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Originally posted by gbrk:
I don't know how many of you have seen the show but there is one televangelist that I actually enjoy watching. Her name, yes her, is Melissa Scott. Yes I do know about the rumored, checkered past, but God can, and does, change a person's heart and actions and sometimes that's overnight.
I still haven't formed a definite opinion regarding her teachings but she seems to be one really smart and intelligent lady and most of the times that I have viewed her teaching she's rite on and correct. Don't know if that's the majority of the time but it's good to see someone actually teaching and preaching and not just demanding money, promising to heal all sickness if you just send in the money and not spending 75% of the time seeking donations. I just wonder what others think of her. She is based in Los Angeles.
Hi GBRK,
Melissa Scott is the widow of Dr. Eugene Scott, who had a televangelist show on television for years. Dr. Gene Scott was an intelligent man with a knowledge of Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic languages which he used in explaining Scripture. And, he made great use of white boards across the stage to do his teaching. He was a scholar.
Also, he was somewhat of a clown -- smoking cigars while preaching, wearing a 1920s straw hat, and at times having young, pretty girls in shorts around. If one could get past his stage antics -- he was a gifted, knowledgeable teacher.
In the late 1990s, he had an attractive young lady, Melissa, leading his Praise Team. The only problem with Melissa was, and is, that she would not recognize a musical note if it hit her on the nose. This is my way of saying she was on the show as a Praise Team leader -- not for her flat singing voice -- but, because she was young and pretty. He married her in 2000.
As I said, Gene Scott was very knowledgeable of Biblical languages and used that knowledge effectively while writing on the multiple white boards covering the stage. Upon his death in 2005, suddenly his widow, Melissa, became a Biblical language expert and continues to imitate his white board antics and parrot his words. Gene Scott had a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Stanford and spent many, many years studying and teaching. Suddenly, upon his death Melissa acquires all this same knowledge which took him many years to learn. How? Osmosis? Brain implant? -- or using the old televangelist trick of a hidden ear piece and an offstage prompter? I do not know. But, she went from a tone deaf silly young girl attempting to lead Scott's Praise Team -- to becoming Pastor Melissa -- upon his death.
Could it be that the leadership of this ministry did not want to allow this "Golden Cash Cow" to die? I do not know; but, her transformation was certainly fast, just in time to keep the show on the air.
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Below are excerpts an article on Dr. Gene Scott:
DR. EUGENE SCOTT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Scott Dr. Gene Scott (sometimes styled w. euGene Scott), (August 14, 1929 - February 21, 2005), was a United States pastor and teacher who served for almost 50 years as an ordained minister and religious broadcaster in Los Angeles, California. In 1975, he began nightly live broadcasts, and eventually satellite broadcasts extended his services and talk shows to many countries.] Scott became known for his stage persona as much as his preaching skills. On stage with him was always a cigar which he could never keep lit, and several chalkboards or dry-erase boards which he would fill with scriptural passages in the original Greek, Hebrew or Aramaic as he preached, discussing the nuances of biblical languages and their interpretations. During his live fundraising broadcasts, he would stare into the camera and order viewers to
"Get on the telephone! Give me your money!" -- while dressed as an English admiral or a French field marshall, demanding that the viewers send him money for his horses,
successfully raising $1 million a month Gene Scott was born in Buhl, Idaho. He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophies of Education at Stanford University in 1957 and subsequently served as an ordained minister for almost 50 years. During his career, Scott served as a traveling Teacher for the Pentecostal Assemblies of God, the president of the Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches and Ministers International for nine years and, for a combined total of 35 years, as the pastor for the Protestant Wescott Christian Center and Faith Center. For the last fifteen years of his ministry Scott held weekly Sunday Bible teaching services at the Los Angeles University Cathedral in Los Angeles, California.
Although an agnostic while attending Stanford University, he came to a strong faith in Jesus Christ while earning his Ph.D. in 1957. He then taught at Evangel College (now Evangel University), then assisted Oral Roberts in establishing Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Scott eventually joined the Assemblies of God, a Pentecostal denomination and served overseas in the mission field for several years.
Scott showed disdain for other religious broadcasters like Jerry Falwell and Jimmy Swaggart and bristled when people referred to him as a "televangelist", preferring to be regarded as a teacher and pastor.
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Dr. Gene Scott's writing on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is a worthwhile read. It is a rather long article so I have first given you the URL link to the last page where he writes on the validity of the resurrection. The second URL link will take you to the first page so that you can read the full article. As I said earlier, if one could get past Dr. Scott's stage antics; his teachings were interesting.
Dr. Gene Scott on the Resurrection:
http://www.resurrectionism.com/drgenescott-5.html Or, if you want to read the complete article, which is a good read:
Why the Resurrection is the Cornerstone of our Christian Faith --
http://www.resurrectionism.com/drgenescott.html God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill