Replies

Or Dr. Scott

I always admired Dr. Scott. He was honest, he didn't pretend he was doing anything but pocketing the money. "Contributions are NOT tax deductable".

He'd even show video of his horses and his harem, so you'd know the contributions were being put to beneficial use.

Exactly, and to light a flame under the self righteous.

"I always admired Dr. Scott. He was honest, he didn't pretend he was doing anything but pocketing the money." He spent a huge amount of money sent to him --without strings attached-- to broadcast the Gospel to the world in radio and TV. He was worthy of his hire. The man was truly gifted by God to open the scriptures and make the scenes and people of the Bible come alive for those paying attention.

Many focus upon the wealth he accumulated. So what? Have you ever viewed the collection of biblical texts he purchased with much of the funds sent to him, and have you listened to him while he expounded the precious value of parallel texts that verify the context and teaching of the Bible? One of the ancillary values of a man like Gene Scott is the opportunity to see a man with his flaws still being the tool of the Almighty. In the end, there is only one like him this side of Paul, who one can rightly surmise opened the Septuagint texts to a lost world, and whom still opens the Gospel of Grace to anyone willing to read.

There are three or four sermons Scott preached that are unrivaled in History! The truths are so clearly revealed that even I could write the message for you at the drop of a hat, like the resurrection sermon he preached every Easter. His teaching in Romans has yet to be fully appreciated. Perhaps Melissa can get it into manuscript form int he not so distant months, for edification of the world.

For the record, Osteen is a conman who may have actually come to believe his own lies. And of course, his prosperity hooey has made him very prosperous. One thinks of that scripture verse about gainign the whole world but losing one's soul. Kind of like the 'purpose driven' wealth of another con artist draped in a false christianity robes.

Before I ever saw Gene Scott on the TV, or even knew he was on TV, I heard him on the radio building cabinets in the middle of the night to feed my family (early 1980s). His radio program kept me awake and moving.

That crazy song the band did:

“God don't like it ...
God don't like it ...
God don't like it ...
And I don't like it, too!”

Oh, MY!

But one night Dr. Scott was preaching, and he hit on the reason for the Old Testament animal sacrifices and their relationship to the Cross of Christ. It was the best explanation I have ever heard on the subject before or since.

Even though there are issues on which I much disagreed with him, Scott can in no way be compared with the likes of Osteen. There was something real to Gene Scott — like him, or not; agree with him or not.

I mean, could you imagine if Larry King had had Dr. Scott on his show? King would have done busted his heart bypasses ‘fore the interview was half over.