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Craig Smith - Your Legacy's on the Line
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Craig Smith - Your Legacy's on the Line
Craig Smith - Your Legacy's on the Line
Your life is your legacy—not just the achievements you chase, but how you live while pursuing them. Jephthah’s tragic story shows that the way we seek success can cost us what truly matters: our relationships and the people God has entrusted to us. [...]
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Craig Smith - Why Your Relationships Are So Important
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Craig Smith - Why Your Relationships Are So Important
Craig Smith - Why Your Relationships Are So Important
In his final words from prison, Paul reflects not on achievements but on keeping his faith intact through life’s race, while longing for friends—proving that in the end, all that truly matters is our relationship with God and with people. Paul’s [...]
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Craig Smith - There is a Hope - Part 2
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Craig Smith - There is a Hope - Part 2
Craig Smith - There is a Hope - Part 2
In the midst of a relentless storm, Paul shows that true hope isn’t just trusting God’s promise that everyone will survive, but walking it out through obedience, practical care, and gratitude—ultimately discovering that God redeems even the [...]
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Craig Smith - There is a Hope - Part 1
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Craig Smith - There is a Hope - Part 1
Craig Smith - There is a Hope - Part 1
In this message from Acts 27, the preacher shares how hope isn't just wishful thinking but what keeps us holding on and moving forward through life's storms, drawing from Paul's shipwreck story and his own lost passport adventure, [...]
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Craig Smith - The War You Didn't Know You Were Fighting
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Craig Smith - The War You Didn't Know You Were Fighting
Craig Smith - The War You Didn't Know You Were Fighting
In a week marked by tragedies like the Evergreen High School shooting and the assassination of Charlie Kirk, this message from Exodus 32 reminds us that the root problem dividing our nation isn’t differing beliefs but misplaced worship—impatience [...]
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Craig Smith - The Secret Weapon for Your Spiritual Battle
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Craig Smith - The Secret Weapon for Your Spiritual Battle
Craig Smith - The Secret Weapon for Your Spiritual Battle
In this message from Mark 7, Jesus uses a surprising and even harsh interaction with a Syrophoenician woman to show that true humility—caring more about what we desperately need from God than about protecting our reputation—is the secret weapon [...]
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Craig Smith - The Proof is in the Pattern
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Craig Smith - The Proof is in the Pattern
Craig Smith - The Proof is in the Pattern
In 1 Thessalonians 1, Paul commends the Thessalonian believers for their pattern of work produced by faith, labor prompted by love, and endurance inspired by hope; he teaches that life outcomes are shaped by habits and patterns rather than mere [...]
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Craig Smith - The Enemy We Can't See
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Craig Smith - The Enemy We Can't See
Craig Smith - The Enemy We Can't See
In 1 Thessalonians 2:17–20 and related passages, Paul attributes opposition to Satan while acknowledging human instruments, teaching that spiritual warfare involves an unseen enemy who blocks or tempts believers; Christians must live with [...]
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Craig Smith - The Devil Wants You Lonely
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Craig Smith - The Devil Wants You Lonely
Craig Smith - The Devil Wants You Lonely
Reflecting on Joseph’s legacy in Genesis and Exodus 1:8, the preacher emphasizes that accomplishments fade quickly while relationships endure eternally; drawing from James 3:13–18, he teaches that humility—not selfishness—is the foundation for [...]
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Craig Smith - The Church Has Left the Building
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Craig Smith - The Church Has Left the Building
Craig Smith - The Church Has Left the Building
In Luke 10, Jesus expands his mission from the 12 apostles to 72 ordinary followers, showing that every church member is called to embrace the mission of reaching all nations; embracing this mission provides unshakable stability amid life’s storms [...]
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Craig Smith - Sex, Identity, and the Life God Designed
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Craig Smith - Sex, Identity, and the Life God Designed
Craig Smith - Sex, Identity, and the Life God Designed
Paul urges the Thessalonian church to keep living in a way that pleases God rather than merely appeasing Him, affirming they're already doing it well and encouraging them to do so more and more through sanctification, while warning against [...]
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Craig Smith - Relationships Are Like a River
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Craig Smith - Relationships Are Like a River
Craig Smith - Relationships Are Like a River
On this baptism celebration weekend at Mission Hills, the core message from 2 Timothy 2:1-2 is simple: What flows to you must flow through you—God’s grace and the gospel didn’t start with us and can’t stop with us; we receive it to pass it on, [...]
