Hallowe'en: Should Christian Parents Be Afraid?
“Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee.” Genesis 26:24
“For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father.’” Romans 8:15
Concerning Halloween by James B. Jordan
http://www.biblicalhorizons.com/open-book/no-28-concerning-halloween/
“On All Hallows’ Eve (Hallow-Even – Hallow-E’en – Halloween), the custom arose of mocking the demonic realm by dressing children in costumes. Because the power of Satan has been broken once and for all, our children can mock him by dressing up like ghosts, goblins, and witches. The fact that we can dress our children this way shows our supreme confidence in the utter defeat of Satan by Jesus Christ – we have NO FEAR!…”
“This is a good place to note that many articles in books, magazines, and encyclopedias are written by secular humanists or even the pop-pagans of the so-called ‘New Age’ movement… These people actively suppress the Christian associations of historic customs, and try to magnify the pagan associations. They do this to try and make paganism acceptable and to downplay Christianity. Thus, Halloween, Christmas, Easter, etc., are said to have pagan origins. Not true…”
“These fundamentalists do not accept the humanist and pagan rewriting of Western history, American history, and science, but sometimes they do accept the humanist and pagan rewriting of the origins of Halloween and Christmas, the Christmas tree, etc. We can hope that in time these brethren will reexamine these matters as well. We ought not to let the pagans do our thinking for us…”
“‘He who sits in the heavens laughs; Yahweh ridicules them’ says Psalm 2. Let us join in His holy laughter, and mock the enemies of Christ on October 31.”
What About Halloween?
http://thesmocklady.com/blog/what-about-halloween/
Christian Myths and Urban Legends
http://www.new-life.net/christian-myths-and-urban-legends/
UL: “Halloween was a Satanic holiday.”
Truth: “Halloween does have some roots in a pagan (not Satanic) harvest festival. But the name of the holiday, pumpkins, and Trick-or-Treat come from good origins!”
Halloween Myths, Monsters, and Devils
http://www.featherlessbiped.com/halloween/hallows.htm
The History of Halloween — It’s Probably Not What You Think
http://web.archive.org/web/20080514054111/http://www.new-life.net/halowen1.htm
The History of Halloween Part 2
http://web.archive.org/web/20071222181511/www.new-life.net/halowen2.htm
“Regardless of the position you take regarding your family’s response to Halloween, if you are concerned about the evil associations with Halloween, you can rejoice that you can ‘resist the devil and he will flee from you’ (James 4:7) and that through the cross Christ has ‘disarmed principalities and powers,’ and ‘made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them’ (Colossians 2:15).”
“I would certainly suggest using the holiday to teach our children about the triumph in Christ of God over evil. This should not be a night that we hide from in fear, but a night (like every night) when a Christian can stand confident in victory, because the One who lives in us is greater, than the one who lives in the world (1 John 4:4). ‘You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them!’ (1 John 4:4).”
“Holding oneself apart from the world is perhaps a good thing, but sometimes this is just an excuse for being afraid. We are reminded to be ‘in the world’ and ‘sent to the world’, as well as being ‘not of the world’ (John 17:15-18).”
What about Halloween? By Bob and Gretchen Passantino
http://web.archive.org/web/20050404085816/www.answers.org/Issues/Halloween.html
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