{"id":9068,"date":"2016-09-29T12:06:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T17:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/christiancrier\/?p=9068"},"modified":"2016-09-29T12:06:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T17:06:40","slug":"is-alice-cooper-a-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christiancrier\/2016\/09\/29\/is-alice-cooper-a-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Alice Cooper A Christian?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Is it true that Alice Cooper is a Christian? What does he say about this?<\/p>\n

Who is a Christian?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Before we find out if Alice Cooper is a Christian or not, we need to find out exactly who a Christian is and how one becomes born again? When a person realizes, for the very first time, that they are a sinner and have the wrath of God abiding on them (John 3:36b) and unless they repent and trust in Christ, they will perish, they have received the Spirit of God, because it is spiritually discerned knowledge, and not self-revealed knowledge. The Apostle Paul said, \u201cthese things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who knows a person\u2019s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God<\/em>\u201d (1st Cor 2:10-11), and \u201cwe have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God\u201d<\/em> (1st Cor 2:12). Only the Holy Spirit can bring conviction of sin, and in fact, tells the Spirit tells us what sin is (1 John 3:4), so until God brings us to repentance and they place their trust in Christ, they cannot claim to be a Christian. And from what the Bible teaches, it is just as Jesus told the Apostle Peter, \u201cBlessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven\u201d<\/em> (Matt 16:17).<\/p>\n

Professing Christ<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Scriptures say \u201cif you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved\u201d<\/em> (Rom 10:9) because it is \u201cwith the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved\u201d<\/em> (Rom 10:10). Paul publically confessed his faith dozens of times as he said, \u201cI am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek\u201d<\/em> (Rom 1:16), but if someone claims to be a Christian secretly, they cannot prove that they have been born again because it is by our mouth that we confess it and acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. There are no such things as Christians who do not profess their faith publically. Jesus warned those who think they are saved but may not be because they\u2019ve never publically proclaimed it, and said, \u201cwhoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven\u201d<\/em> (Matt 10:33) and \u201cthe one who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God\u201d<\/em> (Luke 12:9), so there is no such thing as a Christian who never professes it before others.<\/p>\n

\"It-is-with-the-heart-one<\/a><\/p>\n

Is Alice Cooper a Christian?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Alice Cooper is one of the most well-known figures to have publically and openly professed Jesus Christ as his savior and unashamedly tells everyone. At one time, Cooper was a mega-rock star in the 1970\u2019s into the early 80\u2019s who was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, and he\u2019s also appeared in several motion pictures, but today, he professes that he\u2019s been born again. In his youth, it sure didn\u2019t look that way, even though he was the son of a preacher, or a PK (Preacher\u2019s kids), because his father was a pastor for 25 years and his grandfather was also one for over 75 years, so undoubtedly, he heard the gospel time and time again, but it never occurred to him to finally put his trust in God until he tried to overcome his drug and alcohol addiction. It was killing him and he knew it, so for him, it was only when he returned to his Christian roots and trusted in Christ was finally saved. He would say, \u201cBetter late than never.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cooper on Cooper<\/span><\/h2>\n

The knowledge that Alice Cooper trusted in God didn\u2019t come until very late in his life. An extension of the work Cooper did among young people was begun by Cooper\u2019s Solid Rock Foundation in 1995. He founded it so that kids would have a \u201csafe place\u201d to go in the hopes that they wouldn\u2019t follow his early path in life; a life littered with drugs and alcohol. You don\u2019t have to do much searching to discover his many quotes about his faith in God and that he isn\u2019t embarrassed at all to reveal it to others. He\u2019s reached a stage in his life where he knows what he believes and isn\u2019t going to hold back on his public profession of believing in God. More than once he has stated that he has dedicated his life to Jesus Christ, because it was by God\u2019s help that he was able to overcome his drug and alcohol addiction. He admits he couldn\u2019t have done this by himself. Today he speaks to others about Christ, including many of his closest friends, and even attends the Camelback Bible Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona and loves it. He describes it as a very strong, Bible-believing church, and that is a fruit of a Christian if ever there was one.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/span><\/h2>\n

If I could sit down with Alice Cooper and ask him if I could quote him about his faith, he would not hesitate, just as he hasn\u2019t neglected to do so in dozens of other interviews. It\u2019s the public profession of faith that reveals to the world that a person is a believer. The fact is \u201cthat no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says \u201cJesus is accursed!\u201d and no one can say \u201cJesus is Lord\u201d except in the Holy Spirit\u201d<\/em> (1st Cor 12:3), and it is \u201cBy this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God\u201d<\/em> (1st John 4:2), because \u201cevery spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God\u201d<\/em> (1st John 4:3).<\/p>\n

Article by Jack Wellman<\/span><\/h4>\n

Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren Church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer\u2019s daily walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plus or check out his book Teaching Children the Gospel available on Amazon.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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