At first glance, it sounds like a strange title for a post about Bob Scott. But knowing Tactics’ sense of humor, I believe there is some tongue-in-cheek wordplay happening here.
“Hasty” certainly fits the rest of the post. Tactics spends a good deal of time pointing out what Scripture says about acting, speaking, and making decisions hastily.
But I think there may be another layer to it.
And then there is the theatrical possibility. I don’t know whether Tactics had Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals in mind when he chose these words, and I certainly don’t want to put words into his mouth. But I have to admit, the more I think about it, the more amusing the possibility becomes.
Because there is something rather theatrical about the grand declaration:
“God told me, and I’m going to do whatever He tells me—immediately!”
The dramatic certainty.
The absolute confidence.
The complete absence of hesitation.
If Tactics did have that connection in mind, perhaps he was being even more clever than I originally realized.
Regardless…
Bob Scott, nobody is eating what you’re putting down.
You can tell people that God spoke to you. You can tell them that you hear from God and immediately do whatever He says. You can present your decisions with absolute certainty and attach God’s name to them.
But that doesn’t make the message true.
And it certainly doesn’t mean people should swallow it without question.
Perhaps that is the point of the title.
Hasty pudding? Does anybody eat that stuff?
Well, apparently Tactics wasn’t buying it.
And eleven years later, neither am I.
When this was published in July 2015, I had nothing to say about it. No commentary. No response. Nothing.
Tactics wrote:
“I’ve shared this before we have number of pastors can quote a whole lot of bible than I can. Know much more word than I know. And they are men that can also hear from God in addition to their knowledge. But I do know one thing over all these years. I can hear from God and I immediately do what he tells me. Immediately! Many of you know that. Some of you have been on the other end of that. But when God speaks to me, something happens. I’m gonna do whatever he tells me. Doesn’t matter what God says to me, I’m doing it.”
Scary! This sounds awfully psycho Pastor. What if that little voice in your head is NOT God? It doesn’t matter what it says?! I’m pretty sure lots of evil-doers follow that recipe for disaster. It explains how you destroyed the homes of several families in the past few years. Without any warning. Ka-boom. Lets see, how many kids have you made cry by “killing” their parent(s)? All in God’s name of course. Or how many parents have had their children ruined and cast away by your toxic counsel? BTW, what are you going to do with all those young women you made leave their husbands lately?
Sigh. You are dangerous man. You are not Christ-like. Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Peter, Paul, Jesus Himself all talked with God about their hesitation and even debated at times. It’s not sin. The servant of the Lord, who believes, does NOT make haste. (Isaiah 28:16). Stop trying to scriptural-ize your evil deeds. Besides sounding weird, your logic of the Bible is flawed.
But God says, “Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth” (Proverbs 19:2). “Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God:for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth:therefore let thy words be few” (Ecclesiastes 5:2). “The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want” (Proverbs 21:5). “Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him” (Proverbs 29:20). “Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly” (Acts 19:36).
~Tactics of Calvary Temple
Today, in August 2026, I have quite a bit to say.
The video Tactics used in this post is a parody of sayings from Disney movies that, if someone actually said them out loud today, would sound strange, disturbing, or downright creepy.
And I believe Tactics was using that video to make a very serious point about something Bob Scott had said from the pulpit at Calvary Temple.
“When God speaks to me, something happens. I’m gonna do whatever he tells me. Immediately! Doesn’t matter what God says to me, I’m doing it.”
That statement sounds spiritual.
It sounds bold.
It sounds like extraordinary faith.
But after watching the consequences of this kind of teaching for years, I don’t find it inspiring.
I find it frightening.
Because what happens when the person saying, “God told me,” is wrong?
What happens when the person hearing that voice is not actually hearing God?
And what happens when everyone around that person is taught that questioning him is essentially questioning God?
That is where this becomes dangerous.
I am not talking about some theoretical theological problem. I’m talking about Calvary Temple and the teaching of Bob Scott.
I have watched the consequences of decisions that were presented as the unquestionable will of God. I have watched families suffer. I have watched relationships destroyed. I have watched parents and children separated. I have watched people make life-altering decisions because they believed that a man speaking with spiritual authority must therefore be speaking for God.
And the consequences don’t necessarily end when the sermon ends.
They can last for years.
Sometimes decades.
I know. They have lasted in my own life.
That is why I believe this 2015 Tactics post deserves to be revisited.