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Craig Smith - Peace Isn't Passive
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Craig Smith - Peace Isn't Passive
Craig Smith - Peace Isn't Passive
Drawing from Paul’s closing words in 1 Thessalonians 5, the preacher shares how his family’s move for his mom parallels being truly ready for God to move in our lives—not just wanting it, but preparing the «house» by pursuing peace with those over [...]
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Craig Smith - No Need for a Comeback
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Craig Smith - No Need for a Comeback
Craig Smith - No Need for a Comeback
When the enemy sees you’re building a firm foundation in faith that’s harder to shake, he roars like a lion to scare you out of security into compromise; but drawing from Daniel 3's story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refusing to bow to [...]
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Craig Smith - Making Marriage Work
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Craig Smith - Making Marriage Work
Craig Smith - Making Marriage Work
In this second week of the Legacy Lens series, the preacher uses Jesus' first miracle at the wedding in Cana (John 2) to show that marriage matters deeply to God because it empowers us to live out our mission, and by continually inviting Jesus [...]
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Craig Smith - Level Up By Settling Down
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Craig Smith - Level Up By Settling Down
Craig Smith - Level Up By Settling Down
In this sermon on 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12, Paul urges believers who already exhibit strong brotherly love (philia) to level up to God's higher agape love—self-sacrificing and other-serving—as demonstrated in the gospel, delighted in by God, and [...]
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Craig Smith - God's Not Hard to Find (But You're Looking in the Wrong Place)
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Craig Smith - God's Not Hard to Find (But You're Looking in the Wrong
Craig Smith - God's Not Hard to Find (But You're Looking in the Wrong Place)
Launching the «Unshakable» series on Jesus' parable of the wise and foolish builders from Matthew 7, this sermon emphasizes that an unshakable life depends not on how well we build but on the foundation of trusting the true God, who desires to [...]
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Craig Smith - You Are Not Your Pain
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Craig Smith - You Are Not Your Pain
Craig Smith - You Are Not Your Pain
Picking up in John 20:10, this sermon examines how emotions like anxiety, grief, and even joy—though God-given gifts—can be twisted by sin and hinder us from God’s plans, showing through Mary’s encounter at the tomb that while we feel our emotions, [...]
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Craig Smith - When Fear Says Stop
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Craig Smith - When Fear Says Stop
Craig Smith - When Fear Says Stop
In this message from John 20, the preacher explores how fear often keeps us from seeing what God wants to reveal, using Mary Magdalene's early morning visit to the tomb in the dark as an example of shame and self-preservation holding us back, [...]
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Craig Smith - The Value of Humility
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Craig Smith - The Value of Humility
Craig Smith - The Value of Humility
So, I wanna talk to you today about the value of humility, which I’m gonna be honest with you, it’s kind of a tricky thing to talk about. Humility is always tricky to talk about because it’s always a possibility. I mean, let me teach you something [...]
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Craig Smith - The Rhythm of Life
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Craig Smith - The Rhythm of Life
Craig Smith - The Rhythm of Life
Hey, I wanna talk to you a little bit today about what God wants from you. This past weekend on Easter we talked about what God has for you, we talked about the fact that the empty grave, the empty tomb isn’t really empty, it’s actually full of all [...]
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Craig Smith - Easter 2022
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Craig Smith - Easter 2022
Craig Smith - Easter 2022
What I wanna do today is I wanna talk to you about the missing link between the cross and the empty tomb. The missing link between the cross and the empty tomb. We all know the story of the cross, right? We all know that Jesus was arrested by a [...]
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Craig Smith - The Final Exam
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Craig Smith - The Final Exam
Craig Smith - The Final Exam
Well, hey, welcome to the last week of our Unleashed series. Today, I wanna talk to you about overcoming one of the biggest obstacles to living on mission with Jesus. Because that’s what we do here at Mission Hills, we help people become like Jesus [...]
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Craig Smith - Moving Out On Mission
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Craig Smith - Moving Out On Mission
Craig Smith - Moving Out On Mission
So I want to talk to you today a little bit about the secret ingredient to spiritual growth. My guess is that everybody who’s with us today, whether you’re online or in-person, you wanna grow spiritually, but it’s pretty easy to get stuck. And I [...]
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Craig Smith - Fighting Fear
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Craig Smith - Fighting Fear
Craig Smith - Fighting Fear
So, I have two dogs at my house. I have a Golden Retriever and a Husky. In other words, real dogs, right? And, real dogs need to run. Unfortunately, I live in a house where my HOA said you can’t build a fence. So my dogs spend most of their time on [...]
