DO IT! (7/30/15)

Well, here’s one that doesn’t need much explanation for those of us who know Calvary Temple from the inside.

DO IT!

That’s the title of this Tactics post from July 30, 2015. And if you’ve spent any amount of time at Calvary Temple, you probably understand exactly what those two words mean.

When Bob Scott says to do something, you DO IT.

Don’t question it. Don’t challenge it. Don’t stop to think about whether it makes sense. And heaven forbid you question whether it’s biblical!

Bob Scott says it, so that settles it.

Or does it?

That’s the whole problem, isn’t it? When a man is put in a position where his word is treated as the final authority, where questioning him is considered rebellion, and where people are expected to obey rather than think for themselves, you have a serious problem.

And no, this isn’t just my opinion. This is what Tactics was writing about back in 2015. The post is worth reading in its entirety, so I’m including it here before I get into my commentary.

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TACTICS OF CALVARY TEMPLE — JULY 30, 2015

“…when it [Pastor] says something, do it. don’t question it…DO IT.” Just do it. Questions require thought – oh no, no, no. Don’t Think. Pastor will think for us. He will edit our sermons, for public consumption. He will ferret out traitors in our midst. He will defend his sagging reputation. He will consolidate his assets. He will rev up his propaganda machine for us parrot to the masses. Our families are his. Our wives are his. The youth are his. And anyone who gets in the way of that will be disposed of. Used to give you credit for your incredibly devious ways Pastor. Lately, you resemble the world so closely that I guess it wasn’t your smarts after all. You were just following orders from the Prince of this world. You know, the Father of Lies. You followed your own advice…DO IT…don’t question it. And you have. Like the Prez, like Hillary, like Dr. Huxtable…[Ahem}…aren’t we supposed to be good examples? And open. And honest. And true. And pure. You are just a whitewashed mausoleum Pastor. With a stone lid thats cracked, an underground one, that people walk over, thinking they are on safe footing. Yikes!! Any moment they might come crashing into one of your pits. All God wants is to warn people. Stop. Danger ahead. DO NOT cross here.

But God says, “Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways…Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways” (Haggai 1:5,7). “The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward” (Isaiah 1:3-4). “Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm” (1 Timothy 1:5-7).

*Please note that if you go into the actual blog post, the YouTube video is no longer available

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ELEVEN YEARS LATER…

Today is October 8, 2026. Tactics wrote this post more than eleven years ago, and here we are.

Has anything changed?

Tactics talks about edited sermons, manipulation, the protection of Bob Scott’s reputation, the identification of so-called traitors, and the control exerted over the people who follow him.

Read those words again.

“When it says something, do it. Don’t question it…DO IT.”

That is the heart of this post.

And that is what I want people to think about.

Tactics compares Bob Scott to people in the world, including Bill Cosby and Hillary Clinton. The point is the contrast between what a leader, spiritual or otherwise claims to represent and what his actions and practices reveal. Facades…

A spiritual leader is supposed to be an example. Honesty matters. Integrity matters. Truth matters. How you treat people matters.

You don’t get a pass on those things because you stand behind a pulpit.

And you certainly don’t get to demand unquestioning obedience while expecting everyone else to overlook the consequences of your actions.

Tactics also talks about what Bob Scott edits out of his sermons. I have my own questions about what gets presented publicly and what people are expected to accept without question. Calvary Temple no longer live-streams on YouTube or Facebook…you have to ask why? And the larger question remains: What are people seeing, what aren’t they seeing, and are they willing to look beyond what they’re being told?

Because that’s the thing about deception.

You can be deceived and absolutely convinced that you know the truth.

In fact, that’s part of what makes deception so dangerous.

You think you know. You think you’ve got it figured out. Somebody comes along and tries to show you something that doesn’t line up, and instead of examining it, you dismiss it.

You’ve already decided that the person warning you is bitter. Angry. Disgruntled. A hater.

Problem solved, right?

You don’t have to listen to anything they say because you’ve already discredited them.

Except you haven’t answered a single question they’ve raised.

You’ve simply decided not to hear them.

And THAT is a problem.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WARNING YOU

Let me make something clear.

People HAVE been speaking out about Calvary Temple. People have shared their experiences. People have written testimonies. People have documented events. People have provided information, articles, records, and firsthand accounts.

People have tried to warn others.

And what happens?

The warnings are dismissed before they’re even considered.

The person speaking out is labeled a hater. Their motives are questioned. Their experiences are minimized. Their testimony is rejected because it doesn’t fit the story people inside Calvary Temple have been told.

And those still inside walk away thinking they’ve defended the truth.

But have they?

How can you know if you refuse to examine the evidence?

How can you make an informed judgment about somebody’s testimony if you won’t even hear what they have to say?

And how can you claim to know the truth when you’ve decided in advance that certain people aren’t worth listening to?

