Tactics wrote “Sigh” in July 2015, clearly weary of confronting what he believed was happening at Calvary Temple. I don't know who he was referring to as the “nobody” God sent to confront Bob Scott, but I do know the warning he was making—and I recognize it. Ezekiel 34 immediately comes to mind: God holds shepherds accountable for how they treat His sheep. And here's the thing: this didn't end in 2015. The destructive tactics Tactics was writing about are still happening today. That's why I keep telling my story. Know before you go.

The Calvary Temple Games What happens when a church becomes a place where loyalty to a man matters more than loyalty to God? That is the comparison behind this 2015 Tactics post—and I understand it because I lived it. My family was being torn apart long before there was a Tactics blog and long before I ever saw a Hunger Games movie. The movies didn't teach me what Calvary Temple was doing. They simply gave me a visual picture of something I already knew firsthand: manipulation, control, division, and the destruction of relationships. And Calvary Temple still exists. So this isn't just history. The question is whether the tactics have changed. The faces may change. The tactics do not.

What makes spiritual deception so dangerous is that darkness doesn't always look like darkness. Sometimes it looks religious. Sometimes it sounds like obedience. Sometimes Scripture is even used to convince sincere people that what they are doing must be right. I know because I was one of those people. I walked into Calvary Temple wanting God and wanting truth, yet over time I became self-righteous and judgmental while believing I was simply obeying God's Word. But I have come to understand something else: we were taught to examine others and ourselves through the standards and teachings of Bob Scott, while the man himself was not being examined. I was looking at others. I was looking at myself. But I wasn't looking at Bob Scott. No pastor or spiritual leader should ever be above examination or correction. We must test what we are taught against the Word of God. And when repentance is called for, it is a call for all of us—including those standing in the pulpit. Ultimately, however, our eyes must remain fixed on Jesus Christ. We are not called to walk in the light of a man, a church, or a ministry. We are called to walk in the Light.