Skillet frontman John Cooper has never been skittish when voicing his opinions and viewpoints especially when it comes to his faith.
Cooper recently commented on the Dove Awards. A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry.
At their recent ceremony, several Christian musicians appeared in drag. Cooper weighed in on the controversy that then followed within the parts of the Christian community.
“Well, I’ve got some good news and some bad news,” Cooper told One America News Newswork. “The good news is this: we know that God promises if we repent, cry out to God, he will heal our land. The bad news is, as everybody knows, America really is on the verge of destruction. And I believe that that destruction is because the Christian church ain’t acting like the Christian church.”
“So I’ve been ringing this bell in Christian music for a long time,” Cooper continued. “There is a lot of compromise in Christian music, just like there’s a lot of compromise in Christianity in general. But I wanna be very, very fair. I don’t think that the Doves actually hosted them. I don’t think they invited them. I don’t think they approved of it. I think it’s just tickets — anybody can get tickets and come. So I wanna say that about the Doves. I don’t think that’s what’s going on. However, the industry is not doing a good job on clarity on what is it that we are willing to say is okay and what we are willing to say that’s actually not okay and it’s time for us to kind of separate ways.”
Cooper went on: “So what you’re dealing with right now is the fact that a lot of Christian musicians, the industry, are so very confused about what the Bible says,” Cooper added. “And I just wanna say to that worship artist, actually, you’re the one being hateful by confusing the world. You’re the one being hateful by rejecting God’s created order and calling something that is righteous wickedness and wickedness something that is righteous. Isaiah warns us of this. ‘Woe to those who trade good for evil and evil for good.’ We have a lot of work we need to do in the industry.”
