Alice Cooper; ‘My life is dedicated to follow Christ’

A old High School friend of mine sent me this article from DC Beacon on Christian Alice Cooper that I thought everyone should get a chance to see. We tend to think that some people are unreachable with the full gospel of Jesus Christ, then you get set straight that it is the Holy Spirit doing the heart transforming. Alice Cooper says he loves God. I pray that this energizes you, like it does me, and we both say: "Praise the Lord!"

The father of "shock rock", whose music and stage antics have outraged parents for more than 30 years, told how the fear of hell turned him to God. Alice Cooper, who sang about necrophilia and chopped up baby dolls during his concerts, said that although he continues to record and tour with a theatrical horror-style show, “My life is dedicated to follow Christ.”

Although he became a Christian in the 1980s, apart from brief comments in some interviews the 66-year-old singer has always been guarded about his faith – until now. But in a frank interview with a Christian music magazine, he spoke at length publicly for the first time about his love for God and reluctance to become a “Christian celebrity.”

A chart-topper with the teen anthem “School’s Out,” Cooper – who legally changed his name from Vince Furnier – has been credited with paving the way for performers such as Marilyn Manson. But he maintains that his act was never political or religious and always had “a sense of humor.” He told HM: The Hard Music Magazine that he was always insulted whenever he was accused of being satanic. Raised in a Christian home, he still believed in God, although he was not committed. That changed when alcoholism threatened his marriage. He and his wife, Sheryl, attended a church with a “hellfire pastor.” Cooper said he became a Christian “initially more out of the fear of God, rather than the love of God … I did not want to go to hell.” Interviewed for HM’s March/April issue, Cooper views his faith as “an ongoing thing.”

“Being a Christian is something you just progress in. You learn. You go to your Bible studies. You pray,” he said. He has avoided “celebrity Christianity,” because “it’s really easy to focus on Alice Cooper and not on Christ. I’m a rock singer. I’m nothing more than that. I’m not a philosopher. I consider myself low on the totem pole of knowledgeable Christians. So, don’t look for answers from me.” Yet he has been able to speak to others in the music scene about his faith. “I’ve had a couple of people that were friends of mine that I’ve talked to that have vocally said they have [accepted Christ]. I have talked to some big stars about this, some really horrific characters … and you’d be surprised. The ones that you would think are the furthest gone are the ones that are more apt to listen.”

Songs on Cooper’s more recent recordings have hinted at his change of heart. He sees his stage persona now as “the prophet of doom,” telling people: “‘Be careful! Satan is not a myth. Don’t sit around pretending like Satan is just a joke.’ I think my job is to warn about Satan.” He no longer performs some of his older repertoire. Any song promoting promiscuous sex and drinking “gets the axe,” he said. “I’m very careful about what the lyrics are. I tried to write songs that were equally as good, only with a better message.”

Cooper told HM he answers his critics: “‘I was one thing at one time, and I’m something new. I’m a new creature now. Don’t judge Alice by what he used to be. Praise God for what I am now.’”

http://dcbeacon.com/alice-cooper-my-life-is-dedicated-to-follow-christ/

Amazing! It goes to show you that when anyone honestly looks into the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the living and life-giving Word of God, the Creation by our Almighty Creator God, the power of prayer, examines where we are going to spend eternity after we die and the godly purpose of our life here today, then the obvious becomes clear through the distractions and the light shines in the darkness of sin and unbelief. We cannot give up on anyone ... and everyone needs to hear the full and complete gospel truth. Alice Cooper did and accepted Jesus Christ ... praise Jesus! Speak the TRUTH, the WAY, & the LIFE in love.

In Christ, Brian