February 22, 2005

Dr. Gene Scott Has Passed Away

I remember the first time I ever encountered one of Gene Scott's television broadcasts. I had heard stories about the stogie-smokie, blue-streak-swearing television preacher but I was pretty sure they were exaggerations. I was wrong.

Holder of a Ph.D. from Stanford, "unorthodox" didn't do him justice. He was as comfortable holding forth about UFO's and lost civilizations as was about sanctification and redemption.

I will confess that listening to him was an occasional guilty pleasure of mine. When in the mood for something thought-provokingly wacky, I would pop over to www.genescott.com and stream a little of a message with a title like, "I Believe In UFO's: God's Warning to Hardened Hearts via Calvin."

Now that's something you don't hear every Sunday.

Posted by David at February 22, 2005 08:38 PM
Comments

david - i hate to admit this, but i also listened to him on occassion. i was thinking of trying the cigar thing, but chickened out. ;)

Posted by: scott hodge at February 23, 2005 06:51 AM

I was sorry to hear of the passing of Dr. Gene Scott. When I first saw him on t. v. several years ago I thoght he was a nut. I did not understand what he was trying to do nor was I very interested in what he was saying. Lately I have been watching his lectures at Stanford and found them fascinating. His command of several of the Biblical languages and the various meanings of verses was very interesting. He was a child of God, a scholar and he loved his Lord.
I will miss him. He was an original.

Posted by: Idalia at February 28, 2005 11:33 AM

i should like to respond to the comment by "Charle". i worked for Dr. Gene Scott for 3 years. i was around him most hours in any given day(or nite) Dr. Scott indeed believed the teachings he exposed us to! where did charle' get that stupid idea anyway? i first heard Doc when i was 15yrs old. i went into the Air Force and after i got out Doc gave me the best(and hardest) job i ever will have. i saw the pain(spiritual pain) he went thru privatly in his struggle to rightly divide the Word Of Truth publicly. Dr. Scott 100% believed in what he taught the world. What the hell does charle' know about what Doc did or did not believe?
This is a classic exsample of another idiot who sat on their ass and followed the teaching with a predesposed mind set that Dr. Scott was something other than a God-called man of the order of the Apostle Paul. charle's was okay with his(her?) comment right up until that goddamned stupid ending!

Posted by: james at March 23, 2005 02:04 AM

James, Amazingly in your haste to judge, it appears you failed to read what was actually written.

Over the many years Doc exposed [key word exposed] the student to things that were intended to make said student think and weigh using configuration to see the truth. Exposed to something even "ad falsum" is only part of a teaching designed to reveal the truth of the TEACHING. Doc addressed that often. You may have been in absentia.

Posted by: Charle' at April 3, 2005 07:25 PM