Barry Creamer

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• Barry Creamer

Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of Humanities

Contact Information

Office:  214.818.1326
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Employment History

• 2004-present Professor of Humanities, Criswell College, Dallas, TX
• 3/2008-6/2008 Interim Pastor, First Baptist Church, Madisonville, TX
• 10/2006-8/2007 Interim Pastor, Glen Meadows Baptist Church, San Angelo, TX
• 12/2005-10/2006 Interim Pastor, Bethany Baptist Church, Pleasant Grove, Dallas, TX
• 12/2004-8/2005 Interim Pastor, Hillcrest Park Baptist Church, Arlington, TX
• 2000-2008 Adjunct/Associate Professor of Philosophy, Texas Woman's University,  Denton, TX
  Areas of instruction include: philosophy, philosophy of religion, ethics, bioethics
• 1987-2004 Pastor, Woodland West Baptist Church, Arlington, TX
• 2001-present Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), Arlington, TX
• 1987 Mission Pastor, Grace Church, Mission of Woodland West Baptist Church, Arlington, TX
• 1985-1987 Minister of Evangelism, Trinity Baptist Church, Arlington, TX
• 1982-1985 Mission Pastor, Campus Mission of Trinity Baptist Church, TSTI, Waco, TX

Education

• 2000 Ph.D., Humanities (Philosophy and History), The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
• 1994 M.Div. (Summa Cum Laude), Criswell College, Dallas, TX
• 1985 B.A., English, Baylor University, Waco, TX

Scholarship

• "Article XIII: Stewardship," in The Baptist Faith and Message 2000: Critical Issues in America's Largest Protestant Denomination, ed. Doug Blount and Joe Wooddell (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2007).
• "Cessationism," The Criswell Theological Review, vol. 4, no.1, Fall 2006.
• "Obligations Beyond Rights: Judith Jarvis Thompson Upside Down," presented at Cutting-Edge Bioethics: Human Life on the line, a conference of The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity held at Criswell College, Fall 2005.

Significant Activities of Service

• Host of Live from Criswell, a Christian Worldview radio program heard on the Criswell Radio Network, including throughout the metroplex on 90.9 FM KCBI and 93.9 KCRN in San Angelo, TX.
• Tarrant Baptist Association roles:
  Personnel Committee (including as chair)
  Committee on Ministries in Specialized Settings
  Supervisor of Six Flags Chaplaincy
  Student Ministries Committee
• Program Director, Steering Committee, Texas Falls Creek Youth Camp
• Revival, camp, preaching, and teaching engagements: Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, India, Russia

Teaching

• The Greek World
• The Modern World
• American Culture
• American Culture (Contemporary Thought)
• Topics in Humanities: Ancient and Roman World
• Topics in Humanities: Greek and Medieval World
• Topics in Humanities: Early Modern and Modern world
• Senior Thesis
• Introduction to Biblical Exposition
• Sermon Delivery
• Preaching from the Old Testament
• Preaching from the New Testament
• Preparation of Expository Sermons
• Introduction to Philosophy
• Introduction to Logic
• Introductions to Ethics
• Metaphysics
• Advanced Studies: Philosophical Topics: Moral Philosophy
• Philosophy of Religion
• Biblical Hermeneutics
• Critical Thinking
• Critical Thinking (M.Div. Philosophy)
• Moral Philosophy (M.Div. Philosophy)
• Philosophy of Language