a huge...
2023-05-1330 minIndigenous Faith23.17 Syncretism, the Larger Church's Largest Issue (Part 1)What do you do to follow months and months of teaching on the issue of syncretism? If you're Craig and LaDonna Smith, you come right back to the subject matter and present more teaching on syncretism! That's right! But, no, it's not a continuation of syncretism in the Native American context. It's the syncretism of the church at large. In fact, Dr. George Barna, a long time research expert on the church states that, Syncretism is the largest issue facing the church today! It's important for the Smiths to include this issue within the syncretism teaching already presented. We've often be...
2023-04-2929 minIndigenous Faith23.15 Craig Smith - What to Surrender, What to Keep (Part 4)In this final episode of Pastor Craig's final Indigenous Faith summer conference teaching series, he continues to lay out some practical guidelines in processing our Indigenous cultures in light of God's Word. Theological guidelines help shape the cultural guidelines we all must employ in our desire to remain pleasing to God and stay under the authority of His Word. An important consideration is understanding there's a difference between the God of the Bible and the gods of our ancestors. Take, for instance, the issue of Creator. Most Native people are creationists but is the creator in the traditional religions of an...
2023-04-1529 minEye On A.I.Yoshua Bengio: Pausing More Powerful AI Models and His Work on World ModelsIn this episode of the Eye on A.I. podcast, host Craig Smith interviews Yoshua Bengio, one of the founding fathers of deep learning and a Turing Award winner. Bengio shares his insights on the famous pause letter, which he signed along with other prominent A.I. researchers, calling for a more responsible approach to the development of A.I. technologies. He discusses the potential risks associated with increasingly powerful A.I. models and the importance of ensuring that models are developed in a way that aligns with our ethical values. Bengio also talks about his latest...
2023-04-1340 minIndigenous Faith23.14 Craig Smith - What to Surrender, What to Keep (Part 3)In this third episode of Craig's final teaching session from the summer 2022 Indigenous Faith Leader's Conference, he continues to lay out the practical steps in processing our Indigenous cultures and traditions in light of the revealed Scriptures. Pastor Smith lays out some key theological guidelines in processing culture before Craig addresses one more important step. Following the same biblical teaching guidelines he presented to the audience, Craig responds to the very indicting quote of Richard Twiss that was shared in the initial session of this series as an illustration on how to do good contextualization of the gospel without sli...
2023-04-0830 minIndigenous Faith23.13 Craig Smith - What to Surrender, What to Keep (Part 2)In this second part of the all important teaching of the practical ways in which we are called to apply the biblical truths on Christ and Culture, Craig continues to unpackage the issue of Identity and Significance. Using Paul's letter to the Philippians, he reminds listeners that before coming to Christ, Paul's identity and significance was all wrapped up in who he was as a tribal, linguistic, traditional, militant and religious person in his Jewish tradition. But we learn that Paul counted all these things as "garbage" (his term not mine), when compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Chr...
2023-04-0129 minIndigenous Faith23.12 Craig Smith - What to Surrender, What to Keep (Part 1)In today's episode, Craig launches into his sixth and final session in this Indigenous Faith teaching series, which was presented live in August 2022. He closes his series by turning to the practical aspects of how to live biblically healthy lives in the context of our Indigenous cultures and communities. But not before he spent five sessions in laying out a biblical foundation to do the practical exercises. Before Craig dives into the practical, he had to go to the Scriptures one more time to present some very important biblical teaching on the believer's Identity and Significance. He uses Paul's lett...
2023-03-2529 minEye On A.I.Ilya Sutskever: The Mastermind Behind GPT-4 and the Future of AIIn this podcast episode, Ilya Sutskever, the co-founder and chief scientist at OpenAI, discusses his vision for the future of artificial intelligence (AI), including large language models like GPT-4. Sutskever starts by explaining the importance of AI research and how OpenAI is working to advance the field. He shares his views on the ethical considerations of AI development and the potential impact of AI on society. The conversation then moves on to large language models and their capabilities. Sutskever talks about the challenges of developing GPT-4 and the limitations of current models. He discusses the...
2023-03-1543 minIndigenous Faith23.07 The Come Down Kingdom (Part 3)In this, the final of a three part episode Craig Smith has titled, The Come Down Kingdom, he wraps up his insights about the Kingdom of God and how it differs from all other human and earth based religious systems. Its uniqueness is found in its come down status. It was not developed in the incubators of fallen human cultures, but came down to earth from another world, another place, a place called heaven. All human based religions have their spiritual and sacred objects. So does this come down Kingdom as well. While all sacred things of human religions are a...
