GUIDELINES TO HELP CHRISTIANS NAVIGATE THE HALLOWEEN MAZE

Halloween is a big business because many people spend money in costumes, decorations, candy, and parties.

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Bible believers are encouraged to focus on what is pure, lovely, and noble (Philippians 4:8). But when shoppers step into a Halloween store today, they are greeted with an overwhelming display of ghastly costumes, macabre masks, bloody paraphernalia, and tombstones with disturbing messages about death.

• We, as Christians, should focus on what is pure, lovely and noble.

• We should not step into a Halloween store to buy overwhelming display of costumes, etc.

• All of the above.

Should we close our doors, shut off our porch lights, and simply ignore trick-or-treaters? Or should we open our doors to children but offer them something instead of candy, perhaps a healthy treat along with Christian literature?

• We should close our doors and slam the door on the trick-or-treaters faces because we hate them.

• We should open our doors to children not to participate in Halloween but to offer them something instead of candy, to share Christian literature because Jesus loves them.

How can a Christian be in the world and not of the world on October 31?

• Understand the Bible truth.

• Take the opportunity to do good.

• Avoid anything that promotes spiritualism as fun.

• Offer alternatives.

• But whatever you do, follow Christ’s example.

God’s Word teaches that the dead are truly dead.

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Take time to teach your children that the Bible does not support the worship of the dead or any attempt to contact them.

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The Bible is clear that death is an ally and is not a result of sin—it’s a rite of passage (1 Corinthians 15:26).

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Christians should really celebrate a day that promotes spiritualism.

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Jesus encouraged His disciples to be “in the world” but not “of the world” (John 17:15, 16).

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While it’s not always easy for believers to know where to draw the line of being “all things to all people” but refusing to participate in unholy activities, many Christians take the opportunity to share their faith with neighbors on Halloween.

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