Hello! My name is Tony Romero. I am in ministry withBlue Letter Bible. In fact, I have had the privilege of serving with them 18years next month. Wow how time flies! Really, I just celebrated my60th birthday! I have just begun my Master’s program here withCCU.
Why did I wait so long? Well, it is very difficult in today’s world to find and onlineinstitution for advanced degrees (such as a Master of Arts in BiblicalLeadership), that has a similar heart to our ministry. CCU has shown a strongsupport for not just the infallibility of Scripture but its inerrancy andsufficiency. I’ve looked around and thisposition is rare and wonderful to see. That is one reason I signed up. God set up the situation in many ways andmade it evident to me that I was to go for it.
Self-examination questions. The other side of it…60 yearsold…really? I had not written a paper inover 40 years! Yet, I did well! Will theprogram tell me all things I don’t know? So far, I am learning many things thatcomplete and complement my lifelong learning about God and (insert list oftopics here!) Can I keep up? Yes. Theprogram is designed to keep you on track with week by week assignments. Before you know it, you are done with thecourse! I am in the middle of my third course and I am finding a rhythm to thework each week. It does take a littlebit getting used to the on-line interface but it works. Am I learning anything? Oh yes! I am indeed. I do believe that I amgrowing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Himbe the glory both now and forever. Amen.” 2 Peter 3:18 NKJV
From the very first course, Foundations of Faith, I havebeen surprised by what I did not realize. Have you ever heard of George Muller?I had, but hearing is not the same as studying his life. This man was a man offaith like a Daniel. I read how George Muller so drenched his life in prayer,that he seemed to live a life of Hebrews 11 proportions. I know that we all pray. We ask inemergencies. We ask when our will seems thwarted seeking to know the reasonswhy. We pray when we gather together in our churches. We even pray when we are part of a smallgroup interceding for others such as the sick or the lost. But this man, thisGeorge Muller breathed prayer. The very surrender of his soul to the will ofGod was a prayer. This man mimicked hisSavior.
I was expecting, as many of us in the West often do, acourse on “99 Ways to Improve Your Faith,” with the accompanying lists, charts,graphs, practice exercises, etc. Myundergraduate degree is in general engineering so you have a general idea why Iwould say that. Yet with first book ofthe course, I got a narrative biography of a man dedicated to God’s will, yetnot in the Bible, but very much in real life in London. This was a real man,with a real relationship with God, doing impossible things for incredible good.We also are very real people with avery real God, with Whom we can havea very real relationship. That is the purpose of the information we arestudying. So, as I increase in grace and knowledge of my Lord and Savior JesusChrist, I do give Him the glory and thanks!
Blessings in Christ,
Tony Romero
Blue Letter Bible