2023-02-1829 minIndigenous Faith23.06 Craig Smith - The Come Down Kingdom (Part 2)In this last part of Craig's session he's titled, The Come Down Kingdom, Craig clarifies what happens to every person on planet earth when they come to saving faith in Jesus Christ. The Scriptures tell us that we are redeemed from every tribe, language, people and nation. We are elevated out of every sin-stained human culture to a new kingdom, the Kingdom of God! We now join the redeemed ones from all over the world who now live a new way - a way that is in alignment with God's Holy Word. That means that yes, there will...
2023-02-1132 minIndigenous Faith23.05 Craig Smith - The Come Down Kingdom (Part 1)In this fifth session of the Indigenous Faith teaching series, Craig Smith takes us once again to the Scriptures to show the stark contrast between all human based religious systems and the message of the gospel and Christian faith. While all human based religions were birthed out of fallen human cultures, and established on this earth's soil, the Christian message was a come down message. It came to earth from another world, another place, a place called heaven. It's clear that the message came from above, as John 3:16 reminds us that, God so loved the world, he gave his one...
2023-02-0430 minIndigenous Faith23.03 Craig Smith - Lessons from Ezekiel (Part 3)In this third and final installment of Craig and LaDonna's important series titled, Lessons from Ezekiel, Craig continues to unpackage some of the most profound points in the whole Indigenous Faith teaching series. But not before LaDonna returns to finish sharing the steps they take when someone comes for ministry with demonic manifestations and in need of deliverance from the powers of darkness she introduced in last week's session. Craig seeks to provide clarity on the all important question of, Can a believer in Jesus Christ ever become demon possessed? He also addresses one of the key unbiblical positions of t...
2023-01-2129 minIndigenous Faith23.02 Craig Smith - Lessons from Ezekiel (Part 2)In part two of Craig's important lesson from the Old Testament prophet, Ezekiel, LaDonna joins Craig comes to share with the attendees some helpful instructions from what they've learned on confronting the powers of darkness found in animistic practices through the ministry of deliverance. The Smiths see way too few pastors, academics, and everyday believers who know how to minister to those bound by the spirits of the counter kingdom. You rarely hear about biblically based deliverance ministries being utilized by the body of Christ today, which leaves many in cross-cultural missionary work unprepared to deal with these inexplainable ma...
2023-01-1428 minIndigenous Faith23.01 Craig Smith - Lessons from Ezekiel (Part 1)As we turn the corner to 2023, Craig Smith continues to lay out his teaching series that is the heart and center of this Indigenous Faith broadcast. These sessions were recorded live in the summer of 2022, and included not only Craig and LaDonna Smith, but features their special guest, Ojibwe theologian Dr. Vern Charette as well. Today, Craig begins his third of his six teaching sessions as he introduces us to what he calls, Lessons from Ezekiel. Craig unpackages for us some very relevant truths contained in the 8th chapter of this prophetic word from this important Old Testament prophet of...
2023-01-0728 minIndigenous Faith22.51 Craig Smith - The Biblical Anatomy of Culture (Part 3)As Craig concludes this crucial session on the Biblical Anatomy of Culture, he raises a question of utmost importance. If there is no biblical support of God giving the cultural ways to all nations, then where did human cultures come from? The only answer, he contends, is from fallen human nature, which leaves the syncretists to answer the question, are you willing to put all your theological marbles in a belief system that does not have biblical support? To support the concept that all human cultures are filled with pride and disobedience to God, he raises a provocative statement abo...
2022-12-1728 minIndigenous Faith22.50 Craig Smith - The Biblical Anatomy of Culture (Part 2)In today's second installment of his teaching session titled, The Biblical Anatomy of Culture, Craig takes us to both Old and New Testaments to explain what God's Word has to say about human cultures. Beginning in Genesis 11, he takes us back to where he describes all of humanity, runs into each other at a place called the Plains of Shinar. Here we see our common ancestors demonstrating the effects of the curse of sin as human cultures begin to develop. Those two things? Pride and Disobedience! You can find these deadly enemies manifesting themselves right up to today in ever...
2022-12-1028 minIndigenous Faith22.49 Craig Smith - The Biblical Anatomy of Culture (Part 1)As we begin the third session in Craig's six-part Indigenous Faith teaching series, Craig chooses to include in this episode the all-important backstory to their near fatal and life-altering auto accident which happened on June 9, 2009, in which both he and LaDonna should never have survived. It gives you some important context on why they are compelled to present this important teaching series, in that they are still alive to share it! And that's so very important to the Smiths. In this visit back to the summer of 2009, you'll find out just how miraculous their survival was. As Crai...