You can’t.

You can believe you know. You can insist you know. You can repeat what you’ve been told until you’re blue in the face.

But believing something doesn’t automatically make it true.

And being absolutely convinced you’re right doesn’t mean you aren’t deceived.

That’s why I keep writing these commentaries. Not because I expect every Bobite to suddenly wake up, read one post, and say, “Oh, my goodness! Michelle was right!”

I know better than that.

But somebody might read something here that makes them stop and think. Somebody might recognize an experience they’ve been trying to explain away. Somebody might finally ask a question they’ve been afraid to ask.

And somebody might be ready to listen.

That’s who I’m writing for.

AND THEN THERE WAS A FUNERAL

Recently, I attended the funeral of a dear friend who had also left Calvary Temple.

She had experienced the hurt and hardship that came with her time there. Bob Scott’s treatment of her, including attempts to intimidate and manipulate her, had taken a toll. She struggled to remain strong through it all.

And now she’s gone.

I went to say goodbye to my friend. I also found myself looking around at the people who had come to remember her.

Approximately 100 people attended.

The overwhelming majority were former Calvary Temple members.

People who had left. People who had moved forward with their lives. People who hadn’t necessarily seen one another in years, but who came because they cared about her.

And yes, there were hugs. There were conversations. There were people reconnecting and genuinely glad to see one another, even in the middle of a sad occasion.

We didn’t need somebody to tell us whom we were allowed to speak to.

We didn’t need permission to hug an old friend.

We didn’t have to check with anybody before we could stand together and remember someone we loved.

We were there to honor her.

That’s it.

Approximately eight current Calvary Temple members attended, and they were there through their family connections to her former husband’s family.

Eight.

The overwhelming majority of those present were people who had left Calvary Temple.

Now, I want you to understand why I’m telling you this.

It isn’t to turn a funeral into a numbers game. It isn’t to say that the number of people who attend a funeral determines who’s right or who’s wrong.

It’s to put something into context.

These were people who had left Calvary Temple. And they came. They showed up for someone they cared about. They stood together, remembered her, and supported one another.

Leaving Calvary Temple didn’t mean we stopped caring about people.

It didn’t mean we suddenly hated everybody who remained there.

And it certainly didn’t mean that our relationships, our memories, or our love for people could be erased simply because we no longer belonged to the same church.

But apparently, the “haters” label is still alive and well.

I understand that the current CT members who attended reported back to people at Calvary Temple about who was there. And once again, those of us who left were called “haters.”

Seriously?

A funeral. A room full of people who came to remember a woman they cared about. Former members reconnecting after years apart.

And the takeaway is that we’re haters?

THAT is the story being told?

Well, I was there. I saw the people. I saw the reunions. I saw the hugs and the conversations.

And I know why I was there.

I was there because my friend mattered to me.

You can call me whatever you want. That doesn’t change why I went.

And it doesn’t change the fact that people who leave Calvary Temple are human beings with lives, families, relationships, and hearts of their own. We don’t cease to exist when we walk out the door. We don’t suddenly become the enemy because we no longer follow Bob Scott.

And calling us “haters” doesn’t make our experiences disappear.

That’s the part I wish people would think about.

DO IT! — BUT WHO TOLD YOU TO?

This brings me right back to the title of Tactics’ post.

DO IT!

Do what you’re told. Don’t question. Don’t think too hard. Don’t listen to the people who have left.

And if somebody tries to warn you? Well, you already know what to call them.

A hater.

See how easy that is?

And it’s lazy.

The label does all the work. You don’t have to investigate anything. You don’t have to consider whether the person might have a legitimate grievance. You don’t have to examine the leader’s conduct or compare what’s being taught with what Scripture actually says.

You just dismiss the warning and carry on.

But I have a question.

Where in the Bible does God tell you to surrender your God-given ability to think, discern, and examine what you’re being taught?

Where does Scripture tell you that a man’s position makes him beyond question?

Where does it say that loyalty to a pastor takes precedence over truth?

It doesn’t.

The Bereans were commended for examining the Scriptures to see whether what Paul taught was true (Acts 17:11). Think about that. They didn’t blindly accept a message simply because it came from a prominent preacher. They examined it.

That’s in your Bible.

So why is asking questions treated as such a threat?

Why should anybody be afraid to examine a teaching, investigate a claim, or listen to someone who has a different account of what happened?

If something is true, it can withstand honest examination.

And if somebody insists that you mustn’t question, mustn’t investigate, and mustn’t listen to anyone who disagrees, I’d suggest that you stop and ask yourself WHY.

Don’t just DO IT.

THINK!

THE LINKS AND DOCS ARE THERE FOR A REASON

This is also why I maintain the VIP LINKS and VIP DOCS pages here on My Calvary Temple Tactics Blog Commentary (MCTTBC).

