John Cooper, the lead singer for the Christian rock band Skillet, has called for a “full-throated condemnation” against the alleged actions of former Newsboys frontman Michael Tait, including sexual assault. In his latest episode of the “Cooper Stuff” podcast, “Michael Tait, Christian Music, and The Gospel That Doesn’t Look The Other Way,” Cooper said he felt a “burden from the Lord” to address the allegations surrounding Tait after they surfaced last month, The Christian Post reported.
“I feel a burden from the Lord. The Lord would not let me rest. I was so conflicted,” Cooper explained. “I don’t want to do this, but the Lord would not leave me alone about it. Because I’ve got to be honest, I am very dissatisfied with the comments that I have seen from CCM that seem so heavily vested in the idea, which has some truth to it, of ‘Hey, let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Hey, we all need to have grace. We’re all sinners. We need to focus on my own sin.’ Obviously, these things are true, but that is not where we need to begin.”
“We need a full-throated condemnation of these acts, not a condemnation of people. We’re not condemning people. We’re condemning the…
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