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Craig Smith - Comfort Zones
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Craig Smith - Comfort Zones
Craig Smith - Comfort Zones
So, if we wanna start living unleashed, we have to stop living in our comfort zones. If you wanna live unleashed, one of the things you’re gonna have to do is you’re gonna have to stop living in your comfort zones. I love what John Ostrom said about [...]
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Craig Smith - This Is Your Sign
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Craig Smith - This Is Your Sign
Craig Smith - This Is Your Sign
Well, hey, welcome back to week number three of our “Unleashed” series, where we’re talking about how to get off the short leashes that we sometimes put ourselves on as followers of Jesus. Leashes that keep us from being on mission with Jesus, [...]
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Craig Smith - The Peril of Our Preferences
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Craig Smith - The Peril of Our Preferences
Craig Smith - The Peril of Our Preferences
Well, hey, welcome to Mission Hills. We are starting a new message series today called “Unleashed.” And actually, I just wanna go and dive right into God’s Word because I actually think what God says here at the passage we’re gonna look at is [...]
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Craig Smith - Living Generously
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Craig Smith - Living Generously
Craig Smith - Living Generously
Well, we are wrapping up our bootcamp series today. For the last few weeks, we’ve been talking about moving our faith forward because we know that the more progress we make in our faith, the more of a difference we make in the world. And today I [...]
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Craig Smith - Finding Your Part in God's Purpose
Craig Smith - Finding Your Part in God's Purpose
Well, hey, we are in the midst of a series here called “Bootcamp”. We’re talking about how to move our faith forward because we know that when we make progress in our faith, we make a difference in the world. And the more progress we make in our [...]
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Craig Smith - Powering Up Your Faith
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Craig Smith - Powering Up Your Faith
Craig Smith - Powering Up Your Faith
Well, hey, welcome back to week number two of our Bootcamp Series where we’re talking about how to fast-forward our faith because here’s what we know, we know that the more progress we make in our faith, the more of a difference we’ll make in the [...]
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Craig Smith - What Living By Faith Looks Like
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Craig Smith - What Living By Faith Looks Like
Craig Smith - What Living By Faith Looks Like
Well, hey, if you’re just joining us, thanks for being here. Let me get you caught up real quick. For the last couple of weeks, we’ve been working our way through the Book of Habakkuk in the Bible, and Habakkuk, really it’s the story of a man who’s [...]
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Craig Smith - Questioning God
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Craig Smith - Questioning God
Craig Smith - Questioning God
Well, hey, as we begin our new series today, as we begin a new year today, I thought I would ask you to ask yourself a question, and the question is this, “What are my questions for God?” What questions do you have for God? You don’t have to yell [...]
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Craig Smith - Christmas Eve (The Promise of Peace)
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Craig Smith - Christmas Eve (The Promise of Peace)
Craig Smith - Christmas Eve (The Promise of Peace)
Well, hey. Welcome to Mission Hills and Merry Christmas. So good to have you with us today. This is a special day in a lot of different ways. One of the ways that we’re really excited today is that we have thousands of people who’ll be gathering as [...]
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Craig Smith - Getting From Good News To Great Joy
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Craig Smith - Getting From Good News To Great Joy
Craig Smith - Getting From Good News To Great Joy
Well, hey, as you’ve heard, the traditional theme of the third weekend of Advent is joy, which is not a big surprise. I mean, joy is obviously a big part of Christmas. We sing “Joy to the World.” We sing “A Weary World Rejoices,” but why is that? [...]
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Craig Smith - The War of Christmas
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Craig Smith - The War of Christmas
Craig Smith - The War of Christmas
Well, hey, today is the second week of Advent and traditionally, the second week of Advent, the theme is peace. And so, I decided to mark this occasion by bringing you a message that I’m calling the War of Christmas. And I’m actually just gonna stop [...]
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Craig Smith - Mother's Day. Echoes in Eternity
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Craig Smith - Mother's Day. Echoes in Eternity
Craig Smith - Mother's Day. Echoes in Eternity
Well, hey, welcome to Mother’s Day at Mission Hills, so good to have you with us today. Hey, can I just be honest? They didn’t tell you that Mother’s Day is probably one of the hardest weekends of the year for a preacher, because here’s the thing, [...]
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Craig Smith - The Next Step
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Craig Smith - The Next Step
Craig Smith - The Next Step
You probably wonder why I’m dressed like this. Well, if you want to grab a Bible and mosey on over to Hebrews 10:24, I’ll show you. Here’s what you need to know about Hebrews. Book of Hebrews was written to a group of Christians who found that [...]
