John Cooper Fires Back at Christians Criticizing Skillet’s ‘Monster’: ‘Perhaps It’s Not the Song That Needs Correcting’
Skillet's "Monster," from the band's 2009 album Awake, recently passed 1 billion streams on Spotify. That prompted what John Cooper called "a new wave of criticism" from a handful of Christian YouTubers and discernment ministries claiming the song is not Christian.
One critic said the song has "absolutely no hope, no pointing to Christ" and went as far as calling the band members "false converts."
In a video response, Cooper said "Monster" is "used as a metaphor to describe the reality of our fallen nature." Citing Romans 3 and Psalm 51, he said humanity's sinful condition shows the need for salvation through Jesus, and rejected the idea that becoming a Christian ends the struggle with sin: "Christians still struggle with sin."
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