Dale Partridge - October 21, 2020


Should Christians Celebrate Halloween？


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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

196.40045

Word count

291

Sentence count

18

Harmful content

Toxicity

1

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Hate speech

7

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Why should Christians not celebrate Halloween? What are we to do as Christians on October 31st? What should Christian parents do if they don't want their kids to have an appetite for horror, gore, sorcery, death, and immodesty?

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00:00:00.000 Every year this question is asked by millions of Christians. So here are three reasons why 0.97
00:00:05.820 Christians should not celebrate Halloween. First, Halloween is a celebration of death. 1.00
00:00:10.400 This is why your local Home Depot and Target stores are covered in morbid,
00:00:13.800 decaying witches, blood, and nooses. As Christians, we don't celebrate what Christ came to conquer.
00:00:18.900 Second, Halloween is a celebration of evil. In fact, Halloween is a season designed to make
00:00:23.100 children comfortable with evil. So why would Christian parents want to nurture an appetite 1.00
00:00:27.740 for horror, gore, sorcery, death, fear, and immodesty, 1.00
00:00:31.380 especially when studies have shown
00:00:33.080 the links between Halloween in horror movies
00:00:35.100 and horror movies with depression and suicide.
00:00:37.940 Third, Halloween is a celebration of darkness.
00:00:40.720 Anton LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan
00:00:42.600 and the author of the Satanic Bible,
00:00:44.460 once said about Halloween, 0.99
00:00:45.780 quote, I'm glad that Christian parents 1.00
00:00:47.480 let their children worship the devil 1.00
00:00:49.020 at least one night per year.
00:00:50.420 The reality is Halloween is viewed
00:00:52.580 as a satanic holiday by Satanists.
00:00:55.300 It truly is a day of darkness.
00:00:57.460 So what are we to do as Christians on October 31st?
00:01:00.020 For our family, we celebrate Reformation Day,
00:01:02.560 which commemorates Martin Luther's inauguration
00:01:04.440 of the Protestant Reformation on October 31st, 1517.
00:01:08.180 We have family and friends come to our home
00:01:09.880 to feast on seasonal dishes, drinks, and desserts.
00:01:12.580 We sing hymns, and I teach on the doctrine
00:01:14.600 of justification by faith alone.
00:01:16.380 But more than that, we leave our house open,
00:01:18.580 invite our neighbors over, and we talk about the gospel,
00:01:21.040 and we let our light shine among the darkness.
00:01:23.820 And you know what?
00:01:24.560 Our kids love it.
00:01:25.520 So drop the darkness this year and trade up for a celebration of light.