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Craig Smith - The Three Most Powerful Words
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Craig Smith - The Three Most Powerful Words
Craig Smith - The Three Most Powerful Words
Hey, Church, today I wanna take you to a story from the life of David. So if you wanna grab a Bible, start making your way to 2 Samuel chapter 11. Give you a little hint, 2 Samuel, you’re gonna find it right after 1 Samuel. That’s all I’m gonna give [...]
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Craig Smith - How to Tell the Truth Without Being a Jerk
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Craig Smith - How to Tell the Truth Without Being a Jerk
Craig Smith - How to Tell the Truth Without Being a Jerk
Hey, welcome to Mission Hills. So good to have you with us. Today we are on week number 9 of our deep dive into the Ten Commandments. And I wanna dive right into the text today because the ninth commandment might be the one that’s often misquoted. [...]
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Craig Smith - Sweat Equity
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Craig Smith - Sweat Equity
Craig Smith - Sweat Equity
Hey, welcome to Mission Hills. So good to have you with us today. If you’re just joining us, you should know we’re in the midst of a series on the Ten Commandments. And even if you’re brand new to church, you’re probably not going, “The Ten what?” [...]
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Craig Smith - The Marriage You've Always Wanted
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Craig Smith - The Marriage You've Always Wanted
Craig Smith - The Marriage You've Always Wanted
Well, hey, thank you for joining us today. If you’re not already aware, we’re in the middle of a series on the Ten Commandments. And if you’re just joining us, two things you really need to know about the Ten Commandments. We’ve been talking about [...]
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Craig Smith - The Power of Submission
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Craig Smith - The Power of Submission
Craig Smith - The Power of Submission
Hey, thank you for joining us today, we are actually in the exact halfway point today on our journey through the Ten Commandments, which I think is a good time to tell you two things you may not know about the Ten Commandments. Two things that are [...]
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Craig Smith - Forget Balance, Find Rhythm
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Craig Smith - Forget Balance, Find Rhythm
Craig Smith - Forget Balance, Find Rhythm
Well, hey, so good to have you with us today. We are in the middle of a deep dive into the Ten Commandments here at Mission Hills. If you’re just joining us, here’s probably the most important thing you need to know about the Ten Commandments. We’ve [...]
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Craig Smith - Be the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are
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Craig Smith - Be the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are
Craig Smith - Be the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are
Well, hey, it is so good to have you with us today, whether you’re joining us online or in-person, or walking your dog and listening to the podcast, or driving your car to work. I really believe God has you here for a reason, and we’re about to find [...]
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Craig Smith - Picking Your Priority
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Craig Smith - Picking Your Priority
Craig Smith - Picking Your Priority
Hey. Welcome to Mission Hills. So honored to have you with us this weekend as we dive into our new fall series on the Ten Commandents. And I realized that we created a little bit of confusion with this. I know because I got some emails this week. [...]
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Craig Smith - Doing Good
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Craig Smith - Doing Good
Craig Smith - Doing Good
Well, welcome to Mission Hills. So good to have you with us today. We are kind of rounding third base on our “Live Free” series. Next week we’ll actually bring it home. But if you’re just joining us let me get caught up real quick. For the last few [...]
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Craig Smith - Finding Freedom from the Self-Destruction of Self-Centeredness
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Craig Smith - Finding Freedom from the Self-Destruction of Self-Centeredness
Craig Smith - Finding Freedom from the Self-Destruction of Self-Centeredness
Hey. Welcome to Mission Hills. So good to have you with us today. I thought I’d start off our time together today with a story. I’m gonna tell you right now I’m not 100% sure the story is true. It kind of feels like an urban legend, but I’ve had [...]
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Craig Smith - Fighting For Freedom
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Craig Smith - Fighting For Freedom
Craig Smith - Fighting For Freedom
Hey, welcome to Mission Hills. So good to have you with us today, whether you’re joining us online or in person, we’re just so honored that you’d take a little bit of time out of your weekend to spend this time with us. We’re in the midst of a [...]
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Craig Smith - Live Different
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Craig Smith - Live Different
Craig Smith - Live Different
Hey, let’s give it up to the Worship Team, Grassroots Weekend, right? Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Hey, for those of you who are new at Mission Hills, you may be wondering like, is this what worship normally looks like now? It’s Grassroots Weekend. We [...]
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