In college, I became a Christian through Campus Crusade for Christ after attending a College Life meeting. My college pastor taught me an overview of the Old Testament and God’s promises through His covenants with Abraham, Moses and David, followed by the New Covenant and its fulfillment in Matthew. That study connected the dots of God’s big story and unlocked my understanding of God’s plan in the Scriptures.
In 1989 as a college missionary, I witnessed first-hand Biblical illiteracy and confusion that arose after the tele-evangelist scandals. Students were asking me in the dorms, “Why are there so many denominations? Why are people trying to get rich through religion?” God spoke to me specifically to do something about this problem so I began to pray. One of the students I discipled was a Journalism major. He encouraged me to take two journalism courses. At the same time, my wife was in Bible Study Fellowship and she met the wife of the Dean of the Journalism College who was born on the mission field in Africa (his dad was still teaching in a seminary). Will Norton, Jr. became my mentor and encouraged me to get a Master’s in Journalism to develop writing skills for the purpose of writing a small group discipleship curriculum. We had a Bible study in his office for about ten years.
In 2008, we realized Sync with God needed to be online. From 2010 to 2013, I wrote a blog inspired by Luke 24. Like the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, our hearts will burn and minds will understand the Scriptures when we study the Law, Prophets and Psalms and now the New Testament, in consecutive order (Luke 24:27,32,44-45). I explained chapters of Scripture consecutively in about 7 paragraphs for each blog alternating between these four divisions of the Law, Prophets, Psalms and New Testament (www.markpomeroy.com: 500+ blogs). Apostle Paul told the Ephesian elders in Acts 20 that he did not cease to proclaim the whole counsel of God night and day.
Several years later, I met John Ward, a former senior level executive and eLearning consultant, who led a Christian non-profit helping churches use the internet more effectively. John was our Sync with God CEO until resigning recently because of health issues. He said typical online courses are geared to assess knowledge through testing. This model is inadequate for Sync because we need a collaborative, virtual small group so individuals experience spiritual transformation through questions and two-way dialogue.