R.C. Muñoz - San José, Costa Rica

I would like to briefly introduce myself: my name is R.C. Muñoz. I work as an expert forensic examiner in the Department of Forensic Sciences, specializing in detecting alterations to stolen vehicles, both nationally and internationally. At the same time, I also serve at a local church in San José, Costa Rica, in the ministry of the exposition of the Word of God, a ministry in which I have been involved for approximately 35 years. During at least 30 of those years, I have known brother Jeffrey Sherrill and OMI, which has been an incalculable personal blessing through the materials and conferences it provides on the Great Commission, hermeneutics for the proper interpretation of Scripture, and many other related subjects.

Personally, I have a few preferences regarding the excellent materials available on both Amazon and OMI’s official website for pastors and church leaders. Perhaps two of the authors whose books we are, thankfully, now able to access in Spanish—despite all the effort and rigor this has required from our sister, principally Roxana, at OMI—are Dr. Vic Reasoner and Dr. Gary DeMar. Both provide a strong counterbalance to dispensationalism, which remains very popular throughout Latin America.

Dr. Reasoner represents the more conservative wing of the Arminian-Wesleyan tradition (the Holiness Movement). In his commentary on Romans, which I had the opportunity to read and study carefully, he includes valuable digressions on specific theological issues that greatly enrich the text. In particular, his treatment of imputed and imparted righteousness proved especially useful and beneficial to me.

As for Dr. Gary DeMar, his book Last Days Madness has had a profound impact on both my personal life and ministry, especially regarding his view of eschatology. He presents a perspective that encourages believers to maintain influence in every area of life—not only within the church congregation but also in the broader context of engaging with, rather than isolating ourselves from, the people around us. He dismantles the escapist tendencies often associated with dispensationalism, which tends to focus primarily on leaving this world rather than advancing the Kingdom of God, even in the midst of a society that appears to display increasing levels of apostasy. His perspective reminds us that the One who sends us is also the One who declared, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go.” If we are convinced that He has sent us, then we are backed by nothing less than the full power and authority granted to Him in heaven and on earth. When He commissions us with the command, “Go,” His absolute authority and sustaining power accompany that command.

As if all of this were not enough, there is also the matter of how these materials are made available to our Spanish-speaking brothers and sisters at such an incredibly affordable cost—sometimes almost unbelievably so. This causes us to give thanks to God for every OMI collaborator and donor who makes it possible to continue this service and the ongoing expansion of the Kingdom of God. We continue praying for the work carried out by OMI, as well as for its collaborators and donors.