God. Real. Right.

It dawns on me that a lot of the e-mail correspondence I receive is actually very interesting, comprised of questions from students, former church members, friends, and sometimes even family. So I figure I’ll start posting some of the more interesting and frequent questions and my all too often all too brief answers.
Here’s one such question:

Hey Dr. Creamer! I was wondering what it means to be above reproach?

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This message is about Matthew 9:14-38. The will of God is fulfilled in Christ, who has already come. It is right to wait for Christ. But once He has come, it is time to choose, to obey, to act. I delivered the message going through the book of Matthew as interim pastor of Glen Meadows Baptist Church in San Angelo, TX.
(More from James and the Sermon on the Mount to follow!)
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This message is the second on the way through the Sermon on the Mount. The text is Matthew 5:13-16. It was recorded while I served as interim pastor at Glen Meadows Baptist Church in San Angelo, TX.
(Yes. The final messages from James are still forthcoming!)
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also freely available on the sermons page, which is also linked on the sidebar, including as an RSS feed (for subscriptions, like with iTunes).
As with every audio link on this blog, you can click the text just left of the playable arrow and the audio will open in a new page, or you can right-click that text and select “save linked file” (or something similar) and download the file to your hard drive, or you can click the little arrow next to an audio file and it will play the sound on this page.

A new leader means a new home.
This message is about Matthew 8:18-34. There are those who say they will follow Jesus but are told what it will cost about their home. Then there are those who leave Jesus and tell Him to leave their home alone. I delivered the message going through the book of Matthew as interim pastor of Glen Meadows Baptist Church in San Angelo, TX.
(The final messages from James are still forthcoming!)
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also freely available on the sermons page, which is also linked on the sidebar, including as an RSS feed (for subscriptions, like with iTunes).
As with every audio link on this blog, you can click the text just left of the playable arrow and the audio will open in a new page, or you can right-click that text and select “save linked file” (or something similar) and download the file to your hard drive, or you can click the little arrow next to an audio file and it will play the sound on this page.

Or, Why You Might Not Want to Be a Disciple (and Why You Might!)
This message is about one of the most famous and influential passages in scripture, Matthew 5:1-12, the beatitudes. I delivered it as interim pastor of Glen Meadows Baptist Church in San Angelo, TX.
(The last two sermons from James are completed, but I have not received the recordings yet. They will be up over the next few weeks.)
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also freely available on the sermons page, which is also linked on the sidebar, including as an RSS feed (for subscriptions, like with iTunes).
As with every audio link on this blog, you can click the text just left of the playable arrow and the audio will open in a new page, or you can right-click that text and select “save linked file” (or something similar) and download the file to your hard drive, or you can click the little arrow next to an audio file and it will play the sound on this page.

Here is the next message from the book of James. It’s on chapter 4, verses 1 through 5. I delivered it as interim pastor at First Baptist, Madisonville, TX. This passage deals with the most fundamental ethical issue, and with the reason practical discipleship (practiced Christianity) often fails. It deals with the inherent problem with egoism (of any form), and the value of altruism. The reason Christians often end up with unanswered prayer and acting as the enemy of God is not that they imitate just any immoral, worldly behavior, but that they choose self over others. It is a very important passage for contemporary theology and practical Christian living.
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also freely available on the sermons page, which is also linked on the sidebar, including as an RSS feed (for subscriptions, like with iTunes).
As with every audio link on this blog, you can click the text just left of the playable arrow and the audio will open in a new page, or you can right-click that text and select “save linked file” (or something similar) and download the file to your hard drive, or you can click the little arrow next to an audio file and it will play the sound right on this page.

Here is the fifth message from the book of James, on chapter 2:14-26. I delivered it as interim pastor at First Baptist, Madisonville, TX. This passage deals famously with the relationship between faith and works. “If a man has faith but no works, can faith save him?”
Audio sermons posted to date, including this one, are also available on the sermons page.
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I preached this sermon on James 1:19-27 while serving as interim pastor at First Baptist Church in Madisonville, TX. It is third in the series through the book of James and deals with what makes Christian faith authentic.
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