2022-12-0329 minIndigenous Faith22.47 Craig Smith - The Authority of Scripture (Part 4)In this, the fourth and final part of Craig's session on the Authority of Scripture, he discusses the impact the Redeeming of Culture teachers have had on the North American Indigenous evangelical churches and institutes of Christian higher education. He continues to explain the path the syncretists have taken in bringing this false teaching into the Native evangelical world, describing it as a pendulum swing from one extreme to another as it flies right past the center of biblical truth. Of utmost importance is Craig's sharing about the presuppositions that have led those who promote this teaching to come to...
2022-11-1929 minIndigenous Faith22.46 Craig Smith - The Authority of Scripture (Part 3)In today's episode, Craig Smith presents clear information about the difference of mere intellectualism being misunderstood as the Spirit of God speaking to our souls and what it really means about letting the Spirit of God speak to us through His Word and understand it and obey it. Why does this simple process sound so important? Because often times intellectuals, especially those of higher educational training, can confuse their own determinations, arrived at from their highly trained minds, as the leading of the Spirit of God. Craig asks the probing question, Is this how many decisions in corporate board roo...
2022-11-1229 minIndigenous Faith22.45 Craig Smith - The Authority of Scripture (Part 2)In today's second part of a three part series Craig's titled, The Authority of Scripture, Craig delves into the fallacy of Universalism which denies Christ own words where He said, I am the way, the truth and the life, no one can come to the father except through me. He also introduces us to the process called Hermeneutics which is the process of interpreting the Scriptures which is so important to a right understanding of what God intended us as receivers to know and to take away from what the Scriptures are saying. While many other denominations and church gro...
2022-11-0528 minIndigenous Faith22.44 Craig Smith - The Authority of Scripture (Part 1)In today's episode, Craig Smith takes us into the second session in his six-part Indigenous Faith teaching series. Today, Craig begins to present his important session on the Authority of Scripture. In it, he introduces the process of discovering what the original intent of God's Word was when the Lord moved upon the forty some human scribes who were moved by the Spirit of God to write what they were told to write. That process is called hermeneutics. He helps the listener understand there are a variety of ways to interpret the Word of God but there really is one...
2022-10-2929 minIndigenous Faith22.42 Craig Smith - Contending for the Faith (Part 3)In this, the final episode in Craig's first session titled, Contending for the Faith, Pastor Smith unpackages for us this timely message from the heart of Jude to the church on the importance of preaching sound doctrine and protecting the congregation from false teaching. To contend for the faith, Jude says, means not indifference, but action. A pushing back on false teaching whenever and wherever it rears its ugly head is how the New Testament writers profile some of the most important roles of the leaders of Christ's Church. Lack of action on the part of church leaders to con...
2022-10-1529 minIndigenous Faith22.40 Craig Smith - Contending for the Faith (Part 1)In today's episode, Craig Smith takes the stage and begins presenting the first session in his six-session Indigenous Faith teaching series. Today's session is titled, Contending for the Faith, which is take from the New Testament book of Jude.Craig sets the table for the rest of this series as he explains why this whole Indigenous Faith focus of Tribal Rescue Ministries came to be. Responding to a growing movement of syncretistic teaching that has been promoted as good, healthy contextualization of the gospel, Craig helps us understand what is contextualization and what is syncretism. He also unpa...
2022-10-0128 minIndigenous Faith22.38 Dr. Vern Charette - The Doctrine of General Revelation (Part 1)With today's episode, Craig and LaDonna Smith begin sharing their updated Indigenous Faith teaching materials at their recently held Indigenous Faith International Leader's Conference on August 10-13, 2022 at Oak Hills Christian College in Bemidji, Minnesota! Many folks who were not able to attend this event reached out to the Smiths indicating that they only wished that they could have. Resources, work schedules, etc., prohibited their attending and they were saddened that they were not able to gain the insights through this teaching event. But thanks to the conference being recorded both in 4k video and audio, listeners to t...
2022-09-1729 minIndigenous Faith22.28 A Special Visit with Dr. Vern Charette (Part 1)In this special edition of Indigenous Faith, Craig and LaDonna Smith welcome Dr. Vern Charette, Ph.D to the program. In anticipation of their upcoming International Indigenous Faith Training Conference for Indigenous Christian Leaders and Those Who Work Among Them, Craig and Vern begin a wonderful dialogue of two hearts that are in sync, both tribally and theologically. Vern's tribal roots are the same as Craig's roots, on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. While their educational and ministry routes have been different they both have arrived at theological convictions that are based on a high view of...
