Once again, I was asked the almost annual question, “Should a Christian celebrate Halloween?”
There isn’t really a singular answer, but I can give you two questions that you need to settle in your mind before you carve a pumpkin or put a costume on your child.
- Are you fully convinced in your own mind? Can you give thanks? (Romans 14:5-6)
- https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2021/10/the-origins-of-halloween-traditions/
- Vs. the picture above 🙂
2) Who else is on the bandwagon with you? Ephesians 5:1-21, (emphasis on v7) says: “Therefore do not be partakers with them”, speaking of the sons of disobedience. For me this has meant a trunk-or-treat event or a harvest festival at church has been acceptable before God. Trick-or-treating seems like it’s kind of neighborhood or even family dependent, see point one. 🙂
God’s Word Rules,
Pastor Scott
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