(Loudwire) Skillet vocalist and bassist John Cooper has never hidden his Christian beliefs, but the musician has become even more outspoken about his faith in recent years. Cooper, whose new book Awake and Alive to Truth is out now, recently dug into why he’s so candid about Christianity.
Speaking to Alisa Childers (formerly of Christian pop group ZOEgirl) earlier this month, the Skillet bandleader explained how a recent trend among believers — “deconstruction,” an ideology that has some worshippers abandoning particular tenets — has moved him to be increasingly direct.
Watch the complete interview down toward the bottom of this post.
Regarding his outspokenness, Cooper categorized it as a reaction to “the shock of the last decade about the lack of people speaking up. In other words, when you’re in a Christian band, what most people think is, I want to make art for Christ, I want to glorify Christ. Maybe we write worship songs, or we write songs that people could worship to, that could encourage their faith, or for evangelism. But we don’t see ourselves as … pastors. We’re not, like, elders, typically.”