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What’s Halloween Supposed to Be About? | David Young
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What’s Halloween supposed to be about?
It is difficult for 21st century Americans to comprehend why people persecute their neighbors for religious reasons. Nonetheless, people have persecuted others for religious reasons ever since the dawn of humanity: Communists persecuted Christians; Nazis persecuted Jews; Christians persecuted Mormons; Catholics persecuted Protestants, and Protestants have persecuted Catholics. Religious persecution is a sad, scarlet thread running throughout the pages of human history.
Not long after the death of Jesus, his followers found themselves the victims of religious persecution by both the spiritual authorities of Judaism and the civil authorities of Rome. At times, the persecution was so severe that Christians lost their lives simply because they said the words, “I believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”
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31 Oct 2026
Holy Halloween? 3 Approaches to Halloween | Joshua Branham
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I’ve noticed in recent years that Halloween has been added to the growing list of polarizing topics in Christian circles.
Although I grew up in church, I don’t remember people taking too big of an issue with Halloween. Nowadays, it’s apparent each year on social media that Halloween creates problematic issues for many Christians.
Some see it as a harmless holiday to dress up in costume and get to know neighbors. Others can’t get past the dark themes and focus on death.
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30 Oct 2026
Miracles, Tragedy, and Hope: The Testimony of Faith in the Midst of Suffering | Luke Gray
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I remember as a young missionary kid reading a gripping book called For This Cross I’ll Kill You, by Bruce Olson, which left me absolutely devastated. It tells the story of a young man who felt called by God to a dangerous Columbian tribe, called the Motilone. He went without a missionary agency or resources, and after many harrowing and hard years, God brought the gospel of Christ to this Stone Age tribe using Bruce Olson and a young Motilone man, nicknamed Bobby. The ending, however, was sad.
Last year, over twenty years since my first reading, I bought a copy of the book (its title now changed to Bruchko) and reread it in a day. I was struck by how much the story reminded me of the book of Acts. Many of the sufferings of Bruce Olson brought to mind the suffering of the Apostles. There were miracles: a man with a fractured back was healed, the Motilone tribe was able to share the gospel with an enemy tribe though they spoke different languages, and demonic activity was suppressed.[1]
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