Skillet frontman John Cooper publicly criticized what he sees as growing spiritual compromise inside parts of the Christian music industry following controversy surrounding the 54th Annual Dove Awards. The discussion intensified after progressive artist Derek Webb attended the event with drag performer Flamy Grant at Lipscomb University.
Cooper said the bigger issue is not secular culture, but Christians losing biblical conviction. He argued that many believers have become too afraid of cultural backlash to stand firmly on Scripture. “They know that Christians are so wimpy and weak,” Cooper said while warning against replacing biblical truth with cultural approval. He called on the church to stop drifting spiritually and return to following Jesus above culture.
