Mixing of post order on different pages

I want to use the plugin WP Smart Sort to sort my posts alphabetically in the category list, which is more useful to me at this time. I’ve set it up with custom fields, it works great, all is well (though I don’t have it turned on yet). However, that plugin sorts the posts alphabetically everywhere, and on my home page I actually want the few posts showing sorted chronologically so the newest ones are featured. Is there a way to force the newest to show on the first page?

The applicable code on the home page is currently:

<?php if ($aOptions[‘homebox-id’] != ”) { query_posts(‘showposts=5&cat=’ . $aOptions[‘homebox-id’]); } ?>

The site is http://mormonscholarstestify.org/

Thanks!