They’re not there for decoration.

They’re there because this subject goes well beyond one blog post, one person’s testimony, or one disagreement with a church leader.

There is a history here. There are firsthand accounts. There are articles, documents, news reports, and other material that people can examine for themselves.

The 2008 Washington Post article was a starting point, not the end of the story.

If you’re new to this blog, please take the time to explore those pages. Read the material. Follow the references. Look at the information in context.

And if you’re still at Calvary Temple, I especially encourage you to do that.

Not because I expect you to agree with me about everything.

Not because I want you to take my word as the final authority.

Quite the opposite.

I want you to THINK FOR YOURSELF.

Read what people have written. Look at the documentation. Examine the claims. Open your Bible. Ask God for wisdom.

And don’t automatically reject something just because it comes from somebody who left.

You may not like what you read. You may disagree with some of it. You may have questions about it.

Fine.

Then examine it.

But please don’t tell yourself you’ve considered the evidence when you’ve never actually looked at it.

And please don’t confuse refusing to listen with exercising discernment.

They are not the same thing.

CONSIDER YOUR WAYS

Tactics ended this post as usual with Scripture.

Haggai 1:5 and 1:7 repeat the same instruction:

“Consider your ways.”

Not “do whatever you’re told.”

Not “never question the person in charge.”

Consider your ways.

Isaiah 1:3–4 speaks of a people who failed to recognize what they should have recognized and had turned away from the Lord.

And 1 Timothy 1:5–7 points to the importance of a pure heart, a good conscience, and genuine faith, while warning about people who have gone astray in their teaching.

These aren’t passages telling us to switch off our minds.

They’re calls to examine ourselves, our conduct, and what we believe.

And that examination applies to ALL of us.

Including leaders.

Including followers.

Including those of us who have left.

Nobody gets a free pass.

But here’s the difference: I am not asking anybody to believe me simply because I’m Michelle. I’m asking people to look at the information, examine the evidence, and consider what Scripture says.

That is a reasonable request.

And if you believe Calvary Temple is exactly where God wants you to be, then surely your faith should be strong enough to withstand an honest examination of the concerns people have raised.

Shouldn’t it?

WHY I KEEP DOING THIS

Let me tell you why this blog exists.

I know what it is to be inside Calvary Temple. I know what it is to leave. And I know what it is to look back over the years and try to make sense of what happened.

I also know that people who are still inside may be convinced that everything is fine.

They may believe the people who left are the problem.

They may believe the warnings are nothing more than bitterness and hatred.

And they may never give a single word of testimony or documentation a fair hearing.

That’s deception at work. The person who is deceived often doesn’t recognize it. They believe they see clearly. They believe they know the truth. And they can become so convinced of that belief that they refuse to consider anything that challenges it.

That’s why simply telling people there is a problem doesn’t always get through.

That’s why the documentation matters.

That’s why the testimonies matter.

That’s why we keep speaking up.

Will everybody listen? No.

Will everybody reconsider what they’ve been taught? Probably not.

But that doesn’t mean we stop warning.

The purpose of this blog is not to get even. It is to warn.

It’s to expose what I believe needs to be exposed, to document what needs to be documented, and to point people toward information they might otherwise never see.

It’s to warn those who are considering Calvary Temple before they walk through the door.

It’s to reach those who are inside and may be beginning to question.

It’s to encourage those who have left and still struggle to understand what happened.

And, prayerfully, it’s to help open the eyes of those who are deceived.

I cannot make anybody listen.

I cannot force anybody to examine the evidence.

And I cannot open somebody else’s eyes for them.

But I can tell the truth. I can share my experience. I can point people toward the information. And I can keep saying, “Stop. Look. Consider your ways.”

Because people matter.

Their families matter.

Their lives matter.

And their freedom in Jesus matters.

I want to warn people. I want to see people set free.

That has always been the point.

So, Bobites, if you’re reading this, you don’t have to like me. You don’t have to agree with me. But please, for your own sake, don’t dismiss what I say without examining it.

Don’t dismiss the people who have left simply because you’ve been told they’re haters.

Don’t confuse loyalty to a man with loyalty to Jesus Christ.

And don’t let anybody convince you that asking honest questions is something to fear.

Go to the VIP LINKS page. Go to the VIP DOCS page. Read. Research. Pray. Open your Bible.

Then make up your own mind.

And if you find something that makes you uncomfortable, don’t automatically run from it.

Maybe it’s time to consider your ways.

Because the goal here isn’t to win an argument with Calvary Temple.

The goal is to warn.

The goal is to expose.

The goal is to help people see what they haven’t been willing or able to see.

And the goal, above all, is to help set the captives free.

That’s why I keep doing this.

And that’s why I won’t simply DO IT because somebody tells me to.

Neither should you.

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