Coffee with Creamer

Coffee with Creamer

Coffee with Creamer, where you get to sit down with our host, Dr. Barry Creamer, for a conversation about faith, life, and culture. We’ll look at old ideas through a new lens, turn the culture wars on their head, and paint a picture of the way things could be. If you like your thinking deep, and your coffee hot, pull up a chair—you’re in the right place.

Episodes

Land Marks and Mines: Part 1 | Episode 157

July 24, 2024 • 45 mins
Barry starts a series about how Christ’s life and ministry should inform our lives, defining the destination and the journey. Buckle your seat belts as we ride the emotional roller coaster of theological pessimism, political failure, and ethical obligation.       Scriptures: Matt 26:6-14 John 12:8 Mark 14:7
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A Show of Good Faith | Episode 156

July 17, 2024 • 41 mins
Barry talks about faith and its destination. Some circles are still contemplating the truthfulness of the Bible. If that debate is decided in favor of the Scriptures, one may think our work here is done. However, believing the Bible is only the first step—the more challenging journey is letting it change you.  
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Long Story Short | Episode 155

July 10, 2024 • 34 mins
Barry talks through a long psalm, 78, about the longer history of a people’s broken relationship with their God. When God blesses them, they forget him, and when he judges them, they blame him. A lose-lose for God turns to a win-win for us at the cross.     Scriptures: Psalm 78, Luke 9:12, Luke […]
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Denominational DTR | Episode 154

July 3, 2024 • 46 mins
After a recent denominational convention, Barry discusses denominations and our interaction with them. He gives what are reasons to leave, what aren’t reasons to leave, and reasons not to leave. Believe it or not, that actually makes sense in the context.       Scripture: Ezekiel 36:21-27 Referenced Episodes: 17, 18, 19, 51, 101
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Down to a Fine Art: Part 4 | Episode 153

June 26, 2024 • 46 mins
A discussion of profanity ends this series about art and a Christian. The focus here is not on the moral impact of using profanity, but an invitation to see the person behind the behavior and to consider that person’s message and value. Scriptures: Eph 5:4 Gal 5
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Down to a Fine Art: Part 3 | Episode 152

June 19, 2024 • 43 mins
Barry continues the conversation of art and the Christian, adding to it a surprising challenge when it comes to the profane. To provide a steppingstone for a jump that may feel uncomfortable, he adds humor—no, actually, he adds a discussion about humor. Books: The Wit and its Relation to the Unconscious, Sigmund Freud  
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Wait, the Footprints Are Mine? | Episode 151

June 12, 2024 • 42 mins
The bad news: there are times when things are so bad we can run out of words and faith. Good news: in those moments the Father, Christ, and his Spirit never run out of exactly what we need. God’s steps are on our path even when we can’t see them.       Scriptures: Psalm […]
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Down to a Fine Art: Part 2 | Episode 150

June 5, 2024 • 48 mins
Barry moves from the nature and importance of art to our individual and shared experience of it. It is those vulnerable moments, when we are surprised by beauty, irony, or humor that can open our souls to understanding and God.    
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Down to a Fine Art: Part 1 | Episode 149

May 29, 2024 • 45 mins
Barry starts a new series about a Christian and art. In his description of art, he indicates that it is expressive, subtle, and relatable. It’s that last element that allows for more than information to pass from one more-than-rational-being to another. Art: Guernica by Pablo Picasso, Balloon Dog by Jeff Koons, Iliad by Homer  
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Plains, Ukraines, and Automobiles | Episode 148

May 22, 2024 • 48 mins
Barry heads to Psalm 75 for what seems to be a summary of a hundred other passages. In this case, we get a lesson on geography: while mountains and valleys may beautify the earth’s surface, they mar the complexion of mankind. Scriptures: Psalm 75 Gen 4:10 Luke 16:19-25  
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Sacred Center: Rerouting… | Episode 147

May 15, 2024 • 41 mins
Barry covers Psalm 74 where we have significant grief coupled with significant hope. As you might imagine, we bring the grief to this equation and God the hope. We are also introduced to this strange truth: the wall that separates us from harm can be the very place where we encounter greatest danger.     […]
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Caution: Uneven Path | Episode 146

May 8, 2024 • 45 mins
Barry leads us down Asaph’s path (Psalm 73), as we embark on a journey fraught with confusion and envy, doubt and worry. What’s shocking is how common this journey is for believers and how welcoming God is when you finally reach home. Scripture: Psalm 73  
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A Poor Substitute: Part 2 | Episode 145

May 1, 2024 • 42 mins
Barry concludes his focus on David’s prayer for Solomon in Psalm 72. Our part to play in the Good News is both simple and challenging: look at God’s holiness, which is seen in his compassionate care for self-destructively debilitated creatures, and reflect it back to fill the earth with His glory.       Scriptures: […]
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A Poor Substitute: Part 1 | Episode 144

April 24, 2024 • 42 mins
Barry invites us to a poignant moment between David and Solomon, when the man after God’s heart passes the kingdom to his son. His number one reminder is to follow God through obeying his law, and what that law centers on is perhaps a little surprising.       Scriptures: Psalm 72, 1 Chron 22:11-13, […]
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Power to the People | Episode 143

April 17, 2024 • 49 mins
Barry talks about the advantages and disadvantages of democracy. While it is certainly most comfortable blaming leadership, we must admit, our leadership simply reflects our desires and fickle decision-making. People may be the problem, but people are also the solution. Scripture: 2 Tim 4:3-4  
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What Not to Wear: Part 2 | Episode 142

April 10, 2024 • 42 mins
Barry concludes the story of 1 Samuel 16-21 focusing on the Chosen one and how others respond to him. We do have a choice, which both Saul and Jonathan evidenced, but thank God there is no overcoming His purposes. Scriptures: 1 Sam 16-21 Luke 12:49-53 Gen 12:1-3  
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What Not to Wear: Part 1 | Episode 141

April 3, 2024 • 44 mins
Barry highlights a few details in the story of David and Goliath that may surprise us. David’s strength lies in taking up the tasks he has been given and leaving God’s tasks to God. Waiting on God is sometimes the most challenging task of all. Scripture: 1 Samuel 16-21  
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Donne with Death: Part 2 | Episode 140

March 27, 2024 • 29 mins
Barry reads The Day from poet John Donne, where we are reminded of our value and God’s promises through the most somber of occasions. Funerals are just a believer’s step toward what’s next.       Poems/Book: The Day, John Donne Scriptures: Psalm 44, 116; Mark 8:34-38
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Donne with Death: Part 1 | Episode 139

March 20, 2024 • 38 mins
Barry explores John Donne’s poetry, revealing the dangers and hope associated with death. These poems are a great reminder of why Christ-followers celebrate Easter. Poems/Book: The Day, John Donne, Holy Sonnets 10 and 17, John Donne  
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Being the Blizzard | Episode 138

March 13, 2024 • 46 mins
Barry discusses something we should all know but can sometimes easily forget. The more we learn about things like belief, truth, relationships, wisdom, and maturity, the more we begin to realize all the things we don’t know about those same topics. Humility is what we need if we want to be lifelong students.     […]
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