Sermons about Halloween
Halloween: Problem or Potential - Ephesians 5:11
Christopher Roberts
Halloween: Should We Participate or Not? - Ephesians 5:11
By James Bryant
Taking the Fear Out of Halloween - Ephesians 6:10-13
By Steve Shepherd
Halloween: A Christian Perspective - Deuteronomy 18:9-22
By Andrew Chan
The Unmasking of Halloween - 1 John 3:7-10
By Bruce Howell
Bones, Bodies and a Big Breath (Halloween) - Ezekiel 37:1-14
By Jerry Shirley
Why Jesus Always Ruins Halloween - Luke 4:33-37
By Stephen Funderburk
Halloween, Not the Day, But the Way - Deuteronomy 18:9-14
By Joe Bedy
Halloween - Romans 14:1-9
By Scott Bayles
Overcoming the Curse of Halloween - Philippians 4:8-9
By Timothy Lueking
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A man stood on the side of the road hitch hiking on a very dark night in the middle of a storm. The night was rolling and no cars passed. The storm was so strong, he could hardly see a few feet ahead of him. Suddenly he saw a car come towards him and stop. The guy, without thinking about it, got in the car and closed the door to realize that nobody was behind the wheel. The car started slowly. The guy looked at the road and saw a curve coming his way. Scared, he started praying, and begged for his life. He hadn’t come out of shock, when just before he hit the curve, a hand appeared through the window and moved the wheel. The guy, paralyzed in terror, watched how the hand appeared every time before a curve. The guy gathered strength, got out of the car and ran to the nearest town. Wet and in shock, he ran into a cantina and asked for two shots of tequila, and started telling everybody about the horrible experience he went through. A silence enveloped everybody when they realized the guy was crying and wasn’t drunk. About half an hour later, two guys walked into the same cantina, and one said to the other. "Look, that’s the character who climbed into the car while we were pushing!" Are we going to let our fears and wild imaginations of the ghosts of Halloween control us?
Contributor: Andrew Chan
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Anton LaVey, who founded the Church of Satan, died Oct. 29 of heart failure at age 67. His daughter, Karla, and girlfriend Blanche Barton kept LaVey’s death a secret for a week so as not to disturb followers during the church’s most important holiday, Halloween, according to news reports. After holding jobs as a lion tamer, organist, and crime photographer, LaVey wrote the Satanic bible and began the church in 1966. In 1967 he gained notoriety for conducting the first Satanic wedding. "We will follow in his footsteps ... to keep the Church of Satan alive and strong," Karla said. Materialism and hedonism are the two basic philosophies espoused by LaVey, according to the Dictionary of Cults, Sects, Religions and the Occult (Zondervan). "Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence, vital existence instead of spiritual pipe dreams, vengeance instead of turning the other cheek," LaVey once explained.
Source: Goshen News Service, Nov. 10, 1997.
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Mr. Dobson’s reply to the question: "What about Halloween?" "Halloween is a rather different story. Whereas it can be argued that Christmas is a Christian holiday with Christian origins that has suffered the effects of growing secularism, Halloween can be traced to distinctly pagan sources. It is reasonable, then, that many believers would find some aspects of its celebration disturbing. I agree with them in that regard. The traditional emphasis upon the occult, witches, devils, death, and evil sends messages to our kids that godly parents can only regard with alarm. There is clearly no place in the Christian community for this "darker side" of Halloween. Even here, however, there is a place for some harmless fun. Kids love to dress up and pretend. If the Halloween experience is focused on fantasy rather than the occult, I see no harm in it. Make costumes for your children that represent fun characters, such as Mickey Mouse or an elderly grandmother, and then let them go door-to-door asking for treats. This side of Halloween can be thoroughly enjoyable for the little ones. Let me add, again, that I’ve given you my personal opinion. I realize that the topic is controversial among committed Christians, and I’m sensitive to the reasons for their misgivings. My final word to parents on the subject would be ’Stay true to your own convictions.’"
Source: Focus on the Family Website. http://www.family.org/docstudy/solid/a0003846.html
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Who am I this time? That’s the question millions of kids and adults ask themselves in anticipation of Halloween each year. Their answer can say a lot about what’s going on within them, many experts say. In other words, think of Halloween as the ultimate Rorschach test. "It gives parents a real sense of what the child may have as a gift or talent or also what qualities the child feels that he lacks," says Jacquelyn Small, a psychotherapist and author of "Psyche’s Seeds: The 12 Sacred Principles of Soul-Based Psychology." When Small trick-or-treated, she always dressed as a goddess or priestess. Looking back, she says that helped her get in touch with her dreams for the future. "I think, as a little child, I knew I would be a leader or a teacher someday," she says. "I felt like I was being totally myself. I felt great." Jesse Rabinowitz, a psychologist, remembers being attracted to the monster costume because it was everything he wasn’t. "I was a mild, intellectual, non-macho kid growing up, but I loved to dress up as scary monsters and powerful creatures that could dominate. Later in life, I learned to integrate those qualities in more conscious, intentional and balanced ways." And then, sometimes, a costume is just a costume, says David Wakely, also a psychologist.
Source: "Halloween, the Ultimate Rorschach Test," By Nancy Churnin, The Dallas Morning News. October 21, 2002.
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