2022-07-0930 minIndigenous Faith22.27 The Who, What, and Why of Scripture - Holiness (Part 4)In today's episode, Craig and LaDonna Smith bring to a conclusion their four part series on the Doctrine of Holiness. If you've been with them throughout this series, I'm sure you've been amazed at what the Bible has to say about the holiness of God and God's call to His followers to be holy as well. Holiness is the embodiment of all that God is and does. But us? Holiness is not something that comes automatically or easy, in that it always, in this life, will have an enemy who pushes up against us in any attempts we make at l...
2022-07-0227 minIndigenous Faith22.23 Establishing a Biblically Healthy Indigenous Faith (Part 3)In the first two parts of this series, Craig opened wide his heart in a message he preached in early May titled Establishing a Biblically Healthy Indigenous Faith, at the Billy Graham sponsored First Peoples Christian Leaders Conference in Rapid City, SD. If you haven’t heard the first two parts of this message, we’d strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this third and final part. That way, the whole of the message will come through loud and clear. In the first two episodes, Craig discussed the redemptive role every Indigenous people group has been given by...
2022-06-0429 minIndigenous Faith22.21 Establishing a Biblically Healthy Indigenous Faith (Part 1)Coming off our special episode featuring Will Graham and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association sponsored First Peoples Christian Leader's Conference in Rapid City, SD., Craig and LaDonna take us into that conference in a three part series that presents Craig's message on discipling Native Americans he titled, Establishing a Biblically Healthy Indigenous Faith. In session one, Craig shares the Smiths personal story that has brought them through great trials and suffering in order to share this message at this unique event. Craig reminds the audience of Will's grandfather, Dr. Billy Graham's visionary statement made back in 1975 about Native America bei...
2022-05-2129 minIndigenous Faith22.19 The Who, What, and Why of Scripture - Redemption (Part 3)In today's episode, Craig and LaDonna wrap up their journey into what the Scriptures have to say about the doctrinally important teaching on Redemption. We've already seen that the Scriptures present this concept as the work of God in the life of the individual, and not in the culture! There is no biblical basis to ever promote the work of God as redeeming culture. As Craig notes in this episode, no culture will ever stand before God and give an account. Only individuals out of every sin stained culture will. Craig offers comment from a theologian who read and criti...
2022-05-0724 minIndigenous Faith22.17 The Who, What, and Why of Scripture - Redemption (Part 1)Craig and LaDonna Smith begin a new study on key theological concepts that will help Indigenous believers in Christ grow into solid followers of Christ who rightfully know how to defend the Scriptures. After just completing a series on the doctrine of Christology, Craig and LaDonna now turn their attention to the doctrine of Redemption. They begin to unpackaged the truths of this doctrine, which focuses on the finished work of Jesus Christ on Calvary's cross. His finished work when He died for the sins of the world accomplished God's plan of redemption, but it came at such a high...
2022-04-2329 minIndigenous Faith22.12 Contending for the Faith (Part 4)In this, the fourth and final episode of the current series Craig and LaDonna Smith have titled, Contending for the Faith, they continue to build precept upon precept put forward in the previous broadcasts on the necessity of pushing back against false teaching. This is not a new phenomenon but goes back all through out history. Truth has never escaped being changed into error because there has always been an enemy of our soul who wants to keep us from real truth. That's why this battle is so heavy, so strong, and so important.Do you guys mix...
2022-03-1929 minIndigenous Faith22.10 Contending for the Faith (Part 2)Charles Spurgeon famously once said, A Bible that is falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn't! How powerful and precious are the truths of Scripture. They minister grace and peace to troubled souls, and yet bring souls going down roads of false teaching trouble to those souls. One cannot be a true student of the Word of God, rightfully dividing the Word of Truth and not be grieved when false teaching is detected.In today's episode, Craig and LaDonna transition from the Authority of Scripture to the Sufficiency of Scripture. With the help of some solid theol...
2022-03-0530 minIndigenous Faith22.08 Setting the Table of Christ and Culture (Part 12)In what may sound familiar, Craig and LaDonna revisit part of last week's episode that is so formative and important to establishing a solid Indigenous Faith. Understanding the Bible from the Jewish and Gentile perspective is the only way to fully understand biblical truth. It's a new paradigm of thought that needs intentional developing on our part and Craig and LaDonna trust that hearing these concepts once more will help begin the process in your heart and soul. From the foundational truths built upon in the past dozen episodes, Craig finally expresses his heart in responding to the assertion of...
