Matthew 10, Part 1

Christ's Second Discourse

With this sermon Gary Smith begins a series of sermons on the five teaching discourses of Jesus in the book of Matthew. Mr. Smith covered the first discourse (the sermon on the mount) previously. That discourse is available in 15 sermons on this web site beginning with November 5, 2011 and running about once a month until July 20, 2013. In this present sermon he gives an overview of the book of Matthew and then begins the second discourse which is in chapter 10.

Gary Smith was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, but spent most of his youth in the Pasadena, California area. He graduated from Ambassador College in 1976 and he and his wife, Liz, moved to Peoria, Illinois. For the next six years he worked as a nursing home administrator in Illinois, Ohio, and Texas.
In 1982, he and Liz began to serve in the full-time ministry. Since that time, they have served in a number of congregations in the Midwest.
Gary and Liz now pastor in Houston, Texas near their two children and grandson.
Apart from pastoring, Gary enjoys hiking, playing and watching sports, reading and spending time with family.