Skillet

You hold me to that.

We can talk after I'm done with Vegas, because I'm also doing a meet and greet with Skillet in October as well.

Oh, wow.

Oh, there you

go.

A meet and greet with Skillet.

Son of a bitch.

Is it the Depot, right? Is it the Depot? I'm trying

And what's interesting, I always, you know, when I think about you guys, was right when you guys put out, you know, your last album before you took your long break in 2000, all of a sudden this whole Christian metal now thing was, was mainstream.

Bands like P.O.D. and Creed and Skillet and everything, it became, like, kinda cool all of a sudden, where in the '90s, I think when you guys were coming up, it was sorta like, you know, no one really wanted to have that.

I'm not saying you guys did, but just in general it wasn't something that a lot of people and bands wanted to be attached to.

So I, I'd have to think, I mean, did that, when that happened, did, did you kinda, like, shake your head and be like, "Whoa, we were literally just on the cusp"? And I mean, maybe if you guys would've stuck around, that could've been something you could've, you know, uh, attached yourself to.

They have no idea I'm giving them a shout-out or that I'm using their website to help with my selection process because I had a ton of albums coming out in 2006.

Everything from Skillet and Hawk Nelson.

We had Family Force 5's debut album.

Uh, had some stuff from, uh, from falling up ahead as I lay dying.

And, um, I'm going to give even some more trivia with family force five a little bit later and you'll see why.

So just stay tuned for that.

Skillet, of course, with their album Comatose.

That's probably one of their biggest albums in their career.

You've got the Nair movement, the new apostolic reformation movement that's born out of the charismatic non-denominational group that's like ruining people's lives.

John Cooper and Skillet just did like this whole three-hour thing about this, this new apostolic reformation, where essentially these pastors believe that they can ascend to the status of apostle And God, it cannot be argued that all blessings in our lives come from the Holy Spirit and God.

Like God blesses us to have, I have nothing, there's nothing that I've done.

God has allowed it to be so.

There is so much demonic stuff happening, and it seems like the church is, is generally unaware of it.

And I'm like, "How come they don't re- [laughs] How come Christians don't recognize how evil this is?" If Kamala Harris was the president and they were doing a 250 event and invited Skillet, I would be there.

I'm not here for Trump.

I'm not here for Kamala Harris.

My amazing tall, dark, and handsome friend, John Cooper-

[laughs]

... from the band Skillet is joining us today on the show.

We were just reminiscing.

Coming up, a Senate committee hears testimony about the risks that male athletes still pose for women's sports.

Plus, the lead singer of the band Skillet on Christian rock.

This is The World and Everything in it.

[upbeat music] It's Thursday, the 24th of September.

It's called The Resistance.

[upbeat music] He was thirteen when a friend gave him a cassette tape.

It was the Christian rock band Skillet.

And he's like, "Hey, man, you should check out this band.