2022-02-1929 minIndigenous Faith22.06 Setting the Table of Christ and Culture (Part 10)In today's episode, Craig and LaDonna Smith continue sharing the importance of getting biblical context right. All people from all cultures who come to Christ must understand that the Bible presents the world in basically two distinct categories...the Jews and the Gentiles. That's an important reality for people groups like North America's Indigenous people, who have tended to view all of life from a Native vs White perspective. But all non-Jewish cultures fall under the banner of Gentile, or, uncircoumcisioned, which is a strange identifier until you know that God used this physical surgical practice to identify His cov...
2022-02-0527 minIndigenous Faith22.05 Setting the Table of Christ and Culture (Part 9)In today's episode, Craig and LaDonna Smith help listeners understand that it is not only important to "contextualize the gospel" to each unique culture, but to contextualize God's Word by each unique culture. Contextualization is putting the message in a context that the people group being reached can understand it by presenting it in a way that culture can understand it as clearly as possible. But each culture that has followers of Christ in it must also have the important understanding of the context of the Scriptures themselves. So what does that mean practically? It means we cannot filter God...
2022-01-2930 minIndigenous Faith22.01 Last Days LivingCan you believe it? Here we are already into 2022! All we can say is, Wow! How quickly it has come! Each new year always seems to bring with it an element of hope, but this new year seems to be quite different! Many people are facing a whole lot of fear as we enter 2022. We seem to fear a resurgence of that nasty pandemic, and all the confusion it brings. Do I Mask Up? Or do I not? Should I get Vaccinated, or not? Along with these personal fears, the superpowers of the earth are rattling their swords...
2022-01-0129 minIndigenous Faith21.30 Setting the Table of Christ and Culture (Part 4)In this, their last episode addressing the first part of the quote defining the Redeeming of Culture's philosophy, Craig and LaDonna Smith offer their biblically based response, based exclusively in the Scriptures and from human history as the gospel spread around the world, eventually reaching the shores of Native North America some 500 years ago. When North American Indigenous people come to Christ, do they have to abandon all their cultural and traditional ways, only to be replaced with Euro-American cultural practices, as what the Redeeming of Culture movement contends? In a revealing look at European cultures, the Smiths unpackage his...
2021-11-2030 minIndigenous Faith21.27 Setting the Table of Christ and Culture (Part 1)In this episode, Craig and LaDonna Smith begin the process of addressing from God's Word the provocative quote that encompasses teaching that sounds right out of the playbook of the current culture's war on the Whiteman. The Smiths make it abundantly clear where they stand on these issues while asserting that all cultures operate from the same playbook of fallen humanity when it comes to racial and social injustices. But the issue is much deeper for North America's Indigenous people, because included in the debate is Christianity itself and its impact on North America's First People. Does the Bible tea...
2021-10-2829 minIndigenous Faith21.23 Even So, Come, Lord Jesus (Part 1)As Craig and LaDonna Smith continue to complete a biblical foundation for a strong Indigenous Faith, they draw us into one of the most exciting parts of Christian faith - the soon return of Jesus Christ in what the Bible refers to as His Second Coming! 2,000 years ago the world saw the Creator of heaven and earth take on human flesh as He dwelt among the people He created. Some forty days after His death, burial, and resurrection form the dead, He ascended back to heaven, leaving us with the promise that He would come again! Since then the churc...
2021-09-2529 minIndigenous Faith21.21 Christ my Healer, Christ my Health (Part 1)Craig and LaDonna Smith continue to lay foundational teaching for Indigenous followers of Jesus Christ in this two part series on the doctrine of Divine Healing. In this message preached at their home church in Cass Lake, Minnesota, Craig takes us further into this key doctrinal distinctive by introducing not only the concept of Divine Healing, but Divine Health as well. Going once again to the pages of Scripture, Craig sheds light on some biblical truth that often goes unnoticed. God continues to offer His children the miraculous touch of His divine hand on bodies that are broken and batter...
2021-09-1129 minIndigenous Faith21.15 Baptism, the First Step in Obedience (Part 1)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 to learn this process. As 2 Timothy 2:15 says, Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the...
2021-07-3129 minIndigenous Faith21.10 Mourning the 215 Children (Part 3)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 degree that some of its own clergy could be guilty of unthinkable abuse that led to over 50,000 Indigenous children dying in these Residential Schools across Canada in these school's 125 plus year history. These institutions wer...
2021-06-2628 minIndigenous Faith21.9 Mourning the 215 Children (Part 2)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 people throughout Native North America are raising. They are going to the only source of real, universal truth, the timeless Word of God, to remind listeners that God is not silent on evil, even when committed by those who claim th...
2021-06-1929 minIndigenous Faith21.5 To the Other Towns Also (Part 3)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 with other believers to worship Him together. It's also an important place where our spiritual gifts can be used to help build up this local body of believers, and to reach our communities and yes...
2021-05-2228 min