Halloween Archives

The original Halloween had more to do with faith than fear.

This month, on the evening of Friday, October 31, the Moon lines up near the bright first magnitude star Antares, the brightest star in the...

The protests that were publicly nailed to the Wittenberg Cathedral door on October 31, 1517 began the most dramatic reform within Christianity—one...

A couple years ago my friend and co-worker Fred Alberti shared with me a lesson he prepared for the boys' class he was teaching. It was a big hit...

There is no doubt that Halloween's origins can be traced to pagan beliefs and rituals. But if parents dress their kids in costume and exchange...

Even if it's under the clever name of "Harvest Festival," churches throughout our country nonetheless use Halloween as a means for outreach to the...

I grew up in a day when Halloween was little more than pumpkins, fall festivals, hayrides, and dressing up as a pirate or a farmer to go...

The issue of Halloween presses itself annually upon the Christian conscience. Acutely aware of dangers new and old, many Christian parents choose...

You don’t want to unnecessarily make your child an “oddball” and “outcast” with his or her friends. But you also don’t want to mindlessly give in...

Should Christians participate in Halloween? Should we simply ignore it? Vigorously attack it? Or should we, as Christians, find ways in which to...

My conscience is captive to the word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything...here I stand.