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October is here!
I love your feedback on the halloween issue. Should christians celebrate it?
We've not celebrated it for years, but I'll be doing something a bit different this year. I'm going to go out trick r treat'n with the kids. Then we'll come home and eat candy and have an evening bible study. Im going to use it at as an opportunity to study the origins and history of death in the Bible. We'll also study what the Bible has to say about Satan, Angels (fallen and holy), and the occult. Pumpkin pie will also be in there somewhere.
Halloween has always confounded me as a christian. I've not been very clear on how to deal with it. I certainly didn't want to be judgmental about it toward my neighbors, so we always gave out candy. I then did some in-depth study on the holiday and found out some interesting thingsprimarily its american roots. The rest of the world is fairly ignorant about it. And its roots in ancient pagan rituals are a bit tenuous I discovered.
But the way I look at it, why let such a fun holiday go by? Why not use it? Physical death is very important in Christian theology. There is a very real sense in which we can celebrate it.
Then to Adam He said, Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.
And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
Without physical death, we could never become bodily united with God! Physical death releases us from one contract, so we can enter into a new one. The way I look at it, we've christianized the Dec. 25th holiday, why not this one? And it does have christian roots. Halloween literally means holy evening.
Now, I fully respect those whose consciences don't allow them to do what I'm doing. I hope this thread doesn't get combative and judgmental. I would love your thoughts and feedback, regardless of where you stand on this issue.
October is here!
I love your feedback on the halloween issue. Should christians celebrate it?
We've not celebrated it for years, but I'll be doing something a bit different this year. I'm going to go out trick r treat'n with the kids. Then we'll come home and eat candy and have an evening bible study. Im going to use it at as an opportunity to study the origins and history of death in the Bible. We'll also study what the Bible has to say about Satan, Angels (fallen and holy), and the occult. Pumpkin pie will also be in there somewhere.
Halloween has always confounded me as a christian. I've not been very clear on how to deal with it. I certainly didn't want to be judgmental about it toward my neighbors, so we always gave out candy. I then did some in-depth study on the holiday and found out some interesting thingsprimarily its american roots. The rest of the world is fairly ignorant about it. And its roots in ancient pagan rituals are a bit tenuous I discovered.
But the way I look at it, why let such a fun holiday go by? Why not use it? Physical death is very important in Christian theology. There is a very real sense in which we can celebrate it.
Then to Adam He said, Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.
And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
Without physical death, we could never become bodily united with God! Physical death releases us from one contract, so we can enter into a new one. The way I look at it, we've christianized the Dec. 25th holiday, why not this one? And it does have christian roots. Halloween literally means holy evening.
Now, I fully respect those whose consciences don't allow them to do what I'm doing. I hope this thread doesn't get combative and judgmental. I would love your thoughts and feedback, regardless of where you stand on this issue.
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