Tactics was right to point out that some of the greatest men in Scripture did not respond to God by blindly rushing ahead without questions.
Abraham questioned.
Moses questioned.
Elijah struggled.
Peter questioned.
Paul reasoned.
And Jesus Himself, in the Garden of Gethsemane, prayed that the cup might be taken from Him.
Jesus knew exactly what the Father was asking of Him. And yet He prayed.
He wrestled.
He expressed His anguish.
And then He surrendered: “Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” (Luke 22:42, ESV)
That isn’t rebellion.
That is relationship.
There is a difference between questioning God and questioning whether a human being is actually speaking for God.
And that distinction is enormously important.
The Bible does not teach us to accept every spiritual claim without examination. It teaches discernment. It warns us about haste. It warns us about fools who speak too quickly. It tells us to test things.
Yet at Calvary Temple, people were (and still are…) taught to place extraordinary confidence in the spiritual declarations of Bob Scott.
God told me.
I hear from God.
I immediately do what He tells me.
And if Bob Scott says God told him to do something, where exactly does that leave the people who are affected by his decision?
Can they question it?
Can they say no?
Can they ask for time?
Can they seek another perspective?
Can they search Scripture for themselves?
Or are they expected to simply submit because the sentence began with, “God told me”?
That is not a small distinction.
It is the difference between following Christ and following a man who claims to speak for Christ.
And I believe the difference matters.
I also want to be very careful about something here.
I am not writing this because I want to destroy Bob Scott. I want him to stop. I want him to stop the teaching that has caused so much harm. I want him to stop using the authority of God to justify decisions that have devastated families. And, above all, I want him to repent.
I am writing it because people have already been hurt.
And I am writing because people can still be hurt, and are being hurt.
The consequences of false teaching do not magically disappear because years have passed. Families don’t necessarily put themselves back together. Children don’t automatically forget what happened. Relationships don’t automatically heal. And the people who were on the receiving end of spiritual authority don’t simply walk away unaffected.
Some of us carry those consequences for the rest of our lives.
I do.
And that is why I don’t believe silence is always the gracious response.
There is a kind of “grace” that actually protects the person who caused the harm while leaving the people who were harmed without a voice.
That isn’t the grace of Jesus.
The grace of Jesus tells the truth.
The grace of Jesus also makes room for repentance.
The blood of Jesus is sufficient for every sinner—including spiritual leaders who have been wrong. I believe that with my whole heart.
But forgiveness does not require me to pretend that what happened didn’t happen.
Mercy does not require me to call false teaching truth.
And loving people does not mean allowing them to walk blindly into the same danger.
So yes, I agree with Tactics.
I agree that the idea of “It doesn’t matter what God says to me, I’m doing it” is deeply troubling.
Because it places enormous authority in the hands of the person who claims to be hearing from God.
And when that person is wrong, other people pay the price.
That is what I want people to understand when they read this.
Don’t be impressed simply because someone says, “God told me.”
Don’t surrender your God-given ability to think, pray, search the Scriptures, ask questions, and seek wise counsel.
Don’t assume that questioning a spiritual leader means you are questioning God.
And please—especially if you are currently involved with Calvary Temple or another church where a leader’s personal revelations carry enormous authority—pay attention to the fruit.
Look at what the teaching produces.
Look at what happens to families.
Look at what happens to marriages.
Look at what happens to children.
Look at what happens to people who disagree.
Look at what happens when someone says, “No.”
And then ask yourself a very simple question:
Does this look like Jesus?
Because that is ultimately the question.
Not Bob Scott.
Not Tactics.
Not me.
Jesus.
And after all these years, that is the question I wish I had known to ask much sooner.
A Warning
If you are reading this and are considering attending, joining, or becoming involved with Calvary Temple, my advice is simple:
Please stay away.
I am not saying that casually, and I am not saying it because I want to keep anyone from finding a church. I am saying it because I believe there is enough documented history—and enough personal experience—to warrant a very serious warning.
Please do your own research before placing yourself or your family under the authority of any church leader.
And if you want to understand more about the history and reasons behind my warnings concerning Calvary Temple, I invite you to visit my VIPS LINKS and VIPS DOCS pages here on this site.
Read the information.
Read the documentation.
Then pray, search the Scriptures, and make your decision carefully.
Please don’t take my word for it. But please don’t ignore the warning, either.
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